Over 90% of engineering students in India attend schools that don't offer quality, practical STEM education, thus wasting nation's talent. Intern-Me program empowers bright students with limited resources to participate in international internships to get hands-on experience in research/technology/entrepreneurship. After the transformative experience, participants help solve socio-economic problems in their community and inspire more students to become change makers, creating large scale impact
Lack of practical experience and global exposure has left most engineering graduates in India unemployable and unable to reach their full potential. Their inability to think critically and solve complex problems prevents them from finding innovative solutions to widespread socio-economic problems. Severe shortage of skilled talent in the industry results in slower rate of innovation and technological advancements, ultimately causing brain drain, depriving the society of passionate change makers
Lab-X Foundation's 'Intern-Me' competition empowers bright, deserving students with limited resources to participate in international summer internships at world class organizations focussed on research, technology and entrepreneurship. Participants gain hands-on experience and global exposure to become confident problem solvers. Each participant then pledges to solve a socio-economic problem in his/her community to fulfill Lab-X's 'Give Back Pledge', thus setting examples for others to follow
Intern-Me provides opportunities for young students, setting off in motion a continuous and ever expanding list of innovators for tomorrow. Intern-Me participants mentor other students, creating a self-sustaining ecosystem of technologists and entrepreneurs. This augments current education system and helps ignite minds of youth to learn and share and develop sense of giving back to community. We nurture future generation of leaders - responsible global citizens ready for challenges of the future
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
