Development Solutions Opportunities
Organizing student contracting for global development
Through a series of interviews with faculty members at Carnegie Mellon, DSO realized there was a major need to create an environment in which students could easily connect with peers and faculty to learn about opportunities and share expertise to cooperatively realize a community’s vision of development. As DSO explored the best way to facilitate a strong undergraduate community interested in solving development issues DSO observed that there was a lack of collaboration and organization even at the scale of one university. Interviews showed that there was a huge market for an organization with operational expertise that could bridge, inspire, and develop a growing global community.
Based on these discussions, DSO started developing a network at CMU. DSO developed a “Wishlist” a software application where students could apply for opportunities in the global development realm posted by faculty, NGOs, corporations, and organizations. DSO also initiated a series of mixers and lectures about global development issues to increase awareness and to provide a medium for people working on similar development areas to mingle. The average audience at these events is 75 people composed of professors, NGO and corporation representatives, graduates, and undergraduates.
DSO Team:
- Edwin Shao (Strategy Head) -
Computer Science & Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon - Saurabh Sanghvi (Events Head)
Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon - Matthew Cheung (HR Head)
Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon - Brittney Krieger (HR Head)
Department of Pyschology, Carnegie Mellon - Rajit Kumar (S&R Sales Head)
Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon - Stephen Ma (Marketing Head)
Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon - Amanbir Singh (S&R / Sales Head)
Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon - Ayan Kishore (Strategy Consultant)
Human-Computer Interaction,Carnegie Mellon - Larry Han (Technology Head)
Information Systems,Carnegie Mellon
  CS/IT |
  Societal Good |
