Students and Internships

Way back in 90's, when I was in college, 'Internship' was not a well-known term. Especially in engineering colleges in tier-3 cities, this was unheard of. The break between years / semesters was used mainly to catch-up on movies along with friends or eat more mangoes if it is summer. There were very few options that could help students get industry experience. The final year projects done were more academic in nature subjected to the experience and exposure of the 'guide' during that period.

In the modern times, technology (IT) brings students closer to the Industry. http://letsintern.com is one such site, where students can register and look-out for Internships. On the other hand, companies can post their Intern requirements and also chose Interns. The students can even get paid for the Internships. I could see Internships related to Marketing, Content Writing, Software Engineering, Social Media, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and the like. I wish this industry academia collaboration is taken to the next level.

I should soon be posting for Internships in my company on this site :-)

Engineering, Medical and Management Colleges in India

If I want to pursue engineering, what are the options I have to study in India? How do I know about colleges in my city-of-liking or in a particular region in India? How would I know about the faculty in that college, infrastructure and tuition fees to fulfill my dream?

Way back in 1990s, when there was brain-drain, people used to have better idea about the college education in USA, UK and Australia than in India. Thanks to technology and few persistent entrepreneurs, the situation is going to change in India forever. Check out http://indiacollegesearch.com. You would be amazed at the  information that is being put-up about each of the engineering, medical and management institutes in India. You can get all the latest information about these colleges (1000+ engineering, 300+ medical and 1400+ management colleges), shortlist them based on your preferences and even send your profiles to them.

Heard that they received enough venture capital recently and hopefully this should help them pursue their ambition to support dreams of youth in India.

Though government has setup so many committees to figure out ways to improve school / college education (who doled out mere statistics), the real innovation in terms of taking higher-education to the critical mass is coming from private industry.