volunteer

Rahul Chaubey (B. Tech ChE, ‘99, H4)

Rahul Chaubey is a co-opted member of the Board of Directors of IITBAA. After a long stint as an EC member of the hyperactive Bangalore Chapter and after being involved with special events like the Freshers’ Night, Golden Jubilee celebrations, hiking events and special initiatives like VKC (Village Knowledge Centre), Rahul has been tasked with the job of liasioning with all Indian 10 Indian chapters. Rahul has worked actively to rejuvenate the Hyderabad chapter which has hosted 4 events in the last 5 months including the successful Meet-Manu event.

Rahul is currently working on a plan to host Freshers’ Night in 9 Indian chapters. He is also drawing up plans for an all-chapter conclave in Goa as a prelude to hosting Meet-Manu events in all chapters. In addition, he is spearheading the launch of a new event in Hyderabad which focuses on the fresh entrants to IITB and hopes to scale this event to all chapters by next year. Rahul has been instrumental in arranging for mentorship sessions between new alumni joinees in a company and their seniors within the same company and is now working with a team that is all set to roll out AAMP. (alumni-alumni mentorship program) He has also been instrumental in soliciting high value sponsorships by packaging the events well.

On the professional front, Rahul is responsible for operations and business development at Bravo Lucy and drives excellence in delivery for the company. He has a diverse background in the Supply chain/IT Industry where he has worked as a Software programmer, Six Sigma Black Belt, IT program manager, Manager for Retail implementations and Retail business development.

Akshay Mishra (M.Tech EE '02)

Akshay is an enthusiastic young volunteer who has been co-opted as a member of IITBAA Board of Directors. He is a member in webteam for IITBAA/IITBHF with supporting role in website, newsletters, mailing lists  etc.,. Akshay also is the resident IT expert for IITBAA office and in charge of the IT related needs of Fundamatics. He is also active with the Mumbai chapter of IITBAA with a focus on event organization.

Akshay started DSPWorks and is now working in a team of 4 and looking after technology development. Based out of Mumbai and stays in Vikhroli just around the campus. He is also pursuing his doctoral research in Electrical Engineering.

Nitin Kumar Singh (Dual Degree Aero '11, H5)

Nitin Kumar Singh has been active volunteer of IIT Bombay. He served as the Institute Alumni Secretary and Overall Coordinator of Student Alumni Relations Cell in 2009-2010. After graduation in August 2011 he joined the IIT Bombay Webteam as the youngest member of the team.

While in the institute he was instrumental in launch of Alumni Student Mentorship Program (ASMP) which is one of the biggest programs in India connecting students and alumni. The program template is now being followed by other IITs after huge success of the program.The process of launching HATS programs in all hostels was initiated during his tenure as the Institute Alumni Secretary.

He is also involved in the webcontent team which takes care of the newsletter that goes to all alumni every month. Over a period of 7 months he has helped significantly in the revamp of the newsletter. He has also contributed immensely in restructuring all batch yahoogroups and has been tasked with the maintenance of Alumni Honour Roll, enlisting volunteers from the younger batches and various other tasks.

He manages the Book Corner and Blog Corner, newest additions to the initiatives list of IIT Bombay and is known for his super-fast response. The mystery about when he sleeps has not yet been cracked.

He works for Deloitte Consulting and is based out of Hiranandani, a stone throw away from his alma mater.

Amit Khandelwal (BTech ChE '98, H3)

Amit Khandelwal has been an active volunteer of IIT Bombay San Francisco Bay Area chapter for last 8+ years and has been the chapter President since 2009.

He has led the organization of several professional, social and cultural events such as speaker series, panel discussions, annual picnics, Happy Hours, networking lunches etc and the annual fund raising drives in the Bay Area for past few years. He spearheaded the first ever IIT Bombay West Coast Reunion event, SF Bay Cruise, in September 2010 and has led the coordination of IIT Bombay performances at Bay Area PANIIT Diwali Dhamaka for last few years.

PANIIT Diwali Dhamaka is an annual inter IIT competition in bay area with 1000+ attendees and IIT Bombay has been a winner 5 times and close second 3 other times in the competition in the last 8 years. Amit has also helped in the organization of Pan IIT global conferences in 2003 and 2007, PANIIT Cleantech event in 2009 and PANIIT Innovation Summits in 2010 and 2011. He currently also serves as the President of PANIIT Bay Area chapter.

He is a member of the Executive Committee of IIT Bombay Heritage Fund and has actively participated in its activities. He has hosted the Director and his team a couple of times in the Bay Area - 2010, 2011 etc. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Award in 2011 and is one of the youngest alumni to recieve this honour.

Bakul Desai (BTech '82 ChE)

Bakul Desai was one of the key players in putting together the Young Faculty Joining Bonus scheme of the Class of 1982. He is currently spearheading the Hostel Alumni Team Stewardship (HATS) initiative for all hostels, after having successfully launched HATS for H-4. he is also working feverishly on a new book about Hostel 4 about the hilarious recollections of incidents and characters that inhabited the hallowed halls of H-4 ... click here to visit the Facebook site about MADHOUSE - True Stories of the Inmates of Hostel 4.

In his personal life, Bakul runs a company that specializes in marble processing and turnkey installations which provides calibrated precision cutting machines and facilities for pre-installation visual simulations, dry laying and high quality execution with a focus on the 5-star hotel industry and special application highly customized end uses.