Virtual Internship

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2022_2023

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Updated: September 28, 2022

Program Launch
In partnership with All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
The Virtual Internship Program was officially inaugurated by Honorable Minister of
Education, Shri. Dharmendra Pradhan on 22nd March 2022.
The objective of the program was to provide 20,000 students (pursuing their bachelors in
technology or engineering) with virtual internships to hone their skills, apply their knowledge
through practical application, and to become part of Salesforce community.

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Students Are Our Future

Ms. Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairperson & CEO of Salesforce India, said, “According to the
International Data Corporation (IDC), Salesforce and its partner ecosystem could generate $66.4
billion in new business revenue between 2020 and 2026 and create 1.3 million direct and indirect
jobs in India. Also, By 2025, workers in India will need 9x digital skills, with the average worker
needing 7 new digital skills.”*

Speaking on the need for digital skills, she added, “Students are our future talent.
The launch of the Virtual Internship program aims to expand access Salesforce
learning platform - Trailhead and reach more students to prepare them for
job opportunities in the Salesforce ecosystem. On March 22, 2022, we embarked
on an aspirational partnership with AICTE and launched Virtual Internship
via SmartInternz platform to offer 20,000 learners an opportunity to get skilled,
apply their learnings and become part of the growing Salesforce ecosystem.”
Ms. Arundhati Bhattacharya
Chairperson & Ceo, Salesforce India
*Research by Alpha Beta
Demand Driven Talent Pipeline
According to the latest NASSCOM Report, the gap between demand and supply of tech talent is
expected to grow to over 3.5 times its current size by 2026. To address this issue, demand-driven and
academia-integrated training programs can be implemented. One such program is the virtual internship
program, which aims to meet the needs of top employers seeking individuals skilled in Salesforce.

Academia & Virtual Customers

Skilling Internship &
Partners Program Partners
Framework For Building Talent Pipeline

1. Acquire skills and 2. Perform application of

acquired skills and
3. Earnandcredits for degree
participate in
competencies competencies networking events

Curriculum Integration
The curriculum-integrated model allows for flexible program implementation by
academia.

Cohort-based Delivery
The cohort-based delivery model enables universities to align the cohort
schedule with their examination calendar.

Project-based learning
Live, project-based training with instructors boosts engagement and
completion rates.

Mentoring Support
Providing mentoring support to the beginners.

Career Connections
The networking opportunities has offered students a
valuable connection to secure employment with leading
companies.
Program Structure
To engage & support the learners throughout the program,
following support system has been setup through the Salesforce 100 Hrs. 20 Hrs.

SmartInternz platform: 1. Admin &

Developer
2. learning
activity in
3. virtual
instructor-
tracks 8 weeks led training
● Live Instructor-led training on the concepts covered as part of trail mix
● Full-day mentoring support via Slack to resolve technical issues of learners Develop
Technical Career
●
●
Instruction manuals on the learning journey specific the learning track
Ask me Anything Sessions to answer the learner's queries in live
4. mentoring
support for
5. business
scenarios
to earn
6. dev’t and
career
● Raffles & Goodies for the top performers & on time completions learners connects
Superbadges

Student Journey
Step 1: Step 3: Step 5: Step 7:
Apply for Start your Attend “Ask Get verified
virtual self-paced learning me anything and receive
Internship with Trailhead session” completion
certificate

Step 2: Step 4: Step 6:

Register on Attend Live Complete
Smart Sessions project/super badges
Internz & super sets
Faculty Empowerment
Program Highlights

● +850 faculty participated from a mix of

colleges

● Faculty orientation sessions were created

to provide in-depth information about the
Salesforce ecosystem, career tracks, skills,
Trailhead platform, and virtual internship
program.

● Sessions were delivered both in person in

various cities and online.

● These sessions played a crucial role in

ensuring that the faculty was equipped with
the knowledge and skills
Student Mentoring
Program Highlights

Mentoring support was vital for the success of

the program. Students received the technical
support from mentors while they complete the
learning and super badge completion.

Support system for the students:

● Dedicated Slack Channel with Mentors
- 9am-9pm >450K messages
● Live Ask Me Anything (AMA)
- 10 hours of sessions
● Support Emails
- 20,300 emails responded to
● Technical Bootcamps
- 3,000+ 1:1 sessions
Collaboration With Andhra Pradesh
Program Outcomes

Collaboration ● Highest completions from Collaboration

Initiative #1 state of Andhra Pradesh Initiative #2
The Andhra Pradesh ● Top 3 colleges are from state Dr. Hema Chandra
State Council for Higher of Andhra Pradesh Reddy, Chairman of
Education has made APSCHE has addressed
● More than 50% female
virtual internships a the universities and
students
mandatory part of the colleges to utilize the
curriculum for ● Over 9 students hired by opportunity and ensure
undergraduate students Salesforce with high salary the completion of the
in their 5th semester. package. program at scale
Trailblazer Community
There is always a great support and guidance from the Salesforce community. Everyone is very
enthusiastic and filled with energy. The presence of MVPS, Officials from Salesforce really motivated
students to get upskilled and charged up to complete the Salesforce Virtual Internship Program
successfully.

Jyothsna Bitra Gaurav Kheterpal Neha Bhardwaj Santanu Boral

Golden Hoodie Winner, 7x Salesforce MVP Salesforce Architect, Salesforce MVP Hall of
16x Certified Multi-Cloud Enterprise Journey to Salesforce Fame,
Salesforce Certified architect with 40x Mentor, Community 32x Salesforce certified
Application Architect Salesforce Certs Speaker, Trailblazer

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Salesforce Marketing 23x Accredited
Champion 2020 Professional Certs, 4x

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Program Impact
Program Insights
Top 10 Colleges

Year of Passing vs Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College

Completions Adithya College Of Engineering and Technology Top 5 States
Ace College of Engineering
Andhra Pradesh
Gnitc (Guru Nanak Institutions Technical
Campus ) Telangana

Srm University Tamil Nadu

Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science Maharashtra

Sanjivani Rural Education Society` Sanjivani Madhya Pradesh

College of Engineering

Sir Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology

Lakshmi Narain College of Technology (Lnct)

Acropolis Institute of Technology and Research

Hear From Program Participants
New students, refreshers and faculty feedback

Ms Saloni Kochar Mr Kshitij Singh G.Satyanarayana Reddy

Salesforce Developer Virtual Intern SPOC - Salesforce Virtual Internship Program
Salesforce Admin Virtual Intern
Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Assistant Professor
Laxshmi Narain College of Technology
Technology MVGR College of Engineering

“..take my first step “..perfect program to “..high impact on

very easy and brush up my shaping students
smooth..” knowledge..” careers..”

The syllabus was very efficient because it helped I have successfully completed my Salesforce supported Virtual Salesforce virtual internship program had a high impact on
beginners like me to take my first step very easy and Internship program in partnership with AICTE and powered by shaping students' careers by making them equipped with
smooth also the platform interface of Smartinternz SmartInternz. Honestly, it was one of the best things I could industry-ready skills enabling them with a high probability of
was very good where you can keep track of your have taken part in this program in order to improve my being placed.
progress and various topics you have covered in knowledge in Salesforce.
different modules. The Salesforce team along with SmartInternz training partners
SmartInternz team and Salesforce team, Mr Yadav and Shiva
laid out all possible options to help students be engaged
Kumar sir who drive this initiative. Although I started with
We were also assigned mentors during our internship through the course. This program helps in connecting the dots
Salesforce couple of years back but due to studies and exam, I
which were there to help us clearing different doubts with Salesforce as an industry, its partners using the salesforce
wasn’t able to work on Salesforce in devops environment. This
about various hands-on challenges or any other platform, and the trained students waiting for job
was the perfect program to brush up my knowledge. We had
problems. opportunities.
multiple sessions on Zoom and also YouTube. They cleared
Both the support team and mentors did a great job. each doubt via chat. Trailers had great knowledge on the As a Salesforce community lead and SPOC from MVGR it's
They were very clear about each and every task and platform. If people miss the sessions the sessions were even joyful to see 3 MVGR students who grabbed the opportunity to
steps we had to follow throughout our internship. recorded. be direct Salesforce employers and it's sensing even more
The best part was the Slack channel where all the people exciting when being informed about the TCS's upcoming
enrolled were there and any doubt and query you had was opportunity which is scaling up to the next level. I am hoping
cleared in minutes. for the journey to roll up for subsequent batches overcoming
the pioneering pains with even more advantageous planning
by taping more students to reach the last mile of success.
Media Coverage
Key Drivers of Virtual Internship Program
AICTE SMARTBRIDGE

DR. Chandrasekhar Amarender Katkam

Chief Coordinating Officer, Founder & CEO,
AICTE, Ministry of Education, Government of India SmartBridge Educational Services Pvt. Ltd. @SmartInternz

SALESFORCE

Sanket Atal Shiva Kumar G. Yudhisther Yadav

Managing Director,
Director and Country Head India Lead - Students & Citizen Skilling Initiatives,
Salesforce India Operations,
Trailhead Academy, Salesforce Trailhead Academy, Salesforce
Site Lead - Technology/Marketing/Product
Thank you