Engineering Graduate Student Council
Columbia University
Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Please describe any relevant past experience
During my undergraduate program I've been the Vice President of a club named "Invincible Leaders League" whose focus was to help students find their inner potential so that they can lead and represent themselves. I have also been the lead member of the fund raising committee in a NGO named "Together in Development and Education" whose aim was to collect funds monthly in order to carry out various NGO activities. I have also been the Placement Co-ordinator during my final undergraduate year where my role was to communicate with various MNC's in India and bring them for the on campus placement.
What are your goals/vision for your committees of choice? How do you think you can contribute to them?
My goal for the budget committee would be to clearly communicate with all other departments like planning and discuss with them regarding the allotment of funds and yes end the fiscal year with a positive balance and some reserve. Being a part of the inter-school committee, we could organise some leadership events where we bring in professionals to speak about their experiences.
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During my tenure as the Vice President of the Invincible Leaders League Club, we had organised events like TEDxNirmaUniversity for two consecutive years in 2016 and 2017.
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I used to be the Secretary General in the School of Civil Engineering’s Student Union in my undergraduate from Sep 2014 to Jun 2017.
What are your goals/vision for your committees of choice? How do you think you can contribute to them?
To serve my classmates and all my schoolmates. I want to use my great interperson and communication skills to make deals with every relevant party for the optimum benefit of my mates.
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I have the experience of being the minister of New Media Department of a Seminar to publicize it.
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I have worked as the head and subhead of the logistics department of cultural fest in Undergraduate. I have also worked in he administration department of CESA powered by ASCE. Additionally, I have been the class representative of my class in Undergrads.
What are your goals/vision for your committees of choice? How do you think you can contribute to them?
I plan to learn more about events and socialize more. I plan to learn and participate more in the international events.
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In addition to this, I have been a gold medalist of Civil department in Undergrads so this says that extracurricular activities do not affect my grades.
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"1. Being a Treasurer for the music club in my undergraduate university (2015-2016), I managed the budget by weekly monitoring the expenses incurred through learning material for students, purchasing/repairing of music instruments etc.
2. Cultural Secretary, Civil Engineering Department (2014-2015) - Conducted various departmental events like teacher’s day celebration, cultural nights etc."
What are your goals/vision for your committees of choice? How do you think you can contribute to them?
I want to work in the field of business development in the near future which requires proficiency in analyzing budgets and handling them. I think based on my past experience, I believe the skills which I have developed during these years will definitely contribute to the choices made.
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While I was working with my previous employer, I was a part of project management team where I reviewed various cost proposals for civil works and also assisted in analysing financial year budget for a smart city project.
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What are your goals/vision for your committees of choice? How do you think you can contribute to them?
My goal is to be a voice for civil engineering graduate students in the Academic Affairs Committee; I hope to inform grad students of organizations they can participate in at Columbia if I become part of the Administrative Committee; With the Alumni & Career Affairs Committee, I'd like to ensure students have opportunities to network with Columbia's robust alumni community.
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Fluent Spanish speaker; Have three years experience working in structural and drainage engineering projects
Please describe any relevant past experience
I have been part of student professional organizations and was a civil engineering department class representative during my undergrad years. I like to help out planning events and activities so that everyone can join together and have a great time. I have experience planning events and networking opportunities as a past President of organizations such as the American Society of Civil Engineers. I'm organized and dependable, so I think this would be a nice way for me to help out in the department and input any ideas my classmates have to offer.
What are your goals/vision for your committees of choice? How do you think you can contribute to them?
For the Alumni & Career Affairs committee, I envision helping put together networking events for our department and reaching out to alumni to get them involved with our current class of students. I want to contribute my part by actively staying connected with the various alumni organizations for the EGSC which would have good opportunities for all students. For the social committee, I would contribute by volunteering at the social events that take place and input any ideas that my classmates and I come up with. For the budget committee, I would help with the budget proposals from student organizations. I remember and know how important these documents are for helping an organization get more support and attendance.
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I am currently just doing courses, so this would be a great way for me to put in time and effort into an organization that strives to put together events for the good of everyone. I would like to volunteer my time and effort with this group and help out the Engineering Graduate Student Council as a department representative in any way I can.
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I was a member and then the vice president of department of literature and art in Student Union in undergraduate school. Our department organized the largest Welcome Party for freshman student in our school every year. As a participant and leader, I needed to consider the programming of the show, stage arrangement, coordination of arrangement of various departments, etc. The two Welcome Party I participated in were quiet successful and the latter one was called the most successful Party in recent year.
What are your goals/vision for your committees of choice? How do you think you can contribute to them?
I hope that the students can not only focus on their school work but also willing to taking part in some social activities which are attractive and innovative designed by us making them enjoying their Columbia life. I will apply my experience of organizing the successful events in the committees to plan and organize better and more innovative social events in our school.
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I was also a leader organized my class in my undergraduate participated the Class Talent Competition in my school. In that competition, my class got the champion for our amazing show programming.
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I have been deeply involved in student organizations throughout my undergraduate life. I along with a few batch mates founded the Civil Engineering Student Association (CESA) at my university. This gave a platform for to students to address their issues and conduct events outside the classroom within the department. I worked with student from various years to improve their student life and address their problems. I was also selected the Department Head for Sports which enabled me to improve the sports culture in the department. Furthermore I was involved in organizing committees in different leadership positions of various technical, cultural , entrepreneurial and sports events at my university. I want to continue use my capabilities to help improve the student life at Columbia University.
What are your goals/vision for your committees of choice? How do you think you can contribute to them?
"Interschool Committee: The core value of Columbia University is about diversity and collaboration. I want to work on that and help SEAS student work with different schools across the university to help. This would include organizing inter-school events in fun-filled environment.
Alumni & Career Chairs: Columbia alumnus are spread around the world and are great pioneers in their respective industries and students would learn a lot from their experiences. This would include talks by famous alumnus throughout the semester and networking events across the year
Budget Committee: Finance is the heart of every student organization. Getting the appropriate budget needs to be decided by their importance of their activities to the university's goals.
Having interacted with students from various majors throughout my undergraduate life has given me different people's perspective and help them with their problems. Having been closely associated with my high school's alumni association, I have experience in organizing alumni events. Having worked with student organization has given me knowledge of their financial needs and how to prioritize them"
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"Experience 1: Student Council (Sep 2008 - Jun 2016) Positions: President, Vice President, Deputy Secretary General Description (During undergraduate period):
1. Planned 6 kinds of large student events like New Student Orientation, Student Council Recruitment, Undergraduate Representatives' Congress, earning a positive feedback rate of 91.3%, being honored as Excellent Student Leader
2. Accomplished 65 tasks with 936 working files, which included but not limited to writing monthly work reports, holding regular meetings, coordinating subdivisions' work in all student events
Experience 2: Model United Nations (Jul 2009 - Jun 2017)
Positions: Club Leader, Head of Admin. Department; Conference’s Chairman, Delegate
Description (During undergraduate period):
1. Organized 3 university level Model United Nations Conferences(ZMUNC) from 2014 to 2017, each covering 180-220 participants from about 20 universities nationwide, being awarded as Advanced Individual and Excellent Club Leader
2. Ran university MUN Association(ZMUN), wrote monthly reports, trained ZMUN Admin staffs to write official documents, coordinated conferences for the whole academic year, got sponsors for annually ZMUNC
3. Won all sorts of honors by participating in 5 MUN conferences, such as Best Reporter and Best News Agency of 12th National MUN Conference, Best Delegate, Outstanding Delegate, Best Position Paper, etc."
What are your goals/vision for your committees of choice? How do you think you can contribute to them?
The Alumni Chair mentioned that he would like to improve the quality of alumni panel in the coming academic year by organizing alumni Talks and Dinners. I am interested in those ideas and would like to join in the committee. Based on my academic experience on journalism (my double major), I would like to create more interactive way to help student to be more involved in alumni panels, and at the same time, facilitate our brilliant alumni to share their views more efficiently. I agree that with higher frequency but fewer attendees in each panel, everyone will be more satisfied about this beneficial events.
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My Hobbies: bamboo flute, broadcasting and hosting, orienteering, badminton
