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Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup
Schools:
Stanford University
WORK EXPERIENCE
Employer:
Swayam - Social Entrepreneurship
Position:
Team Member & Co-Founder
Time period:
February 2007 - Present
Description:
Designing a business plan, networking with venture capitalists and investors and bringing to fruition Swayam, a peer to peer investing company that applies the concept of microfinance to education by allowing investors to lend to students without capital for higher education, in return for a fraction of future income. Swayam won 3rd place (out of 66 teams) in the prestigious Business Association of Stanford Engineering Students (BASES) Social Entrepreneurship Challenge (2007) and 1st place for best idea submitted in December ‘07 to www.uuni.com’s Entrepreneurship competition. Swayam is currently a semi-finalist in the ongoing 2008 BASES Social E-Challenge (out of a record 92 entries) and in the ongoing RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service (at Univ. of Texas) 2008 Social Innovation competition (out of >1000 entries).
Employer:
Martin Luther King Jr. Research & Education Institute, Stanford University
Position:
Assistant Director, Liberation Curriculum (LC)
Time period:
September 2006 - Present
Description:
Develop online educational materials/curricula on the African-American freedom struggle and other global social movements; conduct teachers' professional development workshops; write and manage several LC grants including one funded by National Endowment for the Humanities, fundraise; seek and strengthen domestic and international educational partnerships (ex. with the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), Alameda County of Education), design and develop programs ex. Global Liberation Initiative; conduct marketing and outreach efforts; train and supervise LC interns and consultants; do directed historical research, writing and editing; develop and maintain LC website. Familiar with HR practices (led hiring committee for web manager).
Employer:
Stanford’s International Financial Aid Committee; Veterans’ Hospital in Menlo Park, CA; Planet Read (Same Language Subtitling Bollywood & TV Serials Literacy Campaign); Women and Youth Supporting Each Other (WYSE), East Palo Alto
Position:
Volunteer
Employer:
Stanford Anthology for Youth (SAY)
Position:
Facilitator
Employer:
Undergraduate Advising Program, Stanford
Position:
Peer Academic Advisor
Employer:
Curriculum Development, Stanford University
Position:
Research Intern
Time period:
April 2006 - August 2006
Description:
Interned at SPICE (Stanford Program in International and Cross-cultural Education), a curriculum development non-profit (part of Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford). Collaboratively drafted a ‘Silk Road’ Social Studies (Grades 6-10) curriculum for the Chicago public school system (presented at an all-Chicago teachers’ conference on 8-7-06). Integrated existing ‘Silk Road’ curricula; introduced fresh ideas; presented ideas to and brainstormed with colleagues; generated new learning objectives and activities; conceptualized a barter simulation; primary writer for Trade Lesson.
Employer:
Mahindra United World College, India
Position:
Curriculum Developer
Time period:
January 2006 - March 2006
Description:
Developed a curriculum unit on conflict in South Asia for a 7th subject on ‘Nationalism and Internationalism’ to be instituted at Mahindra United World College India (one of nine global 10-12th grade UWC International Baccalaureate schools).
Employer:
Office of Undergraduate Admission, Stanford University
Position:
Admissions Associate
Time period:
September 2005 - September 2006
Description:
Gave hour long ‘Discover Stanford’ presentations to prospective freshmen and other visitors in California and Mumbai, India; provided in-depth admissions counseling for students and families on the admissions process in person and on phone; gained intensive public speaking and public relations experience; excellent interpersonal skills.
Employer:
Visitor Information Services, Stanford University
Position:
Tour Guide
Time period:
September 2005 - September 2006
Description:
Conduct tours of the Stanford campus and Hoover Tower Observation Platform for groups of visitors; answer questions about visiting Stanford via phone and in person; complete administrative responsibilities ex. scheduling tours, selling fact books; learn and retain knowledge of Stanford history and facts; intensive public speaking, public relations;, interpersonal skills
Employer:
International Educational Administration and Policy Analysis, Stanford University
Position:
Masters Monograph/Thesis
Time period:
September 2005 - August 2006
Description:
Wrote a monograph examining whether the English Literature papers of the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) high stakes examination have tested for higher order cognition over a thirty year range, given the Indian Govt.’s policy push towards higher order cognition
Employer:
Hammarskjold House
Position:
Social Manager
Time period:
August 2005 - June 2006
Description:
Planned and implemented social activities (ex. weekly wine and cheeses, annual alumni Thanksgiving dinner, quarterly Special Dinners) for 47 members of a residential co-operative house and restaurant; was an active member of house staff team.
Employer:
Great Books Summer Reading Program
Position:
Program Assistant
Time period:
June 2005 - July 2005
Description:
Teaching Assistant and Resident Assistant for week-long summer reading program for 11-14 year olds; co-facilitated discussions (Shared Inquiry Method) on several literary, philosophical and visual works; led a creative writing elective; constantly supervised, planned and led activities for the girls; conducted academic discussions within my assigned pod of girls.
Employer:
Creative Writing Department
Position:
Associate Editor
Time period:
January 2005 - June 2005
Description:
Served as associate editor for a political fiction anthology called ‘Stumbling and Raging’ published fall 2006 by MacAdam Cage Publishing, SF; read submissions from writers all over the world; worked with writer and editor Stephen Elliott (former Wallace Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer, Stanford) and other student editors to determine final stories.
Employer:
Student Initiated Courses, Stanford University
Position:
Teacher
Time period:
January 2005 - March 2005
Description:
Co-taught a 2 unit class on ‘Indian Literature in English: Major Authors’ offered through Stanford English Department; faculty sponsor – writer Adam Johnson. Designed syllabus/curriculum, conducted class discussions, networked with writers and invited Bharati Mukerjee, famous Indian writer, to read and lecture to the class.
Employer:
Alondra Dorm
Position:
Head Peer Academic Co-ordinator
Time period:
September 2004 - June 2005
Description:
Residential Academic Advisor for 60 person all-freshman dorm; organized talks on academic subjects ex. study abroad, freshman seminars, choosing majors; organized non-academic events; counseled freshman on 4-year plans, using Stanford’s academic opportunities, and personal and social issues; served as liaison with academic resources on campus, especially Undergraduate Advising Programs (UAP).
Employer:
Public Health School, UC Berkeley
Position:
Research Assistant
Time period:
June 2004 - August 2004
Description:
Worked for Dr. Julia Walsh of the Bay Area International Group (B.I.G.) of the Berkeley School of Public Health on a project examining AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa as a function of measures of female vulnerability, ex. female literacy, female ability to refuse sex, female control of contraception etc. Funding provided by URO Major Grant.
Employer:
International Health & Education, Stanford University
Position:
Research Assistant
Time period:
June 2004 - July 2004
Description:
Researched and wrote sections of two chapters on ‘Childhood and Education’ and ‘Reproductive Health’ to assist Anne Firth-Murray, Professor in Health Research and Policy and Founding President, Global Fund for Women, SF in writing From Outrage to Courage: Women Taking Action for Health and Justice (published 2007).
Employer:
Communicasians
Position:
Editor & Columnist
Time period:
September 2003 - March 2005
Description:
Finalized content, assigned stories, edited drafts, worked personally with writers and wrote columns on Indian transnationals, British Indians, the Berlin Holocaust museum and international student financial aid for Communicasians, a quarterly Asian-focus magazine.
Employer:
Stanford Biotechnology Quarterly (SBQ)
Position:
Associate Opinions Editor & Columnist
Time period:
January 2003 - June 2004
Description:
I researched and wrote opinion articles on stem cell research, egg donors, euthanasia and GMOs and edited other writers’ drafts.
Employer:
Verve Magazine
Position:
Editorial Intern
Time period:
July 2002 - August 2002
Description:
Verve is a women’s magazine profiling influential Indian women. Wrote articles; conducted and transcribed interviews; edited several pieces; compiled databases on content addressed and people featured in previous issues; attended press conferences and cultural events; assisted marketing department in generating a strategy for introducing classified ads.
EDUCATION
University:
Stanford University
Time period:
2005 - 2006
Degree:
Education, International Educational Administration and Policy Analysis program, MA
University:
Stanford University
Time period:
2001 - 2005
Degree:
Human Biology , BA
PUBLICATIONS
Articles:
Had poetry published in Fusion (first issue, 2002), a nation-wide literary magazine published by University of Indiana-Bloomington and in two campus literary magazines: Word Choice (Fall 2005) and Reorient (Fall 2005).
INFORMATION
Memberships:
• Social Chair (02-03) and President Intern (01-02) International Undergraduate Community, Stanford.
• Joint Secretary, Saheli, Stanford’s South Asian Women’s Alliance (2001-02), Member (01– 04).
• Member of MENSA.
Awards:
• Cap and Gown, Stanford University’s Women’s Honor Society (10/04)
• Undergraduate Research Opportunities (URO) Major Grant (8/04)
• Awarded Gold Medal for 1st rank in school and 2nd in all India (96.5%) in the ICSE examination (1999).
Indian, majoring in Agricultural and Food engineering. Club Leader of Entrepreneurship Cell..
Believes Entrepreneurship is orgasm of life and would love to have multiple ones.
Environmental engineer, education startup co-founder. Education for all and protecting the environment are key to a sustainable life on the planet. Interested in using microfinance as a tool to effect positive change in society.
Saudi, 28, PhD in Decision Analysis, Management Science & Eng. MS in Electrical Engineering, Stanford. Part of Decisions & Ethics Center, Bases, and interested in Cultural and Political issues of hte middle East.
