tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747534722074514952024-03-13T23:48:22.362+05:30DoMS, IIT RoorkeeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01100252461993540256noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274753472207451495.post-27560196748206309512015-10-31T09:00:00.000+05:302015-10-31T09:00:00.991+05:30Internship Diaries #51<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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ZeroWaste (ZW) is developing an accessible and convenient, technology enabled reverse supply chain for used and waste electronics. ZW manages collection to refurbishment and recycling with use of mobile and IT. Providing convenient ways, like implementing exchange programs at popular consumer electronics, to dispose waste electronics opens up the locked value in e-goods stored at homes or being transferred to unscientific and unorganized channels, creating potential hazard to environment. Electronics bought via home pickups and collection center drop-offs are then segregated, refurbished & sold through Seconds distribution channels or recycled through authorized e-waste recyclers. Technology is used to ensure that the supply chain is efficient.</div>
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Indian e-waste and used electronics market is around $11B today, growing at a rate more than 50%.</div>
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Co-founders Mr. Prateek and Mr. Sunil have been working together for past one and half year. Mr. Prateek Goel (B.Tech Computers) is Founder Partner in a successful Software venture Teramatrix. He heads business & product development. Mr. Sunil Saradhna (B. Tech Electronics, MBA Marketing) is Founder Partner at a Jewelry Retail Brand (SKJ). He heads operations at ZeroWaste.</div>
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Untrustworthy and random valuation methods by kabadiwalas and local repair centers. Selling e-waste to unauthorized vendors is illegal, but approach to authorized recyclers is inconvenient. Thus most of the obsolete electronics remain buried under layers of dust occupying precious space at home.</div>
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For end consumers, ZW offers convenient and simple valuation along with home pickup, drop-offs coupled with exchange programs. ZW pays instant cash for the goods bought.</div>
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For retailers, e-tailers and Electronics OEMs – ZW provides optimized reverse logistics channel to liquidate the customer returned, transit damaged and factory seconds goods. Experience the conditions and task was fulfilling to every extent.We had to work in a team with individual projects, its expectations, implementations and its deadlines.The work culture had “No Door Policy” with gave us all the freedom to explore, experiment, learn and create a model which could be immediately implemented in business. I hope I have done justice to the brand we all carry as the reverse logistic business model we suggested was taken to implementation stage with lots of positive feedback.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274753472207451495.post-73173771307366447102015-10-30T21:00:00.000+05:302015-10-30T21:00:00.923+05:30Internship Diaries #50<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I had done my internship at EKO Financial Services India Pvt. Ltd from 11th May to 7th June. It was an enriching experience as I learnt a lot about the payment systems, the way transactions happen between banks, merchants and customers and how the business is being handled at EKO. I also acquired a fair bit of knowledge on how prepaid payment instruments and money remittance work. The work culture at EKO was conducive for learning as interns get the opportunity to work on projects of their interest and mentors were always there to guide them. The following are the details of projects I worked on during my internship.</div>
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A comprehensive analysis of four of EKO’s competitors (Oxigen, ITZ Cash, Suvidhaa and TSS) is done. Based on our meetings with the competition’s agents and distributors, different aspects of their business like cash remittance process, distribution model, agent/distributor on-boarding process, e-money flow and support extended to their agents were elucidated. Special attention has been given to the pricing of competitors from market, agent and customer’s perspective across all remittance slabs. This is useful in making the pricing of EKO competitive to the market pricing.</div>
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Taking the daily reports of April’15 and May’15, the E-money at different times of a day (8am, 12pm, 4pm, 8pm and 11:59pm) are studied for the days the targets are met and the days targets are not met. This study has given insight into the pattern of E-money (as a percentage of targets) on a particular day for the target to be met. Depending on the observations of the analysis, it is opined that it will be beneficial to provide e-money on credit early in the day and collect it back in the evening. However, care has to be taken to see that this credit serves its intended purpose of minimizing the loss of business at the e-money starved CSPs.</div>
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<b>Project Name: Impact of new commissions (PPI) on profitability</b></div>
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With EKO introducing a PPI of its own, there has been a change in the commission structure and hence the profitability. The commissions for the month of May’15 (based on new commission structure) have been calculated for Mumbai and Rest of India. This included the CSP rupee Commission, SCSP rupee Commission, Gross and net fee, Gross and net margins. The direct and indirect costs were approximated and the break-even revenue and volume of transactions have been estimated.</div>
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I also worked on an idea of business development of utilizing the data on customer base of Eko to develop a credit rating system based on their transaction history and on how strategic partnerships can be formed with financial organisations to facilitate money on credit to customers. A presentation on the same was given to the top management of the company.</div>
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‘Market survey for clean loans to working professionals’ during my summer
internship at Bank of India. This is the new financial product the Bank wishes
to introduce into the market so that they wanted to survey market for possible
requirements of the clients. These loans are without any collateral and given
to credible working professionals like doctors, charted accountants, etc. whose
income are steady and sustainable. </span><br />
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customer relationship manager. I learned a lot from my internship regarding
current trends in financial markets. It was a good experience to have. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274753472207451495.post-19852521004337935192015-10-29T21:00:00.000+05:302015-10-29T21:00:01.709+05:30Internship Diaries #48<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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summer internship at HDFC Bank corporate office in Mumbai was a great learning experience.
My project there was process mapping and streamlining of SAP processes and HR
operations of the Bank which involved application of six sigma and lean
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Bank is rated as the most valuable brand of India and among the top 100 brands
of the world. On the first day of the internship itself, I was briefed about
the project and what was expected from me. My work required a combination of
application of concepts while mapping process and also creativity as I had to
come up with new ideas and suggestions for the purpose of streamlining the
processes. Everything that I suggested during my weekly presentations was
discussed in detail by the team and feasibility was judged. I had to strictly
follow a data driven approach and also learned about the cost and time saving
aspect of every change in a process. The suggestions that I presented had live
implementation which was exciting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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guidance from my mentor who is an alumnus of DoMS IIT Roorkee and support from
the team at HDFC proved to be essential for successful completion of my
internship. The hands on experience and the knowledge that I gained during my
internship would go a long way in helping me shape my career. </span></div>
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which is a start-up set up in 2013. The company is from the ITeS sector
and basically provides IT enabled HR solutions to industries. My role during
the internship at Chrysal was of market research and lead generation in the
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Major work involved ‘generating leads’ for
their flagship product Abscontrack and other products as well in the B2B
segment through various mediums viz. telephone, meetings, social media etc. This
being my first experience at sales, the job seemed a little challenging
initially and took me a couple of weeks to adapt to but later with the support
and guidance of my mentor and colleagues I started to enjoy it. We used various
mediums for lead generation like cold calling, linked In contacts and also
walk-ins in the hot summer days but at the end it was all worth it. I also got the
opportunity to interact with a number of prospective clients and pitch to them
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My work at Chrysal also
included market Research where in I had to analyze the response and acceptance
ratio of various industries towards the concept of Abscontrack. I really
enjoyed my internship duration at Crysal Technosysts Ventures Pvt. Ltd. and
feel that everyone should experience sales once in their marketing careers as
it gives a platform to develop numerous skills enabling you to understand the
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got an opportunity to do my internship from Reserve Bank of India, Lucknow. The
Reserve Bank of India is the central bank of India, which controls the monetary
policy of the country thereby controlling the supply of money and ensuring
price stability. I was offered to choose a topic of my liking from a vast array
of topics including financial inclusion, corporate debt, deepening of financial
markets in India, Non-performing assets, foreign direct investment etc. </span></div>
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initiative and the trillion dollar requirement of the infrastructure sector,
the current environment called for a more focused approach towards improving
foreign direct investment in the country and thus my topic of research for my
internship was <b>FDI in Emerging Market
Economies: Determinants and Impact</b></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 99%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;">.</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 99%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> Nine countries were identified as the
Emerging market economies for this research work including BRICS countries
along with Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea and Indonesia. Secondary data was
collected from websites such as World Bank, IMF, DIPP and various government
websites. The focus was on determining the factors responsible for FDI Inflows
in India. Various factors were identified and a conclusive regression analysis
was conducted to statistically establish there relevance to FDI inflows in the
country. Also, Foreign Direct investment inflows in India were compared to
corresponding inflows in other countries. Scope of further FDI inflow in India
was established and it was seen that India is better poised as compared to
other Emerging market economies to receive future FDI inflows. Also, using statistical
analysis and past data, we tried to establish the future Inflows in India. As
part of my final presentation, I got to submit my research findings to my mentor
and also I got to give a power point presentation in the presence of the
Regional director of Reserve bank of India, Lucknow.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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part of my internship, I got to work closely with some of the brilliant minds
in the organization. These are the people who are largely responsible for
steering the current economic and monetary direction of India. The insights I
got into the macro economic factors that go into deciding the monetary
direction of the country was a great learning experience. RBI has a great
working culture where people are supportive of each other and always encourage
a free flow of ideas. People there are always happy to share the immense
knowledge base that they have developed over the years. Working in Reserve bank
of India was without any doubt one of the best experience of my life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">E-commerce
was an enticing word for me since the very beginning because the way it
disrupted conventional market of buying and selling is revolutionary. After
having an experience of 30 months in TCS, I wanted to work in some startup,
having business in the same domain. Luckily I got this opportunity through
cashkaro.com which is a India's No.1 Cashback and Coupons website. Cashkaro
helps their members save on their regular online purchases at leading Indian
and International Brands. Cashback and Coupon partners include your favourite
brands like Myntra, Amazon, Snapdeal, Flipkart, Jabong and 500 more. I worked
in cashkaro as an Intern for two months. Where I got to know the key challenges
that a company faces in its early phase of life and various other aspects like
how analytics, public relations and customer support are helping companies to
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price comparison strategy for different categories of e-commerce</span></li>
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I had an inclination towards analytics and big data. So I learned R during my
MBA first year, as it was needed to do market research and other related
analysis in different academic projects. I used R to automate the weekly and
monthly reports. I was also actively involved in generating and analysing
insights using google analytics tool. Which gave me quite good knowledge of
e-commerce industry and how customer behaviour and their buying patterns vary
with offers and discounts. Price comparison was another key area in which I was
working. In price comparison, you can compare price of product across different
websites and it gives you the best deal along with other available options.
Which is quite unique feature and incorporates different-2 algorithms to
compare products and give you the best deal.</span></div>
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experience in cashkaro was really good, work culture is conducive for new
ideas, innovative solutions. Being a startup it focuses on healthy work
environment among employees and inculcating teamwork spirit. So I must say
cashkaro helped me to understand e-commerce sector and various tools, technologies
and latest developments. People say there is nothing like free lunch and the
best part is you get free lunch in cashkaro.</span></div>
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<b>Varun Chauhan</b><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">I did my
internship with Toshniwal Equity Services which is a stock broking and
investment consulting firm located right in the heart of Dalal Street and
Bombay Stock Exchange. Internship started with a lot of expectations from our
mentor and CEO of the company Mr. Jay Toshniwal. We were expected to work not
only on financial aspects but also consult on minor but vital aspects of the
company like operations and marketing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The title of our
project was Financial Statement analysis and Stock price movements. First week
started with through learning of broking operations. In this we learned about
how the flow of information/order happens from a retail customer to other
retail customer via exchange and vice versa. We were amazed to know the robustness
and fool proof check measures enforced by sebi and exchanges. Also we got to
know deeper insights into the stock markets. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">We always reckoned BSE to be
bigger than NSE but actually the position was reverse. In the second week
financial aspects of our project started, we understood technical and
fundamental analysis of equities. We did our technical analysis on Technical
Analysis Software. Many other software are available in the market which
provide technical analysis. We were required to make algorithms so that best scrips
(stocks) can be retrieved and transaction can be executed on basis of these
calls. Fundamental analysis was done of cement sector which included 6 major
cement companies of India including ACC, Ambuja, Birla, Heidelberg and Ultratech.
Additionally we worked on understanding the management discussions and their
interpretation in financial terms. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">We also gained experience on core corporate
operations of the company by attending Annual General Meetings of Reliance and Hindustan
Unilever in subsequent weeks. Our next task was analysis of Nifty Junior, Nifty
200 and Nifty from Feb ’15 to July’15 and to come out with stocks which were
resistant to such fluctuations. We also worked on updating client portfolios on
moneycontrol.com which was an arduous task but this was also successfully
updated by us. Our last assignment was revamping the website of the company,
which included coordinating with the vendor on all aspects of the website
including content and design. The website was successfully revamped with full email
access services running all over the company. We also shared our knowledge on
how technology can be used to further improve the core operations of the
company. </span>This was my
internship experience.</div>
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Serendipity it was when I was selected for my summer
internship at EKO in Gurgaon. The excitement of first work experience in a
corporate world was at its high since the final list of shortlisted names for
the internship at EKO had my name. It was time for me to leave my cocoon and
explore the plethora of opportunities of the corporate world.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The most difficult task even before the internship had
started was to find a place to live in Gurgaon, being one of the most expensive
cities and us being students it was a hard nut to crack. Thanks to the online
renting portals such as housing.com which provided us with lots of contacts of
the brokers which finally led us to a good place to rest our backs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Then came the most awaited day, the first day of our
internship. We properly dressed in formals reached the sharp 9 in the morning.
The office interiors were amazing, it was literally beyond our expectations.
All the green plants had proper place in the office, bean bags lying around,
dart game hanging in middle of the office, white boards all having some data,
small tasks and big targets, an eye catching CCD coffee maker and for coffee
lover like me it could be the best thing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We were asked to sit in a separate cabin which was looking
very appealing as each cubical was beautifully decorated with the personal
interests of the employees. Then came a sparkling smile to end our wait and I
mean it, it was worth waiting as the company’s HR manager Miss Pooja entered
the room we all greeted her good morning ma’am, but we saw some unexpected
expression on her face, all of us were perplexed, she noticed it and then we
were explained there is no sir or ma’am culture at EKO and gradually with her
personal experience at EKO and HR skills she charmed us with the beautiful
experience she had working at EKO.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The next day we were assigned the projects and fortunately I
got the operation’s project with my batch mate as a team member. The project
was to define a new age customer experience and define a superlative channel
for the E-value process. The projects sounded interesting and gradually working
under Mr. Deepak Singhal our mentor and simultaneously with Mrs. Mugdha
Bhargawa it felt like working in a homely environment. Our mentors were
extremely supportive both professionally as well as in personal life. Their was no time boundation as well as attire code for us which created a very
comfortable working environment for us.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Till now it was just the silence before the storm which was
followed by turbulence of work pressure of study and analysis of the company
data. When you sit on huge chunk of data either you ruin the opportunity to
extract diamonds or you end by satisfied with some silver. With help of both
our mentors and the whole operations team which was extremely cooperative as
well, we at least managed to extract gold i.e. gave some fruitful results of
the data analysis. It was followed by meetings with our highest business
providers and customer care center of EKO where we tried to drill to depths of
customer issues. The trust which our mentors showed in us motivated us to do
better and better with course of time.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Time just flew by in the two months of internship and at
last it came to an end. But wait it was not over yet the last week of ours was
booked for parties and I mean ample of wonderful parties by EKO. It was a
wonderful experience and I would recommend the coming students to give it a try
at EKO and I assure you will not be disappointed. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Since the day I joined MBA, my aim was to make a remarkable
carrier in field of Human Resource and my dream got its way through a
remarkable internship at Middle Earth HR. This company was found by alumnus of
IIT Roorkee. This company has 30 bases in 7 different countries, and is
headquartered in Hyderabad. It offers numerous HR certification courses for
professionals to increase their competencies and provides HR consultancy to
other companies. My role here was – “Product Development for a Certified HR Analyst”. </div>
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My work included Market Research, gaining insights into trends, customer
requirement and analysing the present course wares. After an exhaustive
research I came up with few findings which were implemented. Then my work
included studying courses on HR analytics and preparing a full 2 day courseware on HR analytics for Middle
Earth HR, which included a 350 slide presentation and 250 page word document. </div>
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My
work in middle earth will be going live this October, as they are launching new
program for certified HR Analyst. I was awarded with GREAT/BEST Project award
for doing this work. Company culture was good and people were dynamic. Hence it
was a good experience working at Middle Earth HR. It was a true learning
experience.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I did summer internship in American Express
which is best known for its credit card, charge card, and traveler's cheque
businesses. I interned in Global Merchant Services (GMS) department which is
mainly into acquiring merchants, processing transactions, and helping merchants
who accept the card to build business. The on boarding and induction program
was very well planned which eventually helped us a lot. As part of the induction,
a brief overview of the assigned project was given and a mentor was assigned
who guided us throughout our internship. For the first 2 days, we had sessions
with the senior leaders talking to us about the history and also about the
different functions of the company. Thereafter we were given training sessions on
card economics and an overview of different departments. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It was then I realized that so much work
goes into deciding the outcome of simple transactions and how deeply the
organization is focused on giving the best experience to its card users. As a
summer intern at American Express, we were encouraged to push ourselves,
generate new ideas and take calculated risks. My key learning includes
understanding end-to-end customer relationship management, gaining an overall
idea of Merchant acquisition Cycle and hands-on experience of how to analyze
and improve a process. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I got a golden opportunity to work with a renowned company TATA
INTERNATIONAL, that too in a third world country like Myanmar. TATA INTERNATIONAL
is a separate wing of TATA and they are into several businesses in Myanmar like
agri trading, minerals trading and distributors of heavy construction vehicles
etc. As Myanmar’s economy has just opened up and there are a lot of foreign
investments going on from countries like Japan, China and US, it was a great
chance for me to work in there with TATA INTERNATIONAL. I was mentored by
country head of TATA INTERNATIONAL Myanmar, Mr. Sunil Seth. I got an opportunity to understand their
distribution business and to work in a unique project of doing market research
to analyze their business model, prepare a feasibility report and also do
comparative analysis of their distribution business and to understand customer
perception and expectations towards TATA’s products.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">As most of our market research was based on primary research, where
we meet loads of people from different origin like Chinese, Americans, Burmese,
and Japanese etc, so communication barrier was one of the main hurdles that I
faced there, but it turned out of be a beautiful experience as I was able to
tackle it every time and extract all the relevant data for my project. Our
research was not only restricted to Yangon but also to some of the remote
places like SEZ Thilawa and many other villages. In my tenure I not only was
able to understand their business but I also meet hundreds of people from a construction
labor to project managers to MD’s and CEO’s of big companies. This gave me a
holistic picture of how work is carried on in private corporations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Working in a totally different environment different culture and
with different people was a great experience for me; it not only gave me immense
working experience but also made me a much improved person in terms of
temperament. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>WRS Info India Pvt. Ltd</b>.<br />
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I have always enjoyed writing. Expressing my self
through written words is something that comes naturally to me. I recently
stepped into the world of website content writing with my internship at <b>WRS Info India Pvt. Ltd</b>. My work profile
included developing content and designing social media marketing campaigns for
their website <b>deal4loans.com</b>.</div>
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Thanks to a pool of articles that I did over my
internship and my super co-operative colleagues, I was slowly able to adapt
myself to the methods of how online content writing and content marketing is
done. Website content writing is not an easy job. It requires loads of
creativity, patience and devotion to learn. At the same time, flunking
deadlines is not an option. Further, the finished job needs to be crisp,
informative and interesting. So, content writing is a gigantic job but is
extremely fulfilling if you enjoy what you write.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If you are serious about what you do, there is a
lot to learn. I learned a lot about SEO (Search Engine Optimization), SMO
(Social Media Optimization), blogging and Content marketing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It is to be understood as doing business is
becoming easier thanks to the Internet, online copy-writing has a very
important role to play. However a word of caution- copy-writing is not facile
and at times can also get really boring, especially when the products/services
you write about are very dry, like in my case: loans and insurance policies. In
advertising convincingly about all these services through your content, lie the
skills of a good copywriter.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It is to be understood that the road to content
writing is no easy path. It requires a lot of brainstorming. A lot of research
needs to be done on the company and business markets. But, the most difficult
part is coming up with ideas. It takes a toll on your grey cells to come up
with good ideas worth writing for and that are in sync with your company's
mission and strategy. Anyone can write but not all can come up with ideas. Now
that is what distinguishes other writers from copywriters.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In my short time as a content writer, I realized
a few important things that a good content marketer should always follow:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>1. Play around with the words:</strong>
Avoid using everyday words; show a little knowledge of the English dictionary.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>2. Emphasize on certain keywords</strong>:
This along with catching the reader's attention will also help in search engine
optimization (SEO) which will maximize the volume or quality of traffic to your
web site from search engines.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>3. Be Concise and Clear: </strong>Do not
beat around the bush. Don't make the work ambiguous, it will lead to you losing
the customer. Your idea should easily reach consumer's head. Provide attractive
material in a short span which stimulates the consumer to do more research.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>4. Stick to one Chief component:</strong>
It is very easy to overthink the process and make your work useless. Too many
ideas in one article will blemish your work. Let the reader follow one theme at
a time. Do not confuse him.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>5. Proofread: </strong>Double check what
you have written. Be sure of the grammar and language used. Business jargons
may not be effective as your customers will not understand them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Other
Project:</b> Apart from all the content writing, in my last week I developed a
calculator on excel as a part of my project. This calculator can be called a future
loan eligibility calculator and provides estimation based on your current
career path, as to when you’ll be able to fulfil your dreams of owning your
dream house, car etc.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In all my internship was a great learning
experience. I learned a lot about loan and insurance markets and developed some
good quality content over the period of 2 months.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">I was fortunate enough to do my Summer
Internship from Central Bank of India, which is one of the oldest and largest
commercial banks in India.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">Central Bank of India was established
in year 1911 and was the first Indian Commercial bank which was wholly owned
and managed by Indians. Working with such a historic and renowned organisation
was a huge learning experience. My objective during the internship was to
understand the whole concept of “Customer Intelligence and Bank Marketing”.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">My work was mainly to understand how
Marketing Strategies are made and carried out in the bank to provide excellent
customer experience and overall profit to the bank. I worked as a part of the
Regional Marketing Team at the Regional Office of Delhi (North). The main
objectives of the Team were to co-ordinate with the Zonal Marketing Team and
the Branches under its jurisdiction for various marketing activities and
Business Development.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">During my tenure, I worked on various assignments
in the Marketing Department. First one was the Customer Intelligence exercise,
where I worked on determining top 50 customers under Current, Savings and
Advances portfolio for each Branch; and top 100 Customers under Advances and
Savings portfolio for the entire North Delhi Region. This was done to
understand the Branch portfolio and clientele. Also, I along with another
Intern, worked on the “Family Tree” concept where we worked on the strategy for
getting business from these customer’s relatives, friends, acquaintances etc.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">Then, I worked on identifying the weak
branches of the region by assessing their growth during the quarter and worked
on strategies for their Business Development. During this, I performed Mapping
of ‘A’ rated Universities/colleges/Institutions in the region with their nearby
branches so that they can act as nodal branches for providing education loan to
students of these institutes so that students getting admission to these institutions
are able to avail the education loan in a hassle free manner in the current
academic year. A similar Mapping exercise was performed for Government
Institutions as well, in which I worked on identifying 120 Central/State
Government Offices and PSUs across Delhi, and prepared a report consisting of
the existing business canvassed by different branches with these Government
Institutes as well as the strategy for forming new business alliance with these
institutes.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">In addition to this, I worked on developing
Publicity Campaigns for Marketing of Retail Lending Schemes and PM Social
Security Schemes; and I also got an opportunity to organise different marketing
events like Townhall Meeting, Marketing Executive Meet and Customers Meet for
the Bank.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">I was lucky enough to have a wonderful
mentor whose encouragement, guidance and support enabled me to learn the
nitty-gritty’s of Marketing as well as the entire Banking Industry. Also, the excellent
working environment and group commitment of the Bank made my internship
experience worthwhile.</span></div>
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<b>Mohit Gupta<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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This internship with
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technologies, feel, understand and appreciate the startup culture and work with
a bunch of amazing people. I was very happy to see the enthusiasm of my mentors
and my colleagues which motivated me to perform and give a best shot in every
task. <i>Mentors were found to be very
creative and always asked to give inputs in all the live projects.</i>
Sometimes they appreciated, sometimes they told to dig in more, during the times
when I couldn’t think of the idea or approach for the problem, they never
criticized in-fact they boosted to go out of the box and think something I
never thought of.<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We worked closely with the Lead Generation team in
analyzing new business opportunities. Our main roles and responsibilities
include – Managing CRM activities, Lead generation for new clients</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">The project involved a lot of traveling and a hectic schedule and
understanding the market and client of a product that was more of a B2B type. I
was able to see a clear difference between it and a B2C product with respect to
Branding, Advertising, Promotion and the Marketing Strategy as a whole. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mentor during the period, who guided me right from the start and took utmost
interest into the project. He made sure that I was provided with all the
necessary resources during my association with them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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First and
foremost I will like to express my heartily thanks to<b>
</b>Mr. Ram Prakash (HOS/WO and IED) for their kind guidance in my summer
internship. My summer internship helps me to learn about Production Planning,
Material Management, Cost Accounting and 5S. Ordnance factory Muradnagar is a metallurgical factory under the Ordnance
Factory Board, <span class="spelle">Kolkata</span> (Ministry of Defence) came
into existence as a Transplantation Project during the <span class="grame">Second</span>
World War with effect from 1.3.1943. Initially, production started with one
Heavy Steel Foundry having one Electric Arc Furnace of 7 M.T. Capacity, 2
machining sections. The factory is a premium casting and forging unit among
family of 40 ordnance factories in India.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I was part of Planning and Progressing Division which comprises-<o:p></o:p></div>
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These Sections look after the Production Planning/Reporting, Liaisoning
with other Factories/Establishments, Contract review, Customer complaints,
Budget, Audit and Financial Monitoring activities of the Factory.</div>
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OFM has the
specialization in Alloy and Steel Castings- Armoured as well as Non-Armoured,
Ammunition Hardware, Grey Iron Castings for Ammunition Hardware and Moulds and
open die steel forgings for Hot die Steel and other tool steel. OFM main
products are<b> </b><strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Aerial Bombs</span></strong><b>, </b><strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ammunition Hardware (Steel), Ammunition Hardware (Grey Iron), Forging
Products.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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I was given an
opportunity to study on the Project “Overview of Production, estimate revision
and its impact on cost”. In this project I worked with Planning section, Works
office, Material Management section and Account section. First production is
estimated for next month. Exercise of control over expenditure in a
manufacturing business is the main function of the Production Manager.
Production management is an integral part of all good management. The
ascertainment of production costs is not an end in itself, but the object is to
provide means whereby costs can be controlled. Time to time target was revised
to attain minimum cost.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It is necessary for a Works Manager to be an expert in the Mechanical
processes. His works involves and possess the ability to control men, but these
abilities do not complete the requisites for the successful performance of his
function. He must also possess a cost sense, or ability to analyse the cost of
operations, materials and expenses under his control with a view to carrying
out manufacture at the minimum cost. He is engaged to produce at or below a
predetermined cost, or in the absence of budgeted cost, at the minimum
practicable cost. A costing system must be adopted to suit the nature of the
work it deals with, and this can only be achieved by the fullest collaboration
between the Works Manager and the accounting department. At last I must say that it was a fantastic experience to work with
Ordnance Factory Muradnagar.</div>
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<b style="text-align: justify;">Nikhil Dhamija</b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Foodpanda</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> is the global name in mobile food delivery business serving 40
countries across the world. Their service allows customers to find a restaurant
near to your location and order food online directly from that restaurant.
Foodpanda has a global base of more than 58000 restaurants, which includes
13000 only in India.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Though being offered a profile of Lead
Generation, company being a start-up was open to give all sorts of experience
and giving chance to interns to prove their metal. The 2 months of experience
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<span lang="EN-US">With the extracted data from a business
analysis report, find the number of hits for restaurants in particular area,
number of order selection and number of converts. </span>The ratio of number of order selection to
the number of hits for restaurants gives us the satisfaction level of customers
with number of restaurants in those areas. If the ratio is less, all the restaurants that are in
those area and are not on-board are the top-most priority and are termed as
Sales Coverage Target Partners (SCTP). The ratio of number of converts to the
number of order selection defines flawlessness of our online payment process
and if the ratio goes less in some particular weeks raises red flags for the IT
department. Mapping of areas on Google maps, checking
overlapping of different areas and mapping of restaurants in those areas makes
situation clearer to find SCTP restaurants.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Classifying restaurants by the area they
fall in and number of hits they are expected to get before bring them on board<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">To find new leads for sales team from Zomato
in a particular city. Developing leads with suitable fields on salesforce.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Leads that approach foodpanda to get
registered, I use to collect their information, making them understand the
policies, settling commission margins and finally contracting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Clustering Delhi NCR area in different
clusters and assigning on field head counts for different days in different
areas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Market research to understand the business
structures of online kitchens in India and customizing foodpanda services to
bring them on-board. </span>Initiated daily changing menus in
foodpanda which was must for contracting these Kitchens.</div>
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Overall Experience of working for
Foodpanda was amazing and got a glimpse of how e-commerce industries are setup,
their working models and the factors involved in better management and being
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<span lang="EN-US">I had the opportunity to
work at Chrysal Technosysts Ventures Pvt. Ltd.
which is a start-up set up in 2013. The company is from the ITeS sector
and basically provides IT enabled HR solutions to industries. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">My role during
the internship at Chrysal was of market research and lead generation in the NCR
region. My major work involved ‘generating leads’ for their flagship product
Abscontrack and other products as well in the B2B segment through various
mediums viz. telephone, meetings, social media etc. This being my first
experience at sales, the job seemed a little challenging initially and took me
a couple of weeks to adapt to but later with the support and guidance of my
mentor and colleagues I started to enjoy it. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We used various mediums for lead
generation like cold calling, linked In contacts and also walk-ins in the hot
summer days but at the end it was all worth it. I also got the opportunity to
interact with a number of prospective clients and pitch to them the concept of
the products offered by them. My work there also included market research where
in I had to analyze the response and acceptance ratio of various industries
towards the concept of Abscontrack. I really enjoyed my internship duration at
Chrysal Technosysts Ventures Pvt. Ltd. and feel that everyone should experience
sales once in their marketing careers as it gives a platform to develop
numerous skills enabling you to understand the customer sentiment.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I still
remember the first day I stepped into the office space. I won’t lie, the first impression
was not exactly what I expected or for that matter anyone else would expect, in
my place. The office was setup in an apartment of sorts with small cubicles
separated by plywood planks. People were looking into their laptop screens and
were all busy in their respective work. I felt out of space and was looking for
my mentor. I took my place before one such cubicle and waited patiently. Then I
saw a few familiar faces of that of our seniors who are employed there. The
butterflies in my stomach seemed to settle down. I met my mentor next and he
was the perfect host. I was introduced to all those faces which were earlier
buried deep into their laptop screens and I got a warm welcome from each one of
them. The initial hospitality that I got touched me deep. I was no more a stranger;
I fitted right into the space. The next few days were relatively free; I didn’t
have much to do and again I started feeling restless. The lack of work made me
feel tensed as I was of the opinion that the 2 months of internship are the
most crucial and I was determined to gain as much exposure as possible but
little did I know that the next few weeks will not only fulfill my expectations
but exceed that as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I should
mention here that although I joined office in the month of May like everyone
else, my project started back in the month of February. I was well versed with
the job in hand as I had to browse through lots of literature before joining
office as an intern. This being said, one fine morning the CEO called me to his
cabin and told me that based on the literature that I have studied I should
design a product addressing the same, then I need to fetch sponsorship for the
same and get clients on board as well. In a nutshell the whole project right
from design to implementation was up to me. It was challenging but rather than
being intimidated by the same I relished the opportunity. I spoke in length
with my mentor and after a week of brainstorming we came up with a product
layout, a conference of sorts. In the mean time I was laden with loads of operational
duties and was also handed over a Market Research project for an upcoming
product. Each piece of work was challenging and needless to say was a huge
learning experience. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Coming back
to the main project I was part of, the next task was to secure sponsorship and
with my mentor’s help we fetched a handsome amount. But the real test was
laying ahead, the task of selling. I realized why Sales is the buzzword in the
industry. Designing and strategizing seemed a piece of cake; I realized how
apprehensive people can be to part with their time and money. But once again
with the invaluable support of my mentor I met the target set for me and that
was the moment I realized what true satisfaction feels like.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In the
midst of all these little did I realize that 2.5 months had passed and it all
seemed like only yesterday. Don’t get me
wrong it was not all work. The culture at the organization was homely. There
was a character for every occasion. The last day of the internship the CEO took
us all out on a perfect outing and I was overwhelmed with the kind of farewell
that I received. I cherish every moment of my time that I spent there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274753472207451495.post-55081490739222581382015-10-20T09:00:00.000+05:302015-10-20T09:00:01.201+05:30Internship Diaries #32<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">It had been a great and enriching
experience working at industry leader in investment banking. It actually gave
me sense of working methodology and practical knowledge to implement what I had
learned so far in the course. Work ethics and intensity with which employees
work here had a great impact on my professional being. Being part of team
discussions and conference call with clients helped develop business acumen and
technical competency. Working under deadlines and coming out with spontaneous
solutions were part of daily activity.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Internship started in second week of
May. I was the last one amongst the interns to join and felt nervous about
being a good mix. But as days passed the entire group became integral part of
internship. I was allotted project on the very first day and after a brief
induction directed towards my desk at the centre of infrastructure and telecom
team surrounded by CA’s, MBA’s and investment bankers. At first it all felt intimidating
but after showing inclination and curiosity towards the field everyone assisted
in providing friendly and habitable environment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The internship program lasted for 2
months that consisted of rigorous research and application of financial
fundamentals (lot of jargons) that provided me with an opportunity to decipher
my abilities that may be applied to come up with solutions and further
identified ones I need to improve upon. I was working on a business model and
financial viability of specific project initiated by RBI to further financial
inclusion that included financial modeling and cost-revenue analysis of the
same. Apart from providing the technical exposure, it flexed my research and
writing skills that would go a long way in my professional career. Excel sheets
and powerpoint presentations were all over and nothing but the best was
expected that made me deal with pressure and deadlines with a strode. I was not
restricted to the project assigned to me and could ask for being part of
internal meetings and discussions (though I had to take notes which I didn’t
knew before).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After a month spent there, monsoon
season started and Mumbai is the place to be at that time. I thoroughly enjoyed
my stay with spectacular views and legion of places to visit. Weekends were
well spent over with other interns sharing college memories and relishing
street food. By God’s grace the quarter ended very well for SBI Caps and a
grand party was organized to celebrate the occasion. I think interns were the
most excited among all and had a great fun evening.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Internship acted as bridge between
academic learning and practical implementation. This professional
apprenticeship program not only added technical experience to my candidature
but gave me exposure to one of the most sought after field in finance from
varied angles. Networking was an added advantage that came as frill with the
internship. I used to dream working at an investment bank and that was what I
got. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">All the efforts and hard work was worthwhile and paid in terms of rich
experience. It sometimes became difficult to keep up with the pace but marine
drive view from 19<sup>th</sup> floor and black coffee kept me going. It’s time
to head back to college but the lessons learnt and amazing company of some of
the brightest minds in the field will hold a place in my memory forever. </span></div>
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opportunity of doing my internship from <b>Hindustan
Copper Limited</b> (<b>HCL</b>), Kolkata, a
public sector undertaking under the administrative control of the <b>Ministry of Mines</b>, is the nation’s only
vertically integrated copper producing company. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #141823; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I worked on the
project which pertained to build up the <b>Marketing
Strategy for Nickel</b>. HCL, being known for manufacturing Copper from the
stage of mining to converting to commercial products, decided to manufacture a
new metal, Nickel, by recycling their by-products. I handled the responsibility
of analyzing market of nickel, its usage in industries and strategic approach
of its competitors in India.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #141823; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I was mentored
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Manager, Marketing, HCL. I feel myself extreme
fortunate to get the guidance of them. I was factually treated to be the
business analyst of HCL instead of just an intern. I got break of attending
meetings with the production managers and team, discussing with managers about the approaches to make the effective strategy
so that HCL can have the benefit of penetrating the existing market of Nickel
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at HCL has given me hands-on experience of working as a business analyst in
real time business environment. By and large experience was incredibly
elevating and gave me immense buoyancy by the end of 2 months at HCL.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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start-up named Chrysal Technosysts Ventures Pvt. Ltd . It is an IT based
organisation in Mumbai. However, my location for internship was in Kolkata.
Recently, they have launched few IT solutions for HR named Abscontrack,
Campustrack, Videotrack and Exitrack. My role in the organisation was of market
research and lead generation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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May, 2015 onwards. My team lead was Abhishek who was very encouraging and
helpful leader. On the very first day, I was given the demo about the product
Abscontrack, Campustrack and Videotrack which I had to pitch in the market. And
on that day only I was given the roles and responsibilities which included:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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companies which I had to pitch. In the later part, I took the help of fundodata
and dataguru for data collection. I pitched for the product in different
sectors and in different fields. I initially started with calling but later on
did many door crashing which helped a lot. During my internship, I learned a
lot as Kolkata is a completely different place to work as told by my head of
sales Mr. Amit Sen Gupta on the very first day. I realised it as I progressed
during my internship. After 2 months of rigorous hard work, I was able to
convince few very good companies in which talks are going on in different
stages. With all these experience, I am sure working in this part of the
country will help me during the professional career in the future.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274753472207451495.post-18332501912370988202015-10-18T21:00:00.000+05:302015-10-18T21:00:00.868+05:30Internship Diaries #29<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US">The
internship at RBI, Lucknow was a lifetime experience. To work under the aegis
of general manager and assistant general manager at the central bank was
something through which my views on not only the monetary policies framework
but also the working culture and the management as a whole got a broader
perspective. The organization is a mecca for gaining knowledge about the
financial intricacies of the country. The people were more than willing to
explain every minutest detail and help in grooming and forming an opinion on various
insights and steps taken by RBI. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I got the
opportunity to do my internship in finding correlation between base rate and
repo rate and their inter-connectivity with respect to various banks whether
public, private or foreign. I gathered data since the inception of base rate
(from 2009) and found fascinating results of the market movement that happens
as the RBI changes the rates. The whole research work was aptly completed, only
possible through the generosity and patience shown by my mentors who not only
helped me with historical data and knowledge but also with the statistical
tools like SAS and Excel analysis for regression modelling. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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filled with gratitude for my mentors seeing their hard work and diligence they
took to explain and also how they’re so much attached to the organization
having a feeling of working for the country. The two month internship was not
only all work, we enjoyed a lot during the period. The Lucknow branch has all
the refreshment facilities and gaming areas where we spent some time during
lunch hours. In all I would say my internship at RBI, Lucknow was the best one
could get during the two month break in the course curriculum.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274753472207451495.post-15910807682899270142015-10-18T09:00:00.000+05:302015-10-18T09:00:00.836+05:30Internship Diaries #28<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US">I did my
internship with Toshniwal Equity Services which is a stock broking and
investment consulting firm located right in the heart of Dalal Street and
Bombay Stock Exchange. Internship started with a lot of expectations from our
mentor. We were expected to work not only on financial aspects but also consult
on minor but vital aspects of the company like operations and marketing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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project was Financial Statement analysis and Stock price movements. We started
by understanding different faces of technical analysis and fundamental analysis
under the guidance of Mr. Jay Toshniwal. He gave us insights on important
entities that revolve around the fundamentals of a company such as taxation,
royalty and more and where these concept did aroused. We were trained in Metastock
Software, which is one of the major software that is being used at the firm for
evaluating charts and patterns of BSE and NSE. Fundamental analysis was done of
cement sector which included 6 major cement companies of India including ACC, Ambuja,
Birla, Heidelberg and Ultratech. Additionally we worked on understanding the
management discussions and their interpretation in financial terms. </span><br />
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gained experience on core corporate operations of the company by attending
Annual General Meetings of Reliance, SBI, and Hindustan Unilever. Our next task
was analysis of Nifty Junior, Nifty 200 and Nifty from Feb ’15 to July’15 and
to come out with stocks which were resistant to fluctuations in market. We also
worked on updating client portfolios on moneycontrol.com which was an arduous
task but this was also successfully updates by us. Our last assignment was
revamping the website of the company, which included coordinating with the
vendor on all aspects of the website including content and design.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274753472207451495.post-26108923440758190282015-10-17T21:00:00.000+05:302015-10-17T21:00:01.084+05:30Internship Diaries #27<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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because of its world class service and quicker delivery time. </span><span style="background: white; color: #252525;">I got opportunity to work as an
Operations Intern in Order fulfilment Department at Gurgaon Office. </span><span style="color: #0e2233;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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all the formalities. I was extremely surprise to see their speed and enthusiasm
of working. The environment was happening. In two months of internship I worked
in multiple projects. Like COD, NPS improvement, and to reduce the departmental
interaction count. I was under guidance of Ms. Khushboo, she helped me a lot in
understanding E-commerce world. How they work, how they carry business in such
competitive world. My mentee gives me full liberty to alter or improve any process
of jabong.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fantastic. You can enjoy the freedom of work there. You just have to come up
with new ideas and if your senior likes them, it will be implemented within no
time. I saw people working more than 10 hours on their own will. I got
opportunity to meet with top management and discuss about E-commerce in both
formal and informal meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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jabong.com, the perfect place to showcase your talent and creativity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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