Here is an article written by Yashvi Singh who is from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli: “During June-August 2015, I interned with People’s Union for Civil Liberties(PUCL) under Digital Media Team. People’s Union for Civil Liberties is a human rights body formed in India in 1976 by socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan, as the People’s Union for Civil Liberties
Read More“Last year around this time in July, a friend of mine and I were talking about starting a club in our college. AIESEC. It was still in a very embryonic stage and we didn’t really take it seriously. Towards the end of July we started embracing the idea and working for it. Now, almost a
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Somesh Mohapatra is currently the General Secretary of National Service Scheme in the Social Service Wing of IIT Roorkee. Attached in a photo from teaching students in Khanjarpur, India. “Usually students choose STEM as their discipline or career, while for me, it is life. All things revolve around it and I would like to make an impact
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This article is by Bhargav Sanketi. Bhargav shares what he is truly passionate about and how he acts on that outside of the research field: “Ever since I was a child, I was always fascinated by the human brain. So naturally I was inclined towards topics in biology, psychology, etc. After finishing high school, I
Read MoreWritten by Sudharshan Suresh, 2016 Khorana-Bose Scholar “Here I wish to talk about education and the dissemination of knowledge in our country, or the lack thereof. Countless words have been spoken on the lack of basic education amongst our populace and the vapid commercialization of the industry – I do not wish to talk
Read MoreIN THIS ISSUE Download the entire PDF here Scholar Orientation Sci-ROI Initiative Peer Mentor Program 2016 US-to-India Scholarship MIT Honors Dr. Khorana US Scholars Experience India Indian Scholars Experience US Annual Symposium, Delhi How You Can Participate 2015 US Bose Scholars 2015 Khorana Scholars 2015 S.N. Bose Scholars Contact Information 2 3 4 5 6
Read MoreWinstep decided to reach out to our scholars and ask what they are involved in outside of research at their home institutions this summer. The responses we got showed very impressive work being done by our Khorana and SN Bose scholars! We are going to upload multiple articles that some scholars have shared with us: This article
Read MoreCongratulations to all of our 2016 Khorana Scholars: 1. Aashika Sekar from IIT Delhi 2. Aditya Girish Chindhade from BITS Pilani Goa Campus 3. Advait Balaji from BITS Pilani Goa Campus 4. Amir Faraz from IIT Roorkee 5. Amruta Priyadarshini Nayak from IISER Pune 6. Anish Nirav Shah from BITS Pilani 7. Anuja Nitin Kibe
Read MoreCongratulations to all of our 2016 SN Bose Scholars: Prayash Panda from IIT Kharagpur Sayantan Duttam from IIT Kharagpur Ananth Kamath from IISc Bangalore Reshmi Dani from IIT Guwahati Shivanee Nagarajan from Anna University Santhoshini Velusamy from IIT Madras Aditi Sharma from PDPM IITDM Jabalpur Poovizhi Rengasamy from PSG College of Technology Coimbatore Ayan Biswas
Read MoreCongratulations to all of our 2016 US Bose Scholars!!! Michaela Pfeiffer-Mundt from the University of Wisconsin Madison Abigail Smith from the University of Wisconsin Madison Jacob Poepping from the University of Wisconsin Madison Kayla Huemer from the University of Wisconsin Madison Shilpa Kalluru from the University of Wisconsin Madison Athavi Jeevananthan from the University of
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