# FORESIGHT(2018): Summer Internship RIL-DMD| Shravesh Jain

Student Welfare Group, IIT Kharagpur
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I did my summer internship in Reliance Industries Limited, Dahej manufacturing division (RIL-DMD). There are more divisions located at Vadodara, Surat, Mumbai etc. However, no choices are considered for locations and these are allocated based on the project you choose. RIL-DMD was huge and had 19 plants manufacturing various things like PVC, PTA etc.
The selection is done on the basis of the test that you’ll give and your resume. There was no GD or interview round. The selection process involved a written test and resume short-listing. Initially, every applicant is allowed to sit for the written test. The selection is done on the basis of your test scores and your resume. Given that you have cleared the test cut-off and you have a decent GPA (>7.5), you have a high chance of getting selected.
The test was divided into two sections, each of 30 minutes. The aptitude section was easy and had 30 questions. You’ll require a good knowledge of the core subjects for the next 50 technical questions.
Aptitude questions can be practised from any standard prep book. For technical questions, instrumentation students should study ID-1 and ID-2 mostly.
The title of my project was “Cybersecurity in DCS and PLC systems.” I mostly had to study about the threats and their consequences in real-time operations. The work done is mostly confidential and they follow strict rules to prevent data leakage by insiders.
The work during the internship is not very intense and you’ll get a lot of time to learn about things outside of the scope of your project. I’d call my internship boring as they do not give much work to interns as most of the work control some critical infrastructure and people can be entrusted to that without proper training. The people are friendly and are always ready to help. I’d say, it’s nice if you want to see real engineering up close. The accommodation arrangements were good, you get bachelor flats with ACs.
Had to work for 6 days (huge bummer), from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm (another bummer). However, the people you work with are highly experienced and friendly. My mentor was the senior manager of the instruments section and helped me a lot to learn everything about my project. The location was also very remote, had to go to nearby cities for movies and all.
People looking for a proper industrial experience in core engineering should go for it. I’d say, you should choose your projects wisely because a lot depends on it, make sure you know about the thing you’re choosing.