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Summer Internships 2016

The MBA programme of the Institute delivers quality education. However, it is equally
important to ensure that the students gain practical experience commensurate with
their interests. Summer internships play a crucial role in management education, with August /
students gaining exposure to industry practices, giving them an opportunity to relate
academic concepts with real-world practices. September 2016

In addition, these internships help the students plan their careers and choose their
course portfolios accordingly. It is mandatory for students with less than 34 months of International Immersion
experience to take up summer internship.
International Immersion as a constituent of PGP is designed to provide
As part of the process for summer internships, the student CVs were reviewed by IIM-B students with insights into the economic, social and cultural spheres of
alumni and the Senior Placement Committee members, before being shared with the emerging economies. As part of the ‘Business Planning and International
recruiting companies. All the IIMV students participated in the Summer Internship Inter- Markets’ elective course in the second year of the programme, students
view process at IIM-B in November 2015, with 60% success rate. Subsequently, with attended lectures with speci c focus on business and industry. In addition,
the help of the Career Development Services (CDS) of IIM-B, IIMV continued the process during their study visit to China and Japan, they familiarized themselves with
at its own campus. Resultantly, all the students were placed in various companies, and local challenges and opportunities. The visit was organized during the term
one student chose to pursue entrepreneurship. A total of 33 companies made offers to break in Aug – Sept. 2016 for seven days. The exposure visit is funded by
48 students. the Institute. Apart from programme-related activities, it included interac-
tion with academia and industry, visit to historical sites etc. On return from
July 2016 the visit, each student submitted a report and made presentation on
key learnings.
PGP Inauguration 2016-18

Darshan B Patel, PGP 2016-18, Srinivas A section of PGP 2016 -18 students. Students at Tokyo Exchange Centre At Daishin Seiki
Koppulu, CEO & MD, Tata Business Support
Services, and Prof. R Srinivasan, Director
Incharge, IIM-B, at the inauguration of the
second batch of PGP at IIMV on July 18. 17