My Summer Internship Experience at Novartis by Aishwarya Singh

'Chase your dreams with absolute positivity and perseverance' - was my grandfather’s motto, and the mantra that I have always followed. I grew up under the influence of my grandfather, who was a highly successful self-made businessman, running a conglomerate of large businesses. He instilled in me the confidence and courage to persevere my passion towards law.

Motivated by how law could radically improve business, I graduated from NLIU - ranked as fourth best law school of India. Excelling at academics, representing NLIU at moot competitions and publishing articles in national and international journals, I emerged as an all-rounder. My key subjects were business and corporate law.

After graduation, I acquired about 5 years work-experience at law firms, where I led legal teams in representing companies in multi-million dollar supply chain, mergers and acquisition deals. I was also awarded ‘top performer’ at each law firm I worked. I made Junior Partner in a law firm, becoming the only women partner and the youngest law firm partner within that firm. I really enjoyed representing supply chains in legal matters. I was intrigued by how significantly they could impact business of a company. It is amazing how law and business could be so inter-related for supply chains. As partner, I was compelled to not only think from legal but also business perspective.

To further gain a 360-degree perspective on supply chains, I joined EMC Limited as Supply Chain Manager. I was able to implement strategies that improved profitability on vendor spend by 5%. This further provoked my interest in management propelling me towards Penn State University – one of the top business schools in the world for supply chain management.

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