My Summer Internship Experience with Skillarena

Abstract

E-learning sector in India is growing at a rapid pace. The industry is currently in the growth phase and the recent pandemic and the increasing penetration of internet in India is helping it to grow more rapidly. The current demography in India and need of skilling is further helping this sector to grow. This sector through Unacademy and Byjus’s is already producing Unicorns and have a huge potential for other new firms to grow further. I got the opportunity to do my summer internship at one such start-up in this sector. Skillarena is an online e- learning platform providing certifications in multi-disciplinary learning courses in various fields. The Ed-tech start-up is incubated and supported by Bennett University and Times of India group. The platform also provides industry oriented live projects, industry mentorship and supports the student to get the internship in the respective domain. The company has a course architecture that is focused on imparting skills to the learner and helps him gain significant knowledge about the industry of respective domain. During the course of my internship, I learned many new things and got valuable experience about the workings of the sales team. I was assigned multiple tasks during the course of my internship and each task helped me to validate my previous learnings and concept and gain new skill and experience.