Location Uttarakhand We re looking for a Quality Control Intern to join us for two months and help elevate our food experience Your role will involve visiting our high-altitude camps observing food operations on the ground and ensuring our processes are followed diligently from cleanliness and hygiene to ingredient usage cooking methods and overall food quality We re looking for someone with a genuine background or foundational understanding of food ingredients culinary methods hygiene standards and operational discipline Why this experience is unlike anything else You ll get unprecedented exposure to how Indiahikes prepares and serves food to thousands of trekkers in the remote wilderness of the Himalayas The scale the setting and the systems you ll learn here simply don t exist elsewhere It s an experience that will train you for life whether you re entering the food industry or dreaming of working in outdoor operations anywhere in the world This is your testing ground Who is suited for this role Someone in the food industry looking for hands-on learning in a completely unique environment Someone passionate about outdoor operations eager to understand how large-scale systems work in extreme conditions Someone who respects checklists processes and discipline because we are particular about following them and we expect you to be too It isn t easy The internship scheduled over the next two months which means you re going to be in the Himalayas during winter But if you re up for the challenge this is an exceptionally rewarding role The two biggest perks Eat our celebrated Indiahikes food every single day Work from some of the most stunning locations on the planet Stipend 20 000 per month Food accommodation Fully taken care of by Indiahikes How to Apply We re extremely careful about who we select as a part of team Indiahikes Through the selection process we want to make sure you are the right fit For all positions email Sandhya Chandrasekharayya email protected CC Arjun Majumdar email protected Subject Working with Indiahikes name of position Sandhya Chandrasekharayya is the COO and Co-founder at Indiahikes Arjun Majumdar is the CEO and Founder of Indiahikes What to include in your email application Your latest resume Even if you don t have a background in trekking your past work experience matters to us Write a paragraph about why you wish to work at Indiahikes A passion for trek and travel is significant but must not be the only reason for you to apply Write another paragraph about your skills and talents that make you suitable for the role If you have any trek experience mention it in the email Any specific write up or inclusions as mentioned in the role description What is the recruitment process at Indiahikes We receive a large number of applications If you are shortlisted we will write back within seven days usually quicker If you do not hear from us within seven days in all probability your application has been rejected You can of course remind us again by email if you feel you are the right fit for Indiahikes The below recruitment process applies to all roles other than the Trek Leader and Asst Trek Leader roles STEP 1 The first step is a form that you fill out so that we get to know your skills better Here you may be asked to complete a test assignment as well If your portfolio speaks for itself you may be taken directly to the next step On the other hand if we see that you re using AI to complete the assignments it is grounds for us to reject your application immediately STEP 2 The next step is where we conduct your personal interview with a senior member of Indiahikes Our objective is to see whether you make a good culture fit at Indiahikes Our culture and values are sacrosanct to us and it matters to us that you align with them If required there will be two such rounds of a personal interview These will be conducted online unless you live close to our office STEP 3 The final round is our most interesting and unusual one where we invite you to our office for a two-day visit This is a chance for you to get to know Indiahikes better and for us to get to know you better During these two days you get to speak to several team members at Indiahikes work on small assignments be part of our meetings and lunchtime and observe the work culture here It will help you arrive at a decision about whether you would like to grow professionally at Indiahikes It will also give us insight into whether you would fit into the culture here Note If selected for the 2-day visit you are expected to bear the cost of your travel In case you re coming from another city we are happy to offer you accommodation at our guesthouse at our expense upon prior request Further we usually call only the applicants we are strongly considering to our office In most cases your take-home salary will be revealed to you at this stage so that you can decide whether to confirm your 2-day visit or not STEP 4 After your 2-day visit we will get back to you within a couple of days about our final verdict As you can see it is a slightly long and serious recruitment process but we are very particular about who works at IndiaHikes This is a big way in which we have been able to build an organisation with a deep value system that reaches every last person working here The Core Values that make us who we are These are values that anybody working here is expected to imbibe You are Humble Humility is the biggest trait we look for in our team members Even if an applicant is highly skilled or experience but not humble we do not take them You ll find this as a virtue among all team members at Indiahikes whether it s our founders our Trek Leaders or our local staff members A humble person makes for an ideal team member They are open to feedback easily teachable curious and eager to learn They are able to grow and nurture the organisation Humility is practiced everyday at Indiahikes Those who are not humble are not encouraged to be at Indiahikes You are Fit We expect trekkers to be fit for our treks It holds true for all of us at Indiahikes as well If we are unfit then we have little right to ask trekkers to be fit on our treks To us fitness is a way of life This means everyone has a fitness routine everyone is always ready to go on a Himalayan trek If you are unfit and do not have a fitness routine you cannot work at Indiahikes You are a Sustainability Champion At Indiahikes we have taken the responsibility of bringing in systems that make trekking more sustainable We are here to leave our mountains better We do this through our Green Trails project And for this the best place to begin is at home So everyone at Indiahikes is a sustainability champion We buy little or no packaged goods we use no disposables We compost our waste We lead minimalist lives This extends to everyone working here If you do not lead a sustainable life you cannot be with us at Indiahikes You show Care To show care for our trekkers is to put the needs and interests of our trekkers before our own It means sacrificing ourselves on behalf of our trekkers Caring means using our time skills and talents to help our trekkers To show care is giving beyond what is required Nobody asks you to do it Showing care is one of our biggest differentiators at work It has helped Indiahikes be where it is today If you do not show care eventually you will be a misfit at Indiahikes