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Internship Experience-Carnegie-Aakansha Jaimini


Carnegie India, the sixth international center of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, opened in April 2016 in New Delhi. As with Carnegie’s centers in Beijing, Beirut, Brussels, Moscow, and Washington, Carnegie India is staffed and led by local experts who collaborate extensively with colleagues around the world.
The center’s research and programmatic focus include the political economy of reform in India, foreign and security policy, and the role of innovation and technology in India’s internal transformation and international relations.
My experience at Carnegie has been full of learnings and challenges. The environment here is quite relaxed, friendly and comfortable yet it taught me how to behave in the workplace. There is easy access to everyone in the organization, there is no kind of hierarchy which one needs to follow to meet/talk anyone. Simply working in the office and getting used to everything here has definitely prepared me for whatever my next position may be. Just observing the everyday events has taught me more about teamwork, and how people can come together to get things done.
I have been assigned all kinds of work from filling data in the organization’s database to giving assistance in research. Being a research intern, my major work was to assist in research at Carnegie. The research assistance to different researchers demanded me to read thoroughly various topics like uranium exports from Central Asian countries, investments Russia has put in south Asian countries,etc hence this led to an enhancement of my knowledge in various fields. This also helped me in understanding and learning how research is done, data collection and all other aspects of research. The regular events which take place here give the opportunity to meet people from diverse backgrounds and learn on subjects which they expertise in.
It has been a very fruitful experience at Carnegie. And I wish to be associated with them in the long run.


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