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I was born & brought up in small & beautiful city, Nashik which is around 220 km from Pune. I have pursued my BE mechanical engg. from K.K Wagh College, Nashik in 2013 & secured 1st class with distinction.

I have handled multiple roles like MESA President & Treasurer, TPO Co-ordinator & Mecheaven Event Head during my final year of engg. Basically, I'm HR professional & social entrepreneur by line of work. I've worked with TCS from Mar 2014 as Design engineer, Quality Control Analyst & Production Support engineer in manufacturing & medical vertical.

I have also worked as CSR representative and led Kelkar Museum & Pavana River project on behalf of TCS. In July 2017, I was awarded as Best Performer in my TCS project for excellent client service & also training my team effectively. Due to poor financial condition of my family, I'm currently bearing the entire expense of my MBA at Sinhgad Institute of Management on my own. I'll be joining back TCS in Jun 2019 as an HR Recruiter. 

I'm also the Co-founder of Changemakers Today which is digital hub of social service organizations & social activists. It is completely self-sustainable, digital & zero-cost initiative. It is based on concept of connecting the dots for maximizing the social impact in society. So far around 200+ NGO's, trusts, companies, social enterprises, colleges, etc. are connected to it.

Fortunately, on the first anniversary of Changemakers I was appointed as Global Youth Ambassador at A World at School on 16 th Aug ‘17. Each & every organization associated with Changemakers is working persistently on some specific cause for the betterment of society. It is a forum where one could host the social events/ activities in collaboration with other teams & also share about their wonderful work/ initiatives across others to get quick visibility. This is the web of like-minded people/ social activists for clean, green & better Pune. Recently I had launched Transform Pune initiative to bridge the gap between NGO's & citizens and it is a platform where the citizens from all walks of life will get to know about all the social initiatives in Pune. I request all the youth to come ahead for the social welfare & betterment of our society since individually we are one drop but together, we are an ocean.

As per Mahatma Gandhi, the best way to find you is to lose yourself in the service of others is one of the principles, I follow in my life. Last but not the least, some of my strengths & skill sets includes managing corporate projects effectively, accepting responsibilities, ability to handle multiple tasks, lateral thinking to create best possible feasible solution, positive ‘can do’ attitude towards work, achieving targets under high pressure environments, implementing best practices, planning & executing events, advantageous work productivity, self-confidence, passion, enthusiasm, proactiveness, good communication skills, quick learner, etc. I’m also true believer of Karma which says, you get what you give, whether it’s good or bad. For me life begins at the end of my comfort zone & believing in myself is the first secret to all my achievements.   

Journey from K K Wagh to Current Organization It has been truly amazing journey from my college days to where I'm standing currently. It started when I was placed in TCS during my final year. Earlier I was skeptical about joining IT industry being a mechanical engineer but then I got wonderful opportunity to work across various mechanical & design related projects. I got many learning opportunities in TCS which set my career on right path. When I came to Pune in 2014, I parallelly started volunteering for different social activities. Then later in 2016, I established Changemakers Today platform to address different social issues in our society through mutual collaboration.

Notable achievements

- Global Youth Influencer from India at Their World 

- Global Youth Ambassador at Their World 

- International Youth Ambassador at International Youth Society

- Global Goodwill Ambassador from India 

- World leader for humanity

- Awarded best performer in one of the TCS projects in 2017

Contribution of K K Wagh in molding his/her career College & faculty members had played a great role in molding my career & setting it on right path during initial stages.

I have got many learning & development opportunities through college towards my career aspirations. Being MESA President & TPO coordinator during my final year, I further got better exposure & opportunity to unleash my potential. I would like to express my sincerest gratitude towards college for being the building stone of my career & help me achieve my goals. 

Memorable events in K K Wagh and Subsequent learning.

I had great time while co-ordinating for Mecheaven fest for consecutive 3 years. It is one of the most memorable event of my life. 

Rohan ShindeCo founder & Chief Executive at Changemakers Today
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