{"id":6505,"date":"2013-08-16T13:57:31","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T08:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/?p=6505"},"modified":"2013-08-16T18:58:24","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T13:28:24","slug":"summer-internship-down-to-earth-center-science-environment-pranav-dadhich-university-school-chemical-technology-ggsipu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/summer-internship-down-to-earth-center-science-environment-pranav-dadhich-university-school-chemical-technology-ggsipu\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Internship with Down to Earth, Center for Science and Environment – Pranav Dadhich from University School of Chemical Technology, GGSIPU"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daily Winner for: \u2013 \u00a0<\/strong>15th\u00a0August 2013\"Pranav\"<\/p>\n

Name of the intern: \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Pranav Dadhich<\/p>\n

Institute: –\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0University School of Chemical Technology, GGSIPU<\/p>\n

Organization interned with: \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Down to Earth, Center for Science and Environment<\/p>\n

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2nd year of the college ended and hence started the internship scenario. Being a chemical engineering student, industrial training is an important part of our studies. So people flung towards famous brand names viz IOCL, ONGC and many other companies. The general perspective of a normal Engineering student towards internship is about getting the certificate and not the knowledge behind it. Many people I knew did the same. But I was just not into industries at that point of time. I wanted to do something different, something that had no connection with my studies whatsoever. Something, that introduced me to a new world altogether.
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\nSo, I consulted my dad and he came up with an amazing solution. He advised me to join Down to Earth, a fortnightly science and technology magazine. I was not sure at first, since I had no knowledge of what happened in a magazine firm. But I took it as a challenge and decided to go forward with this thought.<\/p>\n

My experience at Down to Earth was very educational and enriching. Without a doubt, the two aspects I enjoyed the most about my internship were the people I met and the overall learning experience. I got to know an entirely different work atmosphere. I discovered firsthand, the inputs required in making of a magazine. Being a science reporter, I read many research papers from varied backgrounds and was amazed reading about all the researches going around in this world. In the process of reading these papers I became clear about my future plans, I surely want to go for a research background now. A major complication of my life is now being solved, thanks to this internship.<\/p>\n

Working environment is literally very educative and full of great minds, something you\u2019ll not have at every other institution. I got to learn a lot under their supervision and came to know how an article is written for a science magazine and what all hard work it takes to get a single article published. This required taking opinions of the authors of the research papers as well experts of that field, which was a first for me. I consider myself lucky that I got this internship because it is surely different from what all of my friends did.
\nThe hard work I put in a month of this internship has turned out to be fruitful. I got 3 of my articles published in the magazine. A year ago, I had never imagined that my name will appear in a mainstream magazine of India. I am happy I did not go for those clich\u00e9d industrial internships. Just a little tip for the juniors, you only have 4 years of college life, explore yourself as much as you can. Go for something offbeat, challenge yourself. And as Baba Ranchoddass said, \u201cPursue excellence and success will follow.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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