Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management’s (VJIM) PGDM student, Mounika Immadi, sweated her way through the interview process before getting placed at Virtusa as an intern with the talent and development team.

While her career till graduation went well, she felt a PGDM course would open fresh opportunities and started applying for the right B-school. “VJIM has a great reputation and appealed to me instantly. It is globally recognized, has world-class faculty, a notable alumni network and, of course, a strong industry connection,” said Immadi.

Immadi was nervous about stepping into a new industry, but VJIM’s recruitment team helped her think strategically in a different way. As a part of her summer internship programme, Immadi landed at Virtusa in Hyderabad in a training and development role that draws on her specialization experience. Immadi said three things stand out about her internship experience – the public speaking skills that she has now developed, employee training and management, and the life-long friends she keeps in touch with.

“The internship experience enabled me to hit the ground running,” said Immadi. “The training I received gave me a foundation to work and a pathway for future that I’ll walk on in my human resources work into the future.”

maunika immadiIt was during her internship that she connected with some of the industry players, Mr. Anvar Kumar Vellai, Virtusa’s Global Training & Development Head, being one of them. “The classroom education has been gold, but I also value the on-the-job training extended by the team. As much as I learned from professors at VJIM, I equally learned from the sheer diversity of my cohorts too. Plus, the weekly team meets and training sessions have been very helpful,” said Immadi.

Beyond this, Immadi received her highest praise for proposing an evaluation method for training programmes and ways to minimize the usage of service tickets. Immadi plans to bag her final placement at the same organization, but is happy that her internship performance and experience have already driven her from rock bottom to the other side of the world.

Her only regret is leaving the Virtusa team and some great friends she made back there.