Intern To Entrepreneur: Application

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“The simple joy of receiving and unwrapping a gift - something that us privileged people take for granted”: Souradipta Chandra

I remember receiving a call from Dr. Souradipta Chandra, he introduced himself as Dr. Shaurya and he asked, if he could stop by at the workshop, to drop off some goodies. A couple of days later, we met, at the workshop and the next couple of hours were filled with conversations about life over coffee and wrapping of the tokens of Gratitude. I remember it most because of the fact that they, both Shaurya and Romik, felt like family, like we’d all known each other forever and that day!

It is amazing, when, people come together and share of themselves so generously, making time from busy schedules to come on over and pack surprises!!

Here’s what he wrote to us!

While browsing through the newspaper on a particularly grouchy day before Christmas, I came across a random article on DeePositive, and the unusual yet amazing way by which Deepanjali and gang were spreading Christmas cheer around the city.

Intrigued, I decided to make my own little contribution and dragged my friend Romik to the address mentioned in the article, armed with random boxes of stuff that I purchased - including chocolates, wafers, biscuits, cakes etc.

We reached Santa's workshop just before 9 in the evening, it was probably 3-4 days before Christmas. It was pretty darn cold, as per usual (Delhi Decembers are famous for that).

So it was a welcome surprise to be enveloped in an unusual feeling of warmth as Romik and me gingerly strolled into the workshop. I realized why.

Cuz within seconds,we were welcomed by Deepanjali and her crew of elves, busy arranging, wrapping and packing random gifts with an infectious cackle here and a banter there, and it was possibly the spirit of the workshop that was the reason behind the warmth. It felt like home.

We were initially there to just donate our gifts and leave, but the charged atmosphere of that place was rather addictive, and difficult to resist.

We stayed back and wrapped and arranged gifts, meant for an alarmingly large fraction of the people of this city who might have never had the chance to unwrap a gift so far.

It was beyond amazing, and we were both humbled and elated after our time spent at the workshop.

 

Hands down, it was the best money I had spent in 2012. Worth every penny.

Each blessing counts, and I'm sure the occasional smile lighting up each and every one of those faces that had received a gift last Christmas contributed to my 2013 starting off on a happy note - and touchwood, it's been an incredible year so far!

I'm glad I could be a part of the Christmas cheer Deepanjali and DeePositive created - it helped me give back a minute fraction of what I've been blessed with so far. In return I got back a lot more than I could have ever imagined - well, peace of mind for starters, and a fancy trip to New York a few weeks ago as well ;)

I'm definitely looking forward to be a part of this year's workshop - and I'm sure Deepanjali's team will make sure that more than a hundred thousand people in the  city experience the simple joy of receiving and unwrapping a gift - something that us privileged people take for granted. 

Thanks DeePositive :) Keep on bringing out those smiles - they're thoroughly infectious! : Souradipta Chandra

Santa Hugs of Gratitude to you for being a part of our lives and a part of the workshop: Team DeePositive

Intern to Entrepreneur Programme: The Internship

What holds the programme apart  from all internships is the path of the internship. There is a purpose for everything you’ll be doing. The idea of creating a detailed internship programme is to enable growth of an idea.

Ideas are all beautiful and wonderful, till they are tailor cut according to the personality of the person representing it. Some of the best ideas have to wait a little longer to match, it’s like being engaged to an idea that you marry once all the formalities of getting to know each other are complete. It’s a phenomenal journey, once you begin!

In the first 6 months of the internship each intern will be working on DeePositive Foundation initiatives and DeePositive Intertainment events.

Once part of the programme an Intern will be referred to as a DeePositive Entrepreneur, so as to build a brand centric personal reminder that you're an intern with a purpose and you are a part of the programme to grow into an entrepreneur.

While doing so, the intern will be empowered to create powerful ideas that help build the initiatives into mass movements with focus on how to use limited resources to build an idea into a reality. In the process, practical lessons in creating strategies, media push and using communication tools like blogs, Facebook and twitter to build campaigns. Planning the marketing, media and event will be part of the exercise of learning through the first 6 months. In these 6 months, there will also be weekly reviews and group discussions building your own business idea into a definitive shape. This process is even more powerful, when you are surrounded with the other interns. Working out your own idea in co-dependence with the rest of the interns to create a connected network of empowered enthusiastic growth

From the 6th -9th month of your internship, you will be given a team, a team of fresh interns to work with and train, this helps in understanding that the role of an entrepreneur is a leadership role and co-depends on your interaction and communication with your team. This is vital, since it is always a team that brings success to any project. It is also essential to learn to delegate from personal power to grow. It will be in this period that you will handle your first experiment with your business idea at a smaller scale, the platform available for you is DeePositive G.I.V.E and the concept will be co-tagged with "A _____________ concept"

From the 9th - 11th Month is when you're idea comes closer to reality, working on your own company, logo, communication, market strategy and detailing the first 3 years of your life as an entrepreneur. This is when you're now at the level of personal expansion. However, the most important learning of the phase will be a three level responsibility training, prioritizing, scaling up and being a master of many growth modules without being slave to any. Balance is the main criteria in managing your own company. As the brand custodian and ambassador, you are the NAME, FACE and PERSONALITY of your brand.

The 12th Month, is when we begin all the processes of registering your company, opening accounts, getting you ready for the greatest adventure of your life. This is the hardest month on the heart, you're setting yourself up for your first "Founder" experience. You will be working full time on the launch of your brand in the market! What a proud moment for the programme and for you.

13th Month, at the Festival of Gratitude, we will have a ceremony of acknowledging your milestones as a DeePositive Entrepreneur and then introduce you and your brand to the press and public.

This is the moment you're waiting for and so are we!! YOU are the success of this programme. YOU are the reason why we are initiating a platform like "Intern to Entrepreneur Programme".

The most beautiful part is that YOU will not be alone in this moment, with you, are 9 brand new identities, beginning a whole new life experience with YOU.

You have your first 10 clients when you launch and yes, you will be invited to regularly mentor our next in line entrepreneurs.

Here's wishing have the confidence to apply for a real opportunity to be all you can be!! You can  download the form here

If you have any queries please feel free to write to us at info@deepositive.com