Graduate Student Government Senate Meeting – April 15, 2021
April 15, 2021
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Zoom Recording: http://bit.ly/sm4-15
AGENDA
- Introduction
- Budget Priorities Survey
- Budget Proposal
ITEMS DISCUSSED
1. Introduction
President Gagan Prabhu called the meeting to order.
2. Budget Priorities Survey
Executive Vice President Divya Subbaian provided a PowerPoint presentation of the Budget Priorities Survey. The survey offered findings and results from the 2020-2021 budget priorities survey. The survey was administered to all graduate students at Northeastern University – Boston. A total of 647 graduate students completed the survey. This year, the survey was shorter and more specific to nine (9) focus areas: General Information, Academics, Ph.D. Network, Student Involvement, Other Campus Resources, Graduate Student Government, Health Insurance/Mental Health and COVID Safety, University community building, and Overall Satisfaction.
The link to the sample survey is the following: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=gcLuqKOqrk2sm5o5i5IV5_hULL-5uHNNjp7nklS83ZFUREw1MkRWS1U5T0JMQ0ZUUEEyTTc1Rkk2Ri4u
A question-and-answer session followed the presentation.
A list of four (4) Initial Recommendations was presented over the topics of academics, COVID-19 testing, increasing job opportunities for students, adding to the range of student involvement opportunities.
The PowerPoint slides will be shared with the Senate members by email.
3. Budget Proposal
President Gagan Prabhu provided a PowerPoint presentation overview and spreadsheet of the budget. The GSG annual budget is categorized as follows: (a) Operations and (b) Graduate Student Funding ((i) Individual Funding and (ii) Student Group Funding). The GSG is not currently a member of National Association of Graduate Professional Students. The membership fee is $1,000 annually. The option to rejoin the organization is available for the future GSG leadership.
The Graduate Student Government Senate approved the GSG budget with 95 percent of the vote.
This is the last meeting of the current GSG administration. The dates for the E-Board Elections 2021-2022 will be announced soon.
ADJOURNMENT
The Senate meeting was adjourned at 6:20pm by President Gagan Dep Prabhu.
Meeting Attendance
| S.No | Name | Northeastern Email | Program | College | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aakar Tripathi | 1569810 | tripathi.aa@northeastern.edu | COE | Marketing and Outreach Committee |
| 2 | Aamiruddin Syed | 15544756 | syed.aa@northeastern.edu | Khoury | Academic Affairs Committee |
| 3 | Abhishek Ningala | 1384932 | ningala.a@northeastern.edu | Khoury | Financial Affairs Committee |
| 4 | aditi jain | 1038953 | jain.adit@northeastern.edu | COE | Student Affairs Committee |
| 5 | Akanksha Mukund Diggikar | 2364490 | diggikar.a@northeastern.edu | COE | Financial Affairs Committee |
| 6 | Akash Rakesh Sinha | 1344425 | sinha.aka@northeastern.edu | COE | None, I don't want to sign up for Committees! |
| 7 | Anuradha Bansilal Choudhary | 1346891 | choudhary.an@northeastern.edu | COE | None, I don't want to sign up for Committees! |
| 8 | Atharva Kulkarni | 1568506 | kulkarni.atha@northeastern.edu | CPS | Financial Affairs Committee |
| 9 | Chirag Patel | 1040639 | patel.chir@northeastern.edu | COS | Financial Affairs Committee |
| 10 | Danzel Jones | 1493283 | jones.danz@northeastern.edu | GSCC | None, I don't want to sign up for Committees! |
| 11 | Deep Kothari | 1521726 | kothari.dee@northeastern.edu | COE | Programs & Operations Committee |
| 12 | Deependra Singh | 1387893 | singh.de@northeastern.edu | COE | - |
| 13 | Deepti Akarsha | 1563284 | akarsha.d@northeastern.edu | COE | Student Affairs Committee |
| 14 | Divya Subbaian | 1355497 | subbaian.d@northeastern.edu | COE | - |
| 15 | Gagan Dep Prabhu | 1355973 | prabhu.g@northeastern.edu | COE | - |
| 16 | Govind Singh | 1565548 | Singh.gov@northeastern.edu | COE | Programs & Operations Committee |
| 17 | Hardik Radadiya | 1580539 | radadiya.h@northeastern.edu | COE | - |
| 18 | Harsh Maheshwari | 1044539 | maheshwari.h@northeastern.edu | COE | None, I don't want to sign up for committees! |
| 19 | Jayesh Lalwani | 1028161 | lalwani.j@northeastern.edu | Khoury | Student Affairs Committee |
| 20 | Jigesh Omraj Maurya | 1040914 | maurya.j@northeastern.edu | COE | Student Affairs Committee |
| 21 | Jinay Shah | 1085725 | shah.jin@northeastern.edu | COE | Financial Affairs Committee |
| 22 | Krishna | 1001577 | ravichandran.kr@northeastern.edu | COE | Student Affairs Committee |
| 23 | Lokesh Balaji Parameswaran | 1562875 | parameswaran.l@northeastern.edu | COE | Student Affairs Committee |
| 24 | Monish Muppanna Mundasada | 1578834 | mundasada.m@northeastern.edu | COE | Programs & Operations Committee |
| 25 | Narendra Raj Ramasamy Kanchanamala | 1553969 | ramasamykanchanama.n@northeastern.edu | COE | Student Affairs Committee |
| 26 | Nikita Patil | 1522375 | patil.nik@northeastern.edu | COE | Programs & Operations Committee |
| 27 | Nikunj Doshi | 1407201 | doshi.nik@northeastern.edu | COE | Marketing and Outreach Committee |
| 28 | Omkar Tiware | 1357524 | tiware.o@northeastern.edu | CPS | Financial Affairs Committee |
| 29 | Priyanka Chaudhari | 1007299 | chaudhari.pri@northeastern.edu | COE | Involved in Strategic Planning Committee |
| 30 | Ramyashree Janarthanan | 1546668 | janarthanan.r@northeastern.edu | CPS | Student Affairs Committee |
| 31 | Reema Yadav | 1029587 | Yadav.ree@northeastern.edu | COE | - |
| 32 | Rhea Sharma | 1010312 | Sharma.rhe@northeastern.edu | COS | Student Affairs Committee |
| 33 | Rochana Devidas Dudwadkar | 1581058 | dudwadkar.r@northeastern.edu | Graduate Student Organization (Please specify below) | Programs & Operations Committee |
| 34 | Rohit A Kapadi | 1548452 | kapadi.r@northeastern.edu | COE | Involved in Strategic Planning Committee |
| 35 | Romaric Belmier Mbakop | 1055904 | mbakop.r@northeastern.edu | COE | Student Affairs Committee |
| 36 | Rushabh Patel | 1044438 | patel.rushab@northeastern.edu | COE | Marketing and Outreach Committee |
| 37 | Samuel Chuan | 1044630 | chuan.s@northeastern.edu | CAMD | Marketing and Outreach Committee |
| 38 | Samyak Jain | 1569265 | jain.samyak@northeastern.edu | COE | Programs & Operations Committee |
| 39 | Sandeep Karapa Srivatsav | 1025966 | karapasrivatsav.s@northeastern.edu | CPS | Marketing and Outreach Committee |
| 40 | Santhosh Kumar Vijayakumar | 1083073 | vijayakumar.san@northeastern.edu | COE | Marketing and Outreach Committee |
| 41 | Santhoshi Bathina | 1027751 | bathina.s@northeastern.edu | COE | - |
| 42 | Sanyukta Koli | 1529610 | koli.s@northeastern.edu | COE | Student Affairs Committee |
| 43 | Sasank Kantana | 1027959 | kantana.s@northeastern.edu | CPS | Academic Affairs Committee |
| 44 | Shakir Khalid | 1524789 | khalid.s@northeastern.edu | CPS | - |
| 45 | Shreya Vivek Bhosale | 1584541 | bhosale.sh@northeastern.edu | COE | Student Affairs Committee |
| 46 | Shreyas Khatav | 1579897 | khatav.s@northeastern.edu | CPS | Marketing and Outreach Committee |
| 47 | Shubham Kurkure | 1378411 | kurkure.s@northeastern.edu | Khoury | None, I don't want to sign up for committees! |
| 48 | Siddhi Ekal | 1562427 | ekal.s@northeastern.edu | CPS | Student Affairs Committee |
| 49 | Sneha Ravichandran | 1096251 | Ravichandran.sn@northeastern.edu | COE | Marketing and Outreach Committee |
| 50 | Sriram Ravindran | 1003684 | ravindran.s@northeastern.edu | COE | Student Affairs Committee |
| 51 | Sudheer reddy Gaddam | 1409352 | Gaddam.su@northeastern.edu | COE | None, I don't want to sign up for Committees! |
| 52 | Sweta Mankala | 1064962 | mankala.s@northeastern.edu | CPS | None, I don't want to sign up for Committees! |
| 53 | Syed Mohammad Asjad | 1563013 | asjad.s@northeastern.edu | COE | None, I don't want to sign up for Committees! |
| 54 | Tanay Bhagwat | 108180 | bhagwat.t@northeastern.edu | COS | Student Affairs Committee |
| 55 | Tejal Bhalerao | 1560052 | bhalerao.t@northeastern.edu | COE | Marketing and Outreach Committee |
| 56 | Tharoon Kumar Viswanathan | 1585510 | viswanathan.t@northeastern.edu | COE | Programs & Operations Committee |
| 57 | Ujjwal Singla | 1569093 | singla.u@northeastern.edu | COE | Marketing and Outreach Committee |
| 58 | VARUN KUMAR GURUSAMY CHELLAMUTHU | 1523115 | gurusamychellamuth.v@northeastern.edu | COE | Marketing and Outreach Committee |
| 59 | Vikram Kamath | 1537587 | kamath.c@northeastern.edu | COE | None, I don't want to sign up for committees! |
| 60 | Yazhini Ramakrishnan | 1580928 | ramakrishnan.y@northeastern.edu | COE | Student Affairs Committee |
