Internship Database Project

Hanbing was nice enough to help me setting up this wikipage where we can upload material and collect information for the database. I will leave his instrictions below so that those of you who are new to wiki like me will know what to do. As for the structure of the wiki, we could check out the old HDC-Internship wiki which I told you about. Here is the link:

HDC Internship Program

So from now on...everyone is free and welcome to edit. Have fun:-).

Heide

1. Case 1: Nikhil Chile

2. Case 2: Steffen Bethmann

3. Case 3: TEMPLATE!!!

1. Case 1: Nikhil Chile

- Name : Nikhil

- Campus : BMS

- Batch : Class of 2005

- Email address:nikhil.raghavan@gmail.com

- Current employee Institution or University: Stanford University,CA

- Area of current work or study: Networks, networking protocols and Wireless Sensor Networks (Research)

- Year when did the internship: 2003

- Principal motivation for doing the internship:

Dr. Jaime Bustos, our principal contact for technical (engineering/research) positions had a wonderful program outlined which aligned quite well with my research interests at that time. Sounded very exciting and cutting edge. Didnt want to miss the opportunity to do something like this.

INTERNSHIP LOCATION

- Country: Chile

- City:Temuco

- Name of the Organization/ Institution/ Company:CMCC,UFRO (Centre of Modeling and Scientific Computing)

- Focus of the Organization/Institution?/Company?: ** see brackets above.

- Web page: http://www.cmcc.ufro.cl/

- Contact:

Name: Dr.Jaime Bustos

Position: Director

Email address:(jbustos@ufro.cl)

Fax : Didn't need them/hence dont have them..he is usually good with email

Telephone number :..same as above (56-45-744208 or 325953)

ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP

- Area you worked in: Linux Clusters, Web Servers, Scientific Modeling

- Impact on your professional development:

Brilliant. Very few people had an international research "experience"/internship on their resume around the time we did interviews with companies. You can have the interviewer rapt in amazement at the kind of work you've done and the addition to your knowledge base is substantial.

- Principal difficulty experienced:

Spanish. Lucky for me most of the source code that had to be written and explained to others was in english. This wasnt really such a problem since i took this up as a challenge to learn atleast basic/broken spanish in the month that i spent there.

- Paid : Nope. Didnt expect payment even. I was more interested in getting some concrete research done, rather than looking to earn a few bucks. The MF did great by funding most of the trip.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERNSHIP CANDIDATE REQUIRED

- Area of expertise: strong coding skills and ability to do research independently.

- Language needed: Spanish(atleast some of it)

- Other : .......

LOGISTICAL PLANNING

- Visa requirement: yes.. indian passport needs to be sent to the consulate for visa stamping.

- Embassy or Consulate close: new delhi

Which one? chilean

Where? new delhi

- Any special form required:

stamped certificates..but i dont see the point in recording this information..since these visa requirements keep fluctuating from time to time. If i was a potential candidate leaving for an internship, i'd rather speak to my local travel agent...well..anyways.

- Place to obtain this : notary

ACCOMODATION

Where did you stay?

--Hostel

--Homestay: Carla Concha's wonderful family!

--Rent a flat

--other________________

FOOD

Mostly, where did you have meals?

--at home (X)

--at the internship institution

--on a close restaurant/cafeteria

Why did you choose this option?

That country doesnt take kindly to vegetarians. The homestay folks were sweet enough to take the extra effort to provide good vegetarian food. Hats off to them.

HEALTH

Any precaution because of the internship: nope

Any precaution because of the country :nope

TRANSPORTATION

Which means of transport did you use?

--Bicycle

--Subway

--Bus (X)

--S-Bahn

--Rickshaw

--other___________

Why did you prefer it? convenient.....

COMMENTS ..Overall a great experience.

2. Case 2: Steffen Bethmann

Name: Steffen Bethmann

Campus: FSU

Batch: 2001

Email address: sbethmann@gmx.net

Current employee Institution or University: FSU

Area of current work or study: Sociologist

Year when did the internship: January 2003 – April2003

Principal motivation for doing the internship: Strong interest in socio structural set up of Chile

INTERNSHIP LOCATION

Country: Chile

City: Temuco

Name of the Organization/ Institution/ Company: Instituto de Desarollo Local y Regional (IDER)

Focus of the Organization/Institution?/Company?: Consulting Institute for Regional and Local Development Projects

Contact:

Name: Heinrich von Baer

Position: Director

Email address: hvonbaer@ufro.cl

Fax

Telephone number (56) 45 325000

ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP

Area you worked in: Research Design for World Bank Study

Impact on your professional development: Very good insight of development work in Chile, field experience, networking

Principal difficulty experienced: language barrier

Paid: No

DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERNSHIP CANDIDATE REQUIRED

Area of expertise: Social Sciences

Language needed: Spanish

Other: -

LOGISTICAL PLANNING

Visa requirement:

Germans have possibility to stay for three months without visa, with each re-entry in the country time period gets extended (e.g. short trip to Argentinia)

Embassy or Consulate close

ACCOMODATION

--Hostel

--XX--Homestay

--Rent a flat

--other________________

FOOD

-XX--at home

--at the internship institution

--on a close restaurant/cafeteria

Why did you choose this option?

Friendly nice atmosphere, standard custom in Chile

HEALTH

Any precaution because of the internship No

Any precaution because of the country No

TRANSPORTATION

--Bicycle

--Subway

-XX---Bus

--S-Bahn

--Rickshaw

--other_Colectivo

Why did you prefer it?

Normal way of transport in Chile

COMMENTS

The institute is beautifully situated in the UFRO Campus. Heinrich von Baer used to be member of the Melton Foundation. He is a very supporting man who already has given opportunities to many MF members. The work in the institute is mainly project-orientated. It is necessary to read about Chilean social and economic problems beforehand to understand objectives of the institute.

3. Case 3: TEMPLATE!!!

Name:

Campus:

Batch:

Email address:

Current employee Institution or University:

Area of current work or study:

Year when did the internship:

Principal motivation for doing the internship:

INTERNSHIP LOCATION

Country:

City:

Name of the Organization/ Institution/ Company:

Focus of the Organization/Institution?/Company?:

Contact:

Name:

Position:

Email address:

Fax

Telephone number

ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP

Area you worked in:

Impact on your professional development:

Principal difficulty experienced:

Paid:

DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERNSHIP CANDIDATE REQUIRED

Area of expertise:

Language needed:

Other: -

LOGISTICAL PLANNING

Visa requirement:

Embassy or Consulate close

ACCOMODATION

--Hostel

--XX--Homestay

--Rent a flat

--other________________

FOOD

--at home

--at the internship institution

--on a close restaurant/cafeteria

Why did you choose this option?

HEALTH

Any precaution because of the internship

Any precaution because of the country

TRANSPORTATION

--Bicycle

--Subway

--Bus

--S-Bahn

--Rickshaw

--other_Colectivo

Why did you prefer it?

COMMENTS

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