VISHNU-ERA-ISSUE-09

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Awesome
Startup
Employee
‘Gaurav Anand'
(BVRIT-N)
is making waves
at f1Circle
Read the Story @ http://yourstory.com/2015/02/awesome-employee-gaurav_anand_f1circle/
A QUARTERLY NEWS PUBLICATION FROM SRI VISHNU EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY
“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may
have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they
don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime,” says Gaurav
Anand of f1Circle, an exclusive bulletin board for professionals'
casual needs. It's popularly known as Craigslist for Professionals
in Hyderabad. Started in 2012, it's the bulletin board, mailing lists,
intranet of all the companies brought together, and also a platform
for companies that don't have one.
This coming from a young yet-to-graduate employee who has
spent a mere 30 days with f1Circle is reflective of his value as an
employee. It's a person who, in the very early stages of his career,
relates and associates with the company and his co-workers, and
is cognizant of the importance of team effort.
Santosh Shukla, the Co-founder and Director of f1Circle, says, “The
question is not 'Why Gaurav?' but 'Why not Gaurav?'We want to
recognize him for his efforts and attitude, and set an example for
the youngsters out there that you can make a positive impact from
day one and people notice it.”
According to Santosh, Gaurav is fresh, open and ready to be
groomed into a great asset to the organization. “We know that we
can delegate some work to him and move on to different work,
knowing very well that it'll be handled in the best manner
possible.”
Santosh sees him evolve into an engineer and a team leader very
soon, because of his self-motivation and leadership potential.
Graduation soon
Born and brought up in Hyderabad, Gaurav is pursuing his B.Tech
in Information Technology from B V Raju Institute of Technology
(B.V.R.I.T).He will graduate in May 2015.
He did his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 2, Air Force
Academy and has done competitive swimming at school level.
His internship earlier at a startup in the career counselling sector
as a software intern gave him good exposure to workplace
functioning and culture. It gave him the confidence to kickstart his
career. Currently in his last semester of graduation, he wanted to
work and enhance his learning by contributing to a startup, which
is when he came across f1Circle.
As an enthusiastic undergraduate, Gaurav attended plenty of
corporate events, talks and associated with startup groups. And
during a few of these, was exposed to the success stories of
entrepreneurs. It motivated him to join a startup.
Founder speak
Santosh says that Gaurav's biggest strength is his positive
attitude, his zeal for learning and the drive to complete tasks. “He is
ready to learn and do what it takes for the organization. In one
month, he's contributed to f1Circle at various fronts- as part of his
training on RoR on which f1 Circle platform is built, he's building
an Agile Project Management app we intend to use in-house. He
has volunteered and actively contributes to their social media
presence, and has also developed content for their in-bound
content management strategy.
“At his age, very few people would try to understand about the
business needs of the organization, and be open to share their
suggestions to take the business forward.”
TRULY TRADITIONAL
The values, beliefs, ways of life, aesthetic and
symbolic standards and forms of the society
constitute its tradition which maintains
continuity with the past. Human growth or
societal growth mostly is engulfed in practicing
customs and traditions. Strongly holding this
belief, as a part of its philosophy BVRIT
organized the traditional day in the month of
January, 2015. The joy of celebrating our
traditions and customs magnanimously
energized the students in the campus. The
objective of Unity in Diversity was noticeable.
Sri T. Harish Rao, the honourable minister of
Irrigation, Govt. of Telangana was the chief
guest of the day. While addressing the jubilant
crowd, the minister expressed that the students
of BVRIT are fortunate enough to have the
management which cares for their necessities
and aspirations. On this occasion the chairman
Sri. K. V. Vishnu Raju announced that SVES is
always at the forefront to support Mission
Kakatiya financially and technically. The Local
MLA and other leaders were also present on the
occasion. The festive environment reached its
peak with the dandiya, dance numbers and
traditional food stalls. The campus reminded
everyone of the countryside.