Gayathri Natarajan
President
PhD student in Microbiology. Volunteer since Oct 2010. Shramdan Coordinator (2011-12), Secretary (2010-11)
Responsibilities include: Overall coordination of AID Columbus.
AID-Columbus Executive Committee
Below is the list of Executive Committee members of the organization. All names are listed in the format “Firstname Lastname”. If you wish to contact anyone of the following, send an email to firstname@columbus.aidindia.org, and replace “firstname” with the actual name of the person you wish to contact.
Rajeswaran Mani
Treasurer
PhD student in Veterinary Medicine Graduate Program, volunteer since December 2009
Responsibilities include: Budget and audit for the organization, manage the chapter account, request funds for projects and events.
Bhavani Gopalakrishnan
Secretary
Responsibilities include: Set up agenda for the weekly meeting, write and upload minutes for the meetings, conduct the annual General Body Meeting.
Mahesh Ravishankar
Overall Project Coordinator
PhD student in Computer Science and Engineering, volunteer since July 2011
Responsibilities include: Project selection at the beginning of the year, schedule project reviews, train individual project coordinators and monitor project progress.
Emily Schueller
Joint Overall Project Coordinator (J-OPC)
Responsibilities include: Assist the Overall Project Coordinator, manage volunteer participation in project reviews, ensure documentation of volunteer thoughts.
Jay Patel
Joint Shramdaan Coordinator
Responsibilities include: Recruiting volunteers for Shram.
Nisitha Sengottuvel
Fundraising Coordinator
Responsibilities include: Propose and organize fundraising events/ideas for the chapter.
Preethi Jyothi
Web Co-ordinator
PhD student in Computer Science and Engineering. Volunteer since Feb 2010. OPC (2011-12), J-OPC (2010-11)
Responsibilities include: Maintain and update the organization’s website.
Aparna Lakshmanan
Communications Co-ordinator
PhD student in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology. Volunteer since June 2009. J-OPC (2009-10) OPC (2010-11)
Responsibilities include: Manage the Google Apps, oversee non-project related documentation efforts and update the organization’s website.
