In
a fast changing business world, skilling and up- skilling plays greater role in
developing dynamic leaders when it comes to manage day to day operations of
enterprise as well as lead by the examples. Summer internships are relevant to
the professional and technical courses that recent graduates and postgraduate
students are opting, as well as their overall growth and career prospects. In
terms of blended learning, online learning tools and platforms have created
wider scope of training in many facets. It has greater linkage with global
practices adopted by various multinational corporations in nurturing and
developing future talent.
For
engineering, management, commerce and other vocational courses summer
internships programs are crucial since they help to close the knowledge gap between
academia and the practical corporate world. These offer priceless opportunities
for networking, skill development, industry insights, and practical
experience—all of which ultimately improve students' employability and set them
up for success in the workplace setting. Majority of corporate companies prefer
to hire candidates having internship in specialized domains like civil,
mechanical, quality check, service support , backend activities ( like
Technical , HR ,Accounting etc) , logistic , payroll , customer handling etc.
Some
of the prominent outcomes of summer internships can be listed as follows:
1) Hands-on experience and exposure
2) Opportunity
to learn corporate culture
3) Skill development
4) Learning
about organizational culture
5) Gaining
confidence to work for large setups
6) Opportunity
to check their skills , knowledge and abilities
7) Exposure
to learn basic behavioural manners and etiquettes
8) Understanding
the practicality of any particular domain of knowledge
CONCLUSION
In
a nutshell, it is relevant to say that professional courses have lesser importance
if it lacks proper training and industry interactions. Such programs must be
designed in such a way that provides hands on experience and learning to
students. These internships must be given priority in course completion and
award of final degree through proper monitoring and rigorous assessment. The
agenda of Viksit Bharat @2047 need emphasis on skill development and focus on
youth readiness for industry level employment. B-schools and any professional
colleges need to self promote and implement such short term capacity
development program tailored to specialized courses offered by them.
