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Launching the new India EStore

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Merchandise

Merchandise

Thinking about what’s happening at Pilani campus for Oasis? Wondering what t-shirts are being sold on Goa campus this October? Curious to wear the Hyderabad campus’ festive merchandise? You don’t have to just think, wonder or be curious anymore! BITSAA is delighted to announce the re-launch of its India e-store for the alumni. This time we partnered with GoUntucked to make a wide range of merchandise available to our Indian junta. All you need to do is visit http://www.bitsaa.org/?page=eStoreIndia

Going forward we will be updating the e-store on a regular basis, with new designs from various events from all the Indian campuses. We’ll also bring you regular news on design competitions. Winning designs from these competitions will be up on the e-store accompanied with the suitable merchandise for sale. So here’s an open invitation to all BITSians to visit our new e-store and check out our latest designs! We’ll appreciate your valuable feedback on how much you like the merchandise, how pleased you are with buying from the new Indian e-store, how we could improve and enhance the store to make your overall experience as rich as possible.

BITSAA Leadership updates – marketing/ chapter relations

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On a similar note, BITSAA is also excited to have a new CMO who has already broken several internal records in leading the BITSAA Global Meet core team. 

Abhisheak Iyer -CMO

Abhisheak Iyer -CMO

In the last year, Abhisheak Iyer created from scratch a global  team that organized the first-ever BITS Pilani Alumni Global Meet. He has influenced, “shaken” and earned numerous kudos worldwide from people across the board  and within BITSAA. Abhisheak’s network and personal relationships within the alumni leadership extend from Pilani to Palo Alto, from Hyderabad to Houston, from Delhi to Denver and so on. Continue reading →

BITSAA Leadership updates – tech

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Spring brought BITSAA International a fresh crop of enthusiastic leaders and the transitions have promised us some exciting and path breaking ventures in the future. You’ve probably read about our new Chairman already. Over the next week, we want to introduce to you the gears of the BITSAA machinery. 

Suresh Sajja

Suresh Sajja - CTO

The sheer complexity of the technology infrastructure backing our efforts is not just the basis of, but one of the principal achievements that proves how formidable BITSAA is. In the words of Anupendra Sharma, “the Chief Technical Officer position has always been so strategic, and gives BITSAA the chance to be one such organization, that can influence the lives and direction of 30,000+ alums and 5,000 students on campus – who in turn can create organizations and products that will make the world a better place.”

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BITSAA Intl’ Operations

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Arun Aravind

Arun Aravind

As the retiring Chief Operating Officer of BITSAA International, I have had the privilege of working with the cream of BITSians who are not just passionate & dedicated, but also selfless and highly capable. To start off one must realize, nobody in this organization gets paid, all are volunteers and are internally called BITSAA Leaders. The level of enthusiasm and dedication shown by the BITSAA Leaders will be at the same level as in any of the best organisations in the world, because each of the BITSAA Leaders are either already leading dynamic organisations or of the caliber to do so in future. Continue reading →

Raju Reddy – What’s his story?

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The Sainik Schools were conceived in year 1961, to identify and prepare children for entry into the National Defence Academy and Indian Naval Academy – India’s elite military schools. To foster a sense of teamwork and perhaps to promote a little bit of rivalry, there is a rolling trophy called the Defence Academy Trophy, which is awarded every year to the batch and school which sends the maximum number of boys to the NDA that year.

Raju Reddy

Raju Reddy - Chairman

A certain Mr. Reddy was just one of hundreds of fathers in India who enroll their 10 year old sons in Sainik Schools every year, for a variety or combination of reasons – the recipe for making it to the armed forces is found there, a job in the armed forces is secure, the life is secure, it’s the only way to discipline the boy, great education, it’s great exposure in any case, and so on. Continue reading →