1. Growing with Graduate Students Affinity Group Harsheel H. Panchasara (Member-at-large) Student Leadership Seminar, ASME SPDC 2014 BITS Pilani

2. Are you a Graduate Student / Professional and want to find your spot within ASME?

3. What Next? Reach Out – show that you want to get involved! Energize your local section Ask your SDOB and District Leader for contacts within ASME Join an Affinity Group(s) Contact your Technical Division and Group Join LinkedIn, Facebook ASME Groups Join Engineering for Change Go on VOBB to see who is looking for someone to help

4. Affinity Groups Mission Increase opportunities for members with common technical or professional interests to meet, acquire knowledge and network by leveraging online communication tools

5. Mission To promote and support excellence in graduate education for mechanical engineering students. We identify the needs, ascertain challenges and provide service to the mechanical engineering graduate students. Vision Provide a sense of community by linking every professional and graduate students to ASME Technical Divisions, Industry and Universities.

6. Objective The GSAG aims to become one stop shop within ASME for all the current and prospective mechanical engineering graduate students by bonding them with graduate programs/faculty, encourage excellence in research/scholarly work, assist them throughout the graduate curriculum, and help them leverage their skills/credentials when they join the workforce.

7. Why Should I Be Part of the GSAG? Network with people from Industry and Universities. Be part of a new home within ASME. Expose your ideas! Find people with your same passion.

9. New Initiatives, Programs & Services ASME GSAG News Letter ME Future Video Series Career Counseling Seminars Recent Activity Date: 21-Feb-2013 Venue: DHA Suffa University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Topic: Career Counselling Seminar Outcomes:The outcome was terrific more than 40 students have attended the session, including the faculty members and faculty head of Mechanical Engineering Dr.Johar Farooqi.

10. Come and Join Us Link members with common technical interests, such as: It’s a great place to develop your leadership skills! Nuclear Engineers. Consulting Engineers. Engineers in Government. Engineering Services. Research.

11. Where Can You Find Us? Join the Facebook group: – ASME - Graduate and Postdoc Students Or visit our community on – http://peerlink.asme.org/COP/GradStudents/http://peerlink.asme.org/COP/GradStudents/ GSAG on ASME.org https://community.asme.org/graduate_students_affinity/default.aspx Third Largest Group with 170 Participants Current forums include information: 1.Graduate Research Assistance 2.Writing Proposals 3.Cover Letters 4.Industry Life Insights

12. Graduate Students Affinity Group Leadership Ankush Gupta (Chair) ankushgpt@gmail.com Syed Faizan Ahmad (Vice Chair) faizan.ned@gmail.com Vanessa D. Alphonsoe (Secretary) vda@vt.edu Eder Azain Toscano (Treasurer) edertoscano@hotmail.com Siraj Ali (Webmaster) engr_siraj@hotmail.com Faisal Ali Younas (MAL) faisal.epian04@gmail.com Harsheel H. Panchasara (MAL) panchasara_harsheel@gtu.edu.in Malik Muhammad Nouman (MAL) malikmnouman@hotmail.com

13. Take advantage of professional development opportunities Seek out leadership opportunities Connect with engineers around the world “involvement in the society is very rewarding and your ticket to international relationships both personal and business related.” Conclusion

14. ASME MORE THAN JUST A LINE ON YOUR RESUME! ASME IS YOUR CAREER CONNECTION Questions