The Aga Khan Academies Internship Programme is a volunteer service opportunity that links IB Diploma students, aged 16-18, with AKDN agencies and other grassroots level NGOs to engage in meaningful and sustainable career-oriented opportunities in professional fields over their June/July holiday. This year marks the successful completion of the Internship Programme for the sixth consecutive year.

After months of collaboration within the AKDN community, especially between the Aga Khan Education Board India (AKEBI) and the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad, six students from Saurashtra have been selected for admission into Grade 7 at the Academy through our Talent Identification Programme.

This week we hear from Mizghona Saidvalieva, a student in DP2 at the Academy

'My career has been a blend of assignments in Physical Education Management and Leadership, based on which I have diversified experience in both. Being the son of an Army officer who has served in different parts of India and abroad has also helped shape my thought process, coupled with experience in Physical Education and Leadership'.

I believe that teachers are in contact with the most important people on the planet; youth who are future leaders and influencers. Therefore, I would like to use the stories, poems and plays and texts we study in class to become life-long lessons in inspiration for my students.