EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

  • Vice President of the Graduate Student Government (2004 - 05)
  • Inducted as a lifetime member of the ODK National Leadership Honorarium (Oct 2002)
  • University Ambassador (Apr 2001 - Present)
  • Member of the Student Policy Committee (Oct 04 – Aug 05)
  • Founding President of Akron Cricket Club
  • Member of the Mid-West Cricket Tournament Organizing Committee (2004 - 06)
  • President of the Badminton Club (Aug 2000 – Present)
  • President Of Indian Students Association (May 2002 – May 2003)
  • Co-President of the Biomedical Engineering Society (Jun 2001 – Jul 2002)
  • Top ranked Racquetball Player in Ohio for Men’s Division C (2003) and Division D (2002)
  • Nationally ranked 3rd in Men’s -24 C/D (2003) and 4th in Men’s Division D (2002)

 

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Joseph L. Verstraete Outstanding Graduate Student Award, College of Engineering, U Akron, 2005-06
  • Academic Excellence Award, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, 2005
  • Outstanding Indian Graduate Student Award, Indian Community Association of  Greater Akron, 2004-05
  • Best Oral Presentation, CUGSR 2005, Akron
  • Best Poster Award, CUGSR 2004, Akron
  • Outstanding Ambassador, 2002
  • Mid-west Cricket Tournament All star team, 2003
  • Tata Academic Achievement Award, 1999

 
COMMUNITY SERVICE

  • Guest speaker in Elementary, Middle and High Schools in and around Akron on the behalf of Akron International Friendship
  • Coach of the Crenshaw Middle School Chess Team
  • Volunteer for Intel Science Fair, Cleveland
  • Volunteer for “Habitat for Humanity”
  • Walk for Leukemia
  • Volunteer for United Way
  • Volunteer at Akron General Medical Center