Scope of Foreign Internship

By:
Rakesh Soni
Mohit Bhatnagar

Layout

Introduction
Our Assignment/Project
How to get internship
Resume Writing
Letter writing
Photo Gallery: Germany and Its Culture

Introduction
How it all started
Initial frustrating phase
A ray of light from setting sun
Follow up and preparation before leave
Our experience
key to success
- Dream high
- Hard work with Smartness
- Optimistic approach
- Patience
- Be professional

Our Assignments/Projects

Wear Simulation in Micro-machines: Mohit Bhatnagar

Project Guide: Prof Dr Norbert Huber
Institut fur Material Forschung 2,
Forschungszentrum, Karlsruhe, GERMANY

Lifetime Observer: An application of Mechatronics in Vehicle

Technology : Rakesh Soni
Project Guide: Prof Dr.-Ing. J Wallaschek
Mechatronik und Dynamik
Heinz Nixdorf Institut,
Universtat Paderborn, GERMANY

Internship

What is internship
Advantages: Job, MS, MBA, FUN
How to get it
1. Through Organization
a. DAAD
b. AIESTE
c. AIESEC
2. Apply Directly
a. Search the e-mail ids of Professors
b. Mail to them

Through Organizations

DAAD
- German Student Exchange Organization
- Shikha Sinhas email id: info@daaddelhi.org
- tell them that you are interested in foreign internship
- DAADs website: http://newdelhi.daad.de
IAESTE
- The International Association for the Exchange of Students for
Technical Experience
- website: www.iaeste.org
- proper procedure for application
AIESEC
- website: http://www.aiesec.org

Apply Directly

Lengthy and time consuming process, but efficient

Work for 10 days, 4hrs per day
Visit websites of different universities of the world
- visit universities country-wise
- start your journey from Germany
- session starts from October in Europe
- www.allaboutcollege.com
- http://univ.cc/world.php
- search on GOOGLE: list of universities of Germany
- GOOGLE language tool: for translation of non-English
websites
http://www.google.com.sg/language_tools?hl=en
- OR click on UKs Flag

Continue

Search e-mail ids of the Professors of the department

- Does this university has your department?
- Keywords: Faculty, Departments, Organizations, Divisions,
Academic, Perspective Students, Schools,
Institutes etc.
- Staff, Work group: list of faculty member and their ids
- Title: Prof Dr-Ing = Professor
Dr-Ing. = PhD Students
Dipl.-Ing. = Graduate Students
- save the ids in a word doc., along with web links
Contact them personally
- put e-mail ids in BCC field

Letter Writing

Salutation: The salutation can be in two ways

a. personal address- Dear Prof. ______
b. General address- Dear sir/madam
First Paragrapha. Introduce yourself
b. explain for the position you are applying
Second paragraph
a. Focus on your qualifications
b. Write about specific project, accomplishment, interests
Final paragraph
a. Indicate your intentions to follow up
b. Refer to your resume (if attached)
Closing- Signature

Letter writing

Spell everything completely, do not use abbreviations

No spelling, grammatical or punctuation errors
Prepare 2 or 3 sets of letters with different interests
If applying by name to a Professor, write according to his
interests and expectations
KISS- Keep It Short and Simple
Write in active voice
Use professional language
Font size should be 10, 11, or 12 pt.
Use a font that is easy to read (Times New Roman, Helvetica or
Arial)
Proof read

Sample letter
Dear Prof.
I am an undergraduate (junior year) student of Mechanical
Engineering at Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India. I am
interested to do research work in mechanical field.
I read about you and your research papers. I felt that I may be
able to suit the research work in your department. Ill glad to
work under you during this summer as an intern. If such an opportunity
is available, I would like to avail myself for that.
Looking forward to hear you soon,
Sincerely,
Rakesh Soni
Indian School of Mines, INDIA

Resume Writing

Objective
Personal details: Sex, D.O.B, Add, Contact
UG Research
Experience/Training: reverse chronological order
Awards: only good ones
Education: only if you got GPA around 8.00, ELSE write summary
of education
Computer Skills: software, languages, OS
Professional Affiliations
Publications
Personal Interests/activities: Seminar, conferences, on going
projects
References: available upon request

Guideline for Better Presentation

No grammatical or spelling error

Basic expected information
Targeted to your goal
Strengths are highlighted / weaknesses de-emphasized
Writing is concise and to the point
Use power words
Very long sentences (if these are really necessary) with short
punchy sentences
Shorter is usually better
Research oriented
Telephone number that will be answered.
SAMPLE RESUME

Train station

Inside The Train

Inside The Bus

Paderborn

Big Shop

Guess???

AIESEC Peoples Meeting

Presenting INDIA at AIESEC meeting

University of Paderborn

Mechanical Department

Heinz Nixdorf Institute

Lab of Mechanical Department

Summer Festival of University

Beer Game !!!

Cuba Pub

Hostel mates

Grillfest

Konstanz

Meeting

My institute

My Hostel mates

Passion for Cricket !!!

Team mates

Thanks and questions

Contact: Mohit Bhatnagar

e-mail: mohit_ismdh@yahoo.com
Room no.: 146 D
Rakesh Soni
e-mail: pinkcity_guy007@yahoo.co.in
Room no.:149 D
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