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HINDUSTAN UNILEVER,

SUMMER INTERNSHIP REPORT

Submitted by

Richu Biju

Reg No: MGP18MBA73

Under the guidance of

Mr. CYRIAC JOSE

Assistant Professor

in Partial Fulfilment of the requirement for the award of the degree of

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Of

APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala

Department of MBA
Saintgits College of Engineering
Kottukulam Hills, Pathamuttom Kottayam-686532
August 2019
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DECLARATION

I, RICHU BIJU, hereby declare that the Project Report titled ‘An Internship at Hindustan
Unilever, Kollam’ was submitted to the Department of MBA, Saintgits College of Engineering,
affiliated to A P J Abdul Kalam Technological University of Kerala is a record of the original
work done by me and no part of it has been submitted earlier for award of any Degree, Post-
Graduation or similar title of any other University or Institution.

Place: Kottayam RICHU BIJU

Date: 10/08/19 MGP18MBA73

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First and foremost, I offer my gratitude to God Almighty for His blessings to complete this work.
I express my heartfelt gratitude to our Internship guide Mr.Cyriac Jose, Assistant Professor and
Principal Dr. M D Mathew, our Dean Dr. Roji George, and Dr.Jacob George ,Assistant Dean
for providing the facilities for doing this internship.

I would like to place on record, our sincere thanks to the MD&CEO Mr.Sanjiv Mehta of
Hindustan Unilever, for his kind permission to undertake this internship.

I would like to take this humble opportunity to express my deep sense of gratitude to our head
Mr.Pratheush, who gave us guidance in doing the work, Ms. Ashley for their kindness and
support to provide opportunity to do our internship work in Hindustan Unilever.

Last but not the least I extend my sincere thanks to my parents and friends for their valuable help
and encouragement throughout my studies.

RICHU BIJU
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INDEX

Chapter Titles Pg.

No.

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Objective of Internship 1

1.2 Industry Analysis 2

1 1.2.1 Overview of Industry 3

1.2.2 Market segment of FMCG in India 5

1.2.3 Water Purifiers in India 5

2 Organizational Analysis 7

2.1 The nature of the Organization and it business 7

2.1.1 Company Profiles 7

2.2 Mission, Vision and Values 9

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2.3 Products / services 10

2.4 Financials 15

2.4.1 Market share 15

2.4.2 SWOT analysis of HUL PureIt 16

2.4.3 CSR activities of HUL 17

3 Position of the Intern & His Role 20

3.1 Organizational structure 20

3.1.1 Marketing and sales Structure 20

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3.2 Details about the roles and duties and responsibilities 22

(a)Duties & Responsibilities assigned to the Intern 22

(b)Department allotted & reporting to whom 22

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(c)Brief Detailing about Internship 23

4 Details about Internship 24

4.1 Weekly Activity 24

4.2 Contribution of the Intern to the Organization 31

4.2.1 Initiatives & Responsibilities taken by the intern 31

4.2.2 Task Accomplishments 31

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4.2.3 New Ideas and concepts suggested by the Intern 32

4.2.4 Major Assignment done by the intern 32

4.3 Learning from the internship 32

(a)Overall knowledge gained from Internship 33

(b)Analysis of Achievements Vs Objectives 34

(c)Major areas where concept can be practically used 34

Conclusion 35
5 Annexure 36

Reference 38

LIST OF FIGURES

Fig No: Titles Pg. No.

1 2.1 Organizational Analysis 7

2 2.3 Products & services 10

3 2.3.1 Copper RO+UV+MF Water Purifiers 13

4 2.4 Financials 15
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5 2.4.1 Market Share 15

6 3.1 Organization structure 20

7 3.1.1. Marketing & Sales Structure 20

LIST OF TABLES

Table No: Titles Pg. No.

1 Weekly Report 1 24

2 Weekly Report 2 25

3 Weekly Report 3 26

4 Weekly Report 4 27

5 Weekly Report 5 28

6 Weekly Report 6 29

7 Weekly Report 7 30