The last day of my internship at Shahi was overwhelming in the best way. The OD team we had been interning with, along with other OD members from other factories in India, surprised us at the end of our final presentations with a farewell celebration. They decorated the room we were in with balloons, cards, […]

After 7 weeks in Bangalore, I can barely remember what it’s like to not wake up to the sounds of traffic and construction. However, this past weekend my co-interns and I had the pleasure of taking a work trip to Shimoga, a more rural town in the state of Karnataka. Shimoga is home to Shahi’s […]

I didn’t truly appreciate how different working overseas would be until I began my internship at Shahi. I had arrived in India naively thinking that any differences between how business were run in the United States versus in India would be relatively minor. After all, how many different ways could there be to make profit? […]

As my second week of Shahi begins, I find myself excited yet nervous to see what lies ahead. The first week was filled with factory visits, meetings with department heads, and delicious lunches at the canteen, and I learned more about the garment industry in one week than most people do in a lifetime. I […]