The Economic Times is carrying a story highlighting the success of Infosys' global summer Internship program.
Students of over 49 universities across the globe participate in the InStep programme. For the 70 internship position, Infosys got 8,500 applications from universities like MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Wharton , St Gallen (Switzerland), London Business School and Hitotsubashi (Japan) among others.
Interns are paid a monthly stipend of around Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000. They have a project mentor and an Infoscian 'buddy' who will help them to acclimatise to the country and introduce them to the cultural heritage.
And it is not just work, as interns are also taken to tourist spots.
Sounds more like a marketing ploy than anything else.. Especially when you consider that there is (afaik) no such program catering to Indians locally..
The full article can be seen here.