Interns 2015

Harshraj Rao

Project: Promoting Whistle Blowing for Good Governance
Institute: 2nd Year, Aerospace, BTech, IIT Bombay
Mentor: Shri MN Vijayakumar
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Retired

Dipika Sahoo

Project: Warehousing Development in Madhya Pradesh- A Success Story
Institute: 1st Year, Human Resources Management, MBA, Xaviers Management, Bhuvneshwar
Mentor: Shri Ashok Barnwal
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Principal Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Protection Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh

Ajay Chhangani

Project: Health Care Facilities in Rural India and Slumps
Institute: 3rd Year, Civil Engineering, BTech, IIT Roorkee
Mentor: Dr. V. Ram Prasath Manohar
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Chief Executive Officer, Zila Panchayat, Karwar, Uttar Kannada, Karnataka.

Manish Rai

Project: ways to protect the farmers from market and ecological vulnerabilities
Institute: 2nd Year, Mechanical Engineering, BTech, NIT Jamshedpur
Mentor: Mr. Kamal Kishore Soan
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: secretary land revenue Govt of Jharkhand

Amandeep Singh

Project: Improvements in Administrative Processes
Institute: 3rd Year, Electrical Engineering, BTech, IIT Roorkee
Mentor: Mr. N Sivasailam
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Public Entreprises, Government of Karnataka

BAVNEET SINGH

Project: Filling Public-Police Trust Deficit: What Needs To Be Done
Institute: 3rd Year, Electronics and Communication Engineering, BTech, Other
Mentor: Shri PV Rama Sastry
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Police Service (IPS)
Mentor Designation: Inspector General, National Investigation Agency

Ajay Chhangani

Project: Health Care Facilities in Rural India and Slums
Institute: 3rd Year, Civil Engineering, BTech, IIT Roorkee
Mentor: Dr. V. Ram Prasath Manohar
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Chief Executive Officer, Zila Panchayat, Karwar, Uttar Kannada, Karnataka.

Chadan Pandit

Project: Evaluation of the impact of scrapping of Govt of India's Central Sponsored Schemes on development priorities of the Centre and the states (Sector spec
Institute: 3rd Year, Chemical Engineering, BTech, Other
Mentor: Mr. Vikramjit Singh
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Police Service (IPS)
Mentor Designation: Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Power

Ruth Babu Marpu

Project: Implementing PNDT Act through Online F Form
Institute: 3rd Year, Aerospace, BTech, IIT Madras
Mentor: Shri Satyaprakash T L
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Deputy Commissioner Gurgaon

Prasun Choudhary

Project: Decentralization: An Approach to grassroots governance
Institute: 2nd Year, Mechanical Engineering, BTech, NIT Jamshedpur
Mentor: Shri Brij Kishore Taimni
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Former Secretary, Food and public distribution, Government of India

SANDIP KUMAR SHARMA

Project: HOW TO ENSURE DIRECT BENEFIT TRANSFER OF SOCIAL SECURITY PENSIONS IN HARYANA WITHOUT LEAKAGE
Institute: 1st Year, General Management, MBA, IIM Raipur
Mentor: Shri Sunil Kumar Gulati
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY, Social and Justice Empowerment, Govt. of Haryana

Divya Jangir

Project: Afghanistan-Challenges of reconciliation and peace-making/power sharing with Taliban
Institute: 4th Year, Mathematics, M.Sc. (Int), BITS Pilani
Mentor: Shri Rana Banerji
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat

lohith vamsee kiran

Project: Power For All
Institute: 3rd Year, Electrical Engineering, BTech, IIT Madras
Mentor: Dr. Dinesh Arora
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Exwcutive Director, REC

Aditya Suryavanshi

Project: Establishing a Sustainable Environment by Transforming the Floral Offerings in Temples – A Compost of Faith
Institute: 1st Year, Marketing, MBA, IIM Kashipur
Mentor: Shri Kumar Rohit
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Regional Provident Fund Commissioner

Sunil Sahra

Project: Effect of Mobile On Secondary And Higher Education
Institute: 3rd Year, Chemical Engineering, BTech, IIT Gandhinagar
Mentor: Shri Shashi Prakash Goyal
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Joint Secretary, Higher Education MHRD

Abuzar Gaffari

Project: Public Transportation scenario in Urban areas/cities; Bus Rapid Transit System in India, Government policies, schemes & Initiatives
Institute: 4th Year, Civil Engineering, BTech, IIT Kanpur
Mentor: Shri Raj Kumar Singh
Mentor Affiliation: Other
Mentor Designation: DIR(UT), Urban Transport

Abhinav Srivastav

Project: Food Security Paradigm in India: Required Policy Changes
Institute: 3rd Year, Civil Engineering, BTech, IIT Roorkee
Mentor: Professor Milindo Chakrabarti
Mentor Affiliation: Sharda University
Mentor Designation: Professor

Abhinav Srivastav

Meera Chandran

Project: analysing the success/failure of all women police station in achieving women empowerment
Institute: 1st Year, Human Resource Management, MBA, IIM Ranchi
Mentor: Dr. Raju Narayana Swamy
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Chairman

Akash Jha

Project: Skill development/ Vocational Training: Reality Check and Recommendations: Infrastructure and Teaching Standards
Institute: 2nd Year, Mechanical Engineering, BTech, NIT Jamshedpur
Mentor: Shri B Purusartha
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Director, Tech Education & Industrial Training, Punjab Government

Saurabh Bajaj

Project: Transparency in private sector to curb collusive corruption
Institute: 2nd Year, Mechanical Engineering, BTech, IIT Bombay
Mentor: Shri Shailesh Gandhi
Mentor Affiliation: Other
Mentor Designation: Former Chief Information Commissioner, RTI

Saurabh Bajaj

Nirbhay Khandelwal

Project: Access to Urgent and Affordable healthcare
Institute: 1st Year, Operations Management, MBA, IIM Kashipur
Mentor: Dr. Navneet Kothari
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Director - PH&FW, AYUSH, IEC Bureau

Siddhi Lenka

Project: Police Reforms: Challenges in implementing the SC order
Institute: 1st Year, Mktg and Sys. in year 2, MBA, Xaviers Management, Bhuvneshwar
Mentor: Shri Vipul Kumar
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Police Service (IPS)
Mentor Designation: DIG, SVP NPA

Deep Shikha

Project: The Role of BSF in ensuring security of the Borders of India
Institute: 1st Year, Human Resource Management, MBA, IIM Ranchi
Mentor: Shri Amit Lodha
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Police Service (IPS)
Mentor Designation: DIG

Raunak Mantri

Project: Behaviour Change for Health and Nutrition through Structured Mothers' Group Meetings'
Institute: 1st Year, Management, MBA, IIM Shillong
Mentor: Ms. Vandana Krishna
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Director General

Aabha Kapoor

Project: To Find the Bottlenecks in Listing of Pregnant Women at ASHA level in VHIR
Institute: 1st Year, Master in Business Administration, MBA, IIM Indore
Mentor: Mr. Vikas Gothalwaal
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Executive Director IHAT

Ankur Jaiswal

Project: Public sector reforms and the role of the public sector in the evolving context of development and modernization in India
Institute: 1st Year, General Management, MBA, IIM Tiruchirappalli
Mentor: Shri Harsh Gupta
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Retd. IAS, Member, ICCFG

Ksheerabdhi Samantaray

Project: Study the operations and marketing Of The Unati co-operative Marketing-cum-Processing Society, suggest improvements and recommendations
Institute: 1st Year, Business Management, MBA, Xaviers Management, Bhuvneshwar
Mentor: Shri K Sinha
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Secretary, Science Technology and Environment, Govt. Of Punjab

Rakshit Mangaroliya

Project: Citizen Activism through Journalism
Institute: 1st Year, Finance, MBA, Xaviers Management, Bhuvneshwar
Mentor: Shri Pritesh Mittal
Mentor Affiliation: Other
Mentor Designation: CEO

Abhishek Rai

Project: Environmental Pressure on GHNP after being declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO
Institute: 1st Year, Law, LLB, Other
Mentor: Shri Jasjit Walia
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Foreign Service (IFS)
Mentor Designation: Chief Wildlife Warden and Chief Conservator of Forest

Abhijit Pati

Project: A study on best practices “e-tendering” in MPRRDA and streamlining I-Ashray software used for monitoring and tracking progress of CMRHM
Institute: 1st Year, Management, MBA, Xaviers Management, Bhuvneshwar
Mentor: Smt. Alka Upadhayaya
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: CEO, MPRRDA

Hansa Nahata

Project: Empowering Women through Self-help Groups
Institute: 1st Year, General Management, MBA, IIM Shillong
Mentor: Smt. Ritu Sain
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Collector, Land Revenue Management and District Administration, Surguja, Chhattisgarh

VIMAL PRAKASH

Project: Ease of doing business, with the specific example of Telangana
Institute: 1st Year, Master of Business Administration, MBA, IIM Udaipur
Mentor: Shri Jayesh Ranjan
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Vice-Chairman and MD, TSIIC, Telangana

gyan prakash

Project: Detailed Study on Jaipur Outer Ring Road Project and Jaipur Metro Project constructed by Jaipur Development Authority”.
Institute: 1st Year, post graduate diploma in human resource management, MBA, IIM Ranchi
Mentor: Shri SHIKHAR AGRAWAL
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: DIRECTOR

Hina Firdause

Project: Mainstreaming Widow and Deserted Women �
Institute: 1st Year, Post Graduate Diploma in Management, MBA, IIM Kashipur
Mentor: Smt. Ritu Sain
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Collector, Land Revenue Management and District Administration�

Bhamini Shree

Project: The Ease of Doing Business in India: The Case of Walmart
Institute: 1st Year, Management in Finance, MBA, Other
Mentor: Professor Anand P. Gupta
Mentor Affiliation: Other
Mentor Designation: Professor, IIM Ahmedabad, Economics Area

Aashish Arora

Project: Taking Transparency to the next level
Institute: 3rd Year, Mathematics and Computing, BTech, IIT Delhi
Mentor: Shri M.N. Vijayakumar
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Retired

Jaysun Alumkal

Project: Rural Tourism as a Potential Strategy for Sustainable Rural Development: Case of Hariharpur, India
Institute: 1st Year, Finance, MBA, IIM Raipur
Mentor: Shri Shashi Kant Misra
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Chairman, Indian Trust for Rural Heritage and Development

Jayendra Sahu

Project: Study of Cast and Income certificate in the state of Karnataka and recommend process improvement and systemic changes
Institute: 1st Year, Marketing, MBA, IIM Kashipur
Mentor: Shri Ritesh Singh
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Revenue Secretary, Karnataka

Prashanth DP

Project: Application of Operations Management in Telangana State Police Department
Institute: 1st Year, Management, MBA, IIM Raipur
Mentor: Shri Sudeep Lakhtakia
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Police Service (IPS)
Mentor Designation: Additional Director General of Police

Rajeev Ranjan

Project: Study on Jaipur Ring Road Project and Jaipur Metro Project construction by Jaipur Development Authority
Institute: 1st Year, Post Graduate Diploma in Management, MBA, IIM Shillong
Mentor: Shri Shikhar Agrawal
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Jaipur Development Commissioner

Anshika Rastogi

Project: Social Audit: An implementable strategy to ensure good governance
Institute: 2nd Year, Economics, BA, Lady Sri Ram College for Women, Delhi
Mentor: Shri Rajendra Kumar
Mentor Affiliation: Other
Mentor Designation: Board Director at IC Center for governance

Ankit Tandekar

Project: Mobile technology solutions for chronic care management of Diabetes and Hypertension
Institute: 3rd Year, Biotechnology, BTech, IIT Madras
Mentor: Dr. Vinayak Mohan Prasad
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Revenue Service (IRS)
Mentor Designation: Sr. Advisor , WHO , Geneva.

Nair Vishnu A Uthaman

Project: IN DEPTH ANALYSIS BETWEEN THE TYPES BANKS IN INDIA ON THE BASIS OF THE MARKETING STRATEGIES USED FOR THEIR PRODUCTS
Institute: 2nd Year, General Management, MBA, IIM Shillong
Mentor: Shri Sanjeeb Patjoshi
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Police Service (IPS)
Mentor Designation: Director, VAMNICOM & CICTAB

Nishtha Jain

Project: Eradication of Absolute Poverty
Institute: 2nd Year, Economics, BA, Other
Mentor: Shri Jayesh Ranjan
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: General Secretary of Industrial Infrastructure, Telangana

Varnika Singh

Project: Critical Appraisal of Electronic Toll Collection Model in India
Institute: 3rd Year, Computer Science, BTech, IIIT Delhi
Mentor: Shri Niraj Verma
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Joint Secretary, MoRTH

Sunil Sahoo

Project: Ease of Doing Business in India-The Case of Walmart
Institute: 1st Year, Human Resource Management, MBA, Xaviers Management, Bhuvneshwar
Mentor: Dr. Anand Gupta
Mentor Affiliation: Other
Mentor Designation: Former Professor, IIM-Ahmedabad

Divyanshu Jaiswal

Project: Developing an Educational Program to Educate Workmen Safe Way to Work
Institute: 3rd Year, Pulp and Paper Engineering, BTech, IIT Roorkee
Mentor: Shri Basant Kumar
Mentor Affiliation: Other
Mentor Designation: Additional Secretary Human Resource Development, Government of India

Gaurav Verma

Project: Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution: Challenges and Opportunities
Institute: 3rd Year, Electrical Engineering, BTech, IIT Delhi
Mentor: Shri Sanjay Singh
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Revenue Divisional Commissioner, Southern Region, Govt. of Odisha

Rakshita Nagalla

Project: Midday Meal Scheme in Primary Schools – Analysis, Effects and Suggestions
Institute: 2nd Year, Electrical Engineering, BTech, IIT Hyderabad
Mentor: Mr. Subrat Sahoo
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Secretary of School Education, Chhattisgarh

Rakshita Nagalla

Merin Komban

Project: Is Kerala a role model in the area of Health
Institute: 2nd Year, Economics, BA, St. Stephen's College, Delhi
Mentor: Dr. Vishwas Mehta
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Kerala

Sherin James

Project: Alternative Livelihood for Bidi Workers- An economic analysis of opportunities and challenges
Institute: 2nd Year, Economics, BA, St. Stephen's College, Delhi
Mentor: Dr. Vinayak Prasad
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Revenue Service (IRS)
Mentor Designation: Project Manager, Tobacco Control, WHO, Geneva

Anirban Bhowmik

Project: Election Procedure and Efforts to Ensure Fair and Effective Election - Online Voting
Institute: 3rd Year, Computer Science & Engineering, BTech, Other
Mentor: Shri Sanjeev Sinha
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Secretary, Bihar Human Rights Commission

Prashant Budania

Project: Role of IT in Land Record Management
Institute: 3rd Year, Electrical Engineering, BTech, IIT Delhi
Mentor: Shri Ankur Garg
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: DC/DM

Himani Yadav

Project: Interface between IPR and Competition Laws
Institute: 3rd Year, Chemical Science And Technology, BTech, IIT Guwahati
Mentor: Professor V. K. Unni
Mentor Affiliation: IIM Calcutta
Mentor Designation: Associate Professor

Kunal sankar Dey

Project: COMPULSORY LICENSING OF PATENTS-IMPLICATIONS TO THE PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR
Institute: 3rd Year, Chemical Engineering, BTech, Other
Mentor: Dr. VK UNNI
Mentor Affiliation: IIM Calcutta
Mentor Designation: Associate professor

Ayush Khare

Project: Access to low cost medicines
Institute: 3rd Year, Biotechnology, BTech, IIT Guwahati
Mentor: Mr. Anant Srivastav
Mentor Affiliation: Other
Mentor Designation: Assistant Controller of Patents

Parth Malik

Project: Improving the Public Storage and Distribution System
Institute: 3rd Year, Production and Industrial Engineering, BTech, Other
Mentor: Shri Baleshwar Singh
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Managing Director, Jharkhand State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation, Jharkhand Government

Yashica Joshi

Project: Creating a Unified Agricultural Market - Issues, Challenges and Possible Solutions
Institute: 2nd Year, Economics, BA, Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi
Mentor: Dr. Ashok Dalwai
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Co-operation

Ankita Yadav

Project: Analysis of impact and efficiency of MNREGA
Institute: 1st Year, Commerce, B.Com, Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi
Mentor: Shri Anurag Chaudhary
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: CEO, Raisen District, Government of Madhya Pradesh

Sujata Borthakur

Project: Bangladesh studies - Polarisation in Politics & Hurdles in democratic consolidation / challenge of creeping Islamic radicalism
Institute: 1st Year, Masters in Development Studies, MA, IIT Guwahati
Mentor: Shri Rana Banerji
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Former Special Secretary Central Cabinet

Ritu Sharma

Project: Strategy for Preventing Wastage of Perishable Goods
Institute: 1st Year, Marketing and Human resources, MBA, Other
Mentor: Shri Rajeev Chawla
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Principal Secretary, Horticulture and Sericulture Department, Government of Karnataka

Anisha Agrawal

Project: Improving the Quality of Life (Smart City: Prospects, Issues and Challenges)
Institute: 4th Year, Computer Science Engineering, BTech, IIIT Delhi
Mentor: Shri Arvind Ranjan
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Police Service (IPS)
Mentor Designation: Retired, Former DG (CISF)

Monika Singh

Project: NEw Pension Scheme 2004 - policy suggestions for improvement based on international practice.
Institute: 2nd Year, Electronics & Communication Engineering, BTech, NIT Jamshedpur
Mentor: Shri vikramjit Singh
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Police Service (IPS)
Mentor Designation: Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Power, New Delhi

Chinmay Jain

Project: Challenges and issues in Implementation to stop the misuse of 498A
Institute: 2nd Year, Electrical Engineering, BTech, IIT Roorkee
Mentor: Shri Anshul Gupta
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Police Service (IPS)
Mentor Designation: Circle Officer

Ankita Bhattacharya

Project: FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN REDUCING ADULTERATION AND CONSUMER EMPOWERMENT
Institute: 2nd Year, Food Technology, BTech, Other
Mentor: Shri Amit Gupta
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Special Secretary, CMO, Uttar Pradesh Government

Ankita Bhattacharya

Meghna N

Project: Implementing 24/7 water supply project in an Indian city
Institute: 2nd Year, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, BA, Other
Mentor: Shri Rajeev Chawla
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Principal Secretary, Horticulture & Sericulture Dept, Karnataka Government

Ankush Kothari

Project: Trends and Analysis of Road Traffic Accidents, controlling loss of life and limb
Institute: 3rd Year, Civil Engineering, BTech, IIT Kanpur
Mentor: Shri Niraj Verma
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Joint Secretary

Ankush Kothari

Hanul Choudhary

Project: Electrical Engineering
Institute: 3rd Year, Electrical Engineering, BTech, IIT Delhi
Mentor: Dr. Dinesh Arora
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Executive Director REC

Ihina Bhat

Project: A Comparative Study of 1894, 2013 and Proposed Land Acquisition Acts of India
Institute: 1st Year, Economics, MA, Other
Mentor: Dr. Kalpana Gopalan
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Principle Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs, Government of Karnataka

Pragya Bansal

Project: Analysis of Trends in CSR Activities- Outcome and Way Forward
Institute: 2nd Year, Information Technology, BTech, Other
Mentor: Shri Vivek Agnihotri
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Secretary

Srinivas Mudavat

Project: Comparative study of struggles of Blacks in the US with Dalits in India.
Institute: 1st Year, Society & Culture, MA, IIT Gandhinagar
Mentor: Professor Arvind Verma
Mentor Affiliation: Other
Mentor Designation: Professor

Archana Kumari

Project: Unaddressed Issues of Pay Commission : Productivity, Liberalisation and Civil Service Reforms
Institute: 2nd Year, Economics (Honours), BA, Lady Sri Ram College for Women, Delhi
Mentor: Shri Ranjan Dwivedi
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Police Service (IPS)
Mentor Designation: Director General of Police, Home Guards, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh

Saravanan Velusamy

Project: Farmers in India- Challenges, Problems and Solutions
Institute: 1st Year, Society and Culture, MA, IIT Gandhinagar
Mentor: Ms. Priyanka Ingty Basu
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Director, IT, Government of Himachal Pradesh

Utkarsh Yadav

Project: Local Train Network Improvements
Institute: 3rd Year, Civil Engineering, BTech, IIT Kanpur
Mentor: Shri Mukul Mathur
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Revenue Service (IRS)
Mentor Designation: Executive Director, Traffic and Public Private Partnership, Ministry of Railways, Government of India

Jasleen Kaur

Project: Role of Public Sector Banks and Public Institutions in Financial Inclusion and problems related to Non-Performing Assets
Institute: 1st Year, Masters in Ecomomics, MA, Delhi School of Economics
Mentor: Shri Kamal Kishore Soan
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Secretary, Revenue and Land Reforms and Building Construction Department, Jharkhand Govt

Sandipan Bala

Project: Making India a Technical Education Superpower
Institute: 2nd Year, Mechanical Engineering, BTech, IIT Bombay
Mentor: Shri M.K. Kaw
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Former Secretary, MHRD

Adithya Kulkarni

Project: UID: Implementation Challenges
Institute: 3rd Year, Computer Science and Engineering, BTech, Other
Mentor: Dr. Devesh Chaturvedi
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Joint Secretary, DOPT, Government of India

Ajay Pratap

Project: Electricity Generation and Distribution: Challenges and Recommendations
Institute: 2nd Year, General Management, MBA, IIM Udaipur
Mentor: Shri Kuchanna Srinivasan
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Police Service (IPS)
Mentor Designation: Former DGP Karnataka

Poorva Bajaj

Project: Impact Assessment of the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement signed between India and Malaysia
Institute: 2nd Year, Economics, BA, Lady Sri Ram College for Women, Delhi
Mentor: Dr. Smita Chugh
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Member Secretary, Tariff Commission

Ankesh Nehara

Project: How to improve the implementation of National Urban Health Mission services in slums.
Institute: 3rd Year, Electrical Engineering, BTech, IIT Kanpur
Mentor: Shri Amit Ghosh
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Mission Director, National Health Mission U.P. & Exe Dir, SIFPSA, U.P. Govt, NUHM

Darshita Chaturvedi

Project: Evaluation of National Rural Livelihoods Mission
Institute: 2nd Year, Civil Engineering, BTech, IIT Kharagpur
Mentor: Dr. Adarsh Singh
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: State Mission Director, NRLM, UP Government

Komal Jain

Project: Urbanization: Legal and Administrative Regime
Institute: 1st Year, Economics, MA, Delhi School of Economics
Mentor: Dr. Kalpana Gopalan
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Principal Secretary to Government,Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, Government of Karnataka

Arpan Sen

Project: Improving Primary Education Through Peoples' Participation
Institute: 3rd Year, Mechanaical Engineering, BTech, IIT Guwahati
Mentor: Shri Amit Gupta
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Special Secretary, Chief Minister's Office, Uttar Pradesh

Rahul Jadam

Project: Solar rooftop PV programme in Bangalore - challenges and financial modelling
Institute: 3rd Year, Electrical Engineering, BTech, IIT Kanpur
Mentor: Shri Pankaj Pandey
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Managing Director, Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM)

AMIT OJHA

Project: SCHOOL DROP-OUTS: ANALYSIS, EFFECTS AND SUGGESTIONS
Institute: 3rd Year, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, BTech, NIT Jamshedpur
Mentor: Shri BALDEO PURUSHARTHA
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: DIRECTOR, TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING, GOVT. OF PUNJAB

Amandeep Chanyal

Project: Trends and Challenges in Power Distribution
Institute: 3rd Year, Instrumentation Engineering, BTech, IIT Kharagpur
Mentor: Shri Narayan Nigam
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Chairman and Managing Director

Prateek Sachan

Project: Geographic Information Systems- Data Acquisition and Its applications
Institute: 3rd Year, Civil Engineering, BTech, IIT Roorkee
Mentor: Shri TL Satyaprakash
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Deputy Commissioner, Gurgaon

Prachi Sharma

Project: Impacts of declining Child sex ratio on society
Institute: 2nd Year, Computer Science, BTech, Other
Mentor: Dr. Manohar Agnani
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Commissioner, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Government of Madhya Pradesh

Sai Praneeth Reddy Gogireddy

Project: Civil Society to trap Solar Power
Institute: 3rd Year, Mechanical Engineering, BTech, IIT Guwahati
Mentor: Shri Satyaprakash T L
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Deputy Commissioner Gurgaon

Apurba Ghosh

Project: Commercialisation of Education
Institute: 3rd Year, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, BTech, IIT Madras
Mentor: Shri Syed Mahdi
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Retd.

Chandan Garg

Project: Public Perceptions about civil servants: Trends and suggested strategies to improve
Institute: 3rd Year, Civil Engineering, BTech, IIT Kanpur
Mentor: Shri Devesh Chaturvedi
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Joint Secretary, DoPT

Chandan Garg

Purab Jain

Project: Swachh Bharat Abhiyan : A Practical Solution to problem of India?
Institute: 3rd Year, Chemical Engineering, BTech, IIT Madras
Mentor: Shri Brijesh Kumar
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Retired

Ashwin Ambala

Project: Improving Quality of Life - Related to Health
Institute: 3rd Year, Production and Industrial Enginering, BTech, IIT Roorkee
Mentor: Dr. Nitin Kulkarni
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Secretary, Agriculture Dept, Govt. of Jharkhand

ankit chauhan

Project: Land acquisition- Balancing the requirements of development Vis-à-vis rights of the landlords, issues and way forward
Institute: 1st Year, financial economics, M.Sc., Other
Mentor: Dr. Shrikant baldi
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Principal Secretary ( Finance)

ANSH GANDHI

Project: Land and Poverty Alleviation
Institute: 1st Year, Economics, M.Sc., Other
Mentor: Dr. P.K. Agrawal
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Managing Partner, VAS Global

Raj Kaithwar

Project: Revamping ineffective systems which are a root cause of corruption and poor governance: an insight from modern thinking and Indian wisdom
Institute: 2nd Year, International Relations, MA, Other
Mentor: Shri Sunil Kumar
Mentor Affiliation: Other
Mentor Designation: Former GM, PEC India; Member, I.C Center for Governance

Shubham Jangir

Project: Ingredients of good leadership
Institute: 3rd Year, Electrical Engineering, BTech, IIT Bombay
Mentor: Shri Bipul Pathak
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Commissioner/ Secretary, Govt Housing & Urban Dev Deptt, J&K Govt

Prachi Pal

Project: Impact Assessment of India-ASEAN FTA- specific to Indonesia
Institute: 1st Year, Economics Honors, BA, Lady Sri Ram College for Women, Delhi
Mentor: Smt. Smita Chugh
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Member Secretary, Tariff Commission

Binit Kumar

Project: Tanjore Main Road, National Highway 67, Near BHEL Trichy, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 620015
Institute: 1st Year, Operations, MBA, IIM Tiruchirappalli
Mentor: Mr. Sujeet Kumar
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Chief Development Officer, Firozabad

Sarvesh Chitodkar

Project: Air Pollution, Its impacts, Lessons From World and Policy Initiatives to Curb It In Cities of India
Institute: 3rd Year, Chemical Engineering, BTech, IIT Madras
Mentor: Shri Sanjay Dubey
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Divisional commissioner, Indore

D SOUNDARYA

Project: ENSURING SOCIAL INCLUSION OF DISABLED
Institute: 2nd Year, RURAL TECHNOLOGY, B.Sc., Other
Mentor: Mr. J.R. KATWAL
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Special Secretary (SJ&E) and MD, HP State Electronic Development Corporation, Government of Himachal Pradesh

roushan chandan

Project: Goods and Services Tax.
Institute: 3rd Year, Manufacturing Science and Engineering., BTech, IIT Kharagpur
Mentor: Shri Rajit Punhani
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Joint Secretary(Kashmir),

Gaurav Jain

Project: Education at Government School: Reality Check and Recommendation - Teaching Standards and Infrastructure
Institute: 4th Year, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, BTech, IIT Kharagpur
Mentor: Shri Subrat Sahoo
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Secretary Education, Government of Chhattisgarh

Majaz Ahmad

Project: Impact Assessment of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) - specific Electric Equipment
Institute: 2nd Year, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, BTech, NIT Jamshedpur
Mentor: Dr. Smita Chugh
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Member Secretary, Tariff Commission

Ajatashatru .

Project: Living Standards of children in Government Institutions
Institute: 2nd Year, Mining Engineering, BTech, IIT BHU
Mentor: Shri Sudeep Lakhtakia
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Police Service (IPS)
Mentor Designation: Additional Director General of Police (Law & Order), Government of Telangana, Hyderabad

Kingshuk Roy

Project: FIR, Investigation, Arrest and Bail: Public perception; Law and Practice
Institute: 2nd Year, Business Management, MBA, Xaviers Management, Bhuvneshwar
Mentor: Shri Palanivel Mudaliar
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Police Service (IPS)
Mentor Designation: DGP (Retd.) UP Police

Pranav Rai

Project: Evaluation of National Rural Livelihood Mission - Success and hurdles
Institute: 4th Year, Aerospace Engineering, BTech, IIT Kanpur
Mentor: Shri Saroj Kumar
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: District Magistrate , Sant Kabir Nagar

Namitha Sadanand

Project: The Indian Real Estate Sector; Formulation of a Code of Conduct for Builders and an Analysis of Corruption
Institute: 2nd Year, Economics(Honours), BA, St. Stephen's College, Delhi
Mentor: Shri Rajiv Sachdeva
Mentor Affiliation: Other
Mentor Designation: Ex Director, Siemens Power India Ltd

Sahib Sharma

Project: Financial Inclusion: Opportunity & Challeneges : Jan Dhan Yojana
Institute: 1st Year, Financial Economics, M.Sc., Other
Mentor: Shri Chandra Kumar
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Transport Commissioner, Govt. Of Odisha

Prachi Sharma

Project: Impacts of declining child sex ratio
Institute: 2nd Year, Computer Science, BTech, Other
Mentor: Dr. Manohar Agnani
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Commissioner, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Government of Madhya Pradesh

Karthik R

Project: Study On Right To Information Act
Institute: 1st Year, MBA, MBA, IIM Tiruchirappalli
Mentor: Shri Pramod Phalnikar
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Police Service (IPS)
Mentor Designation: Madhya pradesh state

Ankit Jaiswal

Project: Documentation of Navi Mumbai International Airport
Institute: 1st Year, Operations, MBA, IIM Tiruchirappalli
Mentor: Smt. V Radha
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: JMD, CIDCO Maharshtra Ltd.

Raysasaana Namshum

Project: Decentralization - An approach to grassroot governance
Institute: 1st Year, Generak Management, MBA, IIM Tiruchirappalli
Mentor: Shri Brij Taimni
Mentor Affiliation: Other
Mentor Designation: Retd. IAS Officer

Swapna Vudikala

Project: To study and propose streamlining and design improvements for the 'Ladli' Scheme in Delhi to improve the female sex ratio
Institute: 1st Year, NA, MBA, IIM Udaipur
Mentor: Ms. Saumya Gupta
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Director of WCD Department

karthik R

N. Karthikeyan

Project: Using socio economic database for Development of backward classes
Institute: 1st Year, Finance, MBA, IIM Tiruchirappalli
Mentor: Dr. Shalini Rajneesh
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Principal Secretary

Nikhil Kedia

Project: Impact of Border Conflict on Jammu Villagers
Institute: 4th Year, Chemistry, BTech, IIT Kanpur
Mentor: Shri Ajeet Kumar Sahu
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Deputy Commissioner, Jammu

Prabhanshu Agrawal

Project: CSI (Citizens' Social Initiative)
Institute: 1st Year, Finance, MBA, IFMR, Chennai
Mentor: Mr. Bhupesh Doda
Mentor Affiliation: Other
Mentor Designation: IIM passout

Praveen VG

Project: Housing for urban poor
Institute: 3rd Year, Metallurgical and materials engg, BTech, IIT Madras
Mentor: Professor Ashwin Mahalingam
Mentor Affiliation: IIT Madras
Mentor Designation: Professor

Gaurav Kumar Pandey

Project: To decide how to ensure Direct Benefit Transfer of SC/BC SCHOLARSHIPS in Haryana without leakage
Institute: 3rd Year, Electrical Engineering, BTech, Other
Mentor: Shri Sunil K. Gulati
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Additional chief secretary to Govt. Haryana, Social Justice & Empowerment and Welfare of SCs & BCs Department

Chitikala Lokesh

Project: Smart Grid in Bangalore and other metros-wht is holding a large scale roll-out
Institute: 4th Year, Electrical Engineering, BTech, Other
Mentor: Shri Pankaj Kumar Pandey
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Managing Director, Bangalore Electrical Supply Company

Nitish Mittal

Project: Imperatives of a central database on national security
Institute: 4th Year, Electrical and electronics and economics, BTech, BITS Pilani
Mentor: Shri Ashish Gupta
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Police Service (IPS)
Mentor Designation: Joint Secretary,NATGRID

Gyan Prakash

Project: 'Detailed Study on Jaipur outer Ring Road Project and Jaipur Metro Project
Institute: 1st Year, Management, MBA, IIM Ranchi
Mentor: Shri Shikhar Agrawal
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: IAS

Shubham Saxena

Project: "Private Security and Investigation
Institute: 2nd Year, Electrical, BTech, Other
Mentor: Shri Ranjan Dwivedi
Mentor Affiliation: Other
Mentor Designation: Director General of Police, Home Guards

Garima Garg

Project: Intellectual Property Rights' Issues Related to Public Health in India
Institute: 4th Year, Pharmacy, Information Systems, BTech, BITS Pilani
Mentor: Ms. Mandeep Kaur
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Akshay Kulkarni

Project: Judicial reforms in India
Institute: 3rd Year, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, BTech, Other
Mentor: Shri K.L Gupta
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Police Service (IPS)
Mentor Designation: Former DGP UP state

Harsh Dalmia

Project: HOW TO ENSURE DIRECT BENEFIT TRANSFER OF SOCIAL SECURITY PENSIONS IN HARYANA WITHOUT LEAKAGE
Institute: 1st Year, Business Administration, MBA, IIM Shillong
Mentor: Shri Sunil Kumar Gulati
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Additional Chief Secretary, Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. Of Haryana

Hemanth Jangam

Project: Accountability and Transparency in Indian Railways
Institute: 3rd Year, Mechanical Engineering, BTech, IIT Madras
Mentor: Shri Mukul Mathur
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Railway Service (IRS)
Mentor Designation: Executive Director/Traffic/PPP

Utkarsh Narain

Project: Public Private Partnership(PPP) in Rural Development
Institute: 2nd Year, Mechanical Engineering, BTech, IIT Roorkee
Mentor: Shri S.K . Satapathy
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: Principal Secretary,Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Government of Jharkhand

Partha Saikia

Project: An Assessment of SWOT analysis of The Great Himalayan National Park
Institute: 1st Year, Business Administration, MBA, Other
Mentor: Shri Jasjit Singh Walia Singh Walia
Mentor Affiliation: Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Mentor Designation: IFS Principal CCF(Wild life) & Chief Wild Life Warden, Himachal Pradesh)