Athena Academies and Pangea Internships

• Read Locke, Adam Smith, Marx, Keynes, Hayek, and contemporary platform-economy examples through a seminar lens.
• Debate capitalism, the Keynesian moment, neoliberalism, and the way algorithms now shape work, prices, attention, and opportunity.
• End with a student-led final discussion on what a fairer economic system could look like.

A 500-700 word written piece connecting a historical economic idea to something happening in the world today.

• Define a focused review question, map the literature landscape, and identify a publishable research gap.
• Search PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, and Web of Science; build an annotated bibliography and literature matrix.
• Draft, revise, peer-review, and prepare the manuscript for target journals with a cover letter strategy.

A submission-ready narrative review manuscript, target journal shortlist, cover letter draft, and 10-minute capstone presentation.

• Understand analyst workflows, industry research, annual reports, investor presentations, and earnings-call transcripts.
• Build a simple three-statement model and apply valuation methods including P/E, EV/EBITDA, and a simplified DCF.
• Develop a Buy/Hold/Sell thesis, identify key risks, and prepare for expert-panel questioning.

A complete equity research report on a real listed company, a presentation record, internship certificate, and LOR consideration for top performers.

• Navigate the SolidWorks interface, viewports, planes, feature tree, and document setup.
• Create fully constrained 2D sketches with dimensions and geometric constraints, then convert them into solid 3D parts.
• Use extrude, revolve, fillet, chamfer, hole wizard, and pattern tools before completing an independent final build.

A finished 3D model exported in STL, STEP, and DXF formats, ready for portfolio use, 3D printing, CNC, or further CAD learning.

• Start with responsive HTML, CSS, JavaScript, browser developer tools, and debugging foundations.
• Learn React components, props, state, hooks, and user interaction through a small working application.
• Connect to a backend, add authentication and live database behaviour, then deploy the final project online.

A live deployed portfolio application with a shareable URL, plus practical confidence in full-stack web development basics.

Students engage with scientific literature on an agreed biological topic, learn to read and critically evaluate research papers, and work towards a literature review or structured research summary.

Students interested in biology, medicine, biotechnology, or biomedical research who want a genuine experience of scientific literature and academic research.

Students explore topics in Indian economic history and contemporary macroeconomic questions, from the Reserve Bank of India to banking systems and monetary policy.

Students interested in economics, economic history, banking, or Indian public policy, especially those aiming to study economics at university.

Quantitative students may clean and analyse economic datasets using Stata or Python. Others focus on identifying a development economics question, reviewing literature, and producing a research essay.

Students interested in economics, data science, or development policy. Comfort with numbers helps, but is not required.

Students get a hands-on introduction to cloud infrastructure, servers, storage, networking, containers, CI/CD pipelines, and a small deployed project.

Students interested in computer science, software engineering, or technology infrastructure. Basic programming helps, but enthusiasm matters most.

Students work on a life-sciences research project such as a gene therapy literature review, regulatory comparison, or report on a cell-based therapeutic.

Students interested in medicine, pharmacy, biotechnology, or health policy, especially where science and regulation intersect.

Students pursue a close reading and analysis project, from migration and identity to postcolonialism or environmental themes, producing a critical essay or research piece.

Students interested in literature, humanities, cultural studies, history, politics, or analytical writing.

Students work on an archival and analytical history project, such as museum collections, colonial exhibitions, textiles, monuments, photographs, or political-cultural figures.

Students interested in history, postcolonial studies, museum studies, art history, or cultural heritage.

Students explore a question in development or labour economics, such as gender wage gaps, informal employment, migration, or education economics.

Students interested in economics, development studies, public policy, or social sciences, especially research-oriented economics pathways.

Students explore macroeconomics through topics such as inflation dynamics, monetary policy frameworks, money supply and output, or comparative central banking practices.

Students interested in economics, finance, or public policy who want to understand how economies are managed nationally and what drives prices, employment, and growth.