Entrepreneurs of RV ecell
Juvenile Care
Tech Entrepreneurs
“If you keep your eye on the profit, you are going to skimp
on the product. But if you focus on making really good products,
then the profits will follow. “To make world a better place to live
in, we definitely need some changes in all the walks of life which
are beneficial to one and all and there should definitely be some
people who have such insights to think out of the box, groom
their ideas, shape them perfectly, and make the world even more
techsavy and they are the ones known as Tech Entrepreneurs,
who actually created a revolution in the field of technology with
their entrepreneurial and exploration strategies.
Its not in the hands of one person to revolutionize the entire
world, there are many working on these ideas and making
a change to the people.
Michael Dell launched the personal computer revolution in the
1980s with the creation of the Dell Computer Corporation now
known as Dell Inc. He from an early age had a keen interest in
technology and interests and he didn’t let it end just that way,
rather he made an effort to give a way to his interest and create
something better and known. During his college life, he started
building computers and selling them directly to people, focusing
on strong customer support and cheaper prices, now that’s how
an entrepreneurial mind should really work. Soon the Dell
Computers became the world’s largest PC maker. By 1992, just
eight years after Dell was founded, Michael Dell was the youngest
CEO of a fortune 500 company. He was completely intrigued by
the expanding world of computers and gadgetry and this was
where his interest lied and he created his own tech world
benefitting so many people today.
Steven Paul Jobs, a name that really doesn’t needs any definition,
an excellent Tech entrepreneur and inventor who achieved great
milestones in his life’s journey of creating and inventing something
new. Steve Jobs co-founde Apple Computers with Steve Wozniak.
Under Job’s guidance, the company pioneered a series of
revolutionary technologies including the iPhone and iPad. Jobs
experimented with different pursuits before starting Apple
Computers in 1976. Today the Apple’s revolutionary products like
''Whenever you see a child begging for
money, Put your hands in your pocket
and take out a pen instead of a coin'' –
Rahul Prasad, Founder, Juvenile care
MISSION: The mission of juvenile
care has always been to give a platform
for the youth of our country to come
forwards and work for child abuse
eradication.
VISION: A child friendly world which
will come only when people not only
respect child rights but also come out of
their houses and work for the same.
OUR PHILOSOPHY: The revolution
starts by one. Some body or the other
has to take up the initiative to clean the
dirt which are in our own houses.
Nearly 30% of population in India is
poorest of the poor who are not even
able to earn enough for a day. With big
families, they have to largely depend on
children to earn bread. Children are
deprived of their rights and are
exploited in the name of child labour,
beggary. Child labour can be eradicated
if parents are encouraged to send their
kids to schools. Children should also be
motivated to have a positive outlook
towards education. Till now they have
been exposed to exploitation but its
time to get them exposed to books. The
government should assist those in needs
and should encourage people to utilize
their man power for living rather than
wasting their time in begging.
Parents should work to cater for their
family needs and not send young
children to do their jobs. We, as the
youth should teach people (and
especially parents of the unfortunate)
the disadvantages of child labour
through mass media, making strict laws
concerning child slavery and beggary.
 Entrepreneurs of RVCE

The Campus Connect

iPod, iPhone are now seen as dictating evolution in modern
technology. Jobs has always been an intelligent and innovative
thinker and its not that he as a beginner didn’t face problems,
he did and because of that he had to also close Apple and reinv-
ent it later. Sometimes its not the hardships that matter, its your
dedication towards your dreams, towards creating a change is that
what matters, and these are the personality attributes of a true TCC was founded by Samarth Setia
entrepreneur that one can acquire by walking on the entreprene- and Nishant Sharma on the 10th of
urial roads that gains him utmost experience to excel and August 2013. It was launched
revolutionize. officially on the 20th of June this
year, and has covered 116
Sachin Bansal, an Indian software engineer and internet entrepr-
institutions since then. We have
eneur known for cofounding India’s largest e-commerce platform
around 140 interns working from
Flipkart. It was a 10,000-a-month allowance from his parents for
around the country to strengthen
almost 18 months that helped him launch an e-commerce website
this network and provide us with
retailing books in October 2007. Today, the near -20% stake they
student oriented content.
hold, along with the top management, in Flipkart is valued almost
at Rs. 2,000 crore. Sachin always says he had a knack of underest- The Campus Connect began with
imation at some point of time but, today the site which now sells the aim of bridging the gap
everything from books to electronics, apparel and jewellery, between campuses and uniting
reached the milestone, a full year ahead of their target year. This them as one, to foster the
e-commerce portal has gained vast popularity and is serving a exchange of information and
billion of people by giving them a perfect advantage of door-step experiences along with
deliveries and guess what no one knew that technology can shape professional and education related
a change so well and definitely a successful one. opportunities.
Entrepreneurship is a blend of ideas and courage to stand by them TCC is a Youth Channel, By the
and make them a reality. In today’s techsavy world thinking Students, and For the Students. It
something new in field of technology and creating a change is is a platform for Amalgam of
surely a step towards building a better future for all. So if you all Content and Activities Specifically
do have a crazy idea wondering about the technologies and gadgets for College students. We plan to
around you, then do take an initiative and club with the make India's Largest Student
Entrepreneurship cell right here to help you out in shaping your Network and Give this Platform a
ideas and giving you a suitable platform to probably become a Wider reach.
successful Tech Entrepreneur in the future ahead. The spirit of
entrepreneurship will surely make you achieve everything you want Within 2 weeks of our inception on
and deserve. the web, we bore an arsenal of
steadfast interns and a vast
“Let’s go invent tomorrow instead of worrying what happened response on social media.
yesterday.....” Curiosity, obsession and dogged
endurance, combined with self-
criticism, has since propelled the
Campus Connect, and will
continue to do so with the same
spark that started it.
 Entrepreneurs of RV ecell

Doodle design studio

A Journey From Fifty Paise To Two Lakhs A Day
A Journey From Fifty Paise To Two Lakhs
By Rishav Singh

Most people across the world are content with what

they have got, but there are a few for whom life is not just about living,
but something more than that. As the popular Japanese saying goes, Doodle design studio was co-
“Fall seven times, stand up eight times.” There are several such founded by Rahul Sonthalia and
instances where certain individuals have refused to be weighed down Harshit Laddha. We saw a scope
by circumstances and finally managed to make it big at the world stage. that start-up do not have cheaper
The success story of Mrs. Patricia Narayan, Director, Sandeepha Chain source for making of website, so
of Restaurants, is somewhat similar. they have to opt for expensive
sources to web designing sites.
She was always interested in cooking and passionate about trying We had an excellent solution for
out new dishes. But, the thought of becoming a business woman never this and thought that students
came to her mind at all, as she did not come from a business family. could do the same chore at much
Both her parents were government servants. But, her marriage to a better price. We formed a group
Brahmin community boy changed everything. Her marriage did not of people who do freelancing,
work out as her husband was a drug and alcohol addict. She knew she and have sound web knowledge.
should either succumb to the burden or fight against it; she decided to In this way the college going
students make some bucks and
fight her lonely battle. She did not want to be a burden on her parents.
even the customers would get
So, to be economically independent, she could only do what she knew
cheaper websites.
and what she liked. She started making pickles, squashes and jams at
home. She just took a couple of hundred rupees from her mother and
sold everything she made in one day and that gave her confidence.
Book-On
She earned a good income and invested whatever she earned to make
more pickles, squashes and jams.
Her first breakthrough came when her father's friend, who was running Book-on was the brain child of
Anurag Mardia. It was co-
a school for handicapped children, was handing out mobile carts or
founded by Anurag Mardia, Dilip
kiosks to people who would employ at least two handicapped people.
Rathi and Rahul Sonthalia. After
They needed somebody who could run it and she was offered one such seeing that students get
cart free. She had to train the handicapped children to make coffee and frustrated from buying books in
serve them to customers. Finally, she started working on June 21, 1982, front of college or from Avenue
a day she says she would never forget. While such carts sold only tea road. We thought that it would
and cigarettes, she decided to sell cutlets, samosas, bajjis, fresh juice be great if we could deliver these
and coffee and tea. On the first day, she sold only one cup of coffee and books at their doorsteps. We
that was for fifty paise! But the success came shortly as on the very realized this and spoke to
next day she sold snacks for about six hundred. Soon the small cart suppliers from Avenue road. In
became a big hit as she started earning five thousand a day. this way we could offer books at
better price to the students. One
One day, after a fight with her husband who used to come to trouble could order on our website, we
her often, she boarded a bus and travelled till the last stop. She got could contact him on phone and
down and saw the National Port Management training school run by get the order confirmed and
the Central government. On the spur of the moment, she told the delivered the books within 48
hours. We got an amazing
response from the students and
book-on became a great success.
 Entrepreneurs of RVCE

security guard that she wanted to meet the administrative officer. The SAS Project
She met him and told him that she was a caterer and that she heard
they were looking for a one. He said, to her surprise that they were
indeed looking for one as they had problems with the current contractor
. She still believes it was God who took her there. She got the offer and
had to serve three meals to about 700 students. They gave her
quarters to stay. It was a new life for her. It was successful from day
one, and she took care of the canteen till 1998.
The Share a Story Project is a
But destiny played truant with her again as she lost her campus-based initiative co-
daughter, Pratibha Sandra and son-in-law in a road accident, a month founded by Sambhav Golechha
after their marriage in 2004. It shattered her, and she withdrew from and Nitya Samuel.
all that she was doing. Then her son took over and started the first
restaurant 'Sandeepha' in her daughter's memory. It took some time for Description:
her to come out of the shock and start helping her son in the business.
Do you love a good story?
She still cannot get over her daughter's death as she did all this for her
children; to bring them up and give them a good life, what shocked her Well, we do too.
was the way the accident victims were treated by the ambulance The Share a Story Project, the
operators. That is when she decided to keep an ambulance on that very
campus-based initiative to
spot to help people whether the victims are alive or dead. It is in the
discover compelling narratives,
memory of her daughter.
presented by students
She started her business with just two people. Now, there are 200 themselves.
people working for her in her restaurants. Her lifestyle has changed too.
From travelling in a cycle rickshaw, she moved to auto rickshaws and Everybody has a story to tell,
now she has her own car. From 50 paise a day, her revenue has gone be it about an inspiring
up to Rs 2 lakh a day. personality, an event they’ve
witnessed that changed their
The 'FICCI Entrepreneur of the year' award is the culmination of all the
perspective on life, an idea that
hard work she had put in over the last 30 years. It came as a surprise
they'd like to share with the
as this was the first time she has received an award. Till now, she had
no time to think of what she was doing. But the award had made her world, or even a remarkable
look back and relive the days that passed by. Now, her ambition is to life-story.
build her Sandeepha brand.
The SAS Project brings to you a
series of video documentaries
that aim to acquaint, amuse
and inspire the student
community with the lives and
visions of their peers.

If you have a story, it’s time for

it to be heard.

- The SAS Project

/thesasproject
 Entrepreneurs of RV ecell
Sparsh: A helping touch to
Social Entrepreneurship the needy
A few days ago, I along with few of my friends had visited an orphanage
-Narendra Nele, a shelter for the homeless, and as soon as the kids
their set their eyes upon us, they literally thronged onto us, and
shooted a number of questions. They all looked energetic, happy and
their eyes gleamed with the hope of a bright future. And as our
discussions with the young kids continued, the orphanage authorities
asked us to settle down a while for a presentation depicting their
missions and accomplishment. In that particular video presentation.
There was this boy aged 6 or 7, who was seen begging in the streets and Sparsh: A helping touch to the
sweeping the streets for a li ving, and a child seated next to me calls me needy is setup by Akshay J
up and says with a wide smile-‘Didi, that was me a year ago’. I was Bhattad, a student of 3rd
moved so deeply by the transformation that child underwent from semester CSE at R.V.College of
living in the dark to being able to live a life like any other child of his age.Engineering. Sparsh is an
organisation which initiates the
Thanks to a bunch of thoughtful men, who formed a group, that programme of Collecting and
goes into every small and big towns of Karnataka and identifies children donating the basic goods for
who work as rag pickers or are orphaned, and bring them to Bangalore, underprivileged children. The
where they have been provided facilities like proper accommodation, main motive at Sparsh revolves
food and shelter, and thereby making the lives of hundreds of such around the phrase that ‘every
children. drop makes an ocean’, similarly
little efforts by every single
Our hearts do melt when we see the lives of those around us person of the society can help
devastated in the shackles of poverty, malnourishment, crime and the poor and needy.
dreadful diseases. While, there is a majority who see and hear injustice
If every person gives his
and misery, talk in length about it, but still hesitate to act unless it turns
little contribution by donating a
on to them, and at the end of the day, they sleep with a hope , that
few basic goods like clothes,
someone somewhere out there will make the change for them. books, etc, then it could lead to a
And as a matter of fact, the saviours do exist, in different forms, in great help when masses come
various sectors who won’t bear to see their brethren suffer, who can down for it. Sparsh has also
indulged in the providing basic
risk their lives to make someone else’s better and we call them –SOCIAL
education for the poor children
ENTREPRENEURS.
and illiterate elders. Sparsh is
Unlike business entrepreneurs where profit is the measure of associated with more than 100
performance, social entrepreneurs take into account the impact they interns from 24 different cities
cast on the society. They bring out innovative solutions to social across the country. These interns
problems and try to manifest it into action. contributed for a change in the
society. Unlike other people who
TiECON Chennai’s social entrepreneurship of the year awardee, feel pity for poor children and
Dr.Sunil Shroff, founder of Mohan foundation (multi organ harvesting think that someone will come to
aid network), a NGO that is involved in popularising organ donation. rescue them, these interns went
There is a huge pool of organ donors but because of lack of awareness, ahead and themselves took the
organ donation is not happening frequently .He, as a doctor, proceeded lead and helped the needy. They
on to bridge the gap, which was the need of the hour. For one brain of went door-to-door and collected
old goods like clothes, books,
a dead person,50-60 people can be benefitted.
stationery items. They, then
identified the nearby slum areas
and went there, and donated the
collected goods.

/sparshthehelp
 Entrepreneurs of RV ecell

Let the Tears Cease

Journey of Dr. Sunil Shroff :
He conducted a survey on 5000 people to find out the attitude
of people towards organ donation for 6 months, and 72% of them
were willing to go for eye donation and carry an organ donor card.
This boosted him to go ahead with his project.
It took him one and half year to give shape to his idea.
He published a donor card and a quarterly newsletter on organ
donation for the public, doctors and parents.
Let the tears cease – Nivedha,
Made a movie with lead actor to carry the message to the public
3rd sem, Chemical Engineering
Creating an organ registry, for those who are waiting for organs
which is now under the TN government The atrocities committed on
innocents led me to a state of
Formation of Indian network of organ sharing
helplessness. But I realized I
Now they have offices in Vishakhapatnam, Coimbatore, have the power to act. The
Counselling the family is the most important thing. They have power to change. My first step
trained 105 counsellors across the country for proper counselling was to create a blog. .
The organisation aims to go pan-India and increase the rate to one http://letthetearscease.blogspot
million donation. As a matter of fact, they have reached one million .in/
already. He concludes his life completely satisfying and worthwhile to
The main aim of creating the
having brought lives to thousands.
blog was
Yes of course, men like Dr. Shroff aren’t going to get their bread and
butter changing the world around and there is no way they can do it 1. To inspire the public to fight
completely. against what is not right...and
not to let things go easily...
But they believe and so do the ones whom they have been
associated with closely, that when a man is in his death bed, neither 2. To make them realise that its
name nor fame nor money brings satisfaction, but a memory of having our duty to make our country
brought a smile in someone’s face brings utmost satisfaction, of safe for our people, and we
having done justice to one’s life. demand it.
Youth today, are in a mad rush for money or fame. Of course, every 3. To rise for a change for a
man craves it in different proportions, but unfortunately, in the
better nation.
present scenario, the one who heeds to it lands up being successful
and the very virtue of helping the needy is shrouded in oblivion. The response I got was amazing.
But few of them, proceed on to, let go of their personal space and I realised the boiling fury
dreams, and work towards a greater cause, for the society, for others. mounted up in the public. They
pointed out that law and police
They lead and the world follow and their lives remain forever
were the main culprits and that
cherished and remembered in the hearts of millions who are now
public be given a say in the
being able to lead a life like any normal person, with the help of these
punishments given to the
great men and women.
culprits. I resolved to use the
blog as a medium to make a
community of people genuinely
interested to impact a change.
 Entrepreneurship in RVCE Why would you want
to become an
We conducted a survey among many students of RVCE and got to know
the realization of Entrepreneurship in their life. Most of the students
Entrepreneur?
felt that Entrepreneurship cell plays an important role in shaping their
dream ideas.

Q.) My primary reason for wishing to

start a start-up is: a) I have a passion to be
an entrepreneur
40
35 b) I want to be my own
30 30
30
boss
c) I have a great idea/
20 innovation Akshay Sanklecha, 3rd sem, Civil
5 I want to be an entrepreneur because
10 d) I can't find a job
I know I have courage to face tough
0
a) b) c) d)
situation (even though I may not win
that situation at all the time).And
Courage is the main factor to be an
Q.) The biggest obstacle I see in starting entrepreneur
my own start-up is: a) Not knowing where
48 to begin
50 b) Financing
40
c) Excessive competition
30
15 d) Training and education
20 13 11
8 5 e) Finding a partner
10
f) Fear of failing
0
a) b) c) d) e) f)

Rahul Chawla, 3rd sem, CSE

Various qualities of an Entrepreneur Hardwork, dedication and
confidence of an individual will
Market Awareness 8 67 directly benefit him, unlike in
25
15 MNCs
Managing Business 24 61
Social Responsibility 24 50
26
Persuasiveness 10 4446

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Needs improvement Average Strong

Favourite Entrepreneur

21 22 Akshay B.A. , 3rd sem, Civil

25
20 16 Basically I belong to civil branch
12 where the placements aren't that
15 8 8
7 6 good, so I want to have my own
10
5 civil start up before I leave the
0 college and moreover I want to
bring a revolution in civil
engineering.
Interview with founder of CampuStop.in

1. How this amazing idea did strike your mind?

I have always faced a lot of hurdles whenever I have

wanted to contact teachers to get my queries resolved or
whenever I am in need of some materials and I have no
idea whom to approach. Many a time, I don’t find
professors in their cabin which ultimately reduces my Aakash Agarwal, 3rd sem, Chem
passion to learn. So, just thought about something which To be financially independent,
can be an online repository of all institutional study because job is a short term
materials at a place uploaded by anyone – be it a solution to long term problem.
professor, a student or any experienced expert in the
field from any institution.

Similarly, I have also found students broke very often so,

I had this idea about CampusMarket where students can
become self-sustainable for the rest of the month until
their parents credit their accounts. They can sell off their
second hand products which are not used any longer by
them but could be re-used by other students who may be Piyush Agarwal, 3rd sem, Mech
in need of it. I want be my own boss and earn
money & the profit of my
Overall, we aim at making lives on campus easier for hardwork will belong to me.
everyone.

2. Describe about the team behind CampuStop ?

We are a team of 5 students – Harshit Laddha from

MSRIT –Chief Architect, Madhukar Mohta from
RVCE – Chief Constructivist, Ram Kumar from
RVCE – Chief Developer, Garima Chandra from
RVCE – Chief Designer and myself from RVCE – Chief
Thought Provoker (the most useless guy :p).

All of us are driven by an energy to create a change which

is for the greater good of students’ and teachers lives. All Aayush Agarwal, 7th sem, CSE
of us understand the difficulties of college life, that’s why
we design the portal and collect the materials that are Placed in Citrix – 16 lacs
beneficial to students directly.
Make sure whether you have
to choose technical or
3. Can you give a brief introduction about CampuStop? managerial and find a suitable
company which suits your
CampuStop’s Vision is to be “a one stop solution to all profile. Don't just limit, to
students’ needs”. We ensure our every action results in learn but also implement your
making lives on campus easier. As an initiative, we have knowledge into project. Have
come up with two solutions currently – CampusNotes good communication skills
and CampusMarket. and answer according to the
point. You should have good
aptitude and logical
reasoning. Keep on refreshing
your basic.
4. What was your inspiration behind this project?

The only inspiration I had was to make students happier

and satisfied with the campus life. I don’t want them to
run around for notes to teachers of different departments.
Just a single place for all kinds of materials not just from
RVCE but also from various other top notch colleges.
Students who start studying at the 11th hour of exams Srihari V , 7th sem, ISE
can also find it very useful since they can start reading
those notes only which are best rated or highest Walmart Labs – 18lacs
downloaded.
They can also sell off any product that they are done "My momma always said - Life is
using – be it lab coat, mech dress, CAED instruments, like a box of chocolates, you
mobile, vehicles, rent flats, find cooks, room-mates, etc. never know what you're going to
to their juniors or other students, without having to spend get."- Forrest Gump (1994)
money in logistics and making deals with strangers if
they tried to sell through Quikr or OLX. That precisely summarizes my
placements this year. By god's
So, we believe in “Save Distance, Save Time and Save
Money” since out of 4000 students, you can definitely grace and sheer luck I managed
find at least one customer in your college for your product. to get this offer from
So, you need not compromise on your net cash inflow WalmartLabs. The journey to it
due to logistics costs. was a rough one. I sat for four
companies in the first week,
5. How is the response of students?
reached the final round in three
Students are very encouraging and enthusiastic about of them and managed to get
having something like this in their campus. The Market rejected by all three. After that, I
part is a bit sluggish for now but really hoping for it to kinda gave up and decided to
catch its pace during semester ends. Though Notes settle with anything I got.
part is already being used by few of our teachers to
share their notes with students. Attending interviews before
Walmart came served to be really
6. What help have you received from your teachers and helpful as it prepared me well.
department? Firstly, make sure your resume is
completely legitimate and
Teachers from IEM and ISE have been very supportive projects and papers mentioned
and encouraging. They have loved the whole concept of
on your resume are things you
note sharing since it reduces lot of their efforts of
recursive emailing of notes to new batches every know inside out. Secondly, each
semester. Moreover, they liked the idea of self-evaluating interviewer is different. When
their own notes by looking at “No. of downloads, No. of you get rejected, you know
Views, Rating of notes, No. of Users Rated” which implies you're better prepared for the
the popularity of their materials among students. This in
next one. RV has over a 100
turn also signifies that students are actually being helped
by their notes. It’s a closed feedback loop mechanism companies coming every year of
for constant improvement of quality education. which about 40-50 are Open
Dream Companies. In the years
to come, that number only seems
to increase.
 7. How do you plan on converting it into a large scale
project?

Well, to be frank, we want to test few assumed hypothesis

by the user response in RVCE. We want to evaluate how
satisfied students and teachers are, from this portal.
If we are actually able to reduce efforts of both the parties
significantly and hence, improve the productivity of
teachers, then we can move to other colleges.
Madhukar Mohta, 7thsem, ISE

8. What message would you like to convey to your Placed in CISCO – 11 lacs
juniors?
The test was freaking difficult
Well, I can ask my juniors to make the best use of services and I got really lucky to clear it.
being provided by CampuStop. Ask your teachers not to A few things that I realized
mail you the notes again and again for every batch rather during the whole process :
upload it in here, so that cross-discipline study is
promoted. And moreover, any of the students who pass 1) I realized never ever to
out engineering and say 5 years down the line are prepare for the interviews on
working on a project and need some reference materials the basis of the questions
to go through, they can directly log on to
www.campustop.in, look up for your prof’s materials in asked to people who were
the Search bar and start reading right away. So, whole interviewed before .There is no
lot of effort is reduced right there. point mugging programs while
waiting in the interview room
Similarly, to get out of being broke, just browse through Almost 90% of the people were
your room, find stuffs that you don’t use any longer, sell
it off to students, who may need it, at the best negotiable asked about String Matching
prices. and arrays programs in the first
round of the tech interview.
But I was asked almost 50 rapid
fire questions on MP, CO, OS
and CN.

2) Secondly, Be confident
about what you answer. I had
forgotten almost all the
concepts he was asking me. But
if I knew even a small part of it
Akash Agarwal,
I would say it.
Founder, CampuStop.in 3) Thirdly, be really thorough
with the profile they are
wanting.

4) Fourth, Don't hesitate to say

something.
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between your point and mine…' or "I beg to differ with you"

 Brush up on your leadership skills; motivate the other members of the team to speak (this surely does
not mean that the only thing that you do in the GD is to say "let us hear what the young lady with the
blue scarf has to say," or "Raghu, let us hear your views" - Essentially be subtle), and listen to their
views. Be receptive to others' opinions and do not be abrasive or aggressive.

 If you have a group of like-minded friends, you can have a mock group discussion where you can learn
from each other through giving and receiving feedback.

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Varuni Sinha Sudhanv Devatha
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Advisory Board Rishav Singh
Archana Belurgikar Satvika Saket
Medha Roy Nivedha R M
Chief Editor Samhith G B
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