{"id":1894,"date":"2012-04-30T22:46:02","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T17:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/?p=1894"},"modified":"2014-06-21T18:43:40","modified_gmt":"2014-06-21T18:43:40","slug":"germany-first-stipend-internship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/germany-first-stipend-internship\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars in Germany and more: what my first stipend did for me"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Name: –\u00a0Akhilesh Gannavarapu<\/p>\n

College:\u00a0 –\u00a0JNTU-H<\/p>\n

Interned at : – FHW, Germany<\/p>\n

How will I spend my 1st internship stipend?<\/p>\n

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Although I technically received my first stipend while interning with SELCO Solar Pvt. Ltd a year ago, my first stipend that I got to use was during a wonderful 3 month period I spent in Germany. Selected by IAESTE India among a lot of students, I made my way to Germany, nervous as a cat, but with a sense of pride and accomplishment. After having a low-work 3 week period after joining my internship, I was handed my first stipend, and so many things ran through my mind. A trip to Hamburg, fine dining for a long time, maybe a trip to Berlin, adopting a child from the SOS Village… I wanted to do so many things, and thankfully, I was able to do most of them. A little pep talk from my supervisor on how to spend it and where to go did help me a lot. So after going back to my room, I packed my bag and went with the flow, and by co-incidence went to Berlinale, saw Farhan Akhtar, talked to him, shook his hand; saw Priyanka Chopra, yelled at her for not coming to our section for autographs, to which she burst out laughing and waved at me; and after waiting for ages, saw Shahrukh Khan, and although I’m not a fan of his, it was a great way of spending time, one of the best experiences a student could ask for: and all of that was with that first stipend I received. Tasting traditional German sweets, hanging out with people I barely knew–right then I grew out of my comfort zone, and that made it special.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Do you too have a story like Akhilesh? Tell us what you did with your first stipend here<\/a> and you could win exciting prizes!<\/p>\n