India, April 22 -- The Mumbai-based founder of a branding agency has started a debate on degrees and the value they hold after revealing that a friend studying at IIM Calcutta bagged an internship paying Rs.3.5 lakh per month. Sakshi Jain, founder of Viralyze Media, shared a thoughtful post on education and degrees by giving the example of her friend, who is currently a student at the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

Jain said that her friend had bagged an internship in Mumbai that pays her Rs.3.5 lakh per month. "Earning 3.5L/month in an internship? Yeah, my jaw dropped too," she wrote on LinkedIn.

Her friend's case made Jain realise that degrees may not matter everywhere, but they can still open powerful doors. Wh...