Indian Startups Now Tapping The 'Internship' Arena


Bangalore: The rise in demand of young interns especially across large corporations and startup firms has led to a lot of initiatives linking employers with students to come up with new ventures. According to a Economic Times report, these firms demand from companies to spot fresh talent and link them with candidates seeking multiple options on a single platform.

Many new ventures including LetsIntern.com, HelloIntern.com and Internshala have sprung up across the startup ecosystem and these portals contain database of around 20, 000 firms and educational institutions listing internships both in India and foreign countries.

"Barring the IITs and IIMs, most colleges leave students to fend for themselves when it comes to internships, even though it is an integral part of most academic courses,” says Karthikeyan Vijayakumar, founder of Twenty19.com, a portal which focuses on students especially teenagers or those in twenties looking for an internship.

The business models can vary for portals pooling on such demand. Certain entrepreneurs are keenly interested in hiring overseas students in emerging markets such as India. To cite an instance, 29-year old Sarvesh Agrawal set up Internshala.com in 2010, when a friend of his studying in the London Business School was unable to find an internship opening in India.

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