Fieldwork Experience At National Stock Exchange Of India - Apoorva Mahajan, TISS Mumbai

Talking about my own fieldwork experience at National Stock Exchange of India, one of the best aspects of the fieldwork is the exposure to real corporate environment, being able to assist or work on the company’s policies and presentations and simply being able to observe the human resource processes of the organization. In fact, I would say that working two days every week in the fieldwork organization gives me immense understanding of the Human Resource domain that would be difficult to gain in a classroom setting. Also, a fieldwork organization gives us a chance to interact with business leaders and if you’re lucky enough you might also get an opportunity to attend important meetings which provide a great level of insight both into the company as well as the human resource challenges in particular.

And at last, being a commerce and economics student, to be a part of a strategic company like the National Stock Exchange of India, where you can see huge screens flashing the Indian stock market’s live performance gives me a feeling unmatched. Moreover, to retain our experiences, we are asked to make a journal entry on a weekly basis and to be able to see your journal entries develop into a long story every passing week gives me immense joy and a chance to put my experience in a tangible form.

Treading through the first semester, I’m excited and hopeful for the rest of my fieldwork internships which I believe will be very different in terms of business exposure as well as the workplace setting. But I believe all the experiences would sum up at the end of two years and provide me with an understanding of the people processes and most importantly the business which would have been very difficult to achieve elsewhere.