Investment Banking Internship in Thiruvananthapuram

Task Objective: Study transactions taking place within a selected industry.

Student Activities: 1.

Select one industry and identify at least six publicly announced transactions.

2.

Record the buyer, seller, transaction value, transaction type, and stated rationale.

3.

Compare the transactions and identify common strategic reasons for the deals.

4.

Summarise the major trends affecting mergers and acquisitions in the industry.

Student Submission: Submit a transaction database spreadsheet and a 4-page Deal Landscape Report.

Mode: This task can be completed remotely from home using publicly available information, spreadsheets, documents, presentation tools, or fictional business data where specified.

Task Objective: Value a company using trading and transaction multiples.

Student Activities: 1.

Select one target company and at least five comparable companies.

2.

Collect relevant revenue, EBITDA, market value, debt, and other required financial information.

3.

Calculate suitable valuation multiples and determine a reasonable valuation range.

4.

Explain why the selected comparable companies may trade at different multiples.

Student Submission: Submit the Excel Comparable Company Analysis and a valuation summary report.

Mode: This task can be completed remotely from home using publicly available information, spreadsheets, documents, presentation tools, or fictional business data where specified.

Task Objective: Build a basic five-year financial model for a fictional or selected company.

Student Activities: 1.

Create revenue, cost, profit, and cash-flow projections for five years.

2.

Place all important assumptions in a separate assumptions section.

3.

Prepare base, optimistic, and pessimistic scenarios.

4.

Compare the scenarios and explain which assumptions have the greatest effect on the outcome.

Student Submission: Submit the Excel financial model and a 4-page Financial Modelling Report.

Mode: This task can be completed remotely from home using publicly available information, spreadsheets, documents, presentation tools, or fictional business data where specified.

Task Objective: Prepare a complete academic investment banking pitch for a fictional transaction.

Student Activities: 1.

Create a fictional client and define the transaction objective such as acquisition, fundraising, or strategic sale.

2.

Prepare company, industry, comparable-company, valuation, and transaction analysis.

3.

Develop a recommended transaction structure supported by financial reasoning.

4.

Prepare an executive pitch deck communicating the recommendation clearly.

Student Submission: Submit the complete project containing Excel financial models, transaction analysis, 10–12 slide pitch deck, and 8-page supporting report.

Clearly label it as an academic exercise.

Mode: This task can be completed remotely from home using publicly available information, spreadsheets, documents, presentation tools, or fictional business data where specified.