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❖ A brief overview of the project
My project was on Vendor Managed Inventory. RIL was looking
forward to managing the inventory of its customer for strategic
advantage and smooth demand.

❖ How is a normal day at the Internship?
Every other day I used to meet my Mentor (thanks to open
office culture). We used to discuss further steps for the project
and alternative solutions a any problem. Then I used to meet
respective stakeholder to understand the business problem in
quite detail. Every Friday, I had to show the progress of the
project to Project Head.

FALESH MEHTA
❖ What are the challenges faced during Internship?
RIL Getting Data in short time (within a week) was most
challenging. My project had multiple stakeholders and we had
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to visit a petrochemical plant in Gujarat, it was again a
GENERAL INFORMATION challenge to convince various parties to priorities this project.

Batch: PGDIE 48 ❖ What did you do right and what did you do

wrong?
BTech: VIT University
What I did right: I managed to get insights of the business quite
Stream: Mechanical early from various individuals. I used to discuss my project with
everyone I met to get their views and alternatives.
Work Ex: Vedanta aluminium Ltd

What I did wrong: Didn’t plan well for plant visit and data collection quite well.

❖ What are the things to keep in mind in the internship?

Always keep your stakeholders happy by giving them satisfactory results. Always be in good terms with your

Mentor, don’t be shy to ask silly questions, also never ask same question twice. Try to remember names of every

individual you meet, you may write down on a notepad, at the end HR may ask questions like, name few people

with their designation whom you met during internship.

❖ What pre-internship preparation do you suggest for juniors?

Be Excel-ready, learn to create visually appealing ppts, ask seniors who interned in same company if any other

software skill required

❖ Anything else you would like to add

For two months, always stay well groomed. Its just not your work that is being judged over there but rather your
entire personality. Be confident in meetings and accept your mistakes if you happen to commit any.

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