A batch of 21 undergraduates from the University of  New South Wales participated in a unique 21-day corporate internship programme with top companies based in India, an official said here on Wednesday. Hailing from the UNSW's School of Business, the students worked with companies like TCS, Wespac, CitiBank, Flexiloans and the UNSW's India Team. The corporate internship programme was implemented under the 'Colombo Plan', first proposed in 1949 by Indian diplomat K.M. Panikkar, through which developing countries could avail academic and training opportunities abroad.

Broken up into different teams, the 21 interns were given a problem that they had to intensively examine and provide a solution for. "This was an extraordinary two-way win-win relationship, which not only provided the students an insight into India with its wonderfully varied cultural heritage where tradition and modernity coexist in harmony but also to get an exposure to corporate thinking in the thriving financial capitals of India," said a spokesperson.