4 benefits of taking an internship 

Pooja Mandal is a student of Apeejay School of Management (ASM). After completing her B Com education from Motilal Nehru College, University of Delhi, she started pursuing MBA. “ The simple reason why I wanted to study MBA is to make myself ready for the corporate world and grow myself professionally, better and faster,” emphasises Pooja.

A remarkable learning experience

To accelerate her learning curve, the MBA student went on to pursue her internship with Sunstone, a leading higher education service provider that works with academic institutions in up-skilling students for employability. During her internship, she played the role of a revenue assurance professional. “The internship at Sunstone went really well. Their way of dealing with the customer demands was quite fascinating. Overall, it was a journey full of learning and worth cherishing,” adds Pooja.

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Further, Pooja said that on-the-job learning reinforces what one sees in the classroom and teaches invaluable skills like time management, organisational and analytical skills, and so on. “This internship helped me enhance my problem-solving as well as communication skills,” she says.

Thanks to ASM

Pooja continues to explain how grateful she is to all her faculty members at ASM. Especially Dr. Pragya Arya Tiwari Ma’am, who helped her to find internship opportunities, and provided guidance on preparing the resume and cover letter. “She offered advice on interview techniques as well,” mentions Pooja. She also adds, “During the internship , Prof Shweta Jha ma’am used to communicate with me to check on my progress and offer assistance to me whenever needed, and also Prof Ranjeet Kaur ma’am equally helped me in finding internship opportunities and provided me guidance throughout the internship.”