Reshma Saujani, 45, founder and CEO of Girls Who Code — an international nonprofit organization working to close to the gender gap in technology — is on a mission to push herself and other young women to be brave, not perfect. Saujani, who is also an author, wanted a career where she was giving back ever since
With campuses closed to visits from prospective college students, The Indian SCENE is bringing the college experience to you. For this month’s issue, The Indian SCENE spoke with Rohan Mehta of Plano, Texas, an up-and-coming biomedical engineering major at the University of Texas at Austin, presently pursuing a pre-health certificate. Mehta is set to graduate
Aanya Patel is just like any other high school sophomore. She is a member of her school band, is part of the volleyball team and loves arts and crafts. Unlike most other high schoolers, however, this 15-year-old from Tampa, Florida, is on a mission. She’s looking to fix ‘period poverty’. Period poverty refers to the
With campuses closed to visits from prospective college students, The Indian SCENE is bringing the college experience to you. This time, The Indian SCENE spoke with Julie Jaipati of Farmington Hills, Michigan, who is a budding freshman at the University of Chicago. Jaipati is presently double majoring in Economics and Environmental and Urban Studies. She
With campuses closed to visits from prospective college students, The Indian SCENE is bringing the college experience to you. This time around, The Indian SCENE spoke with Ninaad Lakshman of Downington, Pennsylvania, a promising computer science major at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Located in the very heart of Atlanta, the institution offers a sprawling
With campuses closed to visits from prospective students, the Indian SCENE is bringing the college experience to you. This week, in a slightly different installment, The Indian SCENE spoke with Tej Munshi, a soccer player and aspiring doctor, about the recruitment process and the demands of being a college athlete. Munshi, a sophomore pre-medicine major, was
With campuses closed to visits from prospective students, the Indian SCENE is bringing its own college tours to you. This week, The Indian SCENE spoke with Rohan Kansagra of Warren, New Jersey, a sophomore at Washington University in St. Louis, studying environmental engineering and economics. WashU, as it’s known, boasts an impressive student to faculty ratio
With campuses closed to visits from prospective students, the Indian SCENE is bringing its own college tours to you. This week, The Indian SCENE spoke with Riya Doshi of Bloomfield Hills, a rising sophomore at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Doshi is majoring in Medicine, Health, and Society — a field of study comparable to public
With campuses closed to visits from prospective students, the Indian SCENE is bringing its own college tours to you. This week, The Indian SCENE spoke with Anika Dholakia of Sandy Hook, Conn., a recent graduate of the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Michigan, located in Ann Arbor, boasts several notable alumni, including CNN
With campuses closed to visits from prospective students, the Indian SCENE is bringing its own college tours to you. This week, The Indian SCENE spoke with Divya Macha of Ann Arbor, a rising junior at the University of California, Berkeley, studying molecular and cell biology. Berkeley, located across the San Francisco Bay from the city