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Indian Institute of Forest Management P.O. Box–357, Nehru Nagar, Bhopal – 462003, India SUMMER INTERNSHIPS Phone : +91-755-2775716, 2773799 Fax : +91-755-2772878 BATCH PROFILE 2017-19

cygnusadvertising.in | +91 98301 61350 cygnusadvertising.in INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREST MANAGEMENT, BHOPAL Contents 04 20 About IIFM Testimonials 05 The IIFM Recipe 21 Industrial Interface

06 12 50 Institute Activities Course Verticals Guidelines to Offer Summer Internship Project 08 14 Infrastructure Courses Offered 50 Contact Details

16 22 Student Activities Recruiting Partners 18 23 Flagship Events of IIFM Few Representative Summer Internships 2017

02 51 Director's Message 10 24 Summer Internship Pedagogy Batch Information Participation Form 2018 03 Summer Internship 10 26 52 Chairperson's Message Summer Internships Student Profile About Bhopal & Flight Details from Major Cities The Verticals & Student Events & Industrial Recruiting Batch & Messages Institute Courses Offered Activities Testimonials Interface Partners Student Information

Summer Internship Director's Chairperson's Message Message

The Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) is a premier B-School of India. IIFM The Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) is a leading sectoral management institute of is an autonomous institute under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate the country. We at IIFM make every effort to create knowledge useful to the managers in the Change, Government of India which has over the last three decades been areas of Development, Environment, Natural Resource Management and allied sectors. acknowledged as an important exponent of sectoral management education in India. The Post Graduate Diploma in Forestry Management (PGDFM) programme of IIFM has moved An interdisciplinary approach of learning, synergizing with research and education on to complete 29 years of excellence and commitment towards creating and nurturing has been the hallmark of IIFM. During this period, the Post Graduate Diploma in 'Managers ready for Tomorrow'. The course lays importance on knowledge, leadership and Forestry Management (PGDFM), the flagship course offered at IIFM, has progressed sensitivity to be able to appreciate various nuances of sustainable and inclusive development in persistently to produce a widely recognized pool of talented managers who have whichever sector our graduates choose to work in. For the last quarter century, our students have contributed to our society meaningfully. achieved success in various sectors including nature conservation, development, environment, IIFM places great emphasis upon novel methods of teaching and diversified forestry, livelihood, microfinance, banking, research, marketing, education and CSR. curriculum. It caters to the Forestry, Environment, Development, Conservation and The Summer Internship at IIFM is an integral part of the PGDFM course curriculum that aims to other allied sectors. The students who are selected through an arduous entrance provide a platform for hands-on learning to our students over a period of 10 weeks under the process are provided not only the learning atmosphere and opportunities expected of able guidance of a 'Reporting Officer' from the host organisation. Thus, the opportunity of first any national level institute, but an effort is also made to keep them continuously hand learning makes Summer Internship an integral and critical part of the PGDFM course. We grounded in field realities. The intellectual capital available in the various faculty at IIFM acknowledge this and hope that while doing a Summer Internship in your organization, areas, in conjunction with an excellent infrastructure, provides the base for students the students would benefit and develop into well-rounded professionals who can steer to mature into managers with sensitivity and understanding of social, cultural, organizations through new challenges. Our pedagogy aims to build on this training and then economic and environmental issues of our times along with the necessary problem further strengthen the students' capability to comprehend concepts and their practical utility solving ability. through the second year of the PGDFM course. Given an opportunity to intern at your organization, I am sure that the students will put The 2017-19 batch comprises of 95 students and like any other batch at IIFM, is varied in in the required hard work with assiduousness to surpass your expectations. I present to terms of academic, professional and cultural background. I present before you the batch of you the PGDFM batch of 2017-19 and wish them all the success for Summer 2017-19 who will be ready to undertake Summer Internship from April 2018 onwards. Internship.

Dr. Ujjal Kumar Sarma Dr. Tejinder Singh, IFS Chairperson, Summer Internships Director, IIFM

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The IIFM Recipe

95 CAT/XAT high scorers selected after rigorous elimination rounds of WAT and PI 3 Terms | 21 Courses 19 Days Subjected to 3 terms consisting of 21 courses and About 19 days of full-fledged field work

Since its inception, IIFM has been home to some of the most 1:5 Faculty-Student ratio brilliant young minds who are Taught and guided by highly experienced and IIFM constantly raising the bar of esteemed faculties Established in 1982 as an autonomous excellence in this dynamic institution under the Ministry of field. Situated in the City of Environment, Forest and Climate Lakes, the Indian Institute of Routine Alumni talks Change, Government of India, IIFM was Forest Management, Bhopal is Exposed to routine Alumni talks and conceptualized in response to the uniquely positioned in South professionals from various walks of industry recommendations of the National Asia in its endeavor to blend Commission on Agriculture. The impetus the concepts of environment Invested in conducting activities and events of generated by these recommendations and development management culminated in an alliance with the Indian with corporate management 7 active clubs and 5 cells Institute of Management, Ahmedabad expertise. through which the philosophy and raison d'être of IIFM was evolved. The Swedish Undergoing holistic nurture through International Development Agency also sports, cultural and contributed financially and technically in establishing the Institute. infotainment events 230 acres Protected in the lap of Nature in a lush green campus

Aided by excellent infrastructural and academics incubating facilities

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Institute Centres of Activities 9 Excellence „ Centre for Ecological Service Management Education „ Centre for Livelihood Management „ Centre for Sustainable Forest Post Graduate Diploma in Management and Forest Forestry Management Certification (PGDFM) „ Centre for Climate Change studies „ Centre for Policy Studies M.Phil. „ Centre for application of (Natural Resource Management Techniques in Management) Government „ IIFM-IP Paul Brown Centre of Nodal Centre for doctoral Excellence for Sustainable programme of Forest Development Research Institute, Dehradun „ Centre for Geoinformatics „ International Centre for Community Forestry (ICCF) Research IIFM constantly strives to develop frontiers of applied research in the area of development, environment, forestry and natural resource Training and management. Knowledge transfer is done through teaching material and case studies based on the Management learning and findings of the research. Development International Programs Linkages Consultancy (MDPs) IIFM regularly participates in international IIFM is ideally suited to offer consultancy services symposia and congregations. It has in the areas of forestry, environment and natural The Institute offers diversified MDPs to academic collaborations with resource management. The consultancy projects managers, foresters and policy makers international organisations like ITTO, cater to a wide range of clients and is spread over of various government, non government FAO, UNDP, USFS, IDRC, World Bank, areas such as Ecological Environmental and forest based industries in India and Cambridge University and Oxford Forestry Economics, Socio-economic Studies, Human other Asian countries. Institute. Resource, Finance, Sustainable Resource management and Certifications.

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The Computer Centre Hostel, Library & has a number of computers in Local Guest House Information Area Network (LAN), and remains available Intra institute sports & Student Mess Services to students 24 hours a tournaments are day. organized regularly and Three hostel blocks having one hundred and IIFM library is an ocean of the Students participate ten fully furnished rooms in total are knowledge and information with a every year. The institute available for accomodating boys and girls vast collection of books and participates in the All India Forest Sports and separately. The hostel rooms are connected journals on subjects of Games Meet regularly. with Internet facility through LAN and Wi- environment, development, Fi. The mess at IIFM is managed by the forestry and beyond. This multi- students, and is capable of serving 300 storied air conditioned building people at a time with nutritious and offers a vast pool of literature to wholesome food. students. Subscription to a number of international e-journals is a key ingredient of the IIFM The hostel rooms are library. Institutional membership connected with internet facility through LAN Sports with DELNET & MANLiBNET as and Wi-Fi well as continuous updating of Facilities database and inclusion of publications of current interest is A wide range of sports facilities are available constantly undertaken. on campus including Badminton, Lawn Tennis, Table Tennis, Cricket, Football, A collection of films on forestry, Volleyball, Basketball, Carrom, Chess and environment, development, Gym. Intra institute sports tournament are livelihood and management are organized regularly and the Institute available. The Online Public participates every year in the All India Access Catalogue (OPAC) facility is Forest Sports and Games Meet organized by available on all terminals MoEFCC, Gol. Here at IIFM, every goal connected through LAN. IIFM has Infrastructure more than 40,000 books and scored is cheered, every run scored is applauded and every point won calls for a subscriptions to more than 210 celebration. National and International periodicals, a number of CDs and Campus DVDs on various topics of The Institute has a sprawling campus spread across 230 acres located on academic interests , and a lush green hill-top surrounded by water-bodies on three sides. It is also Computer subscribes to a number of famous for its rich flora and fauna with sighting of various wild mammals International online databases and birds within campus. Centre such as JSTOR, Prowess, J-gate (Social and Management Scien The building complex includes the Academic Complex, Library, The Computer Centre has hardware and ces), EBSCO (Business Source Computer Centre, Hostel, Student's Mess, and the Administ rat ion and software resources that are capable of Elite and Environment Complete), Accounts wings. The Academic Complex of IIFM includes class rooms providing support for diverse computing Science Direct, Business and seminar rooms equipped with video conferencing facilities and requirements. It has a number of computers Management and Accounting, faculty block. IIFM library is an ocean of knowledge and information with on Local Area Network (LAN), DVDs and has Environmental Science and a vast collection of books and journals on subjects of environment, state of the art Geographic Information lndiastat. development, forestry and beyond. The architectural design of IIFM's System (GIS) and image processing building was inspired by the historical town of Mandu and the architect facilities. Computing support is provided to won a national award for the design. students twenty four hours a day.

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Summer Internships

IIFM, with its state of the art, technologically The concept of first hand learning makes The PGDFM Summer Internship is a unique For Host Organisations well equipped classrooms incorporates Summer Internship an integral part of the Programme that provides benefits to the students as „ Budding managers with an ever-alert mind are interactive learning sessions using methods PGDFM course. While classroom lectures, well as to the host organizations. Some of these taught the latest techniques of addressing like case-analysis and conceptual discussions, quizzes and assignments groom the students, benefits are: problems. Organizations find in them, along with review of literature on various topics the opportunity to have a first-hand industrial For Students personnel at par with most people from the experience comes only through practical which are given as assignments and market. presentations. Various subject verticals are learning. „ It is perceived as a lifetime chance to hone skills and showcase it for future. taught from all the perspectives of the industry Thus, the Summer Internship (SI) Programme „ It provides a chance to gauge future employees so as to develop a holistic understanding of all and understand the younger generation- their provides our students an opportunity to develop „ It enhances ability to face situations with the critical issues related to management and dreams and their aspirations. critical thinking, the ability to work in a team, greater confidence and learn management its allied domains. These methods encourage excel in business and effective communication techniques under the guidance of an able and incite innovative thinking, problem solving „ It provides them an opportunity to take up skills and above all, gives the students real- Reporting Officer skills, creative ability and self-study among world experience in a sector of their choice. projects and work with minimal expense. students while enhancing their interpersonal Some of the features that make the PGDFM SI „ It helps a student to plan a career path based on „ It provides an opportunity to organizations to skills and inculcating the spirit of teamwork. Programme distinct are: this unique and real experience At, IIFM all the General Management courses contribute to the society by spending time and resources on the future generation like Finance, Marketing etc., are taught „ Its integration with the curriculum is „ The SI experience also acts as a feedback loop through both corporate as well as social and regularly thought over and improved to the academic program and often leads to At the end of the SI Project, students submit a report sustainable perspectives, giving it a unique „ Three terms and a long field exposure sharpening of courses, review of courses or even to the host organization presenting their learnings edge over other in the Industry. The curriculum precede the SI Programme introduction of a new elective. and the findings of their project. has effectively expanded the horizon of „ knowledge and opportunities for students in Besides working on the subject of interest, „ It acts as an incentive to perform better in the field of sustainable development, students also learn organizational regular courses. marketing, research and consultancy, financial functioning services. „ Experience sharing and improvement Pedagogy modules elicit desired results.

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Course Verticals

Human Resources Development Technical Forestry Environment and Ecosystem and The Human Resources Development faculty has a vast This faculty area consists of professionals who Developmental Economics Environmental Management experience in various necessities of the industry. The are well versed in the principles and Environment economics recognizes the value of One of the core faculty area devoted to provide faculty is well aware of the fact that the solutions for most applications of natural resource management, both environment and economic activities and foundation to the students at IIFM for a successful management problems lie in socio-technical rather than particularly forests. It conducts research, helps make choices with a view to balancing and invigorating career in promoting sustainability purely technical approaches. Keeping this in mind this imparts training and education provides economic activity and environmental protection. in businesses across the existing and new faculty engages in skill development and human resource consultancy for forest- related issues. Developmental economics considers how to industries. management along with providing the students with Conservation of biodiversity, sustainable use, promote economic growth in developing countries knowledge of business ethics and CSR. equitable benefits from the use of natural In order to advance their knowledge related to by improving basic facilities, working conditions, resources, forest governance, wetland sustainability the faculty area undertakes a variety domestic and international policies and market management, resource assessment, resource of research, training and consultancies. conditions Communication and augmentation, sustainable forest Some of the key areas the faculty works in are: Extension Management management and climate change are key areas The faculty of environmental and developmental Ecosystem based management, Corporate of work. Degraded habitats, valuation of and economics carries out research and consultancy in This faculty area teaches courses which deal with Written Environment Management, NRM and Climate payment for ecological services, clean energy the areas of agricultural economics, industrial Analysis and Communication, interpersonal skills and change and low carbon management as well as and green jobs are potential areas in which the economics, economic valuation of ecosystem soft skills, media production and utilization, development. developmental, organizational and business Technical Forestry faculty has equipped its services, green accounting, livelihoods economics, communication, presentation skills, transfer of students to keep pace with the times. conservation and environmental finance, technology and community education and mobilization. economics of climate change, carbon finance, Marketing Management It addresses the training needs in the areas of needs developing markets for ecosystem services, With the changing landscape of industrial growth assessment, training module preparation, video Financial Management ecosystem modelling of wetlands, forests and and globalization, this core faculty area deals with production, photo journalism etc. It offers consultancy This core faculty has a broad spectrum of work water resources and policy analysis. introducing the students to marketing services to different kinds of organizations, both national which ranges from theoretical inputs to management discipline. It is required to and international. strategic and short term planning, Sociology and understand the customer needs for forestry mobilization and control of financial resources products as well as other emerging market sector to their ethical applications in different fields Community Development products in domestic and global markets, all this IT and Quantitative Techniques of varied organizations which have varying This faculty area focuses on the social and cultural under the context of sustainability as well as This faculty area looks at the integration, use and impact perspectives on finance. dimensions of environment and developmental IIFM's mandate of addressing the nations needs in of Information Technology (IT) in natural resource issues. The approach followed by the faculty area is While focusing on efforts to develop financial the area of forestry and allied sectors. monitoring, management and governance and acumen and skills, the faculty also integrates that of natural resource management which largely contributes its expertise to teaching, training research To achieve this, the marketing faculty focuses on it with the concepts of social and gender emanates from academic disciplines such as social and consulting programs of the institute. It is well versed incorporating pedagogy and methodology equity, sustainability and environmental and anthropology, sociology, developmental studies with technology and techniques such as Statistical and equivalent to best B-schools around the globe, developmental concerns. Students are and applied research. It appreciates and includes mathematical modelling, data mining and data analytics, while understanding government policies and equipped with core financial skills required by the perspectives of practitioners, policy makers geo-statistics, remote sensing, Geographic Information international trends in the markets for forestry the myriad of industries while following the and people at the grass root level while developing System (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and products, rural marketing areas and evolving institute's ideology of overall development. sensitive attitude in students. Decision Support Systems. Using these technologies, the business strategies for the industry products. students are trained to explore new solutions through Efforts are being made to develop a holistic innovative interventions to bring about transformational approach which aims at viewing finance not as changes in decision making related to natural resource an end but means to an end with balancing of management. It is also interested in studying social, financial objectives with the requirement of ethical and organizational issues related to the the conglomerate of industries. responsible use of Information Technology and Information Systems.

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Courses Offered

Term 1 Term 4 § Quantitative Techniques - 1 § Strategic Management § Management Accounting - 1 § Supply Change Management § Fundamentals of Forest Management § Communication and Extension § Environmental Conservation and Ecosystem Management Management § Behaviour in Organization § Management Control Systems § Micro Economic Analysis § NRM for Rural Development § Basic Computer and Data Handling § Public Policy Systems § Human Resource Management Term 2 § Quantitative Techniques - 2 § Financial Management Field Trip § Society and Polity 3 Weeks Term 5 & Term 6 § Forest Mensuration § Marketing Management Specializations offered § Designing work Organizations PGDFM with specialization in § Written Analysis and Communication Conservation and Livelihood § Land Mangement and Agro Forestry § Forest policy, Law & Planning

Term 3 Electives PGDFM with specialization in Development Management § Management § Integerated Watershed Management Information Systems § Eco-tourism and Nature Conservation § Rural Environment and Development § Project Management Management § People, Parks and Wildlife § § Research Methodology § Social and Rural Marketing Adaptive Management Techniques for § Management Development Accounting - 2 PGDFM with Specialization in § Marketing Research Environmental Management Electives § Forestry Operations § Environmental Impact Assesment § International Business Management § Ecological Economics and Environmental § Social impact Assessment § Macro Economic Policy Valuation § and Analysis Business Ethics and CSR § Sustainable Livelihoods Managements and § Corporate Electives Social Entrepreneurship Environmental § Renewable Energy Management Management § Micro Finance § Advanced Data Analysis § Geoinfomatics Summer Internship of 10 weeks

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Adventure Club Movie & Photography Club “Adventures build your confidence”, The main aim of this Activities and events of the club are not just club is to build confidence in the mind of students to face informative but relaxing and entertaining as well. It all the challenges in high spirit. Students also get a is responsible for edutainment of the students. The chance to pragmatically understand the nuances in club screens movies and documentaries, as well as Climate Change & community development and ecotourism. organizes cine-marathons. Alumni Network Committee Environment Core ANC promotes interaction of alumni not only with the Competancy Cell (C2EC3) students & professors at IIFM but also with each other. In Cultural Club Nature Club C2EC3 stands with a vision of creating an order to fulfill this objective, the committee organizes The Cultural club adds a lot of fun and enthusiasm to opportunity to leverage on the intellectual Nature Club engages students to make efforts to various events like – students' life by organizing different festival celebrations conserve the environment. Its activities are geared capital of leaders, domain experts & IIFM § and cultural events rejuvenating every dimension of towards protecting the environment and CHAPTER MEETS around 70 alumni attended these alumni who have created new benchmarks in creativity of the students. The activities give connecting with the society & communities at meets held in prominent locations like Delhi, Mumbai, the area of conservation, environment & opportunities to students to celebrate and socialize. One large. Bangalore, Hyderabad etc. sustainability. of the key events that cultural club had organized this § ALUMNI TALKS year was a SPIC-MACAY evening that aimed to promote § REMINISCENCE intangible aspects of Indian cultural heritage.

Communication Cell Communication cell fosters to the writers & people of literary interests as it publishes IIFM's two in-house magazines 'Communicado' and 'Imagine'. It also focuses on equity and corporate social responsibility. Student Activities Communication Cell organizes one of its kind non-profit B-plan competitions, for disposal of Clubs, Committees & Cells CSR funds. Mess Committee With the active participation of students, the mess Dramatics Club Sports Club committee takes care of cuisine at IIFM. Every term new members replaces the old members and get a chance to Pratibimbh – The Dramatic Club presents dramas, skits & Facing competitions, team spirit, hard work, learn the intricacies involved in operating the mess. They nukkadnaatak related to social events & awareness. The leadership, discipline, achieving goals are just are involved in activities such as:- Entrepreneurship club exposes students and audience to literature of some of the qualities that sports imbibe in oneself. playwrights that form a treasure trove of our culture. Sports club at IIFM makes every effort to provide § Deciding the menu Development Cell ample opportunities to the students to partake in § Checking accounts and managing finances of mess Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) their flagship events like Athletics, Cricket, activities Literary Club provides a platform to increase the exposure of Soccer, Tennis, Badminton, Basketball, Volleyball, § Doing market research to get idea of the best available IIFM students in the corporate world and to The club helps students in nurturing their intellectual Table Tennis etc. prices of food items promote entrepreneurial skills amongst the talents. Panel discussions, foreign language classes, § Handling feasts on festive occasions students. debates, poster making competitions are organized by the This cell has organized events like - literary club. This helps the students expand their § knowledge create an atmosphere of intellectual activity B-PLAN WRITING WORKSHOP (by Mr. and benefit from the other brains around them. Sanjiv Sharma, the CEO of V2CBazar.com) § DAKSH: national level B-plan competition

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Coalescence'17 Environmental Literacy Campaign

Coalescence is the flagship event of IIFM conducted by To bring the vision of IIFM into realism, the students of IIFM bring together three prominent cells of IIFM: Communication Cell, the people of Bhopal in a one kind drive through Environmental Literacy Entrepreneurship Development Cell and C2EC3 based on Campaign “Go Green”. The objective of this campaign is:- the theme Business, CSR and Environment. The event § Creating awareness among masses regarding climate change and the mainly focused on bringing out the pioneering business way it effects our lives ideas in the minds of students from esteemed institutions § To motivate people for turning up to sustainable technology. like IRMA, IIM Amritsar, St. Francis Mumbai and IIFM, § Creating awareness for cleanliness, hygiene & health. who participated in the various competitions that glorified the event, some of them being Corporate Social § Priming the upcoming gene to have futuristic approach towards Responsibility Competition, Daksh: the entrepreneurship environment. business model competition, etc. To achieve the objectives, the events organized were:- § Nukkad Naatak & Flash Mob § Cleanliness drive at Bhopal Railway Station § “Go Green” Bicycle Marathon Flagship Events of IIFM Some other flagship events were:

§ Enviro Quiz § Herpetology § Blood Donation Camp § Cleanliness Drive Kalptaru § Visit to ARANYA Foundation for environmental awareness § “Khol Do” – a stage play based on partition incident between Indian & Pakistan in Kalpatru Kalptaru, the annual fest, saw a myriad of events § International Tiger's Day Performance – in collaboration with from all clubs. Cultural club organized various events MP Biodiversity Board at Kerwa Dam Eco – tourism site. A to capture the varied interests of a diverse talent pool Streetplay on “Human & Wildlife Conflict” highly praised by like:- APCCF Wildlife, MP Forest Dept. Officials. § Singing and Dancing competition § Independence Day – “Fatima” story of a young girl Reminiscence § ‘Besura Raag’ for the not-so-melodious sacrificing her life for independence of the nation. bathroom § Mock Parliament Reminiscence is the Annual Alumni Meet in § ‘COUP de ROCK' the rock show § Paper Presentations (on environmental issues) which a batch arriving at its silver jubilee is § Classical music and pop music from the winners § Visit (to Science Express Climate Action Special (SECAS), celebrated. Various events are organized like:- of the singing competition Habibganj station) § Silver Jubilee Celebration § Nepal and Rajasthan folk dance and music of § Experience Sharing by alumnus India and the west by children of the faculties § DJ party with the theme “Wildlife” and staff of IIFM § Rappelling, paint ball, hand impressions § Face Painting Competition etc. § Ephemeral Art § Guts & Glory

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Testimonials My only management degree is from IIFM and Industrial hence where I stand today can be attributed to a large degree to IIFM. It is a place where you learn to discover yourself both as a professional and as a human being and is one Interface Studying at IIFM is an educational experience that not of the few professional management institutes IIFM believes in the importance of giving its students around the world that give you that liberty only imparts knowledge but one that trains you for real extensive practical exposure alongside invaluable academic life scenarios. It gives you the opportunity to explore with a surrounding that is beautiful and various avenues of this domain and euips you with right bountiful. IIFM was a life changing experience inputs to ensure their holistic development. This ensures a skills to deal with it. for me and I do believe it has the potential to perfect mix of business acumen and academic intellect. bring about even more significant changes in Ravi Kandpal (Class of 1992) our lives. Such exposure is provided by means of Summer Internship, Director, Deutsche Bank field visits. Industry visits, guest lectures and live projects. (Class of 1994) Vineet Rai The ten-week compulsory Summer Internship provides an Chairman and Co-Founder, Aavishkaar Intellecap Group opportunity for students to apply their academic knowledge to real time management problems. A 21-day-long field trip in first year and 15-day-long field trip in second year are conducted during the program to provide hands-on ground Out of my entire academic life, the time I spent in experience. Guest lectures provide students with a chance IIFM stands out. The two years spent at the campus I owe to IIFM as it was my first true exposure to interact with representatives of the corporate world and has been a huge influence in shaping my leadership to professional world. Coming from agri skills and career trajectory. In today's fast changing sciences background, forestry management learn about the latest management practices. world, where knowledge is not everything, and one's did not seem too off when I was not able to ability to establish and maintain relationships, make make it to IIMs. However, I quickly realised it The Summer Internship and Placements have always decisions and deeper appreciation for sustainability are was no less than any of those 'premier' received tremendous support from the Industry. The of paramount importance, the holistic approach to schools, rather a lot better given its National event “COALESCENCE”, frequent interactions problem solving and team work that I imbibed at IIFM incredible resources and faculty per student has been a great asset, helping me traverse diverse ratios. It was truly a transformational with alumni and other industry experts have attracted work places across continents, deal with new experience as the life at IIFM was not like participation from various companies like WWF, TERI, ITC, challenges every single day and come out successful. typical business schools of India but more Ernst and Young, IL&FS, Citibank and others. The tranquil environs of IIFM and amazing experiences like top internationals schools where students gained while spending time in forest villages helps you broadly curate their own pace of learning with become more reflective and grounded. the help of awesome faculty who treat Prabhat Labh (Class of 1996) students more like their own children. It was indeed a home away from home for me! Dr. Rohit Jindal & Mamta Vardhan - 1996 Batch Chief Executive Officer, Grameen Foundation India Eminent Speakers Alumni (Dr. Rohit is Associate Professor at Basix, the group I work for, also owes a ton to IIFM as we have been fortunate to have many MacEwan University School of Business and bright students join us on and off campus Mamta Vardhan is Faculty Coordinator at and help build the institution in past two Shri Padamveer Singh, Retd IAS, Secretary, GoI Athbasca University, Canada) decades. The quality of output continues to awe me despite fierce competition among Prabhat Labh, CEO, Grameen Foundation India Swapan Mehra, CEO, IORA Ecological Solutions business schools. Glad that the flavour of My two years in IIFM laid a strong foundation for my Ashok Verma, Partner & Head Social Sector at PWC Devendra Bhadoria, Principal Coordinator, career. The rigour of the course, the mix of the class, IIFM remains the same even today and wish Lupin Human Welfare Foundation superb infrastructure and some of the best faculty one that it continues to be so for ever. Proud to Amit Vatsyayan, Social Sector Leader, EY Anushree Shukla, Manager Procurement – can aspire to learn from, collectively brings out the best be an IIFMite!! in each of us, while the curriculum ensures that it is Anish Andheria, President, Wildlife Conservation Trust South East Asia, IKEA Ltd. Sasidhar N. Thumuluri (Class of 1999) more than just an MBA. Dr. PK Biswas, Director of IFMR MD & CEO, Basix Sub-K iTransactions Ltd. Pradeep Ghosh, Founder OASiS - A Social Innovations PGDFM is in a sense 'MBA Plus' since it is structured to Laboratory, Ashoka Fellow (2004) Dr. Ravindra Pastor, IAS, Commisioner, make one look at the overarching macro issues including Ujjain, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh the people, their cultures and sub-cultures and the larger R Mukundan, MD, TATA Chemicals environment that they are part of; thus, it lays a strong Dr. Rohini Chaturvedi, Strategy Head, Forest and emphasis on understanding of the India beyond just the Meera Shenoy, Team Member of advisor to the PM on Landscape Restoration, WRI metros. This holistic approach is probably one of the IIFM at its core has a splendid mix of skilling and employment Amit Jain, Co-Founder and CEO, underlying reasons that has helped me and many of my environment and development studies in Healthpoint Services fellow alumni succeed in their careers and assume addition to management coursework. Thus, Niranjan Khatri, GM, Environmental Initiative, leadership positions in a variety of industries & sectors the students of the institute are well adept to ITC Hotel Vijay Pratap Singh Aditya that they have chosen to pursue. I wish the current understanding and addressing the modern Co-Founder and CEO, ekgaon graduating batch resounding success in all their career day challenges in various sectors. IIFMites Sanjay Sinho, Deputy Director Policy and Law, pursuits. are easily some of the best new talents to Bill and Melinda foundation Mohammed Aatish Khan Rajaram Sankaran (Class of 2000) work with. Vice President, Yes Bank Ravi Singh, Secretary General CEO, WWF India Director - Strategy & Business Development Sreyamsa Bairiganjan (Class of 2008) Abhishek Ranjan, Global Head, Abbott Established Pharmaceuticals Division, India Co-founder, ClayRoot Eco Solutions Sustainability and CSR, Brillio

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Commissionerate of Rural Research Foundation India Bulls Recruiting Development AP. Inspire Network HSBC Few Representative EDA Rural Systems Pvt. Ltd. IORA Solution Yes Bank Foundation for MSME Natural Resource Management INGVysa Summer Internships Partners German Development Bank Consultancy lnduslnd Bank Our Alumni have GIZ TERI Accion International 2017 Gujarat State Watershed Agency Bloomberg New Energy Finance Rabobank International made their Gujarat Urban Development Company Center for Environment Education International Finance Corporation Ltd. Wipro M-Cril contributions in… Hath Kargha Vikas Nigam Atul Sharma - Study on the factors affecting the Branch Healthpoint Services Forestry and Wildlife Research & Consultancy Performance at Humana after Demonetization, Madhya Pradesh State Rural Andhra Pradesh Forest Dept. Catalyst Management Services suggesting and implementation of the solutions to tackle Business Development & Livelihood Mission Centre for People's Forestry Deloitte them, Organization-Humana People to People India Marketing Maharashtra Rural Livelihood Program Chhatisgarh MFP Federation Ernst and Young Microfinance, Rajasthan and Delhi Aditya Birla Group National Innovation Foundation CIFOR Indonesia IFMR BILT One World South Asia DANIDA Asia Forest Network IMRB International Shraddha Mandal - Execution of the research process via Confederation of Indian Industries Orissa Rural Livelihoods Program ITTO lntellecap Capital Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd. various projects of Kantar Public, Organisation-Kantar Crompton greaves OXFAM Karnataka Forest Development Corp. IPSOS Public, New Delhi Earthy Goods PMRDF M.P. Tiger Foundation Society KPMG ESRl-lndia PRADAN Madhya Pradesh Forest Department NABARD Consultancy Services Divyani Jain - Current uses of treated wastewater in Delhi Grasim Industries Ltd. SERP MP MFP New Concept Information Systems Pvt. Ltd., New and community perception on using treated wastewater SEWA Greenply Industries National Conservation Fund Delhi for domestic usage, Organization- TERI, New Delhi Harrison Malayalam Sewa Mandir Orissa Forest Development ORG-MARG SIDA Corporation Hindustan Latex PwC Dinesh M - Study on the assessment of water supply and SRIJAN State Biodiversity Board, Uttarakhand Hindustan Newsprint Ltd. Sambodhi Research and Communication Pvt. Ltd. management schemes in Madhya Pradesh, Organization- Sudheeksha World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Kadence International HPCL Action Aid, Bhopal IOCL TRICOR, Tribal Welfare Nature Conservation Foundation Smart Cube Dept. Govt. of AP. Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) Grand Thornton ITC PSPD Anchal Sharma - Analysis of the disbursement process of TRIFED Aaron Global Accenture J. K. Corporation Ltd. Micro Enterprise Loans, Organization - Disha Microfin UNDP Wipro MCX Finance Ltd. (Fincare SFB), Ahmedabad NCDEX UNEP m2i consultancy ABN Amro Bank Olam International, Singapore UNESCO McKinsey India Ananya Finance for Inclusive Growth Akash Kumar Porte - Addressing the issues of Oriental Paper Mills UNICEF AC Nielsen Pvt. Ltd. malnourishment through NTFP based livelihood, Perfetti Van Melle Vrutti Center for Sustainable ERM Livelihood Annapurna Microfinance Prvt. Ltd. Organization- ACCESS Development Services, Villgro Center for Advance Research and Development World Bank Axis Bank Sheopur(Bhopal) ITC Global Agri Systems (CARD) Madhya Pradesh Ecotourism Bandhan Microfinance MP Seed and farm Development HSBC Development Board BASIX Corporation Rajat Shah - Creation of a marketing and sales strategy IL&FS CCFID NDDB Corporate Sustainability for Clayroot Eco Folio-Domestic and International Friends of Women's World Banking CMF Rajasthan ACC Ltd. MP Horticulture Department Market, Organization- ClayRoot Eco Solutions, Pune Aravalli Foundation Deutsche Bank Arcelor Mittal India Ltd. 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Batch Size 095

Students with Job Experience 28

Female Chandigarh Himachal Pradesh 2% 1% Haryana 1% 18% 1% 4% Uttar Pradesh 1% 3% 4% Uttarakhand 17% 1% Punjab 3% Jharkhand 1% 8% 4% Male Bihar Rajasthan Delhi 11% 82% 2% 2% 3% Madhya Assam Educational 1% Pradesh 53% 3% Freshers Qualifications 21%

Manipur 67 13% Domicile 1%

State Chhattisgarh Maharashtra 3% 8% 11% 7% West Bengal Female Odisha Karnataka 3% 22% 1% Planning Agriculture Architecture BA 2% Andhra Pradesh Kerala BBA BBE BSC B.Com 3% Engineering Forestry Masters Mass Communication Male 1% Tamil Nadu 78%

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Abhijeet Kumar An engineer turned manager, Abhijeet has won Abhishek Upadhyay Abhishek is an Automobile Engineering graduate encomiums in every field of his variegated background. from SRM University, Chennai. He was a B.E. (Information Science & He has had an appealing teaching career and stands for B.Tech. (Automobile Engineering), member of SAE and has done his internship Engineering), Visvesvaraya many as someone to look up to. He has received second SRM University, Chennai from Mahindra and Mahindra on increasing best teacher award by T.I.M.E., Banglore. He holds Technological University the efficiency of transmission equipment, and in keen interest in computer languages and stood second Domicile: Uttar Pradesh Maruti Suzuki, on engine parts. He has a good Work Experience: IMS India - 24 in a state level technical symposium for developing an Languages Known: Hindi, English knowledge of softwares like ANSYS and Pro-E, months (Product Manager & android application for internal navigation with the and has attended seminars on green technology Trainer), T.I.M.E. - 11 months name ‘Opportunistic Navigation for smart phones’ and in automobile sector. He was a member of ISTE (Product Manager & Trainer ) presented a paper on the same on state level. Did his internship in Tata Steel, Jamshedpur on GIS systems. and an organizer in his university’s ROBO-WARS Domicile: Bihar He exhibits particular enthusiasm in photography and competition. He was ranked 10th in the state in actively participates in various online competitions. Science Olympiad conducted by National Science Languages Known: English, Hindi Being a national level basketball player, his skills in the Foundation. Abhishek is a sports enthusiast and a same is well known. He is known for his rational outlook follower of International Politics. towards life and love works having social relevence.

Abhishek Arya Abhishek is a political science graduate from Aditya Gupta Aditya likes travelling, sports and is interested in Delhi University. He was an active member of music. He has completed Certification course in B.A. (Hons) (Political Science), the debating club during his graduation days. B.Com. (Hons) (Marketing), Banaras Risk and Insurance Management from Banaras University of Delhi (Satyawati He is proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Hindu University, Varanasi Hindu University. He has attented workshops on College) Powerpoint. Being a fitness freak, Abhishek likes Commerce as well as on Taxation. He participated Work Experience: 12 months in playing cricket and working out. in Inter university Football matches. At IIFM, he Domicile: Madhya Pradesh Lotus is a member of Adventure club. Languages Known: English, Hindi Domicile: Uttar Pradesh Languages Known: English, Hindi

Abhishek Gawande Abhishek, a Mechanical Engineering graduate with Adrija Roy Having grown up amidst a lot of outdoor 2 years of experience as SAP consultant in TCS, was activities, Adrija enjoys sports and had been B.E. (Mechanical Engineering), awarded with “TCS Gems” and “Best Team Award” B.Sc. (Hons) (Chemistry), Jadavpur for his outstanding contribution to the organisation. introduced to rowing during her school days. G.H. Raisoni College of Engineering, An environment-enthusiast, he did his internship University, Kolkata She has represented her state in under 15 and Nagpur with Arranya Environmental Organisation and also under 19 national rowing championships. She Domicile: West Bengal volunteered with CSR wing of TCS. He has presented has also represented her University in All India Work Experience: 24 months at TCS two papers in international conference on Solid Waste Languages Known: Bengali, Hindi, Inter University Rowing Championships. She in SAP Data Management project Management organised by NEERI and a national conference on Renewable Energy Engineering English enjoys playing the piano and also has an avid Domicile: Maharashtra organised by GHRCE, Nagpur. He recently completed interest in various cultures and is currently a certification on Climate Change by United Nations learning the Korean language. Adrija is someone Languages Known: English, Hindi Institute for Training & Research. Having knowledge who possesses good communication and writing Marathi of various IT tools and softwares equips him to present data effectively. Besides consistent academics,Abhishek skills. She has a very keen interest in literature holds a good track record in extra curricular activities and enjoys writing fiction. as well.

Abhishek Kumar Abhishek is a Computer Technology graduate Akash Balnath Kedare Akash, is a growth oriented individual with a from KITS, Ramtek. He has a good proficiency decent experience in corporate sectors dealing B.E. (Computer Technology), over programming languages. He did android B.E. (Mechanical Engineering), D.Y. Patil with event management, real estate, hospitality Kavikulguru Institute of Technology based project on instant messaging app and Institute of Engineering & Technology, and leisure while being associated with companies and Science, Ramtek audio steganography using JAVA. He served Pune University like Marcus Evans, Taj Realty and Club Mahindra as a secretary in ISTE student chapter at his Work Experience: n Worked as a Sales respectively. He is adept with Advanced CAD, Domicile: Jharkhand college and organized a national level technical Representative at Macus Evans for 4 certified from IGTR and has modelled a hybrid Languages Known: English, Hindi event under its banner. He attended workshops months. bike, which can work on dual energy sources. Has n Worked as a Sales Executive at on Aero-Modelling, IoT, cloud computing, data been actively involved with social sector while Mahindra & Mahindra ( Club Mahindra) mining and LINUX. He likes to paint and has for 5 months volunteering for SightSavers. He is an excellent won competitions at national level. He is a sports n Served Sightsavers (2 months) football player, represented RCF Club. Currently enthusiast and has represented his school in serving as General Secretary, IIFM. Domicile: Maharashtra cricket tournaments at the district level. Abhishek likes playing chess and reading blogs and articles Languages Known: English, Hindi, on extra-terrestrials. Marathi

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Akash Panchwal Akash completed his B.A. in Sociology, Political Ananya Singh Having specialised in Economics, Ananya is a Science and History from DAV PG College, HNB commerce graduate from Barakatullah University. B.A., Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar. He attended and B.Com. (Economics), Barkatullah She had secured second position for her exhibit Garhwal University, Srinagar participated in a marketing seminar conducted by University, Bhopal in Commerce stream in high school. A core Dolphin Touch Network Pvt Ltd and impressively member of the Summer Internship committee, Domicile: Uttarakhand Domicile: Madhya Pradesh increased the strength of his market chain by 100. and an active member of Literary and Cultural Languages Known: Hindi, English He received a certificate of merit for performing Languages Known: English and Clubs at IIFM,she has been instrumental in well in the Regional Mathematics Olympiad, Hindi organising several pertinent events and activities. 2013. A sports enthusiast, he represented his She has utilized her creative skills and experience school in the national team and his college at the in designing posters for various events. Along university level tournaments, in different sports. with being an effective communicator, she is also He was a member of the Kandli Villa Football an optimist and good team player. Club and had played for the Kheda Cricket Club at the Delhi Cricket League 2015.

Aman Mehta Aman was a member of the IEEE student branch, Animesh Shukla Animesh is an electrical engineering graduate from Manipal where he was responsible for orienting Manipal Institute of Technology, Karnataka. He has B.E. (Electronics and and directing a team of Committee members B.E. (Electrical Engineering), worked as a technical trader at Samudra Brokerage Communication Engineering), for organizing college level and IEEE organized Manipal Institute of Technology, Commodity Private Limited. He has interest in the Manipal University, Manipal events. He has completed a one month internship Manipal stock markets, data visualization and operational in database management systems with vrvirtual. analytics and has an expertise on technical software Domicile: Madhya Pradesh com. He has demonstrated a working prototype Work Experience: 9 months, Souraj SHIKSHA, using Fibonacci series and Elliot wave of an indoor navigation device for the blind Trade and Technology Pvt. Ltd. Languages Known: English, Hindi using ultrasonic sensors as part of a national level theory to generate trading ideas. He attended a competition for which he was awarded second prize. Domicile: Uttar Pradesh seminar on CAP-TRADE where he learned about the market investments in carbon credit trading. He has represented his school and college in national Languages Known: English ,Hindi level lawn tennis championships. Passionate Being a sports enthusiast, he likes playing cricket about photography, writing and reading, he is an and represented Green Park Cricket Club in various outdoorsman who enjoys being in the wilderness. tournaments. Presently, Animesh is a member of Aman is a certified mountaineer and has summited the Summer Internship Committee at IIFM. Friendship peak (5289 m.)

Aman Mittal Aman holds four months of work experience as Aniruddha Singh A dynamic artistic mind having keen interest in a graduate engineer trainee in Wuerth India, and Drama, music and painting, Aniruddha is a NSS B.Tech. (Oil Technology/Chemical has also worked as a freelance technical content B.E. (Electrical and Electronics), B certificate holder and has also volunteered for Technology), Harcourt Butler writer. He has an experience of working as an Rajeev Gandhi Prodyogiki local NGO in his hometown and various other Technological Institute, Kanpur intern for ITC Life-sciences, where he worked Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal social-awareness campaigns. An engineer with in product development - soaps. He has a keen good programming skills, he stood in top 50 in Work Experience: 4 months in Domicile: Madhya Pradesh interest in working towards eco-solutions, and is Madhya pradesh Science and maths quiz during Wuerth India as Graduate Engineer currently working in a project aiming to develop Languages Known: Hindi, English high school. He is very adaptable and flexible Trainee(Technical) environment-friendly sanitary pads, along with a having good interpersonal skills making him a Domicile: Uttar Pradesh project based on Cow based products. He is also good team player. He loves writing poetry and a prolific Hindi debater and has won accolades and is a scriptwriter for PRATIBIMB, the official Languages Known: English, Hindi for the same. Presently, Aman is a member of the dramatics club of IIFM. Summer Internship Committee and Adventure club at IIFM.

Amit Dekate Amit is an engineering graduate with 16 months Anirudha Roy Anirudha was a trainee at TERI for one month of experience and is skilled in handling Big Data where he worked on the project – “Analysis of B.E. (Electronics and tools, like Apache Hadoop, and has hands-on B.A. (Programme), Shivaji College, groundwater levels in Punjab sub basins.” Also, he Communication), Rashtrasant experience in Amazon web services and Hadoop. Delhi volunteered with WWF with their “Earth Hour Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University Being an inquisitive and solution oriented person, Initiative.” He’s a diligent worker, willing to put Amit has worked in academic projects pertaining Domicile: Uttar Pradesh in extra effort to get the job done. An amateur Work Experience: Has a work to RFID door-lock system and paper shade wildlife photographer, Anirudha also likes experience of 16 months as a Languages Known: English, Hindi, luminance invariant colour image printing. He outdoor activities like hiking and playing sports, software developer in a domain of Spanish likes to play lawn tennis and had been a member mainly football and badminton and presently is a cloud computing in Cybage Pvt. Ltd. of Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association member of the Adventure Club at IIFM. Pune, Maharashtra. (MSLTA). Domicile: Maharashtra Languages Known: English, Marathi, Hindi.

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Ankit Raghuwanshi Ankit is a mechanical engineering graduate Avilash Mahanty A mechanical engineer graduatee, Avilash is with honours from Rajiv Gandhi Prodyogiki competent in design software AutoCad. He has B.E. (Mechanical Engineering), Viswavidyalaya, Bhopal. He did his internship B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering), completed his final year projects on optimization RGPV, Bhopal / Oriental Institute of from Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Bhopal Saroj Mohan Institute of Technology, of machining parameters of different materials Science and Technology, Bhopal in the steam turbine department. He is good at (Maulana Abul Kalam Azad in shaping operation and on steering system relation building and wants to proceed in a co- University of Technology), Kolkata analysis. Having done his vocational trainings Domicile: Madhya Pradesh creational way according to the aspirations of from SAIL and Damodar Valley Corporation, Domicile: West Bengal Languages Known: English, Hindi the community to bring about a change and see Avilash has also done a certification course a self-dependent community. He likes writing Languages Known: English, Hindi, in CNC Machining from Central Tool poetry on nature and patriotic themes and some Bengali Room(MSME), Kolkata. He has completed a of them were also printed in his school and general English Course from British Council. college magazines. Presently, he is a member of Besides being a sports enthusiast , Avilash has a Alumni Networks Committee at IIFM. passion for travelling.

Ankita Akodiya Ankita has done her graduation in BCom Ayush Chaturvedi A planner by training, Ayush is proficient in (Taxation) from Bhopal School of Social urban planning softwares like ArcGis, AutoCad, B.Com. (Taxation), The Bhopal Sciences. She has been exposed to a variety of B.Plan., Maulana Azad National Sketchup.In additon, he is well versed in School of Social Sciences, Bhopal taxation related courses, such as Tax Planning & Institute of Technology, Bhopal MSOffice and Adobe Photoshop. He has worked Procedures, Auditing and Financial Accounting, in various conservation projects like development Domicile: Madhya Pradhesh Domicile: Madhya Pradesh and is skilled at handling softwares like Java-ITR of a green building rating system under EPCO, Languages Known: English, Hindi and TDS-MAN. She has participated in a national Languages Known: Hindi and fort conservation and lake conservation under level seminar on entrepreneurship development English Sumit Gothi and Associates. He was treasurer of that involved economic and social issues. Ankita NOSPlan MANIT chapter. He has coauthored has been into various sports and has been a a paper on development of small and medium representative of her school at the zonal level towns which was published in ITPI. he is an active Kabaddi Tournament. A former member of footballer having won various competitions in Bharat Scouts and Guides, she is an adventure- IITBHU and NIT Warangal. enthusiast as well, and likes to travel.

Ashish Kumar Ashish, a graduate in Electronics & Bhaskar Kasireddi Bhaskar has always been a self-motivated and Communication Engineering from Institute decisive team player with leadership and good B.E. (Electronics & Communication of Engineering and Technology, Agra has 17 B.Tech. (Electrical & Electronics interpersonal skills.He did internship in Infosys, Engineering), Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar months of work experience in Tata Teleservices Engineering), Visakha Institute Mysore and acquired good technical skills in University, Agra Ltd where he served as a network planning of Engineering & Technology, DBMS and MySQL. Bhaskar is also certified in engineer. A sports enthusiast, he has won state Visakhapatnam basic fire fighting and can act safely in the event Work Experience: 17 months, level kickboxing competition and was the sports of emergency fire situation. He took additional Network Engineer in Tata Work Experience: 18 months club coordinator of his college. He also worked responsibiltity of floor warden in accenture for Teleservices Ltd. in Accenture Services Pvt. with NGO named Kartavya where he educated fire fighting and first aid. He is an optimist, avid Ltd., Bangalore as Application Domicile: Uttar Pradesh poverty stricken and slum dwelling students. He bird lover, travel enthusiast, travel blogger and Development Associate is proficient in C and adobe photoshop. likes hiking, playing badminton & chess. Languages Known: English, Hindi, Domicile: Andhra Pradesh Bhojpuri Languages Known: Telugu, English, Hindi

Ashok B Ashok is a production engineering graduate from Chiteshwar Kumar Chiteshwar had a multi-disciplinary curriculum Anna University, Chennai and worked as virtual in his BSc, comprising of Physics, Chemistry B.E. (Production Engineering), assembly engineers at Ford Motors for 34 months. B.Sc., Mahatma Gandhi Kashi and Mathematics. He has hands-on experience Madras Institute of Technology, He was appreciated by Ford India for Mobility Vidhyapith, Varanasi with statistical modelling, and is adept at Anna University, Chennai challenge ideas and was awarded patent incentive statistical and supply chain management tools of $1500 for novelty. He served as Honorary Joint Domicile: Uttar Pradesh like Origin, SPSS and SAP. He is also proficient Work Experience: 34 months as Secretary of Agaram Foundation, Chennai for in Adobe Photoshop, and takes keen interest in Virtual Assembly Engineer in Ford Languages Known: English, Hindi the year 2015 and as Vice President of FORD web designing. He had been an active member Motor Private Limited, Chennai CHENNAI TOASTMASTERS CLUB for the year of the print and web promotion team in his Domicile: Tamilnadu 2015-2016. He was the Division Runner-up of undergraduate institute, and has designed the Humorous speech competition 2015 organized Literary Club’s magazine, IMAGINE, at IIFM. Languages Known: Tamil, English by Division B, District 82, Toastmasters He is also an active member of various clubs at International. He likes to read books, listening to IIFM. Chiteshwar aspires to utilize his creative songs and is a good volleyball player. and critical thinking towards contributing to the organisation he would be working under.

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D Sudheer Loyalty and curiousness stand as the pillars Gurjeet Singh Rana A computer science graduate, Gurjeet is proficient of Sudheer. Selectively focused, rational & in C, C++, Core JAVA, ASP .NET and TCL. As B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering), calculated, he looks up to the epitomes of equality, B.E. (Computer Science and an intern at Talwar and Talwar Consultants Pvt. National Institute of Technology, good business and selfless service. Sudheer Engineering), UIET, Hoshiarpur, Ltd., he developed ‘Customer Loyality Program’ Raipur respects unity and compassion, whereas he takes Panjab University using TCL and has worked on load allocating pride in being dynamic & receptive towards new module. He was part of the core committee that Work Experience: n 7 months as Domicile: Chandigarh (Ut) ideas. organised the annual college festival ‘ANANT’. Mechanical Engineer [HVAC, Fire Languages Known: English, Hindi, He was selected among 2000 teams for the finale Safety Systems], Punjabi of MANTHAN organised by CAG where he n 6 months as PG Teacher presented his ideas on scope of tourism in North Domicile: Chhattisgarh East. He is a State Silver medallist in boxing. A socially aware person, Gurjeet has pledged his Languages Known: English, Hindi, organs. Telugu, Chhattisgarhi, Bangla

Deepjeet Datta Deepjeet Datta has completed his M.Tech in geo Harsh Verma An English honors graduate, Harsh has written exploration from IIT, Bombay. He has analyzed essays which were published in Competition M.Tech. (Geoexploartion), Indian 35 rock samples using ICP-MS techniques as part B.A. (Hons) (English), IGNOU Success Review magazine. He has won first Institute of Technology, Bombay of his dissertation project. He has also completed prize in a competition organized by GK Today Domicile: Uttar Pradesh an environmental impact assessment project of magazine. An avid debater, he likes to participate M.Sc. (Geology and Geo- two villages in West Bengal where the impact of Languages Known: Hindi,English in elocutions and has a perspective onsocial issues. Informatics), CUK mining in terms of ambient air quality, surface He has also completed a six months certification Domicile: West Bengal water, ground water and noise was measured. A course in information technology from IGNOU. certified six sigma green belt user with strong Harsh has a keen interest in creative writing and Languages Known: English, Hindi skills in statistical modelling, Deepjeet also has has published in Imagine,a magazine of IIFM. and Bengali strong software skills in Python, R, MATLAB, He has also participated in Your Voice contest Erdas and Arcgis. He is interested in using organised by The Telegraph. stochastic models for environment.

Diganta Nayak Diganta is a mechanical engineering graduate Himal Verma A BSc graduate in agriculture from Banaras from ITER, Bhubaneswar. In his stint at TCS, Hindu University, Himal has studied multi- B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering), he worked for several multinational clients as a B.Sc. (Agriculture), BHU, varanasi disciplinary courses like Agricultural Economics, Institute of Technical Education Mainframe developer and was duly recognised Statistics. He has participated in Indian Science Domicile: Uttar Pradesh & Research, S’O’A University, for his on-time delivery and high work quality. Congress’ annual conclave on the topic of Bhubaneswar In addition, he was actively involved in CSR Languages Known: Hindi, English, ‘Role of Science and technology in indigenous activities including teaching English to security Punjabi development of India’. His inclination towards Work Experience: 36 Months in Tata and cleaning staff. He has done various social work had him work under National Service Consultancy Services certification in CATIA, ProE and ANSYS. He has Scheme (NSS) where he had served for two years Domicile: Odisha also attended workshop organised by Society of under a variety of programmes and social welfare Automotive Engineers at UCE Burla, Sambalpur, schemes in and around Varanasi. Himal has won Languages Known: English, Hindi, Orissa. During his engineering, he was actively several competitions in singing and painting at Oriya involved in organising a national-level sports university level. He is a sports enthusiast having meet. He likes swimming, is an avid traveller and won tournaments at the institute level. takes keen interest in photography.

Gayatri A person with good interpersonal skills, Gayatri Jaser Ali Jaser, a business economics honours graduate is has done a certificate course of leadership and proficient in marketing techniques, statistics, project B.Sc. (Zoology), J.D. Women’s entrepreneurship from DexSchool. She has been Bachelor in Business Economics management and international economics. He has College, Patna volunteering for various NGOs since school days S.G.N.D. Khalsa College, Delhi actively participated in case based pedagogy in his and has done freelance content writing for a social university. He has researched the various effects of Work Experience: 13 months University firm. Believing in the spirit of participation, she macroeconomic variables on Indian Stock Market as counselor at IMS Learning has participated in and has won several quizzes, Domicile: West Bengal Index. A theatre enthusiast, he has coordinated a team Resources Pvt. Ltd., Patna. debates and cultural competitions. Winning and has participated in competitions organised by NSD. Languages Known: English, Hindi, He has managed various events in his college. He was Domicile: Bihar the Enviro Quiz 2017 was her first achievement Bengali, Urdu present in the conceptualisation stage of few ventures at IIFM. She likes reading on diverse topics and Languages Known: Hindi and like an academic journal and workshops on theatre. is presently a member of summer internship English He has freelanced articles for many websites. He has committee, literary club and alumni network a keen interest in the cost benefit analysis of public committee at IIFM. goods. Presently, Jaser is a core member of the Summer Internship Committee at IIFM.

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Jeswin Tom Jeswin is an agriculture graduate from Kerala Juhi Anand Having graduated from DU with honors Agriculture University. He was attached to in commerce, Juhi has exquisite acumen in B.Sc. (Agriculture), College of various agro based institutes like Krishi Bhawan, B.Com. (Hons), Indraprastha College business statistics, security analysis and portfolio Agriculture Trivandrum, Kerala KVK, Rural Banks, Cooperative societies. He For Women, University of Delhi management, corporate social responsibility, Agriculture University has hands on experience of conducting PRA, advertising and brand management and human Domicile: Uttar Pradesh organizing meetings and workshops. He was resources management. She has undergone Domicile: Kerala the secretary of social service club at his college. Languages Known: English & Hindi training in fashion technology from Pearl Languages Known: English, Hindi, He likes travelling, drawing and has won prizes Academy. She has organized Admad competition Malayalam in athletics and painting competitions during and Shruti - an annual event in her college. A his graduation. Presently, he is a member of trained dancer, Juhi has undergone extensive adventure club at IIFM. training under the aegis of Rhythm Academy in hip-hop. Here at IIFM she is an active coordinator of cultural, dramatic and movie and photography club. She is also the member of Help age India.

Jimmi Nery Tirkey Jimmy is a computer science graduate from Kabya Sinha A chemistry honors graduate, Kabya was the BPUT, Odisha. He worked as a faculty at school magazine editor. She has demonstrated her B.Tech. (Computer Science and PMGDISHA on the field of computer literacy B.Sc. (Chemistry Honours), Patna leadership skills by being the school captain. She Engineering), Biju Patnaik university campaign. He did his summer internship in HCL Science College, Patna University has won many debate competitions and was an active of Technology, Odisha on the topic of networking. He has completed a participant in the ngo Help Age India. Here at Domicile: Bihar certification course in JAVA and developed an IIFM, she is a member of Nature and Photography Domicile: Jharkhand anti-virus software. He was a coordinator at the Languages Known: English, Hindi club and summer internship committee. She Languages Known: Hindi, English plantation drive conducted by MPSBB. Being a was the organizer of the MP Biodiversity Board sports enthusiast, Jimmy has played badminton plantation drive. at district level tournaments. He won the third prize in the terribly tiny tales event conducted by literary club at IIFM. He is a member of sports club and nature club at IIFM.

Jogen Bimaljyoti Jogen is a graduate in Electronics and Karnik Priyansh Karnik, a mechanical engineer from LPU had Telecommunication engineering from Gauhati received scholarship of forty thousand per B.E. (Electronics and University. He has designed a heart-rate B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering) semester from LPU for his performance in Telecommunication Engineering), monitoring system, as a part of his final year BE Lovely Professional University, standard cbse 12. He has got 391 rank in 3rd Assam Engineering College, project. He did his summer training in a gas- Jalandhar Nationwide Biotechnology Olympiad. He has Jalukbari, Assam (Gauhati based power plant, under North-Eastern Electric hands on knowledge of Autocad, Zwcad, Matlab, Domicile: Uttar Pradesh University) Power Corporation Limited. Besides academics, C, Mysql, Html. He has attended an international Jogen has represented his school in Kabbadi Languages Known: English, Hindi science conclave held at IIIT jhalwa Allahabad. He Domicile: Assam at a state level tournament and other sporting has done a capstone project on thermodynamic Languages Known: English, events. A proactive person, Jogen is the founding system for conversion of waste heat into electricity. Assamese, Hindi member of the immensely popular event, Mind He was a programme analyst at Cognizant. He has Your Brain, of Assam Engineering College. completed National Adventure Programme from the Bharat Scouts and Guides. He has completed two certificate courses on Thermodynamics and Nuclear Sciences from Coursera.

Jugabrata Deka Jugabrata is a mechanical engineering graduate Kashif Islam Kashif was twice awarded ‘Project star of the from Gauhati University. He has expertise quarter’ award at Capgemini. He has experience B.E. (Mechanical Engineering), in design softwares like AutoCad, Pro-E, B.A. (Hons) (French), JNU, New working with international clients and has been Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Matlab and CATIA. He completed an oil Delhi, twice to France for training. He has volunteered Management and Technology, Azara filtration training in ONGC. He has extensive M.A. (French), JNU, New Delhi for several NGOs including Edupax (Canada) and (Gauhati University) knowledge of algorithms and expertise in C++, Orphan Aid (Paris). He takes active interest in object oriented programming in JAVA. In his Work Experience: Have Worked for environmental issues and enjoys discussions and Domicile: Assam undergraduate programme Jugabrata designed a Around 8 Years in The IT Sector debates. Languages Known: English, Hindi study in which the changes in viscosity of engine With Capgemini India Ltd. As Tester and Assamese oil was transduced into digital signals. He has a and Delivery Lead. technical bent of mind, which he wants to merge Domicile: Madhya Pradesh with managerial abilities. Languages Known: English, Hindi, Urdu, French, German

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Kovid Verma Kovid, a B.Tech in Biotechnology from Amity Madhur Nema Hailing from an electronics and communication University, Noida has served as a parent-student engineering background, Madhur is adept at B.Tech. (Biotechnology), Amity councilor both at individual and organizational B.E. (Electronics and programming in C++, Matlab and Java. He has University (Noida) levels. His philosophy revolves around developing Communication Engineering), had an industrial training at BSNL. Madhur is an a feasible work-life balance. As a corollary, he is Bansal Institute of Science and active member of Communication Cell, Sports Work Experience: Freelancing for inclined towards development and environment Technology (RGTU) Club and Entrepreunership Development Cell 18 months and Organisational conservation sector where one gets to improve (EDC) at IIFM, and had been instrumental in experience for 30 months in Domicile: Madhya Pradesh work-life balance of the society in general. If organizing EDC’s AD-MAD 2017 - an advertising Education Sector. given a chance his skills as a communicator could Languages Known: English, Hindi contest. Madhur is a state-level Judo player, and Domicile: Madhya Pradesh come handy in this endeavor. had represented his undergraduate college at the nodal level. Languages Known: English, Hindi

Kunal Khanna A computer science engineer, Kunal has extensive Manisha Toppo Manisha has done her bachelors from Bhopal knowledge of C, CoreJava , JavaScript, HTML, School of Social Sciences. During her graduation, B.Tech. (computer science), CSS and Sql. He has used his technical skills in B.B.A., The Bhopal School of Social she has done internships at Future Retail Limited SUSCET, Tangori (Punjab Technical developing a simple word editor using core java Sciences and completed a survey study on Health, Safety University) and has built a static educational website. He was and Welfare where she was exposed to the Domicile: Madhya Pradesh a technical support officer in Convergys where he concepts of research methodology. She has Domicile: Chandigarh was in charge of troubleshooting and installation Languages Known: English, Hindi, done certification courses on Business English Languages Known: Hindi, English of Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows Kudukh by university of Cambridge and Total quality and Punjabi product. He has basic knowledge of TALLY 9.1. management. She actively participated in A passionate footballer and cricketer, he has won various cultural activities in her college. Having InterDepartmental Cricket Championship -2012, keen interest in tribal communities, she set up SUSCET Mohali and Independence Football Cup a cultural stall with 6 African students showing -2017 at IIFM Bhopal. African tribal culture. Presently, she is a member of literary club at IIFM.

Kushagra Harshavardhan Kushagra has passed the Intermediate Manoshij Banerjee Manoshij did his masters in Physics from Examination of CA and is appearing for final Pondicherry University. He received scholarship B.Com. (Accountancy & Finance), Indira exams. He has also done diploma in Computer B.Sc. (Physics), Pondicherry throughout Undergraduation for securing AIR Gandhi National Open University Application. He has audited various companies University 33 in the entrance examination of his University. Work Experience: Accountant at Baba Kashi for 3 years: Internal Audit - Coal India (NCL), M.Sc. in Physics, Pondicherry He was awarded a certificate of merit from his Vishwanath Mahavidyalay (11 months), University Accountant at S.S.Engineering & Co. (13 Store Audit - Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam department for making and demonstrating an Ltd., BRLPS (JEEVIKA), Computerization of experimental set-up showing the formation of months), Various Audit Experiences (3 Domicile: West Bengal Years internship) : Internal Audit - Coal Accounts - BHU. Kushagra is highly work- Lisajous figures with the help of laser beams and India (Northern Coalfields Limited), Store oriented and is an active member of Adventure Languages Known: English, Bengali, music in the National Science Day celebration Audit - Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. (PVVNL), BRLPS (JEEVIKA), Reliance JIO club at IIFM. Hindi 2014. Being an ardent writer, his papers and Infocom Limited, Aircel, Computerization of stories got published in various national and Accounts - Banaras Hindu University (BHU). international journals like Southlit and Eastlit. He Domicile: Bihar been a preferred speaker to inaugurate seminars, Languages Known: English, Hindi, Bhojpuri cultural functions and other events throughout my college and University days.

Lakshman Rao Kudari Lakshman, a graduate in Electrical and Navneet Dimri Navneet is a science graduate from DAV PG Electronics Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru College, Dehradun. He hails from uttarkashi, B.Tech. (Electrical and Electronics Technological University has a work experience B.Sc., PCM D.A.V. P.G. College a hilly village with natural beauty from Engineering), PVP Siddhartha of 30 months as a product manager in Kish Dehradun Uttarakhand. Navneet is an ardent lover of Institute of Technology, Affiliated to Academy, Vijaywada. He led a team responsible natural beauty and loves travelling and hiking. JNTU Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh for managing the brand image of the academy Domicile: Uttarakhand Navneet is a passionate music lover and plays the as well as coordinated various leadership drum set and congo. He is presently a member Work Experience: 36 months Languages Known: Hindi & English programmes. An adventure enthusiast, Lakshman of nature club, cultural club and communication (Product Manager at Kish Academy) likes to travel, trek and participate in activities cell at IIFM. Domicile: Andhra Pradesh like sailing. Languages Known: Telugu, Hindi, English

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Nehal Raj Nehal, a BBA graduate from Birla Institute of Parag Jain Parag has done his BCom from Jiwaji University, Technology, Mesra has worked as the Media Gwalior and has specialized in Marketing. He has B.B.A., Birla Institute of Technology, Head of ANTRA-AGNI, a local NGO at Ranchi B.Com., M.L.B. College of also done a Diploma in Computer Applications. Mesra during his graduation days. He has studied the Excellence Gwalior (Jiwaji He is an active volunteer for Muskaan Foundation marketing strategy of AUDI, Ranchi and HR University) and was a part of their education-kit distribution Domicile: Jharkhand practices of BSNL, Ranchi. He was a member among deprived and underprivileged children, Domicile: Madhya Pradesh Languages Known: Hindi, English of event sponsorship management team of BIT. which is acknowledged by Golden Book of World Presently, Nehal is a part of the Environment Languages Known: English, Hindi Records. He is passionate about working for Literacy Campaign at IIFM and has participated social causes and believes in serving with the best in the plantation drive conducted by MPSBB. of his ability.

Nidhi Vyas Nidhi, a science major from Government Prashanth Kumar Dubey A B.Sc [H] graduate in Food technology from Holkar Science College was awarded merit- the University of Delhi, Prashant has worked as B.Sc. (Maths, Physics, Chemistry), based scholarship during her graduation. She B.Sc. (Hons) (Food Technology), a research associate for DU’s innovation project Govt. Holkar Science College, Indore is passionate about environment conservation University of Delhi on Lifestyle Interventions in Stress Management 1 Year PG Diploma (Environmental and participated in nukkad natak related to “A Study among Delhi youth” for 15 months. He Work Experience: 9 months as Science and Sustainable conservation. She loves adventure sports and has was a marketing executive (operations) at Super Executive (Operations) at Super Development), Indira Gandhi participated in several trekking trips. Highway Labs Private Limited (Shuttl) for 9 Highway Labs Pvt. Ltd. Gurugram National Open University months. He has won the 3rd prize in a business Domicile: Uttar Pradesh plan competition organized by Apeejay School of Domicile: Madhya Pradesh Management (Delhi) where his topic was modern Languages Known: Hindi and Languages Known: Hindi, English dairy farming. He has done detailed surveys; one English on street food safety and hygiene and another on food adulteration under food inspectors.

Nishant Kumar Sharma Nishant, a mechanical engineer has experience Pratik Ranjan Pratik is proficient in programming languages in both Renewable and Automobile sector. He such as CATIA V5/R18 and ANSYS. Served as B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering), has worked as GET in Suprajit Engg. Pvt. Ltd B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering) Program Coordinator and Cyber In-Charge B.P.U.T/Gandhi Institute of Pune in Q.A Dept. and then as Engineer in O&M BIT, Sindri of ECO Club in BIT Sindri and also organized Engineering and Technology, department at Suzlon Global Service Ltd .He was M.Tech. (Tunnel and Underground various events like PRAKRITI in his college. Gunupur awarded best team leader award for reducing the Space Technology) TUST, IIT (ISM), He authored research paper on, The study breakdown for yearly low and maintaining it for Dhanbad of Ventilation System And Environmental Work Experience: 28 months 3 months continuously and best Kaizen for the Conditions of Tunnel under Construction. His in Suzlon Global Service Ltd. & Domicile: Jharkhand quarter at Suzlon. Having good technical and analytical skills and love for Mathematics have Suprajit Engg Ltd. analytical skills, he is well versed in data handling Languages Known: English, Hindi fetched him warm praises. His singing ability is Domicile: Bihar in various business software like SAP,ERP. well known and has brought him many laurels. He is passionate about music and mathematics. Languages Known: English and Hindi

Palash Saroha The only one in IIFM who is a journalism gradute Pratik Surkar Pratik, a civil engineering graduate is certified from Amity university , Palash is adept in public in AutoCAD and STADro. He has done his final Bachelors in Journalism & Mass relations, media management, tv journalism and B.E. (Civil), Yeshwantrao Chavan year project on Advancement in foam concrete. Communication, Amity University, print media. He has attended over 30 workshops College of Engineering He has achieved distinction in his 10th, 12th and Haryana which included lectures by the likes of Barkha graduation. He also served as the vice-president Dutt,Ravish Kumar, Nidhi Razdan and Nobel Domicile: Maharashtra of his department during graduation. Pratik was Domicile: Madhya Pradesh Laureate Kailash Satyarthi. He completed an Languages Known: English, Hindi, a participant in various plays in school and college Languages Known: Hindi, English internship at IndiaToday in the I.T. production Marathi and is currently a member of Entrepreneurship department and was a magazine trainee editor at development cell and C2EC3 at IIFM. CSR Vision. He has played for his school football team in the zonal levels.

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Pratyush Roy Pratyush, a graduate in Electrical Engineering Priyali Das Priyali is a commerce graduate from Magadh from Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of University, Bihar. Being very diligent, she stood B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering), Technology is adept at programming languages, B.Com. (Hons) (Account), Magadh up in top ten in the district in her matriculation Aacademy of Technology like JAVA, C, MATLAB and PSPICE among University, Bihar exams, received scholarship during her higher others. He has undergone a certified industrial secondary studies and was also the class topper Domicile: West Bengal Domicile: Assam training in Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation during her graduation days for three years Languages Known: English, Hindi, (CESC Ltd), and has worked on Bluetooth Languages Known: English, Hindi, consistently. She volunteered to work for a local Bengali Controlled home automation for his final year Nepali, Bengali, Methali NGO called PRAYAG in the field of women project during his BTech. Pratyush has had the literacy. She participated actively in inter-college honor of performing at the prestigious Rabindra debates and has won few of them. Priyali is fluent Manch. in 5 languages, likes reading love stories and loves to cook.She is an active participant in various events at IIFM and is a member of Nature Club.

Praveen Kumar Praveen is a mechanical engineering graduate Rahul Kumar Muraree Rahul is well versed with programming Languages and has worked as Production assistant at an and computer softwares. He is proficient in Web B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) automotive parts plant. He has also handled sales B.Tech. (Computer Science ) designing. He has helped develop Stand-Alone Vesvasvaraya Technological at an electronics retailer working as an assistant Birbhum Institute of Engineering & software for various shops. He coordinated University, Belgaum (Siddaganga floor manager. At college, he presented a paper at Technology, Suri, West Bengal and managed various events in college. He Institute of Technology, Tumkur) an international seminar on Composite Materials. is adept in a number of games, is a fervent Domicile: West Bengal He is an accomplished artist and likes to sketch adventurer and possess a deep love for nature. Work Experience: n 6 months as and watch movies in his spare time. Languages Known: Hindi, English, production assistant at vison cables Bengali, Punjabi pvt. ltd.(pune). n 7 months as assistant floor manager in vijay sales(ahmedabad) Domicile: Bihar Languages Known: Hindi, English

Prerna Singh An economics graduate from Patna University, Rajneesh Sharma A mechanical engineering graduate, Rajneesh Prerna has also worked as an intern for 4 is good at academics, Mathematics being his B.A. (Hons) (Economics), Patna months in BRC-CWS in the field of women B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering), favorite subject. He was ranked 45th and 93rd in University, Patna empowerment. She was a coordinator at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Govt. 10th and 12th in state board exam respectively plantation drive conducted by MP-SBB and Engineering College, Sundernagar and was also awarded scholarships for his good Domicile: Bihar the ENVIRO QUIZ at the IIFM. Presently, she performance. He has very good analytical skills Domicile: Himachal Pradesh Languages Known: English, Hindi is a part of the alumni network committee and and is a quick learner. Belonging to the hills, he C2EC3 at IIFM. She is good at badminton and Languages Known: English, Hindi holds deep interest in trekking and nature. He basketball and loves reading crime fiction. She likes to play cricket and badminton and loves also represented her school in debates and essay listening music in his leisure time. competitions.

Priya Patil Working as Laboratory Manager in Wellcome Ramakant Saini Ramakant is an Economics graduate from Banaras Trust Research Laboratory, Priya prepared the Hindu University, Varanasi. He had volunteered B.Tech. (Biotechnology), Kalinga quality manual and the quality system procedures B.A. (Economics), Banaras Hindu in the organizing team of Faculty Level Cultural Institute of Industrial Technology, as per the guidelines of ISO 15189:2012. She University, Varanasi Program “Abhikalpan”in University. He had lead Bhubaneswar has shown exceptional organisation skills the student Council in School as School Captain. M.Tech. Biotechnology, Kalinga by conducting presentations for GLP and Domicile: Uttar Pradesh He was awarded prize money by Kendriya Institute of Industrial Technology, Personal Protective Equipments for continual Languages Known: Hindi and Vidyalaya Sangathan for being in top 1% Bhubaneswar improvement of the organization. She completed English performers in 12th CBSE Board Examinations. an internship in TUV India, based at Mumbai He has attended workshops and seminars related Work Experience: 20 months in where she learned about food certifications. to Social Entrepreneurship and Swachcha Bharat. Christian Medical College, Vellore She has undergone certification training of ISO He is Currently part of the Cultural Club in IIFM. Domicile: Madhya Pradesh 15189:2012 and intellectual patent rights. She has undergone workshop in Ignition Program in Bio- Languages Known: English, Hindi entrepreneurship sponsored by Biotechnology Industry Research

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Ravneesh Singh Klair Ravneesh is an engineering graduate from SSTC, Rohit Kumar Rohit is a fresh graduate and has done his Bhilai. He is an eco-tourism enthusiast and Bachelors in Science from Garhwal University. He B.E. (Electronics & has free-lanced in the same. He is experienced B.Sc., HNB Garhwal University had been awarded the certificate of appreciation Instrumentation), Shri in planning and organizing various hiking/ for exhibiting his project at the regional level at Domicile: Uttarakhand Shankaracharya Technical Campus, camping excursions and eco-awareness National Science Congress in 2014. He takes keen Bhilai campaigns in Northern India. He has worked Languages Known: Hindi, English interest in keeping himself updated with respect for development of religious tourism in Korba to environment and forest related developments. Work Experience: 6 months division of Chhatisgarh, has organized various His multi-disciplinary background lets him Freelancing Tourism Planning & fashion shows, and led the sponsorships team in be detailed and analytical while approaching a Operation a national level event of SSTC. A goal oriented given problem. Rohit has been active in several Domicile: Chhattisgarh person, he is adaptable and believes in being a extra-curricular activities and has won accolades team player. Ravneesh also takes a keen interest in singing, poetry (writing and recitation) and Languages Known: English, Hindi, in photography and travel blogging. Cricket among many other activities. Punjabi

Ribhu Deo Ribhu is an engineering graduate from WBUT. S Vivek S. Vivek completed his BSc from College of He is passionate and enthusiastic for nature, Agriculture , Dharwad, University of Agricultural B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering), especially forest related topics. He competed B.Sc. (Agricultural Marketing and Sciences, Dharwad. He has hands on experience West Bengal University of in several zonal and state level sports and Cooperation), College of Agriculture, in the production of various bio inputs such as bio Technology cultural events. An ardent writer with decent Dharwad. University of Agricultural pesticides, bio fertilizers and vermicomposting communication skills, he won the second prize in Sciences, Dharwad from his experiential learning programme. He Domicile: Bihar the poem recital competition at IIFM. Presently was attached to various marketing, cooperative Domicile: Kerala Languages Known: Hindi, Bhojpuri, at IIFM, he is an active member of Dramatics and and financial institutions at village as well as English, Bengali, Sanskrit Literary club. Languages Known: English, Hindi, apex level during his final year at his previous Kannada, Malayalam institute. He has presented a paper in Prabandhaz, a national level agribusiness meet conducted by Tamil Nadu agricultural university, Coimbatore. Besides being actively involved in academics, S Vivek has also participated in several NSS activities during his BSc.

Rimachi Leisan A nature enthusiast as well as an eco-youtuber, Sambit Subhrajyoti An engineer turned development professional, Rimachi, a graduate in Biotechnology from Sambit has worked at the grassroots level in the B.Sc. (Biotechnology), St. Joseph’s St. Josephs college, Bangalore has traversed Pradhan field of women empowerment, livelihoods and College, Bangalore across almost all the major national parks of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering) MGNREGA-natural resources management India(Corbett, Kaziranga to mention a few) and convergence projects during his stint at Domicile: Manipur Veer Surendra Sai University of has captured some of the most remarkable species Technology, Burla (Formerly UCE, PRADAN. Also a member of Social Service Languages Known: English, Hindi through his prolific lenses. He has also completed Burla) Guild during college days, he is empathetic, has and Manipuri a 6 months course on plant tissue culture from good interpersonal skills, self-motivated and Bangalore University. He is passionate about Work Experience: 12 months in is reflective. He has won many quiz and debate sports and fine arts. Pradan competitions during his school days. He loves to Domicile: Odisha write and do painting in his free time. A good team player, Sambit is presently a core member of Languages Known: English, Hindi, the Summer Internship Committee at IIFM. Odia

Rishabh Jha Rishabh is a graduate in Geological Sciences from Shantam Mondal Shantam did his bachelors in Electrical Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Engineering from Dr.B.C.Roy Engineering B.S-M.S Dual Degree (Geological (IISER), Kolkata, and an MSc in Wetland Science B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering), College, West Bengal University Sciences), Indian Institute of and Conservation from Bangor University, Wales. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Of Technology. He is adaptable, inquisitive and Science Education and Research He qualified IIT-JEE (2008) with an AIR 6793 and University of Technology, Kolkata likes to explore new ideas. He did short plays and (IISER) - Kolkata, West Bengal received INSPIRE Scholarship - 2008-13 from monoacting during his school and college days. Domicile: West Bengal M.Sc. (Wetland Science and DST- India, and later a scholarship of 5000 GBP He is skilled at pencil shading and has won Conservation), Bangor University, from Bangor University in 2014. As a volunteer Languages Known: English, Hindi, prizes for the same. During his school days, Wales for Center for Ecology and Hydrology, Wales, he Bengali he contributed to Helpage India by raising measured Greenhouse Gas fluxes in Welsh wetlands funds for them. He also managed cultural Domicile: Madhya Pradesh and helped set up the requisite instruments. He had activities and events during his engineering. Languages Known: Hindi and a short term training in Remote Sensing and GIS English from SAC (ISRO) Ahmedabad. An avid motor- biking enthusiast, he is an outdoor photographer and a wetland blogger.

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Shreyansh Yadav Shreyansh is an engineering graduate from Snehal Verma Snehal is an engineer turned social-sector Jabalpur Engineering College. During his leader,with expertise in non-profit organization and B.E.(Electronics and graduation days, he had interest in analog B.E., Rajiv Gandhi Technical management;she has a diverseprofile of achievements Telecommunication), Jabalpur communication, network analysis and did University in the fields of arts, sports, debate, volunteer work Engineering College, Jabalpur projects on face and fingerprint recognition by and writing. She has been an active participant in Work Experience: 23 months various conferences and forums of national and using MATLAB. He also worked on major project Domicile: Madhya Pradesh international importance while interning and titled “IOT based home automation”. He attended Domicile: Rajasthan volunteering with organizations like HelpAge , Languages Known: English, Hindi workshops on MATLAB and coordinated Languages Known: Hindi, English UNEP, SECMOL and COP. She is interested in workshop on Mobile Robotics in his college. He causes like environment & sustainability, wildlife won the chess competition held at his college. conservation, humanitarian causes and livelihood Being a fitness freak, Shreyansh likes playing & community development. She has expertise in cricket and working out. freelance design, project management, content writing and strategic ideation. Presently, Snehal is presently a member of the Summer Internship Committee at IIFM.

Shubham Bagde Shubham is a mechanical engineering graduate Sontakke Ashish Ashish is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering and has been granted a patent (Application No from Nagpur University. A diligent and B.E. (Mechanical), Kruti Institute of 3344/MUM/2014) for Recycled Plastic Brick Kesharrao inquisitive person, Ashish was a part of a six- Technology and Engineering, Raipur Techniques. The patent was granted for using B.E. (Mechanical), Nagpur members team who compared and reviewed plastic as brick material which resulted in higher traditional seed sowing methods in Indian Domicile: Chattisgarh University compressive strength, crushing strength and agriculture and proposed, as well as designed, a Languages Known: Hindi, English near zero porosity values. This is an eco-friendly Work Experience: n 16 months at novel machine that could perform a number of innovation which can be used in the future Grindwell Norton simultaneous operations that aided in reducing green technology expansion. He is proficient in n 24 months at Krushna builders the efforts and total cost involved in sowing of C++, DBMS and AutoCAD. He has hands on nagpur seeds. The work has been published in the Global experience of Industrial Management. He want to Domicile: Maharashtra Journal of Advanced Research. Ashish has also synergize his technical expertise with managerial been actively involved in social services and has acumen. Languages Known: Marathi, Hindi, volunteered as a blood donor in blood donation English camps on several occassions. He takes interest in swimming, travelling and collecting coins.

Shweta Kumari Shweta is a commerce graduate from Mahatma Subhinav Joshi A masters from BHU, Subhinav has worked on Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith. She also did a 964 RILs for his MSc Thesis and had collaborated B.Com., Mahatma Gandhi Kashi certification training on Tally ERP-9 software. B.Sc. (Agriculture), Banaras Hindu with people belonging to different ethnicities and Vidyapith, Varanasi, She attended personality development workshops University nationalities, and also communicated a paper in her college. She was a part of the organizing M.Sc. (Agriculture), Mycology & in the field of plant pathology. He has also won Domicile: Uttar Pradesh committee of the youth fest in her college where Plant Pathology, Banaras Hindu meritorious positions for his exhibits in Science Languages Known: English and she organized a skit. She likes playing badminton University Exhibitions, organised at the district-level. Hindi and has won in annual sports during her school Subhinav is the founding member of a University Domicile: Uttar Pradesh and college days. She likes listening to music and level Innovation fest - Krishi Anuvanshika, which do sketching. Presently, Shweta is a member of Languages Known: English, Hindi, he had initiated during the final year of his BSc at nature club at IIFM. Punjabi, Bangla, Bhojpuri Banaras Hindu University. Not only is he skilled at various computing and data handling tools, he is also the only certified gamer from the current batch of PGDFM, and is a Tier - I qualifier of DOTA 2, South-east Asia Compendium 2017.

Simran Kaur Coming from a multi-disciplinary background, Sukare Sneha Anil Sneha is an electronics graduate from Gondwana Simran is a graduate in Bachelors of Science, University. She is a meritorious student being B.Sc. (Medical) (General), Panjab Medical Stream with an expertise in disection B.Sc. (Electronics), N.H.College in the top 20% in 12th exams in the state of University and suturing. She has been actively involved Bramhapuri Maharashra and was a recipient of the central in environment literacy campaign - a district sector merit scholarship during her graduation. Domicile: Punjab Domicile: Maharashtra level phenomenon as well as plantation drives Being a sports enthusiast, Sneha has represented Languages Known: English, Hindi, organised under MP State Biodiversity Board. Languages Known: English, Marathi, her state in hockey four times, captained the team Punjabi She is an avid travel and adventure enthusiast,and Hindi for one time and also played for various clubs, takes keen interest in painting and cooking. one of them being Vidharba Hockey Association. She was also awarded as best camper at TATR conducted by Bombay Natural History Society. She is a good dancer and takes active part in various cultural events at IIFM.

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Surabhi Agrawal Surabhi graduated from MANIT, Bhopal and has Sweta Pramanick Sweta is an engineering graduate from VSSUT, an experience of working in an architectural firm Burla. She is a trained odissi dancer and completed B.Arch. (Architecture and Planning) as an assistant architect. She has a good expertise B.Tech. (Electronics and Sangeet Visharad in Hindustani Vocal Classical Maulana Azad National Institute of on the softwares like AutoCAD, SketchUp, Coral Telecommunication Engineering), Music from Sarbabharatiya Sangeet-O-Sanskriti Technology, Bhopal draw, and Microsoft Office. She has 2 national Veer Surendra Sai University of Parishad. She has won song competitions organized and 1 international paper published under her Technology, Burla by RSP and SPANDAN. She was awarded the first Work Experience: 13 months at name by JNU, NIT Jaipur and SRIJAN, one of prize in inter-college spell bee competition during Vibha Shrivastava and Associates Domicile: Odisha them being about reviving landscape through the annual fest in her college. She was a coordinator (A Bhopal based Architectural energy chakras at Chinar Park. Being a sports Languages Known: English, Hindi, during tech-fest and was part of the SSG during her consultancy firm) enthusiast, she was the sports coordinator in Bengali, Odiya graduation days. Having a good knowledge about Domicile: Madhya Pradesh her college and organized many sports meet and MATLAB, she completed a project on Moment other events. She has also bagged 1 gold and 2 Based Texture Segmentation using the software. A Languages Known: Hindi and bronze medal in Table Tennis in inter-NIT sports conservationist in making, Sweta is also an active English meet. Surabhi is adventurous, loves hiking and is member of the Climate Change and Environment a NCC-B certificate holder. Core Competency Cell (C2EC3) at IIFM.

Surbhi Bhasin Surbhi is an engineering graduate from Lingaya’s Tapasay Bhatnagar Passionate, driven, wanderer by heart, explorer University, Faridabad and worked at INFOSYS by virtue; Tapasay has a keen sense for the B.Tech. (Computer Science), LTD for 25 months. She did her internship in B.A. (Eco hons with management), finer details. A compassionate, perseverant Lingaya’s University, Faridabad Greenway Grameen Infra on the topic of cloud IEHE, Bhopal and consistent individual. He is an open state computing. During her final year, she worked level Table Tennis player from Tamil Nadu and 25 months at Infosys Limited Domicile: New Delhi on a project where she developed an inventory Haryana, a Philomath and a past competitive Domicile: Delhi management system based on CORE JAVA. She Languages Known: English, Hindi debater. During graduation, has completed his was the coordinator of the magazine committee internship at MPTDC. He Participated in and Languages Known: English, Hindi in her college. Being an environment enthusiast, led several academic events and co-curricular Surbhi likes reading about environment and activities. Presently, he is a member of Summer biodiversity and is a member of climate change Internship Committee at IIFM. and environment core competency cell. She likes reading fiction novels and solving puzzles.

Swapnil Basakhatre Swapnil is well versed with Computer Languages Tripta Tarunita Tripta is a computer science engineering like VHDL and many others. Has co-authored graduate from Jamia Hamdard University. She B.E. (Electronics & Communication) a research paper on, ‘Smart Vehicle With B.Tech. (Computer Science), Jamia has good analytical skills and has interest in Nagpur University Accidental Avoiding System’ which was published Hamdard University, New Delhi data handling techniques to visualize big data, on IJETEMR. Attended various workshops by artificial intelligence and machine learning. She Domicile: Maharashtra Domicile: Bihar Autobots Group and Technex IIT on ‘Automobiles did her internship at HCL on big data and did Languages Known: English, Hindi, and swarm robotics’ and ‘Multisim & NI myRIO Languages Known: English, Hindi an online course on data analysis sponsored by Marathi tools on national instruments’. Good at games, NASSCOM. She held responsibilities of school Swapnil has participated in various Sports captain in her school, maintenance secretary in Meets. Besides, he is proficient in organizing her hostel and accommodation in-charge during events. Holds good Creative Skills and is an the annual tech-fest in her college. She is a sports avid Adventurer. Has been working closely with enthusiast and is also a member of the adventure people as an agent of change and was associated club at IIFM. with an NGO and possess a deep desire to become a social Entrepreneur.

Swapnil Saxena An electrical engineer by pedigree, Swapnil Tushar Jain A commerce graduate, Tushar is also pursuing has received scholarship from the UP State Chartered Accountancy (Intermediate) along B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering) Government for being in the top 5 percent of his B.Com., University of Kota with forest management. He has attended various Uttar Pradesh Technical University batch. He has extensive knowledge of Matlab, C. (Government Commerce College), national conferences for CA students. He is also He has used his theoretical knowledge of artificial adept at several softwares and tools, and holds Domicile: Uttar Pradesh Kota neural network to do short term load forecasting a professional certificate in the same. Tushar Languages Known: Hindi, English for NEMCO (Australian National Electricity Domicile: Rajasthan has a keen interest in reading and watching Market). He was an intern in Child Rights and Languages Known: Hindi, English inspirational autobiographies and movies. His You (CRY) for two months. He has worked as a background in commerce combined with his student coordinator of training and placement peculiarly high inclination towards video gaming cell at JSSATE. He has a grade 1 certificate in led him to acquire a comprehensive knowledge guitar from Rock School, London and is a devout of blockchain, and has even traded in digital cricket statistician. currencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum etc.

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V Vishal An English literature honors graduate, Vishal Vishal Yadav Vishal is a graduate in Biotechnology from Sardar has volunteered for Ansh, an NGO based in Vallabh Bhai Patel University of Agriculture & Bachelor of Arts in English Honours, Bhopal where he prepared a questionnaire to B.Tech. (Biotechnology), Sardar Technology, Meerut. An avid sports enthusiast, Institute for Excellence in Higher identify the inequities faced by the slum dwellers. Vallabh Bhai Patel University of he has shown exceptional leadership skills by Education, Barkatullah University, He did an environmental impact assessment Agriculture & Technology, Meerut being the captain of his University cricket team Bhopal of idol immersion in lake waters of Bhopal. He for three consecutive years during his bachelor’s Domicile: New Delhi is an active blogger and a thespian. Vishal is an studies. He has also won accolades by reaching the Work Experience: 36 months as accomplished swimmer and a triathlete who has Languages Known: English, Hindi semi-finals of the ICAR Table Tennis tournament, a Swimming Instructor Cum Life participated in the nationals. He has worked 2016. Other than being an outstanding performer Guard as a swimming instructor in Bhopal and has in sports, Vishal has also demonstrated his high Domicile: Madhya Pradesh coordinated district level swimming competitions aptitude for scientific knowledge by achieving the for 2 consecutive years. first position in his university’s science quiz. Languages Known: English, Hindi, Tamil(Verbal)

Varsha Sasi Varsha has expertise in programming languages Vivek Shankaranarayana Vivek is a graduate of University of like C, C++, Keil, Matlab, and software like HFSS. Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka. He B.Tech (Electronics and She has completed her B.Tech project in hexagonal Hegde has volunteered for wildlife Census held by the Communication Engineering) shaped UWB coplanar antenna array using SRR. B.Sc. (Forestry), University of CWS (Centre for Wildlife Studies: a prestigious Cochin University of Science and She underwent one-month intensive training Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad NGO in the field of Wildlife studies). He has Technology, in microprocessor 8051 at KELTRON. She has a keen interest in research activities related to Domicile: Karnataka organized tech-fest for four consecutive years. forestry and environment. He has volunteered Domicile: Kerala She is a state level winner of Mathematics(single Languages Known: English, for editing team of research papers published Languages Known: Malayalam, project) for two consecutive years. She is also the Kannada, Hindi for the National Biodiversity seminar held in Hindi, English, Tamil head of the school NSS team. She is a trained College of Forestry, Sirsi. He has represented Bharatnatyam dancer. She was part of the short his University team in National level South zone film production team in college. Inter-University football tournament. He was captain of the college T.T. Team which won the gold medal in Inter-collegiate tournament.

Vicky Coming from agriculture family background, Yashovardhan Being closely associated with Agriculture, Vicky possesses immense traditional knowledge Yashovardhan knows the rules of the field and has B.Sc. (Pass Course) (Physics, and skills. He has assisted in Farm Forestry for Raghuwanshi assisted in his Family Agriculture for a year. He Chemistry, Mathematics), Jaipur several years. Having his roots deep in rural areas, B.E. (Civil Engineering), Technocrats has always excelled in academics and holds a deep National University, Jaipur he is able to empathize with people and work for Institute of Technology, Bhopal interest in Aptitude and Quants. His project on their good. Besides, he has actively participated ‘Geosynthetics and its Application’ in his UG won Domicile: Haryana in creating social awareness at the grass root Domicile: Madhya Pradesh him encomiums. He has worked as an advisor to Languages Known: English, Hindi level. Vicky is adept in wildlife and conceptual Languages Known: English, Hindi a local village head and has also managed various photography and actively participates in NatGeo’s events. His love for games has brought him many YOUR SHOT Assignment. He has brought many laurels in the same. laurels in Volleyball and won encomiums in several others. He has also organized many events and is an avid traveler.

Vikesh Kumar Vikesh is a commerce graduate with honors in accounts from Vinoba Bhave University, B.Com. (Hons) (Accounts), P.K Roy Hazaribagh. He has a good knowledge on Memorial College, Dhanbad subjects like financial accounting and corporate accounting from his graduation days. Being a Domicile: Bihar team player, he is an active member of the mess Languages Known: Hindi and committee at IIFM. Being a nature enthusiast, he English was one of the organizers of the Environmental Literacy Campaign at IIFM and participated in the plantation drive organized by MPSB.

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