My internship happened in two parts. First part was to observe and understand the things and the second part was hands on exprience with different materials. Both the parts were done in completely different environments. In my first part of internship, through Tata Centre at IIT Bombay, I got a chance to visit MIT Cambridge, Massachusetts. A group of 20 students from IIT Bombay went there to see the problem solving approach and research methodology followed at MIT. There we observed the institute’s working culture, different lab facilities, presentation techniques etc. We also interacted with faculties, students and entrepreneurs. One more important feature of the first part was that I got a chance to visit different museums like Museum of Modern Arts, NY and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston where I could see works of well known artist, product designers, graphic designers. And of course, the fun part like visiting places like Times Square, the Statue of Liberty, World Trade Centre, Central Park, Rockefeller Centre etc.To explore newer frontiers of design I was unfilmiliar with,in second part of internship I chose to work in a completely new environment rather than mainstream production and industry. To explore crafts, I went to Shantiniketan, Bolpur in West Bengal. Who would know the traditional crafts and art in Shantiniketan region better than an artist, Mr. Bidyut Roy who has spent more than 30 years of his life in Shantiniketan. I feel fortunate to stay with him and understand his philosophy and his views on different issues.During the second part, I explored various things and worked with different materials but majority of my time I spent on Dhokra Casting which is a traditional craft of Jharkhand. Within one mont of my summer internship, I could experiance and explore people, their life, style, food, culture from different places like New York, Boston, Shantiniketan (W.B.) and tribal villages in Jharkhand.