Bengaluru: Tech and next-generation services major Infosys have expanded the scope of its global intership programme and increased its annual student intake from 175 to 250.
InStep was set up by Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy in 1999 and 20 years later, the programme has been ranked as the world’s best by vault.com’s latest survey on Top Internships for 2019. InStep also earned the first position in the best consulting internship category, second position in the compensation and benefits category, seventh position in the quality of life and employment prospects categories and tenth position in the career development category.
Over 2,000 interns from over 200 universities around the world were trained under this programme so far.
Speaking at a panel discussion on “In the new age of digital learning, why immersive & experiential learning holds significance”, NR Narayana Murthy said, this was part of the various transformational initiatives that the company’s CEO Salil Parekh has put in place ever since he took over the mantle in January 2018.
“I am glad that Salil has blessed Instep programme. He has indeed, in fact, for the first time in so many years, has expanded the scope of this project. I believe as against 175 we used to take interns across the globe is probably now being 250 or so.”
An all expense paid InStep programme offers an intensive stint to select students from universities in the US, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region for getting hands-on experience in Infosys projects.
