Intern in San Francisco with InternshipDesk

In 1988 I completed my Master's in International Management at The American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) located in Glendale Arizona. Subsequently I joined Citibank's Consumer Bank in India where I served for a period of 20 years. In 2005 I was elevated as Senior Vice President and invited to serve on the Management Committee of the Consumer Bank. In 2010 I left Citibank to become an entrepreneur. At that time I joined the team which was working on building InternshipDesk, and currently serve as a Board Member and Executive Director of the India Program.

At InternshipDesk, our focus is to encourage participation in International Internship Programs. We feel programs of this nature are a genuine value add for participants preparing for a corporate career. While an international internship on a resume certainly catches the eye of recruiters, it should not be looked upon as the sole reason to participate. In my mind, the key is to get an opportunity to work abroad at a relatively young age, which exposes participants to international markets and cultures, and shows how both aspects are connected in a diverse fashion. Thus, my recommendation to students is that over their university career, one of the internships they chose should be an international one.