Unlike most interns working for Leave UR Mark, on her way to work, Renae gets to make use of Bangalore’s new, state-of-the-art metro system. It provides a stunning view over the developing city, operates a lot cleaner than the auto-rickshaws, and incidentally is quite silent as well, giving way to the perfect place to ask […]
Benefits of Interning in India: by Sven van Mourik
Walking through the marble halls of Bangalore’s Leela palace against a background of live violin music, Isobell makes her way to the event she’s helping to organize that evening. Providing a presentation and panel discussion on risk management, her company has prepared an evening for the major CIO’s of Bangalore’s IT sector. What is Isobell’s […]
Therapy & Special Education in India: by Sven van Mourik
In a southern neighborhood of Bangalore, Usha works at a non-profit organization that specializes in the rehabilitation of children with disabling physical and neurological challenges, and which has been employing Renae, Kara and Sarah, three interns from Leave UR Mark. Sitting down behind her desk, Usha explains she initially got to work for the organization […]
Weekend Trip to Goa: by Sven van Mourik
With Leave UR Mark’s internships taking up so much time and energy, several interns decided it was time to unwind a little and take a plane to spend the weekend in the small province of Goa, at India’s western coast. Originally a Portuguese settler area, Goa is now one of India’s most popular touristic destinations, […]
Education in India & the U.S.: by Sven van Mourik
A special education teacher at the Children’s Learning Center of United Cerebral Palsy in New York, Laurie has always dreamed of going to India: “I didn’t really financially have the means to take a gap year, which is becoming very popular in the States, so I was looking for a program to which I could commit […]
Volunteering in India with Deaf Children: by Sven van Mourik
Majoring in religion at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, Sarah chose to spend her summer volunteering at a school for the deaf with Leave UR Mark. “The funny thing is, I never really planned to go to India: I was hoping to do research in Massachusetts, but nothing was panning out there. As I […]
Indian Entrepreneur Gives Advice on Interning Abroad: by Sven van Mourik
Co-founder and entrepreneur, Raj is in charge of a growing marketing and event management company in Bangalore. With an office alive with a group of young men and women behind their computers, Mr. Hansoge’s company is a striking example of an enterprise trying to make it in Bangalore’s rising business sector. Looking out over the […]
Life In India So Far by Sven van Mourik
One of the interns I interviewed for Leave UR Mark last week told me that he used to be able to visualize everything he was going to do in life. The only exception to that, he said, was his work in India, which he could never really picture himself doing until he was actually in […]
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