Seeing how being a third world nation fits
As work shifts, internship in India the new rite of passage
By Diane E. Lewis, Globe Staff, 11/4/2003
What a global role reversal.
An increasing number of US students are going to India to intern at top information technology services firms or to participate in tours that allow them to network with the country's corporate elite.
The shift reflects a sea change: For years, students from India and elsewhere in Asia have been nabbing internships at US companies, thinking that was where the action was.
Michael Anders, 24, of Cambridge, spent last July, August, and the first week of September in Bangalore for a stint at the corporate headquarters of Infosys Technologies Ltd. The company, which reported revenue of $754 million in its latest fiscal year, is India's second largest exporter of software and technical services, with more than 19,000 employees worldwide.
