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Shubham Badjate | 133110026

I, Shubham Badjate, wish to serve Post Graduate students of IIT Bombay as General Secretary, Academic Affairs - Post Graduate (GSAA-PG) and pledge to work sincerely on all the issues, mentioned here and others that may arise during next official year, relating this responsibility for the betterment of students and the institute as a whole.

Initiatives

Propose Industry-Institute interaction in the form of workshops and seminars to build relationships with core companies

Increase the size of Internship cell for PGs by coordinating with placement cell Try to raise the issue of Stipend hike for PG students Push for the dispatch of Aakash Tablets to students in the start of next academic year Proposal to conduct bi-annual progress seminar after 4th year of PhD Propose to allow students to use selected classrooms as study room in Main Building,

for night study, throughout the year Propose a late night tea canteen in academic area in coordination with GSHA For a course, request to include latest developments in its field as a part of course

curriculum Organize a Research Weekend where researchers from all departments will interact with

each other for the exchange of ideas Start blog on PGAC website to update students with recent and upcoming activities Propose to include more courses in the list of Institute electives Enable a Research Discussion forum on PG Academic Council website Propose a Centralized MTP and TA duty allotment portal Coordinate with SARC to arrange guest lectures by PG Alumni Propose to float topic and brief description of projects before admissions of PhD for

those departments where it is possible Conduct a meet of Student Companions with their allotted students once in every 2

months Push for increase in collaborations with industries and foreign universities to promote

research internships and exchange programmes Increase involvement of PG entrants in PGAC by selecting ACC within first two

months of the start of new academic year

Follow ups

Follow up on Application tracking system which will minimize paper work involved in applications being submitted at academic office

Follow up on preferential TA allotment in all academic units

Push as many departments as possible to issue PG Minors Propose to increase number of course and reference books in library (wherever 10:1

ratio is not fulfilled) Push to update course description in ASC in coordination with GSAA-UG

Information Dissemination and awareness

Will make efficient communication linking between students and core council via AURAA

Arrange guidance sessions for students willing to pursue doctoral or post-doctoral education

Propose a workshop to use lab equipments, safety measures and result analysis Arrange club fair for PG entrants during orientation Create awareness among PG students regarding post of PG nominee in various clubs and

available opportunities in technical and extra-curricular activities

Workshops

Basic programming languages like C, C++, Python, etc. as per requirements Research software skills like MATLAB, LaTeX, etc. Soft skills workshop focused for PG students

Miscellaneous

Fit activities to be organized by PG Academic council in a Calendar and work accordingly in coordination with ISCP and IRSCP

Focus on updating department websites periodically Work with GSHA for allotment of accommodation before arrival of new PG entrants Push to associate a PG nominee with GSHA Propose a yearly curriculum review meet for each department Ensure smooth functioning of Tum Tum Create and maintain electronic database of PG students Make PGAC website more user friendly Conduct regular surveys and get feedbacks of students on any improvement in

functioning of PGAC or facilities in institute

Credentials

Interview Coordinator, Placement Cell, IIT Bombay 2013-14 Class Representative, Materials Science, MEMS, IIT Bombay 2013-14 Member of Global student think tank ShARE and Organized ShARE World Seminar

2013, IIT Bombay Treasurer for Indian Institute of Metals Pune Chapter 2011-12 Organising Team of Mind-Spark09,10,11 - College of Engineering, Pune.