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PM's Internship Scheme: What's working, what's not, what it teaches youth
Georgie Koithara Ruchika Chitravanshi New Delhi
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At the Pune office of a technology major, Yash Padwalkar from Solapur (Maharashtra) began by upskilling in Cloud computing and data engineering before gradually taking on real tasks. A BTech in computer engineering from Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Padwalkar says when he applied for the Prime Minister's Internship Scheme (PMIS), he didn't even own a laptop. 'I was learning programming on YouTube, on my phone.'
Besides a laptop, the scheme, he adds, gave him access to premium learning resources and the kind of industry exposure that would have otherwise been elusive.
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