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[8 Sep 2012 | One Comment | ]
T5E Travelogue: England

“We were on our way to the London Eye, a giant Ferris wheel from which one can view the entire city. On the way, we encountered something most shocking…”

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[2 Sep 2012 | 2 Comments | ]
This Time For Africa

I hadn’t quite anticipated what volunteering at a Ghanaian orphanage for a month would bring. Sure, I thought I would feel the obligatory happiness associated with doing my bit for the (global) community. And I was definitely a bit frightened about dealing with the kids – what if they didn’t like me? What if I didn’t know how to handle them? What if I had to change diapers?

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[31 Aug 2012 | 4 Comments | ]
Internship Stories: Ashwin, Transocean

Ashwin Mohandas is a fourth year student in the Department of Naval Architecture.

Transocean comes for intern selections around the end of September. The selection process is pretty traditional and straight-forward. …

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[19 Aug 2012 | No Comment | ]
Internship Stories: Sohini, Samsung

Sohini Sarkar is a fourth year student in the Department of Electrical Engineering. She talks about her summer experience while interning at Samsung in Bangalore.

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[17 Aug 2012 | One Comment | ]
Internship Stories: Vikram, Microsoft Research

Vikram Rao is a fourth year B.Tech student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He spent the summer interning at Microsoft Research, Redmond (MSR Redmond).

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[13 Aug 2012 | 4 Comments | ]
Internship Stories: Sneha, ISB

A. Sneha is a 4th year student studying MA(Development Studies) at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras.

Interning at the Wadhwani Center for Entrepreneurship Development under the aegis …

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[8 Aug 2012 | 4 Comments | ]
Internship Stories: Bindu, Duke TiP

Bindu Upadhyay talks about her internship at Duke TiP – a summer studies program conducted by Duke University.

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[19 Jul 2012 | 5 Comments | ]
Internship Stories: Sujeet, Facebook

Sujeet Gholap is a 4th year B.Tech student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He enjoys coding, socialising, photography and watching movies. He worked at Facebook in Menlo …

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[11 Jul 2012 | No Comment | ]
Internship Stories: Sharanya, Ryerson DMZ Fellowship

Sharanya “Schrodinger’s Cat” Haridas is a fifth year student of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. She is the Founder-C.E.O. of  ”That’s So Gloss!“

When I think back to the …

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[3 Jul 2012 | No Comment | ]
Internship Stories: Archith, MITACS

Archith “Superman” Mohan is a fourth year B.Tech student of the Electrical Engineering Department.
In the words of Rebecca Bourque, Director of Strategic Accounts and Business Development, though MITACS stands for …