Pieter Demandt, KULeuven, trainee in India

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Jun
13

I went on a Management Internship with Evolution Markets, the world’s largest environmental broker, in New Delhi, India from the end of August last year till July this year. After doing my Master Thesis at the Catholic University of Leuven on European emissions trading, I was delighted to work as a carbon broker in this rapidly developing nation for ten months.
I worked together with 15 people, of which three were also AIESEC interns, coming from Colombia, Spain and the USA. My other colleagues were Indian – most of them studied or worked in Europe or the US before – and had a variety of backgrounds: Hindu, Muslim or Sikh.The thing I enjoyed the most on this internship was the opportunity to explore an amazing country like India and to make many short or longer trips, for example a tour of the palaces of Rajasthan, skiing in Kashmir, rafting on the Ganges, hiking in Nepal, New Year’s eve in Thailand, tiger spotting in the National Parks…Before going on this internship, I was highly skeptical about the so-called ‘life-changing’ experience, but after doing it myself, I really believe in it and recommend it to everyone. I lived together with people from every continent, was introduced to the Indian cuisine, got to know Indian society and its culture, learned a lot of things at my work and even learned some Hindi!