Internships & Skill Hackathons form the strong foundation of experiential learning – “Learning by Doing” for all participants at the Institute.
Hundreds of companies have partnered with the Institute to offer internships (for full-time students) and sponsored challenges (for senior executives) on variety of skill areas. Whether it’s revamping your product UX or a new market expansion, participants can add tremendous value to the organization by working on challenging projects under the guidance of our faculty. Students in turn will leverage their applied learnings to create impact for the sponsor as part of their curriculum.
Participants are paired to each internship opportunity and depending on fulltime or part time they can be co-located within the offices of the organization. Duration is usually 3-6 months.
Typically includes a scope outline & output expectations
Pick a time/venue that works for you for a 15 min sync up with the team
Participate in Final Demo Day to evaluate their pitch/work
Companies benefit from fresh perspectives, actionable insights and execution bandwidth for those important unfunded initiatives
Participants choosing specialized MBAs are more focused and skilled which produces higher quality.
Its a great way to nurture and coach future product leaders and pay it forward to build a strong skill based ecosystem.
Fulltime Participants are available for 3-6 months and can co-reside inside the company (fulltime). Part time Executive Participants (7+ years of experience) work for 100 days and spend spend on an average of 10-12 hours/week.
All IP ever created under the educational program is the ownership of the company. Neither the Indsitute nor the participants hold any rights to the outcomes, deliverables, work created through internship.
Yes the project sponsor would get to screen all the available candidates to choose the right participants for the project
Its optional but highly encouraged. For working Professionals funds can be used to reimburse for their travel/food expenses as they cannot accept direct payment. The primary objective of Industry Immersion track is to facilitate experiential learning working on real world market problems and in the process bring value and showcase the talent to the project sponsors or potential hiring managers.
The number of participants per project can be 1-3.
Absolutely, our goal is to ensure organizations get access to top talent and skilled professionals to build their competitive edge in the marketplace. Contact the Career Management Cell if you’d like to extend an offer to have them continue to work beyond the internship or industry sponsored challenge duration