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Saturday, October 14

6 pm to 7 pm IST

Virtual | Free

About the event

Nainka Ajani from The Red Pen Pre-College Advising Team is all set to host a highly-anticipated and exclusive panel discussion with two distinguished luminaries from Stanford and a summer programmes expert. Through the webinar, the panellists will leverage their extensive experience and expertise to offer subject-specific insights, advice on selecting summer programmes, guidance on mentorship and more.

Maral Tajerian, Stanford University

Maral Tajerian

Ex-Postdoctoral Fellow - Biology / Math
Stanford University

Joel Simon, Standford University

Joel Simon

Faculty - STEM and Design Thinking
Stanford University

Julianna Rolf, Eduexplora

Julianna Rolf

Summer programme specialist
Eduexplora

This webinar will cover:

Subject-specific insights

Learn how to choose the right subjects and get expert advice on showcasing your passion and proficiency in them.

Benefits of summer programmes

Explore diverse summer opportunities and learn how they demonstrate your academic and personal growth commitment.

Importance of a mentorship programme

Discover the vital role of mentorship in preparing for undergraduate admissions and the benefits of personalised advice, insider insights, and access to valuable resources.

Exclusive: Stay for the Q&A session and seek answers from the expert

Brought to you by

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Eduexplora offers prestigious academic summer programmes for talented students taught by instructors affiliated with institutions such as Stanford, UC Berkley, UCLA and Yale. These programmes offer participants a college experience by allowing them to live and study with students from around the world.

About The Red Pen Pre-College Advising Team

  • The Red Pen’s Pre-College Advising Team helps middle and high school students develop a well-rounded profile to stand out in the competitive undergraduate landscape. 
  • We mentor, motivate and encourage students through high school to carefully pick the right subjects and engage in extracurricular opportunities that authentically enhance their profiles.
  • Our experts have worked with over 1,000 applicants who have successfully secured spots in top US, European, Canadian and Asian universities.
  • We have a 100 percent acceptance rate at global summer programmes and are affiliated with 150+ enrichment programme providers. 

Anusha Bhagat

Chief Operating Officer

PGDM, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad;
B.A in Economics, Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University

Anusha Bhagat is a growth strategist and operations expert with 15 years of
securities-industry leadership
across Hong Kong, India and Singapore.
At UBS she served as Chief Operating Officer – Equities & Investment Banking, India,
transforming an at-risk equities franchise with legacy infrastructure into a
robust, growth-ready platform and rolling out new products under enhanced
governance.

She has launched cash-equity, equity-derivatives and prime-broking businesses in
multiple Asian markets and sat on the deal-closing teams for UBS’s
acquisition of ABN Amro’s global F&O business (2006) and the GS-JB Were
Australia joint venture (2003).
Her track record spans in-house M&A, technology turnarounds,
process re-engineering and enterprise-wide risk remediation
.

Known for a collaborative, cross-functional working style, Anusha combines
front-office product insight with settlement, control, technology and
regulatory frameworks to deliver end-to-end solutions. She derives energy from
tackling challenging build-outs and supporting teams in achieving
their growth and career goals.

If Anusha weren’t a COO, she would be …
helping early-stage founders scale up as a full-time venture advisor.

The question she’s asked most often …
“How do we turn this legacy process into a competitive advantage?”

Kavita Sonawala

Chief Marketing Officer

Shikha Dhar

Associate Director, Institutional Services

Nainika Ajani

Associate Director, Partner Relations

Aneri Shah

Manager, Boarding School Admissions

Mehnaz Jaffer

Associate Director, Sales, Business Development and Marketing, Undergraduate Applications and Preparation

Aarti Anand

Associate Director, Client Servicing, Undergraduate Preparation

Sheetal Vora

Associate Director, Client Servicing, Undergraduate Applications

Tripti Singh

Associate Director, Postgraduate Services

Natasha Mankikar

Manager, MBA services

Neil Maheshwari

CFO & COO, U.S. News
& World Report,

MBA in Finance, Illinois State University;
Chartered Accountant; CPA; Bachelor’s in Accounting

Neil Maheshwari is CFO & COO of the U.S. News & World Report, L.P. He has overall responsibility for financial strategy, capital allocation, business operations and strategic investments.

He has over 30 years of experience in the media business, especially related to corporate finance, business operations, taxes and digital strategy. He was a key member of the team that led the digital transformation of U.S. News in 2010.

Neil’s career began at the New York Daily News in 1993, following its acquisition by Mort Zuckerman. Over the years his responsibilities have encompassed budgeting, contract negotiations, tax management and IT operations for the New York Daily News, U.S. News & World Report and other media entities under the family’s ownership.

As a member of the executive committee, Neil participates in crucial business-strategy decisions and their implementation. He is also deeply involved in evaluating all potential acquisition and divestiture opportunities for the media companies owned by Mort Zuckerman. His prior experience includes leading the sale of Fast Company to G & J in December 2000, as well as the sales of Atlantic Monthly, Radar magazine, Applied Printing Technologies and, most recently, the New York Daily News to Tribune Publishing in 2017.

Before joining the Daily News and U.S. News, Neil spent over four years with a mid-town CPA firm, specialising in audits and mergers & acquisitions for publishing clients. He also gained experience at the India offices of Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young.

Namita Mehta

President

Dr. Kimberly Dixit

CEO & Co-founder of
The Red Pen