JANAVI GUPTA: HEAD OF ORGANISING COMMITTEE
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The Head of the Organising Committee, Janavi Gupta can best be described as the embodiment of the adage, "Be true to yourself". The living bridge between creativity and logic, she has been an Odissi dancer for over a decade now, having performed in various cities and notable venues across the country. An aspiring software engineer, a coder, and a Star Wars nerd, Janavi is intrigued by Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Quantum Computing. She strives to reduce menstrual stigma and increase accessibility to menstrual products through her organization Let’s Talk Period Period. In the past, she has developed a low-cost, accessible software that can predict anaemia using image recognition and machine learning algorithms which she likes to call Growth Gauge. With a fondness for sunflowers, painting, and singing, she is a passionate individual who loves to challenge herself and comes with tonnes of leadership experience. Janavi’s strong will, hardworking nature and willingness to help everyone makes her a strong yet approachable person.
AMEYA DIXIT: CO-HEAD OF ORGANISING COMMITTEE
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A “The 1975” enthusiast, Ameya Dixit, the co-head of the Organising Committee, has the emotional maturity of a pair of mismatched socks. An absurdist at heart, he swears by cotton candy ice cream and Ezio Auditore Da Firenze. Usually divinely uninspired to hellish extents, Ameya can be found actively engaged by re-runs of Kitchen Nightmares, when not adding EPUBs to his Play Books library, of course. He believes that all knowledge is one big sundae, so is common knowledge and the best way to enjoy a sundae is to have it with everything and share it with everyone.
SHALAN KURIAN: HEAD OF DESIGN
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The Head of Design, Shalan Kurian, believes that aphelion has been the perfect amalgamation of her two passions, science, and graphics. She likes reading murder mysteries, thrillers, sci-fi, and fantasies. Had she been given a choice to be friends with an author, it would have been none other than Franz Kafka. Discovering obscure music by scouring around Bandcamp brings her immense joy (for instance knowing that 'Japanese Folk avant-garde' metal exists has changed her life). A budding painter, Shalan has been trying out (read: failing) Bob Ross's paint-alongs recently. Apart from that, she has a collection of shells and stamps that she highly treasures. Not unlike the ancient Egyptians who worshipped cats as magical creatures, she finds them fascinating and adorable.
ADVAIT SANGLE: HEAD OF IT
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The Head of IT for HFS Aphelion, Advait Sangle, is perhaps the biggest Star Trek fan you will ever meet. His ardor for technology, coupled with his passion for debates, makes him a formidable proponent of the free software movement. His love for loud mechanical keyboards is perhaps second only to his fervor for the Tottenham Hotspur Football team(COYS!). A Radiohead(pun intended) through and through, Muse and Velvet Underground, make up the triumvirate that dictates his playlists. In love with the scientific process since a young age, Advait believes that science is the best method humanity has to ascertain the truth. In his many moments of achievement, he has been on the national robotics team for three years, been the Frank Anthony National Winner, and been an Assistant Director in the HFS MUN for two consecutive years. An abacus postgraduate(and in the process, also a coffee person), Advait is often described as a dedicated, straightforward, and non-judgemental person, some of the most vital traits necessary of any leader. A passionate youth armed with an iron will, HFS Aphelion is sure to succeed with him on board.
MEET MODI: HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS
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The Head of Communications, Meet Modi is a born and bred HFSite. He is charismatic and approachable and attributes much of his social confidence to his experiences at HFSMUN as a member of the Executive Board. He is contactable even at 5 a.m. when he’s about to sleep and you’ve just woken up. As his favourite artist Rex Orange County would say, “You’re gonna wanna be my (his) best friend,” but only if he’s slept 8 hours and isn’t cranky. A self-professed coding fanatic, he likes to call himself a technophile. Meet is also a national level football player and has played in the I-League for India Rush Soccer Club. He also captains the School’s Football team and led them to their first coveted MSSA trophy. You can be sure of gaining his respect if you were to beat him at Mario Kart but that is as impossible as beating Marshall at board games in his favourite show, How I Met Your Mother. Meet is the furthest thing from a one trick pony and will be instrumental in the success of HFS aphelion this year.
DIVYANSHI PATORIA: HEAD OF PR
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If you want to instantly impress the Head of PR, Divyanshi Patoria, the easiest and quickest way is to just jam out to songs from musicals and talk about fandoms with her and you’re practically her best friend. Besides this, she also has a passion for art, watching tennis (never played it though), architecture, reading, music, movies and defending my favorite fandoms and ships.
But a warning, to continue to be in her good books, there are things about her that you should know: She might have dropped biology but biomimicry is one of her favorite things. Never think that she’s not down to talk about books, Marvel, 2000s Bollywood movies, or Star Wars. She's recently been binging murder mysteries and dystopian movies so you do not want to get on her bad side. If there are two things, she will kill a person for, they are a 100%- orange peel, dark chocolate or ravioli.
