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Akshadha R​

Student, Dr. MGR Janki College, Tamil Nadu

“I’m the first graduate in my family, and now I’m earning more than our whole household.”says Akshadha, now working as a Software Developer.

After losing her mother at 13 and being abandoned by her father, she was raised by heruncle and grandmother, surviving on a modest ₹10,000 monthly income. For her,education wasn’t just a goal, it was the only path to a better life.

Before the program, Akshadha had only basic knowledge of tech and no real-world projectexperience. The training sessions, constant trainer support, and the study materials on theLMS helped her gain both technical skills and confidence.

Participating in mock interviews with EY experts gave her valuable feedback and pushedher out of her comfort zone. “It helped me understand what companies really look for.” Shealso stepped up as a placement representative, organizing interviews and acting as thelink between her peers and the placement team.

Today, Akshida earns more than her family’s total monthly income and dreams of growingin the AI space. She was very happy post completion and shared that “This program gaveme skills, direction, and belief in myself,

Arbeena Hassan

Student, Global Academy of Technology, Karnataka

“Landing my role as a Software Engineer at IBM feels like a dream come true—Next Gen EmployabilityProgram helped me make it happen,” shared Arbeena Hassan, a 22 year old, who always wanted to be anengineer but had little hands-on backend practice. Coming from a strong academic background, shejoined the six-week MERN-stack program to gain the practical skills that academic courses alone couldn’tprovide.

During the program, Arbeena built RESTful APIs with Node.js and Express, structured data in MongoDB,and worked on server-performance optimizations. Each day she completed hands-on labs, used mentorfeedback to fix bugs, and practiced until she could reliably deploy a working backend service. Thesefocused exercises turned theoretical concepts into usable code and gave her the confidence to tacklereal-world problems.

By the end of the program, Arbeena had built multiple backend modules and honed her debuggingprocess—experience that directly led to her securing the Software Engineer position at IBM. “Writingcode every day and testing my solutions under real conditions was the key,” she reflects. The IndustryExpert master sessions guided her to understand the latest trends and shared insights on how they usethese skills we are learning on a daily basis.

“I built in confidence to sit for an interview without feeling nervous through the placement skill sessions”She added. Arbeena finally said, “If you want to go from theory to a professional role, this program showsyou exactly how.”myself,