Following this, we were assigned mentors and our internship project. My internship was in the Marketing Research department in ‘Sustainable warehousing’. Although it is said that nothing can match the on-field experience of an internship but the BMI team had properly carved out the plans to not let the interns feel the void of the on-field internship by making this virtual internship holistic and enriching.
My project included research on ways and means to increase the efficiency of warehouses and providing innovative ideas to improve the productivity of warehouses by making it sustainable as per the needs of Indian markets. The output of research had to be in solid figures, in percentage, like if we employ a dynamic racking system instead of static racking, how much cost, energy and space-saving can be achieved in percentage and not vaguely. If I failed to find it then dig deeper but come up with numbers. During the entire run, my mentor, as well as other officials of BMI, were extremely helpful as they helped me overcome all the obstacles that I faced during the internship.
During the internships, we had regular coffee sessions with peers and industry experts where we got to learn from their experience and increased bonding with fellow students.
All in all the environment in BMI was stimulating, motivating and nourishing. In these two months, I grew personally as well as professionally. At the end I got to present my work to Industry officials who lauded my efforts by noticing every minute detail and ensured that they will employ these suggestions in their future projects and promised to stay in touch.
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