About our amazing partner,
Rasika Nimkar:
Rasika Nimkar currently works as a Customer Success Manager at Procurify. Her goal is to make things easier for everyone and create smooth user experiences for all software users everywhere. Rasika graduated with a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology. She worked at an electrolyte simulation software company for 7 years before making her entry in the world of technology. With her analytical approach, she has been able to build special relationships with customers. She has published two papers with one of her customers at her previous organization OLI Systems. Rasika continues to work towards creating sustainable processes for her organizations.
About our amazing partner,
Sushmitha Thirumalaivasan:
Sushmitha is a problem solver and a truly no-limits person. She is currently on a mission to help organizations to make data-driven decisions to solve impactful problems. Being a chemical engineering Ph.D. candidate at the University of Alberta, she has 5+ years of experience in predictive data analysis, biochemical process optimization, and oil & gas. With a strong passion for data, innovation, and social entrepreneurship, she has worked on different projects in Engineering, Non-Profit organizations, healthcare and startups.
When she is not solving global problems, she advocates for women empowerment and equal representation. She has dedicated more than 2600 hours towards advocating for women leadership, women in STEM, and International Student advocacy, inspiring minority and underprivileged communities in Canada & India to take up careers in underrepresented fields. In the future, she wants to develop systematic tools and models to address impactful global problems using her engineering, problem-solving, and data analytics skills.
In her free time, she travels, paints and raises awareness about mental health!
About our amazing partner,
Vanessa Vakharia:
Vanessa is the founder and director of The Math Guru, a super cool boutique math & science tutoring studio in Toronto. She is also the author of Math Hacks, a new book that totally makes math fun, stress-free and relatable for young kids and parents, and the host of Math Therapy, a podcast that works through guests’ math trauma. She has her Bachelor of Commerce, Teaching Degree, and Masters of Math Education. She appears regularly on national television and news outlets as an expert in math education, and speaks globally at conferences about re-inventing media representations of women in STEM. Her #goals are to be Lady-Gaga-famous and to totally change math culture so that STEM is finally as cool and accessible as basically every single Taylor Swift song ever. She failed Grade 11 math twice, which was the best thing that ever happened to her. Sidenote but totally relevant: Vanessa is a founding member of Toronto indie-rock band Goodnight, Sunrise. Mindy Kaling is her idol and Vanessa believes that she should be yours too.
About our amazing partner,
Bhairavi Shankar:
Dr. Bhairavi Shankar is a Planetary Scientist, a Canadian Space Ambassador, and entrepreneur. She founded Indus Space, a social enterprise, to raise public awareness around Space Science and Exploration and its links to STEM. Through programs and workshops (virtual or in person) she often works with all age groups. She loves to promote space science, Canada’s role, and multicultural professionals in the space sector. She serves on the boards at Lotus STEMM (engaging South Asian girls in STEMM) and the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada – Toronto Centre.
