Internshala

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Internshala
Company typePrivate, Employment website
IndustryEdtech, Employment Services, Online Education
FounderSarvesh Agrawal
Headquarters Gurgaon, India
ServicesInternships, Fresher Jobs, Online Trainings and Placement Guarantee Courses
Website internshala.com

Introduction

Founded in 2010, by Sarvesh Agrawal, [1] an IIT Madras alumnus, Internshala is a career-tech platform helping college students and freshers get the best start to their careers. The platform provides students with their first real-world experience through internships and fresher jobs [2] and skilling in on-demand areas through online trainings and placement guarantee courses in line with its vision of becoming a career super app for college students.

Contents

History

The platform, which was founded in 2010, [3] started out as a WordPress blog [4] [5] that aggregated internships across India and articles on education, technology and skill gap.[ citation needed ] Internshala launched its online trainings [6] in 2014.[ citation needed ] As of 2018, the platform had 3.5 million students and 80,000 companies. [7]

Partnerships

In August 2016,  Telangana's not-for-profit organisation, Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) partnered with Internshala to help students with internship resources and career services. [8]

In September 2016,  Team Indus, Google XPRIZE shortlisted entity has partnered with Internshala for college outreach for its initiative, Lab2Moon. [9]

Awards and recognition

In 2011, the website became a part of NASSCOM 10K Startups. [10] In 2015, Internshala was a finalist in People Matters TechHR 2015 Spotlight Awards under 'Futurism in Recruitment' category. [11]

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