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“With a little help from my friends” – BC Krishna’s Story into Entrepreneurship

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Often, the advice given to first time entrepreneurs is to find a good mentor.

BC Krishna, a BITSian serial entrepreneur who is now on his third stint as the founder of a company understands the importance of mentors.

BC Krishna has a problem. He is bitten by the entrepreneurial bug. His latest venture, Mineral Tree is a secure payment gateway for SMEs. Throughout his career he has been driven to solve large scale problems using technology and he seems to be pretty good at it: 3 companies, all three back by influential VCs, one acquired and 1 running strong and the latest one being hailed as a disruptive payment gateway solution. But he also admits that one thing that entrepreneurs need is having someone to talk to, especially if that person has prior entrepreneurial experience. And that is the story that NYT focused on when they covered BC’s start-up recently, which we suggest you read. Continue reading →

What does your Old Boy Network do?

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This week, the BITSAA Leadership had yet another opportunity to celebrate the success of some of BITSAA International’s flagship programs.

 

 

Rajiv Ranjan Singh
Rajiv Ranjan Singh

Prof Rajiv Singh teaches Embedded Systems Design and other CS/EEE courses and is a doctoral candidate at BITS. He had recently been invited to George Washington University to attend the Intelligent Transport Systems Conference held by IEEE in Washington, D.C. The prestigious conference promised great visibility not just for Prof Singh’s work, but also BITS, Pilani, which is resetting its focus on research.

Prof Singh was confident of availing UGC funding through the Institute, a grant of Rs 48,000. But the conference registration fees of $650 and estimated air fare of Rs 70,000 was steep. Prof Singh was also waiting to hear back from other organizations, such as Microsoft Research India Tarvel Grant, DST, CSIR and INSA for additional funding.

Mayank Mathur (’06, E&I), who has been in touch with Prof Singh, found out that the high costs of travel was threatening Prof Singh attendance at the conference. Mayank, himself a BITSAA Leader, swiftly rallied others to evaluate how Mr Singh could be helped. BITSAA runs several programs to help improve alumni student and faculty access to resources. Two of them – BITSAA Miles and BITSAA Credit Card – seemed apt applications in this case. Continue reading →

The people behind the People

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Ever since its inception, BITSAA has grown to be the rallying point for BITSians across the globe who want to keep in touch with batchmates, give back to the BITSian community and in general, stay connected with the happenings back at the Alma Mater. The BITSian spirit is what makes BITSAA what it is today, one of the strongest and most active alumni networks on the planet.

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