The BITSAA Podcast
By BITSAA International
The BITSAA PodcastJan 23, 2022
Hiraeth : Focus on Digital Wellbeing | Episode 2 | BITSAA Podcast | ft. Rijul & Roshni
Welcome to 2022's first episode with focus on Digital being. In this episode, we are talking a Bitsian Digital Wellness Educator- Rijul Arora, Whose vision in life is to enable people to lead a healthy relationship with technology. He has delivered this message through 150+ global and local platforms like TEDx, international summits, conferences, podcasts, schools, corporates & colleges. Check out his website here: www.rijularora.com
BITSAA Sahaaya - "When Option A is not available, kick the shit out of Option B”, Shrey Shrivastava’s journey to peace
Hear Shrey Shrivastava, BITS Alumnus (2015 - 19) in conversation with Neeta Rajini (2003 - 08) on his journey to find inner peace amidst a rare diagnosis of FSHD (Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy), the need for an enabling support system & inclusion in society.
#Disability #FSHD #MentalHealth #BITSAA_Sahaaya #Inclusion
Hiraeth : Introduction | Episode 1 | BITSAA Podcast | ft. Roshni & Kushal
Most of us (Read as 'All of us', in fact) want to go back to college to cherish the memories we have made back on campus. While there are a few of our Bitsians friends who did not even get a chance to visit the campus due to lockdown.
BITSAA International is coming up with the Podcast - Hiraeth (A Welsh word for a place where you have a deep bond)
Hiraeth is an effort to connect Bitsian alumni & Current students through the medium of Podcast where both sides of the table get to experience the campus through audio.
Mad At BITS: An Insider's Perspective to Student Mental Health
Students are our future, they say. What happens when our "future" is under immense distress? Aditya Ramaswami (Hyd 2020 pass out) discusses his final year thesis about students and distress in this podcast with the founder of BITSAA Sahaaya, Divya Nawale (2007 pass out). Do listen!
Spotlight - Abhishek Gorle - Volunteering in Covid
This pandemic was something none of us could have seen coming and were greatly affected by the same. But even in these tough times, people found their way to give back to society. We gladly bring to you "Abhishek Gorle" in another installment of the spotlight series.
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A Honest Discussion on Mental Health
Hear Mental Health survivor and BITSAA 30 Under 30 winner Divya Nawale ('03 Pilani) in conversation with Counselling Expert Shruti Naik ('03 Pilani) about what effects the pandemic has brought on already deteriorating mental health issues among young people and some insights into what we can do together to tackle this issue.
As fellow BITSians, we are always there for you. Please consider joining the facebook group, BITS Mutual Support Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/MSGBITS), so that we can help each other out.
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COVID Talk Series E02 ft. Prof. Suman Kapur, Biological Sciences Dept., BITS Hyderabad
Prof. Suman Kapur, a serial innovator and creator of a unique mouth sanitizer against COVID-19, converses with Aditya Vidhate about her journey to create this product, some deeper secrets and knowledge on COVID-19 and her secrets to prolific innovations.
Please drop an email to skapur@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in for more details.
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Credits:
Video Editing: Pratyush Mahapatra
Content, Research & Support: Priyanka Kachare, Srikar Goud
Audio Editing & Host: Aditya Vidhate
Reach out to us at aep-team@bitsaa.org
Spotlight: Immigration Voice
BITSAA brings to you a conversation with the Immigration Voice, a non-profit organization (501 (c) (4)) working to alleviate the problems faced by legal high-skilled future Americans in the United States. Also, they act as an interface between this set of immigrants and the legislative and executive branches of the government. In this podcast, Immigration Voice takes BITSAA's platform to spread a word about the Importance of Advocacy regarding problems associated with employment-based immigration in the US. In words of Immigration Voice, "Immigration Voice is a national non-profit organization that is working on a legislative fix (HR1044/S386 - Fairness for High-skilled Immigrants Act) to address this issue. You can follow Immigration Voice advocacy at www.facebook.com/immigrationvoice".
This is a sponsored podcast by Immigration Voice.
Notice of Non-Affiliation and Disclaimer:
BITSAA is not affiliated, associated, sponsored or in any way officially connected with the Immigration Voice, or any of its subsidiaries or its affiliates. We do not endorse any opinions or activities of Immigration Voice. None of the contributors, administrators, or anyone else associated with this podcast is responsible, nor liable, for the misuse of the content. If in doubt, please reference additional independent sources to ensure you are making a healthy, non-detrimental, or damaging decision. Any action you take upon the information in this podcast is strictly at your own risk.
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COVID Talk Series E01 ft. Vibhav Joshi, Co-Founder at InnAccel Technologies
Vibhav Joshi, 2015 Graduate from BITS Goa, now cofounder at InnAccel Technologies, converses with Aditya Vidhate about ventilators, their significance during COVID, the way his company is changing how they are built, used and deployed, and when and how the pandemic might end.
Please drop an email to vibhav@innaccel.com for details on how to donate/support hospitals for preparations towards COVID.
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Machine Learning and its Impacts : Part 2
This podcast is the second part of the three-part ML podcast series with BITSian Alums, Chandra Khatri @UberAI and Yash Gandhi @GrowthPal addressing questions such as what issues plague ML and its industry? Possible approaches to address them? Should we use black-box algorithms? How can we work towards explainable and interpretable AI?
Spotlight: CovidSOS - Volunteering during Covid
BITS Alumni Engagement presents to you a new fun feature section SPOTLIGHT where we look at some good initiatives and reach out to our fellow BITSians with them.
We all accept these are difficult times as the world is taken aback by a virus, but some of us are in a better position than others so let us channel our privilege to make difference to those who aren't. With this context, we bring to you a conversation with Siddarth Jain, founder of CovidSOS (www.covidsos.org), which is a platform bridging the gap between Volunteers and people in need by building a Volunteer Network spanning across the country. Have a look on the link below!
Let us know if you're involved with an amazing initiative too, we'd be more than happy to feature it. Cheers.
Machine Learning and its Impacts: Part 1
In this podcast we talk to BITSian Alums, Chandra Khatri @UberAI and Yash Gandhi @GrowthPal who share their perspective on Machine Learning and its Impact on the Industry. This is the first podcast of a three-part series.
BITSAA Silicon Valley Chapter: Make your resume standout with Alex Twersky
This is a webex talk hosted by BITSAA SVC as part of their Online Series on May 31, 2020. Resume expert Alex Twersky discusses what makes a resume standout.
Host: Srinivas Avasarala.
BITSAA Silicon Valley Chapter: BITSian VCs discuss startup investment climate post-COVID
This is a webex talk hosted by BITSAA SVC as part of their Online Series on May 10, 2020. Hear BITSian VCs discuss startup investment climate post-COVID.
Panel: Ashmeet Sidana, Vivek Pandita.
Host: Srinivas Avasarala.
BITSAA Silicon Valley Chapter: Dr. Vanitha Sekar discusses COVID-19.
This was a webex talk hosted by BITSAA SVC as part of their Online Series on April 12, 2020. Hear BITS Alum and Merck Exec Dr. Vanitha Sekar discuss COVID-19.
Host: Srinivas Avasarala.
A Talk on Career Development with BITSAA Leaders
In this podcast we will be talking to the BITSAA CEO, COO and CFO and get their views on what we should be doing to achieve success in our careers.