Internship Only Opportunities Summary
Boston University Questrom School of Business and Newcastle University Business School have partnered to offer internships abroad, allowing participating students to:
- Integrate with an internship site to learn about local culture and management practices
abroad, allowing participating students to:
- Integrate with an internship site to learn about local culture and management practices
- Access regions of the world rarely explored by Questrom students
- Visit local companies to learn more about the economic climate of their host country
- Complete an internship abroad WITHOUT academic coursework or credit
Pune, India: Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Intern at the Reserve Bank of India in Pune alongside students from the University of Newcastle in Eng
land. The Reserve Bank of India, established in 1935, is India’s central bank, which controls the monetary policy of the Indian rupee. It plays an important part in the Development Strategy of the Government of India and is active in promoting financial inclusion policy. Learn about the key functional areas of the Bank by working with a mentor in the Bank and completing a research project in collaboration with a Newcastle student. Previous students have researched:
- Oil Prices and Economic Growth
- Stemming the decline in asset quality in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa) countries post global financial crisis
- Empowering India’s underprivileged through Universal Financial Access- issues and future prospects
- Role of monetary financial institutions in furthering financial inclusion as small finance/ payment banks
Students will also travel with RBI to various locally and globally significant companies in India. Learn more through the blog posts of previous interns in Pune and by reading the position description. Students will be based at RBI’s College of Agricultural Banking (CAB) in Pune, located South-East of Mumbai. The CAB is one of the RBI’s two training colleges in India.
Please note, Newcastle runs this program and the selection process. The RBI’s overall purpose in creating and funding the program is to bring an outside perspective into the bank, which they seek to accomplish by limiting the program to non-natives of India. As a result, the RBI Internship Program is not open to students who are residents of India. 3.0 GPA required. 4 positions available.
Internship Duration: 6 weeks. June 27 to August 5. (Move in June 25)
Costs to student: Airfare, visa, spending money, travel insurance (~$70)
Costs included: Housing, main meals, internship
Ahmedabad, India: Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)
SEWA is a trade union that organizes poor, self-employed women workers who earn a living through their own labor or small business. The main objective of SEWA is to empower poor, marginalized and semi-skilled women to become self-reliant. SEWA creates skill-building programs to motivate women to become entrepreneurs and not limit themselves to labor work. SEWA is a prominent organisation that has links to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
Interns will work alongside students from both Newcastle University and the #1 ranked Indian Institute of Management- IIM-Ahmedabad on marketing, 
branding, and website development. There are two main SEWA projects for 2016 to which students will be assigned. The first is with RUDI Multitrading Company Limited & Women in Technology, a marketing company promoting rural farm produce (mainly spices and staple foods). The produce is procured directly from farmers and processed, packed and marketed by rural women. Rudi internally rotates the rural producers to enhance quality, capacity and efficiency of production through the use of better technology. SEWA helps RUDI distribute its products in 14 districts of Gujarat, selling produce through a unique network of ‘Rudiben’ women who sell the goods. This cuts out middle men and improves the socio-economic development of underprivileged rural people. Previous students have helped Rudi prepare a business strategy and carry out sales analysis. The second project will look at Women in Technology and students will be required to create social and digital media strategies for various areas of SEWA’s operations. More details to come.
SEWA seeks students who have novel ideas and approaches to contribute to their organization. Students will be in the field, interacting freely with the grassroots members, so they should be open and adaptable in all kinds of experiences, including those with heat and dust. When students conduct fieldwork and surveys on rural sites, transport, accommodation, and food will be provided. They will have the chance to complete field trips to surrounding villages around Ahmedabad and may also be required to stay overnight in villages as part of field work (accompanied at all times by someone from SEWA). Last year’s interns traveled extensively as part of field work and were also able to visit Rani Ki Vav World Heritage Site and Udaipur, Rajasthan. Learn more by reviewing blog posts of previous interns and by reading the position descriptions provided by SEWA and by a former intern. Please note, Newcastle runs the selection process for this program. It is not open to students who are citizens of India as it’s meant to designed to introduce non-natives to the country. 2 positions available.
Internship Duration: 6 weeks. June 27 to August 5. (Move in June 25)
Costs to student: Airfare, visa, spending money, travel insurance (~$70), shared studio apartment with AC at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (~$180), meals purchased independently – there are cheap options on the India Institute of Management campus (~$300), travel from accommodations to work ($2-$8/rickshaw trip)
Costs included: Internship placement
Gurgaon (New Dehli), India: Bharti Foundation
Bharti Enterprises is one of India’s leading business groups with interests in telecom, agri-business, financial services, retail and manufacturing. Bharti Airtel is a leading global telecommunications company which 
operates in more than 20 countries in Asia and Africa. Bharti Foundation is the development arm of Bharti Enterprises and was set up in 2000 with a mandate to improve access to quality school education in rural India.
Interns will be based at the Bharti Foundation headquarters in Gurgaon, just outside New Delhi. While the accommodations are still be arranged, students should expect to travel by metro each day from the accommodation to the Bharti Foundation office. Interns will work on a project for Bharti’s Quality Support Program, an education initiative with government schools located in rural areas in India. The program aims (1) to empower school leaders and teachers, (2) to empower students, (3) to encourage stakeholder engagement, and (4) to optimize existing infrastructure and facilities in the rural schools. The Foundation is looking for students to analyze data collected from the Quality Support Program schools to develop a matrix to measure the effectiveness of the program to date. This will involve data analysis of the Foundation’s Schools program, analyzing trends, and making recommendations as to how to improve the program. Students will mainly be working at the Bharti Foundation’s headquarters in Gurgaon, just outside Delhi; however, some field work will be required, which involves visiting more rural areas for the day. During field visits students will be accompanied by a member of staff from the Bharti Foundation at all times. 2 positions available. This internship is tentatively scheduled but will only run if safe housing can be secured. A decision of whether to run this program will be made by February 22nd.
Internship Duration: 6 weeks. June 27 to August 5. (Move in June 25)
Costs to student: Airfare, visa, spending money, housing to be announced (cost TBD), meals travel insurance (~$70)
Costs included: Internship placement
Patalganga, India: National Institute of Securities Markets
National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) is a public trust established in 2006 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the regulator of the securities markets in India. The institute carries out a wide range of capacity building activities at various levels aimed at enhancing the quality standards of the securities markets. The institute’s six schools of excellence and the National Centre for Financial Education work in synergy towards professionalized securities markets. Its vision is to lead, catalyze and deliver educational initiatives to enhance the quality of the securities market and its mission is to engage in capacity building among the stakeholders in the securities markets through financial literacy, professional education, enhancing governance standards and fostering policy research.
Students will undertake a research project, working with students from Newcastle University and Groningen University Faculty of Economics and Business, looking at financial literacy. They will work in teams under the guidance of a supervisor from NISM and gain an insight into India’s diverse culture and experience a fast-paced business environment. NISM is a very high profile institute with links with SEBI. This offers an introduction to finance in the world’s fastest growing economy. 1-2 positions.
Internship Duration: 6 weeks. June 27 to August 5. (Move in June 25)
Costs to student: Airfare, visa, spending money, travel insurance (~$70)
Costs included: Housing and meals at NISM’s new state of the art campus located in Patalganga less than 60 miles from Mumbai, internship placement
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Federation of Small Businesses
The Federation of Small Businesses is the UK’s largest campaigning pressure group promoting and protecting the interests of the self-employed and owners of small firms. Formed in 1974, it now has around 200,000 members across 33 regions and 188 branches.
Interns will collaborate with students from Newcastle, Groningen and Xiamen Universities to conduct a research project under the direction of FSB’s North East Development Manager Simon Hanson. Last year’s interns worked on a project on open data, and how the North-East region can help local businesses use open data to improve their performance. An article on the work last year’s interns did can be found here. 2016 interns will be divided into one of two teams to work on the following projects:
1) Civic Technology: Civic tech is technology (mainly IT) that enables engagement or participation of the public for stronger development, enhancing citizen communications and improving government infrastructure. Definitions of civic tech are broad and it will be up to you to formulate a definition and make suggestions as to how businesses and councils in the region can use it. The FSB would like a group of 4 students to look at what civic tech is, examples of best practice from around the world and how the FSB can encourage councils to think differently to incorporate a civic tech agenda into their strategy.
2) Government Technology: this is broadly the technology infrastructure that state and local government departments use to do their internal work or deliver services to their customers, ie. their citizens.With 89,000+ government entities at just the local level and 22 Million civil servants nationwide, the diversity of technology tools used to operate the “business” of government is extremely broad. Government uses technology to manage internal projects and procurement, to track infrastructure, to regulate zoning — to name just a few examples. Government also uses external/citizen-facing tools to deliver health care, collect taxes/fees, to issue licenses and permits, to convene citizens, to manage water and sewer, and so on. Students will work to define what government technology is, best practice from around the world, with the overall aim of changing the mindset of government leaders in the North-East, so that gov tech strategies can be implemented.
Students working on both projects will need to be comfortable analyzing data sets and will also get the opportunity to work on marketing strategies for both the civic and government tech initiatives. Students may indicate a preference of project in their applications. 2 positions available.
Internship Duration: 3 weeks. July 24 to August 11.
Costs to student: Airfare, visa, spending money, self-catering individual bedrooms with private bathroom in shared apartment with kitchen facilities at Newcastle University (~$450), travel insurance (~$70), groceries (~$65/week)
Costs included: Internship placement
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Thomas Swan
Internship Duration: 3 weeks. July 24 to August 11.
This is an opportunity to gain first hand business consulting experience with a respected 90-year old UK Company. You will work in a global team made up of students from Groningen, Xiamen and Newcastle University Students.
You will be based at Thomas Swan & Co.’s headquarters in Consett, Country Durham for four days/week and based from the Business School one day/week.
Tel Aviv Israel: Career Israel Internship Sites
Possible internship sites include: Ritz Carlton, HP, Deloitte, Sodastream, Ahava, Keepod, Playbuzz and more!
More program specifics to follow.
Costs to student: $3,950 (subject to change) + airfare
Cost includes: Housing, travel insurance, volunteering, and enrichment experience [/pl_accordioncontent]
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