Summer internship at top B-schools deferred or made virtual due to Covid-19

In some cases, existing internship offers have even been cancelled or squeezed to 5 weeks from the normal 7-8 weeks

The summer internship season that would have ideally begun in April has now either been deferred to late April or has gone remote/virtual amid the Covid-19 (coronavirus) scare at some of the top B-schools.

For instance, nine have seen internship cancellation by three companies at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow. On the other hand, students at other B-schools like IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Indore, FMS Delhi and XLRI Xavier Institute of Management have been issued deferred joining dates or have been asked to work remotely.

"On account of the lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of pandemic Covid-19,