AHMEDABAD: Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) has decided to make summer internships optional for students with prior job experience after feedback from students indicated that the two-month training was suited only for fresh passouts. The IIM-B move may lead to a similar change at other B-Schools, though no institute ET spoke to said it would follow suit immediately. The number of experienced students is rising at all top B-Schools — almost 25% — as most grads prefer to go for management education only after working for a couple of years.
IIM-B has communicated the decision to its students. "We have taken the important decision and made internships optional for students who have worked for at least 34 months. Experienced students from earlier batches said they did not learn much more during the internships. We are now exploring options on engaging the students during these two months when no teaching takes place on the campus," Sapna Agarawal, head of IIM-B career development services (CDS) told ET.
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