Shubham Matah

Name : Shubham Matah

Department : Chemical Engineering

Hall : Azad

Credentials :

1. Been associated with Kshitij for the past 3 years: Volunteer, Core Team Member & Core Team Head (Sponsorship).


2. Sponsorship Head of Kshitij 2009; brought Sponsorship worth INR 9.25 Lacs.


3. Brought Incubation worth INR 25 Lacs for BPlan competition.


4. Incharge of Fest's Audio-Visuals, Photography & Videography.


5. Soc-Cult participation : Won GOLD in Inter-hall Western Groups '08, SILVER in Inter-hall Choreo '09.


6. Tech participation : Won GOLD in Inter-hall Ad Design '08.


7. Sports & Games participation : Won SILVER in Inter-hall Cricket.


8. Anchored National Education Day celebration of IIT Kharagpur & Kshitij's Kolkata workshop.


9. Interned in Ranbaxy after 2nd yr; going to Bharat Petroleum after 3rd yr.

Proposals : (As given by the candidate himself)

1. I propose to form an‘Alternate Careers Group’under the Technology Students’ Gymkhana in order to provide students with information & resources related to alternate career paths such as Civil services, Actuarial Sciences, FRM, CFA etc.

2. I propose to introduce the following changes in order to improve the placements of students at IIT Kharagpur :

- Conduct mock screening tests, resume-making workshops & mock personal interview sessions in order to better equip the students for the placement season.

- Increase the Post-Graduate student representation in the Placement Committee.

- Include Department representatives in the month of January to supplement the Placement Committee.

- Prepare a database of relevant Job openings appearing in various employment newspapers & websites to ensure that students don’t miss out on such opportunities.

(something similar to http://www.stat.nus.edu.sg/alu_careers.htm)

3. I propose to provide different student groups at IIT Kharagpur with additional infrastructure for conducting meetings. The additional infrastructure is available in the Centre for Theoretical Studies Visitors’ Hall.

4. I propose to have a tie-up with Big Bazaar for home delivery of merchandise at discounted prices via tele-shopping as well as internet shopping that will cater to the need of the students and staff of IIT Kharagpur.

5. I propose to get Sponsored Industrial BTech and MTech Projects for the students. This will be done through a student group formed under the aegis of SRIC that will be entrusted with the task of contacting companies to obtain projects.

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