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March 15, 2023

I Dream of Movies: BITS to Tollywood

Hasith Goli (Pilani, ’09) started as an Assistant Director on two Telugu films. His liking towards the art of filmmaking only grew with time and soon he debuted as a director with Raja Raja Chora, one of the biggest hit films of the Telugu Film Industry. Before stepping into the film industry, Hasith worked at MapMyIndia, MartMobi, Snapdeal, and Freecharge.
March 15, 2023

From BITS to Web3: Journey of Taaha Nizam, Co-Founder and CEO of HashCase

Taaha Nizam (K. K. Birla Goa Campus ’17) is the CEO of HashCase, that makes, presents and distributes digital assets to non-web audience. He is also the Advisor at Verdana, and helps in tracking and managing carbon emissions. 
March 15, 2023

Design and development of a power assistive hybrid e-trike (PAH e-Trike) for the differently abled person in rural and urban regions of India

Despite many technological advancements, an economical hand-powered tricycle is still widely used by the differently abled persons (DAP) in India. The existing conventional tricycle requires high energy for paddling, which leads to an orthopedic person getting exhausted. For reducing the discomfort and fatigue of such people, there is a need to develop a power-assist hybrid e-tricycle.
March 15, 2023

Invest in Sustainable Farming and Get Tax Free Returns

Shravya Reddy (Pilani, ’03) is the founder of Farm Chakra, India's first crop investment product for sustainable farming. She is also a Board Member at the Presidency High School, where they work towards making learning meaningful, intuitive and fun for students, teachers and parents. 
March 15, 2023

All about Simplifying Complex Things

Divyansh Saini (Pilani, 14) and Shubhankar Srivastava (Pilani, ’13) are the co-founders of Houseware, a revenue analytics workbench that enables anyone to build internal data apps on the Snowflake Data Cloud. It is a one-stop destination for Data Analytics.
March 14, 2023

MarkItUp: It all happened over a phone call!

Saransh Anand (K K Birla Goa Campus ’19) is a co-founder of MarkItUp, a creative digital marketing agency that helps the brands unleash the power of creating content. 
March 14, 2023

What’s Cricket and Start-ups doing in Iceland?

Bala Kamallakharan (Pilani, ’91) is the founder of Start-up Iceland, founder and Managing Director at Iceland Venture Studio. He shares his life in Iceland, 2008 financial crisis starting all over again.
March 14, 2023

POV: You’re Feeling Stoked with Stoked Kombucha!

Avani Dwivedi (K. K. Birla Goa Campus, ’12) is the founder of Stoked, a brand focused on gut-healthy food and beverages, with Kombucha as the first product in the market.  Kombucha is a tea-based fermented drink that gets one revitalized and brings a feeling of freshness because of its probiotic benefits. Currently, Stoked sells relishing Kombucha across premium HORECA (Hotel, Restaurant, Café) clients and through E-commerce, Quick commerce portals.
March 14, 2023

Reminiscences from BGM 2023

It was in January 2022 that someone from my team mentioned BGM with an ecstatic feeling I had never seen him talk before. He said, “bhai 12 mahine nahi hai, sirf ek saal hai. Kaise nikl jayega pata bhi nhi chlega”. And I did not realize how that one year passed by. Cut to the last week of December 2022, and the entire team started working towards showcasing the activities of our division i.e. the alumni-related activities.