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❖ A brief overview of the project
I had three projects in Ice-cream distribution of Unilever.
First project was to allocate right kind of trucks on different
routes to increase their optimisation. Second project was to
optimise the supply chain and minimise distribution cost
with existing warehouses and network. Third project was to
minimise the total distribution cost as much as possible by
revamping the whole Ice-cream distribution system.

❖ How is the normal day at the internship?
I used to reach the Unilever campus in Mumbai at 8 am
from NITIE Campus, have my breakfast after reaching. Then

I would start working on my project, I made sure that I catch
SHIVAM AGRAWAL my tutor when she comes office. It’s better to take their

time early in the morning, later in the day they get busy.
HUL Then I used to work all day on my laptop, interacting with

__________________________________________ different people on the way whenever any problem pops
up. I used to leave office typically at 8pm.
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❖ What are the challenges faced during Internship?
Batch: PGDIE 48
There were many challenges throughout the internship,
BTech: BIT, Mesra right from the beginning till the end. I was anxious before
starting the internship as I had no clue what I am going to
Work Ex: Indian Oil do in the internship. I had difficulties in understanding the
deliverables of the project when the internship started. As
Corporation the internship proceeded I started having anxiety, whether I
will finish this project in time;
will be able to deliver anything significant. You get all sort of challenges during the internship but the most

challenging will be the ones where you will be overthinking.

❖ What did you do right and what did you do wrong?

Things I did right:

1. I stayed connected with as much people as possible, atleast all the alums in Unilever and also the

last year interns.

2. As soon as I got the project, I started working on it and asked almost all the seniors and super-

senior who have any similarity to my project.
3. I constantly checked my project progress with my tutor and other stakeholders in the project.

4. I enjoyed my internship tenure, I breathed my summer project.
5. I worked really hard, I used to work in the night after coming to my room, so NO substitute for
hard work.

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