Dream big and work hard

Mou Chakraborty
Kolkata, August 27, 2007
Want to have some work experience aboard even when you are in college? Do you want to work for the underprivileged? Do you want to dream big and make most of the opportunities that come your way? Well then AIESEC is the ideal place for you.
AIESEC is a non-political non-profit youth organisation and is present in over a hundred countries. It has 23,000 students from all over the world as members. “This group provides members with a platform for leadership, job opportunities abroad, conferences and an opportunity to work for issues like HIV/AIDS, child rights and corporate social sesponsibility,” said Rohit Adukia, organising committee president for recruitment, 2007 and a second year B.Com student of Bhawanipore Education Society.
Students up to 26 and working professionals up to 36 can become a member of AIESEC. While there is no joining charge, membership form cost Rs 50. Right now the organisation is recruiting members till August 29. “We are looking for young and dynamic individuals who believe in making a difference. Members will be selected on their performance in a group discussion and an interview,” said Adukia, who is currently holding recruitment interviews leading colleges of the city.
The cardinal feature of AIESEC is the “international traineeship exchange programme,” which provides students and working professionals to access interns in countries across the globe. AIESEC currently has more than 700 youth volunteers and close to a 1000 international internship programmes every year where nominees live abroad while working on projects.
“These programmes provide the much requisite exposure to international markets through direct interaction with foreign corporate houses. The combination of a practical work experience in a diverse cultural environment helps an individual to enrich himself. Besides empowering one's CV, it brightens up the career-graph of interns. The icing on the cake is that these exchanges are cost-effective, reliable and hassle-free. Though the student has to arrange for the air fair, their food and lodging are taken care off by us,” said Adukia.
AISEC welcomes students who want to make a presentation of their projects. If approved AIESEC would sponsors the project. For more enquries log on to www.aiesec.org.
Mou.Chakraborty@hindustantimes.com