It greatly helped me in developing and incorporating a familiarity with the corporate work environment.

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2. Sonora Gaggar is a NTAT Certi ed Student pursuing her B.Tech from VIT, Pune.
1. Where did you do your internship?
I did my internship at the mobile network operator IDEA Cellular, Pune in
Network Quality Department.
2. When did you give appear for NTAT exam and how was your
experience in answering the ticklish questions?
I had given the NTAT in my rst year of engineering i.e. in 2014. It was
challenging in aptitude. I was excited about the results since it was the rst time
I had given any exam for securing an internship.
3. Is this your first internship? If not, then where did you do your
previous internship?
Yes, this is my rst internship.

3. 4. What kind of experience did you have during your internship?
I had a positive and enriching experience throughout the six months of my
internship. It greatly helped me in developing and incorporating a familiarity
with the corporate work environment. I was able to practically implement the
theoretical knowledge I had gained in college. It also guided me in developing
key skills such as multitasking, communicating, learning to deal with
deadlines, learning of a professional work environment and gaining substantial
professional experience. I got a sound understanding of the IDEA Cellular
Telecommunication Industry.
5. Who do you think was your actual mentor during the internship?
I think my actual mentor during the internship was the entire network quality
team. They shared their pearls of wisdom with me throughout the course of the
internship and were understanding & friendly and guided me whenever needed.
Even though I was a temporary addition to their team, they considered me as one
of the essential members of their team.
6. In what way this internship has inspired you?
It has instigated an interest in me to take a look into pursuing a career in the
telecommunication industry. I also found it inspiring to work in such a positive
and healthy work environment, it even helped me to develop the essential skill of
time management. Also, as an intern, I learned how to handle criticism with
grace (both from watching coworkers receive

4. 7. What would you suggest to your fellow engineering students?
I would persuade my fellow engineering students to take up any internship in
their area of interest as it gives an invaluable experience and an exposure to the
professional industry which is not possible to obtain just from the college. With
an internship, we have the opportunity to showcase our talents and value to a
prospective employer, since many internships have the possibility of developing
into a full-time employment.
8. During the XX no. of days in the company, what is the single most
important thing you have learnt?
I think the single most important thing I learnt in my six months of interning
here was that we should always look for new ways to learn and new methods to
improvise the existing ones. In this constantly changing and rapidly evolving
tech savvy world, more the adaptable and exible we
are in learning new things, the more likely we would be in averting challenges
life throws our way. Learning something new gives us access to new and
different opportunities and the chance to try new experiences.
9. Seeing yourself doing something different from your fellow
classmates, what is the one thing you think you did differently than
others?
The one thing I think I did differently than the others was gain rst hand
practical knowledge about the telecommunication industry and the technologies
used about which till date I had only studied in college. This helped me to
develop a better understanding of the concepts I had
theoretically learned about. It also gave me an opportunity to test out a career

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