When I think about how my internship journey with PanScience Innovations began, it feels like a sequence of small coincidences that shaped a major turning point. The first time I came across PSI was when the company visited my college during an internship fair. I was genuinely excited to attend because I wanted to explore real-world opportunities beyond the usual academic environment. But on the very same day, I woke up feeling extremely unwell and had to skip the event. At that moment, I felt disappointed, convinced that the opportunity had slipped away for good.

Weeks passed, and I got busy with my routine, until one day, while scrolling through LinkedIn, I noticed a post talking about PSI and its ventures. Out of curiosity, I clicked on the page, explored more, and eventually connected with a few people from the organization. Within a few days, my LinkedIn feed was completely filled with PSI updates, project announcements, intern experiences, venture launches, and there was a noticeable momentum that instantly drew me in.

I visited their website, expecting just another corporate setup. But instead, I found a dynamic organization working across multiple ventures, with the kind of energy that challenged norms and encouraged young people to create real impact. Something about that caught my attention immediately. I wanted to be a part of that universe, even though I had no idea where to begin.

So, I gathered the relevant email addresses and sent my CV. A part of me assumed I was too late and that my email would get lost among many others. But the same day, I received a call for an interview. I remember sitting nervously, expecting a traditional HR evaluation. Instead, the conversation felt natural, more about understanding me as a person than testing what I knew. They wanted to know how I thought, whether I took initiative, and how much responsibility I could handle. Within just two hours of the conversation, an offer letter arrived in my inbox.

I experienced a powerful realization: sometimes, a single step of initiative, like sending one email, opens doors that hesitation would have kept closed.

I entered the internship assuming that HR work would be limited to basic tasks: organizing documents, making schedules, observing processes. But PSI challenged that assumption on day one. I was given ownership, not assistance level work. Suddenly, I was handling sourcing of candidates, screening calls, coordinating interviews, sending assignments, sending rejections, onboarding interns, and managing recruitment trackers.

It was intense. Some days, I had more than twenty browser tabs open Internshala, LinkedIn, email, forms, trackers, all at once. Every call, every candidate update, every follow-up mattered. It wasn’t just work, it was accountability. Each decision had an impact. And that made work meaningful.

The internship offered flexibility with a hybrid mode, but I gravitated more toward working from the office. Being surrounded by people who are building ideas from scratch changed me. Observing founders brainstorming or refining strategies gave me insights that no textbook or online course ever could.

A typical workday involved morning planning, reviewing hiring status, shortlisting candidates, speaking with applicants, sharing evaluations and assignments, and documenting everything in trackers. At the end of each day, we shared a report on Teams, including one specific line we were encouraged to reflect on: “the biggest win of the day.” That small habit helped me acknowledge progress and celebrate learning, even on chaotic days.

One project that defined my learning curve was The Project. It required sourcing video annotators with deep knowledge of football. The candidate requirement was so niche that I had to understand the domain myself to accurately evaluate applications. Managing forms, assessments, follow-ups, and onboarding, all while keeping up with fast turnaround expectations, pushed me beyond my comfort zone.

This project taught me resourcefulness, patience, and clarity under pressure. It also made me realize that learning doesn’t always happen by instruction sometimes, you learn because there is no other option but to step up.

What made the journey even more transformative was the mentorship I received. My mentors guided me with trust, clarity, and support. They didn’t treat me like “just an intern.” They believed in my ability to handle real responsibilities and made space for me to learn and fail. That kind of trust changes how you show up. It pushes you to do better, not because someone expects it, but because you start expecting it from yourself.

Looking back, the biggest lesson I am taking with me from PanScience Innovations is the power of ownership. When you stop waiting to be told what to do and start taking initiative, you unlock a different version of yourself one that is capable, confident, and ready for challenges.

This internship wasn’t just a corporate experience. It was the beginning of discovering what I could achieve when someone trusted me with real work and real impact.