Summer Internship- Day 1

I had been waiting so long for my 6th semester exams to get over, and finally they got over on 26th May. Now it was time for my summer internship. I was going to intern at the IT department of a government organization (Name of the organization withheld !!). I was briefed by some of my seniors that this organization is very lenient with its summer inters and don’t pressurize too much. I was really hoping that their words are true

The final acceptance letter which I got from the organization said that the reporting time was 9.00 am sharp. I woke up at 7 am, took a good bath and had my breakfast. It was already 8 am and I was late, considering the Gurgaon -Delhi traffic, that too in the office hours. So I quickly packed my bag (took the important documents) prayed for 5 minutes and left for the office.

The IT department here has two blocks, the old block and the new block. So as Murphy’s Law states I reached the wrong block. The interns have to report to the new block and I reached the old block.

There are obvious disadvantages of having so many flyovers in Delhi. Take a wrong turn and you end up driving 5 more kms (considering the heavy traffic… it’s a pain!!). It was already 9.15 and I was late on the first day itself. Took the next available U-Turn and reached the new block at 9.30.

I was to report the Mr.X the General Manager, IT Department (Again  … Name withheld ). I went to him and introduced myself. He told me to wait for Mr. Y as he would allot me the group and the project. I asked the chaiwahah there and he told me that Mr Y usually comes at 10, and so I have to wait for him.

Ahhhh…  that was such a relief. I didn’t miss anything and was not late anymore   (God Bless the babu culture!!) . Mr Y was dot on time. He was in the office a full 1 minute before the Radio Mirchi’s RJ announced that its 10 am.  After he settled down I went up to him and introduced my self. He told me that I have to first sign a format acceptance letter before I could join. He then asked me to take the letter from Mr Z, sign it and give it back to him. The same chaiwalah told me that Mr Z comes at around 10.30 or 10.45.

I then went to the guests room, took up the days TOI and started reading it. The chaiwalah again came in and told me that Mr Z would not come today and I need to take the letter from Mr. P. (Luckily Mr P comes on time i.e. at 9am). As soon as I was about to get up I realized that there are some more interns present there. I was happy that I was not the only one waiting .We all went up to Mr P , signed the official letter and then gave it to Mr Z .

Mr Z the asked us what we could for the organization!. We all came up with all the weirdest ideas of our lives . He told us to divide ourselves in 2 groups and then decide what we project we would do. We all 6 inters then decided that the 1st group would make a website for them (using PHP) and my group would make a website for internal use (using .net) .

We told this to Mr Z and he was ok with it. Then he asked me if I knew some one in the organization . I told that one of my relatives is working here. As soon as I told Mr Z my relative’s name, he took out his mobile and asked me-

Mr Z – “yehi number hai”?? (Showing the number in his mobile)

Me – “Yes sir… yehi hai “!! (After checking the number in my mobile)

Mr Z calling someone..

Mr Z – ” haan bhai.. ye kis ko bhej dea hai tune…. “(With a smile)… “tune mithaye to khilaye nahi kal .. aab internship karwa raha hai relative ki! .. ” aaj he khila warna abhi rook dunga iss ki internship… ” !!

lolz… this was amazing … Mr Z and my relative were one the best friends in the office (according to Mr Z ) . He then told all the interns to go and come the next day and asked me to sit down . It was a bit embarrassing for me… But I was happy too..

After every one went.. he asked me if I was interested in making a database for Finance department. I HAD to say yes. Giving me a CD , he told me that it contained the last 5 year records of the finance department and I have to make the database for this using either SQL or Oracle .After giving me some more details he asked me to report next week with a prototype !(a prototype in a week… man are you kidding ??)I greeted him and just pushed off from there.

It was so hot and i was damn hungry. Luckily the office campus had a Bikaner sweets shop. As soon as I entered the eating area, I ran toward the seat which was just under the AC .Finished my day with a special thali and a glass of Lassi.

Finally my Day one was over.. Now the real work starts…. have to make a prototype till next Tuesday and submit to him with full documentation! . Have to work hard now…

Would update the blog soon…

Bye

~ by Aayush Jain on June 3, 2009.