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Next Saturday, three successful alumni from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, USA shall be in Mumbai to talk about their experiences of studying at the legendary American school and how the education has helped them in their careers. Our friends at ReachIvy, an MBA admissions consulting firm, will host and live-interview the alumni as part of their Speaker Series events.

• When and where is the event?
• Event: ReachIvy Speaker Series – MIT Alumni
• Date: August 10, 2013
• Time: 6.15 pm
• Venue: 2nd floor, Kilachand Conference room, Indian Merchants’ Chamber, Churchgate, Mumbai

If you are interested in applying to MIT or to b-schools abroad in general, you should attend this event.

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(See more details at the end of this article).

Who are these alumni?

Gautam Shewakramani received his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 2009. He received a Bachelor of Science from the College of Engineering, University of Notre Dame in 2005, where he double majored in Computer Science and Film. Gautam is the CEO and Founder of AudioCompass, a venture funded technology start up that helps you travel smart by turning your phone into a personal tour guide. Prior to founding AudioCompass, he worked in the Strategy and Operations group at Deloitte Consulting, and at a Quantitative Equity Hedge Fund managed by Deutsche Asset Management in New York. He is an active member of the Mumbai Chapter of the MIT Alumni Association.

Pritika Hingorani received her Masters in City Planning from MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) in 2010. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics & Political Science and a Minor in the Growth & Structure of Cities. Pritika is currently Associate Vice President in IDFC’s Policy Group, a infrastructure policy think tank that conducts independent research and provides policy inputs to government ministries and the Planning Commission. Prior to MIT, Pritika worked in economic consulting in the International Trade and Anti-Trust practices of Charles River Associates, in Washington DC and London. She was on the admissions panel at both Bryn Mawr and MIT.

Ruchi Jain graduated from MIT in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. At MIT, she was a teaching assistant for Course 12.000, ‘Solving Complex Problems’. She also received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 2013. She has worked with Bain & Company in Boston as a management consultant, and with Teach For India in Mumbai. She currently works with Healthspring, a start-up backed by funds such as Reliance Ventures and Narayan Murthy’s Catamaran Ventures. Ruchi has interviewed undergraduate applicants for MIT as an Educational Counselor since 2010 and has spoken at the MIT India Pre-Orientation program for the last two years.