Graduate Student Advisory Committee Member to Dean of College of Engineering (CoE), UC Davis, 2019-2021
A team of eight graduate students from College of Engineering working on research and coursework infrastructure, safety, industry connections and other areas for the CoE graduate student community
Student Representative, Graduate Studies Committee (GSC), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Davis , 2019-20
Acted as a liaison between ECE graduate student body and ECE graduate studies committee
Conducted a graduate program survey seeking the feedback from graduate students related to teaching, research, infrastructure, employment etc. GSC worked on both short-term and long-term solutions based on the feedback.
Conducted a graduate program survey to see the effect of COVID-19 on job offers
President, Graduate Student Association, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Davis , 2019-20
Led a team of ten graduate students/officers, who worked to revamp ECE GSA that offered various events both on technical and social fronts.
Technical events - Industry info sessions, Student talks, Alumni talks, PhD Prelim Mock Exams
Social events - Weekly Coffee/Pizza Socials, Downtown dinner social, Games at MU, Hikes
Vice President, Graduate Student Association, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Davis , 2018-19
Assisting in year around event conceptualization and execution.
Events include weekly coffee socials, BBQ parties and workshops.
Coordinated the mock Prelim exam'19 event and helped with Circuits domain.
Presenting ECE GSA at various avenues whenever required.
President, Indian Graduate Student Association, UC Davis, January 2017-June 2018
Led the IGSA executive board, which worked towards a complete transformation of the organization in organizing events, helping grad students and community building. Some of our achievements are listed below.
Formed a full-fledged IGSA executive board consisting of seven officers and three coordinators.
In-charge of official IGSA emails and social media (Facebook, Instagram) communication.
Release of the first ever IGSA professional webpage(https://igsa-ucd.com)
Properly documented Resources for any new Aggie on official webpage, which turned out to be very popular among IGSA/Non-IGSA members.
Assigned mentor to each new student affiliated with IGSA for a 1:1 help on academics/settling in Davis during the first quarter.
Conceptualized events focusing on technical and extra curricular talks.
Hosted the first ever IGSA Industry Professionals Conclave inviting alumni from various majors to help students with career guidance.
Initiating a strong partnership with the prospective sponsors for various board activities.
The Sacramento Bee covered the event Rang de Davis 2017, which saw a footfall of more than 300 students from over a dozen nationalities.
Took the initiatives to invite many renowned artists to visit our university campus for the first time and perform at our festival of light event, Diwali Night 2017 before 260 attendees.
Led the discussions with other student groups, CSI, Arboretum staffs, Global affairs (SISS) for a strong collaboration to witness a successful turn out of the events or activities for students.
Chaired the proposals preparation team for various sponsorship applications, donations or awards.
Got invited to attend UC Davis Outstanding Students Awards Ceremony 2018 to receive ”Organizational Improvement Award”, which was awarded to IGSA among 760+ student organizations on campus.
India Day Event Volunteer, Indian Association of Sacramento, June 2017 - August 2017
Helped the India Day event (attended by 3000 people) organizing committee by volunteering in operations team.
Core Committee Member, IEEE Student Branch, IIT Kharagpur, June 2013 - June 2014
Part of the technical committee which hosted various technical talks, workshops, IEEE day event and conferences.
Organizing Committee Member, IEEE Techsym 2014, Kharagpur, India, February 2014
Responsible for technical program schedule (paper and poster presentation).
Travel and Accommodation Volunteer, International Conference on VLSI and Signal Processing, Kharagpur, January 2014
Worked with travel and accommodation team to help the international visitors.
Departmental Student Representative, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, SIET, Dhenkanal, June 2009 - June 2011
Served as the connecting link between college administration and ECE undergraduates.