Career Development Wing

Abhijit Singh Johwari

Y22 ME · Deutsche Bank

Hello people! I am a Junior undergrad at IIT Kanpur. I successfully infiltrated a banking MNC and I am here to tell you how you can too! Meri hobbies Writing, playing pickleball and digressing conversations hai. Aaram se, kya matlab “Jaldi point pe aa na bhai“? I am currently doing an internship with Deutsche Bank, working on Sanctions and Embargoes in the Anti-Financial Crimes department specifically for Strategic List Management (Excel bharta hu bhai). Kya? Branch nahi batai maine? Mechanical hai bhai.So without further ado, Here are the things that you will find in this white page,

Saksham Parihar

Y22 EE · CPM Analyst Intern

Hello everyone, I am Saksham Parihar, from the Electrical Engineering department. This summer, I am working as a CPM Analyst intern at Standard Chartered. I will be sharing my intern season journey. I hope this encourages some of you who might be doubting yourselves right now — thinking you don’t have enough projects or that your CPI isn’t good enough. Just remember: the key is to keep going, keep pushing, and trust that you’ll eventually get what you’re aiming for. My Internship Journey: Embracing Persistence, Overcoming Rejections and Finding Gratitude

Ayush Bokad

Y22 CHE · Nestle

Hello everyone, I am Ayush Bokad, Y22 pursuing B.Tech in Chemical Engineering; currently interning at Nestle as Operations Management Trainee. In this blog, I’ve shared my internship preparation journey, my experience during the intern season, insights into techno-managerial roles, and key takeaways. Do give it a read — I hope it helps! My Preparation Journey My internship preparation started in a very uncertain phase. Although I did my main preparation for Intern season in summers after 2nd year, I started connecting the threads a bit earlier. In my 2nd year, along with academics

Madhav Maheshwari

Y22 ECO · Nomura

Hi everyone! I’m Madhav Maheshwari, an undergraduate in the Department of Economic Sciences. This summer, I’m interning as a Global Market Analyst at Nomura. This post isn’t just about how I landed an internship — it’s about navigating uncertainty, figuring out what works for you, and staying hopeful even when things don’t go as planned. Coming from the Economics department, it’s easy to feel sidelined in conversations often dominated by software, core engineering, or consulting roles. But that doesn’t mean our journey is any less meaningful.

Moni Dutt

Y22 CHE · JP Morgan & Chase

Hello everyone , I’m Moni Dutt, majoring in chemical engineering. I’m working as CIB summer intern in JP Morgan Chase & Co. this year. My domain of interest includes Finance, consulting , product management. I’m not so sure what I’m going to write in this “intern prep” blog as I didn’t have that much of a defined internship preparation journey honestly but I’ll try to share my true experiences with you all. I hope my story will give hope to people with not so good CPI and a non-circuital branch as initially I thought this will be a great barrier which indeed is very true, but trust me other things matter as well.

Akshat Chouksey

Y22 EE · PwC

Hi Everyone, I’m Akshat Chouksey (Y22), from the Electrical Engineering department, currently interning at PwC as a Technology Consulting Associate. In this blog, I’ll walk you through all the mistakes I made during my internship hunt and how I eventually managed to land an offer despite them. Zoom image will be displayed Intern Interview Process & Learning To provide some context, I held several PORs during my 2nd year, including serving as the Secretary of the Finance and Analytics Club, E-cell along with a few other small PoRs. In my second year, I co-founded Suidhaga, a merchandise brand

Saumya Gupta

Y21 CHE · American Express

Hello reader!I am Saumya Gupta, pursuing my B.Tech in CHE and currently doing a data analyst intern at American Express. I am going to tell you my journey of grabbing an internship offer in American Express. It will be a sweet 5 to 6 min read, written with the hope to provide you light when you are filled with darkness. I wish that it can help you in any way possible. Background: So, let me start from the very beginning and provide you with my background. I am a student in the Chemical Engineering department and I joined with one aspiration, which was to explore everything.

Pranjal Singh

Y21 CHE · Dr. Reddy

Hey everyone, I am Pranjal Singh, a Y21 undergraduate in the department of chemical engineering. I will be interning at Dr. Reddy’s Laboratory in the core profile this summer. I will be sharing my preparation journey and interview experience here. To begin with, I would like to share about myself, after joining the institute, I explored a bit of things, I did a SnT summer project in the field of game development, which was a good learning and experience, but I realized that it required a lot of graphic creativity and patience since it is an iterative process. I also did projects in ML and deep learning offered by the chemineers society.

Varun Tokas

Y21 CSE · NK Securities

I am Varun Tokas, pursuing my B.Tech in CSE and currently doing a quant research intern at NK Securities Research. My domain of interest includes SDE and Quant . You can find an overview of my internship journey and if you are reading it I hope it could help you in some means. My Preparation Journey: I was in a bit of a quandry on how I should prepare for my internships. On one hand I wanted to stay in college, and perhaps do a project in the meantime, while on the other I wanted to go home for the summers, as summers in Kanpur get quite hot, maybe do an online intern somewhere, swim in the afternoons, and prepare in a more relaxed environment. After much deliberation and discussing with seniors, I ultimately decided to go home for the summers.

Siddhant Singh

Y21 ME · Axxela

Hi everyone! I’m Siddhant Singh, a student in the department of Mechanical Engineering. This summer, I’m working as a Trading Analyst at Axxela. When the AnC team asked me to share my internship journey, I thought, “Do I really have enough to say?” But after reflecting on my experience, I realized there’s plenty to share — especially for those who might feel that their journey is full of setbacks or isn’t as straightforward as they’d like. I hope my story gives some encouragement to those who aren’t from the infamous “CEM” branches and to those who might not have stellar academic records. Let’s dive into it. My Story:- To start, I’m a Mechanical Engineering student, and while my branch offers plenty of opportunities in core mechanical roles, I was more interested in software, techno-managerial, and finance roles.

Siddharth Maurya

Y21 CHE · Accenture

Hello everyone, I am Siddharth Maurya, a junior undergraduate student at IIT Kanpur majoring in Chemical Engineering. Currently, I am interning as a Strategy and Consulting Associate at Accenture. I have documented my entire intern preparation journey here, including the interview process, and have also provided some tips for intern preparation.Insight into the Selection Process:- Resume Submission-> Aptitude Test + Resume Shortlist -> Technical Interview → MD Round Basic Preparation Overview:- Consulting mainly requires you to practice a few Guesstimates and Case Studies. Resources that are relevant for these are Victor Cheng Playlist, Aditya Agarwal Playlist and IIML Case Interviews

Diptanshu

Y21 CHE · Hindustan Unilever

I’m Diptansu, a Y21 undergraduate student majoring in Chemical Engineering. This summer, I’ll be interning at Hindustan Unilever as an RnD engineer. A little about me: Initially admitted to the MSE branch, I switched to Chemical Engineering after my first year. As I began to do well in my core courses, my interest shifted towards TechnoManagerial/Core roles. Alongside my studies, I worked under a professor on a project involving the study and simulation of granular particles. To enhance my skill set, I undertook projects with CHEMINEERS and STAMATICS to learn basic machine learning and completed an online course. Outside of academics, I have a passion for reading fiction, cooking, and wildlife. I’ve also served as the Manager of the Research Wing at the Academics and Career Council, as well as the secretary of the book club.

Vishal Himmatsinghka

Y21 EE · Atlassian

I am Vishal Himmatsinghka, pursuing my B.Tech in EE and currently doing a software development intern at Atlassian. My domain of interest includes SDE, Quant and Finance. You can find an overview of my internship journey and if you are reading it I hope it could help you in some means. Journey: I began my proper intern preparation in May ’23, knowing it was quite late. I had initially planned to start at the beginning of my 4th semester but got sidetracked by Inter-IIT, FAC Coordinator recruitments, and EE academics. Despite my anxiety about starting late and my lack of prior competitive programming experience, I resolved to make the most of the three months ahead to upskill and cover lost time. I stayed on campus over the summer for discipline, unaware of how challenging the summers would be.