Dear all, The Blind Graduates Forum of India (BGFI) is coming up with a Mentorship program! Want to know more? Join us for a session on mentorship by our well known speakers Hari Raghavan, Sameer Latey and Kartik Sawhney on 13th May, 2:45 to 5:30 pm. Listen to the thought provoking and enlightening life stories of our speakers and discover how mentors can shape ones future! The BGFI Mentorship Programme aims at guiding blind individuals in choosing appropriate path on education, career, etc. BGFI will connect the needy to the mentor suitable to their interests and aspirations.
About our speakers: Hari Raghavan: Hari Raghavan is currently the Global Alliance Manager at Del. Hari has over 13 years work experience across sales and channel management functions spanning industries like financial services, media and IT. He has won the sales eminence award from IBM for 3 consecutive years from 2010 to 2012 as well as the Bravo award in 2007. Hari has done MBA in Marketing from Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. Sameer Latey: Sameer is one of the first Chartered Accountant among blind in India and has done Diploma in HR from Wellingkars' Management Institute, Mumbai. With more than 11 years of work experience in the corporate sector, he is currently working with Reliance Industries Ltd. as Manager (Accounts) in the Consolidation (Group Companies) team. He was awarded "Most Valuable Player" at Financial Technologies (India) Ltd. Sameer was in-charge of the entire Accounting, Finance, Taxation & MIS function & reported directly to the company's Managing Director at with Chowgule Construction Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. Kartik Sawhney: Currently a fourth year Computer Science student at Stanford University in the United States, Kartik Sawhney challenged the status quo and became one of the first blind students in India to opt for Science and engineering. Karthik co-founded NextBillion.org, a global mentorship program for students with disabilities interested in tech and empowered 60 mentees and mentors from 10 countries. Kartik was invited to speak at the 70th session of the prestigious UN General Assembly last year. He was recognized for excellence in computer science by Google as one of the thirteen Google lime scholars across the US and Canada. He completed his internship at Microsoft where he won eight awards for his work during the hackathon. He was invited to speak at the 70th session of the UN General Assembly last year. In light of his achievements and work, Kartik won the prestigious Queen’s Young Leaders award 2016, presented to him by Her Majesty The Queen at the Buckingham Palace. Details of the program: Date: Saturday, May 13th, 2017 Time: 2:45 pm-5:30 pm Venue: Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishthan basement hall, Jagannathrao Bosale Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400021 - opposite Mantralay. The Venue can be conveniently reached by bus root number 138 from CST Station as well as 138/100 from Churchgate station. For more information, call Santosh Salian on 9930775758 BGFI is on face book & twitter now! Like us on facebook and stay updated on our activities https://www.facebook.com/Blind-Graduates-forum-of-India-BGFI-1830653997215702/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/blind_grads This session is certainly going to be one you wouldn’t want to miss! Regards, The BGFI Team _______ Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings from the new domain at: https://www.mail-archive.com/ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in Search for posts from the old domain at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ ________________________________________ AI mailing list AI@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in http://accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/mailman/listinfo/ai_accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in
