Members

Mukeshchand Thakur

President of Association

Mukesh is from Mumbai and currently a Ph.D. student at the School of Engineering and Institute of Bioengineering. Here at EPFL, he works at the interface of materials science, nanotechnology, and bioengineering. He is also fond of cooking, hiking, volleyball, and photography.

Arvind Iyer

Vice-President of Association

Arvind is pursuing his Doctoral studies at the University of Lausanne in Quantitative biology. He comes from Vadodara a cultural city of Gujarat, India. His origin is basically from Kerala and his mother tongue is Tamil. He loves to read books, watch cartoons like Tom &Jerry, etc and loves to watch any kind of sports. Feel free to get in touch ?.

Ayush Agarwal

Head of Communication

Coming from Kolkata (India) Ayush is a 27 years old Ph.D. student of the Doctoral Program in Energy, and he works at the Paul Scherrer Institute in the Energy and Environment Research Division. By virtue of his work and education, he has lived in 12 different cities, in 4 different countries, across 3 different continents. In his free time, he likes to cook, and volunteer.

Akshay Balgarkashi

Logistics Manager

Akshay is a Ph.D. student in Materials Science and Engineering. He is from Nanded, India.

Shreyas Sanjay Joglekar

Cultural Head

Shreyas is a Master’s student in Materials Science and Engineering. He is from Pune, India. Shreyas is an Indian classical music enthusiast and interests in public speaking, elocution, and poetry as well.

Vishva Manish Adhia

Help Desk

Vishva is a budding Materials Engineer from EPFL. He is originally from Mumbai, India and loves travelling & exploring new places.

Richa Agrawal

Committee Member

Richa is a Master’s student at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. She is from Varanasi, India. She also updates and maintains the association’s website. 

Nihar Prakash Gargava

Committee Member

Nihar is a PhD student studying theoretical mathematics. He doesn’t like writing bios.

Siddharth Gupta

Committee Member

Siddharth is a 4th year Ph.D. student in the school of computer and communication sciences at EPFL.

Rahul Sharma

Committee Member

Rahul is a PhD student in the Department of Mathematics. He is from Bhiwani, Haryana. He loves to go for hikes and biking.


YUVA – Indians Team Outing


Core Committee 2019-20

This website is managed by Richa Agrawal.