B&G PIC

BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT PROFESSIONAL INTEREST COUNCIL (B&G PIC)

Associated with the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (M-RCBG), the Business & Government Professional Interest Council (B&G PIC) serves as a forum for HKS Students interested in careers, partnerships, and innovations at the intersection of business and government.

B&G PIC Co-Chairs

Piyush Jain is an MPP student at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he focuses on Business & Government Policy. Prior to graduate school, he spent four years working as an M&A investment banker at JPMorgan Chase with roles in New York, Hong Kong, and London advising technology, media, and telecom clients. He holds an undergraduate business degree from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in Finance and Accounting. Piyush is currently working part-time as Vice President at TSW Capital Services, a boutique investment bank co-founded by him, that offers financial advisory services in India to entrepreneurs focused on socially responsible ventures. His main interests lie in finance, social entrepreneurship, private-public partnerships. Email: piyush_jain@hks13.harvard.edu

Sujoyini Mandal is an MPP2 student at Harvard Kennedy School. Prior to graduate school, she worked in an international security think tank and a private market research firm based in Singapore, where she conducted field research in South and Southeast Asia, consulted and trained military and law enforcement officers, including in Singapore, Bangladesh, Philippines, Uzbekistan and NATO, and was a policy analyst for the Singapore government. She graduated in International Relations from Nanyang Technological University. At HKS, her main interests lie in international security, CSR, and public sector consulting. Email: sujoyini_mandal@hks13.harvard.edu

Executive Vice-Chair

Raul Galicia is a second year MPA-ID student at HKS. Previously he worked at the Mexican Ministry of Energy, at the office for Domestic Gas Regulation. Later he joined the Office of the President of Mexico where he was Director of Economic Policy. Before arriving to HKS, he was a Senior Advisor for the CEO of the Federal Electricity Commission (the largest electric company in Latin America), where he worked on improving customer service, tariff regulation, renewable energies, and debt issuance. He holds a BA on Economics from ITAM Mexico, with a concentration on Economic Policy. Email: raul_galicia@hks13.harvard.edu

Committee Co-Chairs

Helen Herve
Co-Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Helene_Herve@hks13.harvard.edu

David Plumb
Co-Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
David_Plumb@hks13.harvard.edu

Parisa Roshan
Co-Chair of Social Enterprise Committee
Parisa_Roshan@hks14.harvard.edu

Will Sentance
Co-Chair of Social Enterprise Committee
Will_Sentance@hks14.harvard.edu

Marika Semerdzhian
Chair of Venture Capital/Private Equity Committee
Marika_Semerdzhian@hks13.harvard.edu

Penny Sun
Vice-Chair of Venture Capital/Private Equity Committee
Penny_Sun@hks14.harvard.edu

Nadir Vissanjy
Chair of Public Private Partnerships Committee
Nadir_Vissanjy@hks14.harvard.edu

Honor McGee
Chair of Impact Investing Committee
Honor_McGee@hks14.harvard.edu

Rick Relinger
VP of PR & Communications / Vice-Chair of CSR Committee
Rick_Relinger@hks14.harvard.edu

Yi Yan
VP of Finance
Yi_Yan@hks13.harvard.edu

Events

Speed Networking with Senior Fellows from M-RCBG and other HKS research centers, organized once each semester
Annual Davos Debrief, a first-hand behind-the-scenes account of events at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, from Harvard faculty who attend
Social mixers with club members
Brown bag lunch discussions with CSR practitioners
Speaker events with NGO advocates on business and human rights issues

Professional Opportunities

Chance to network with other HKS students interested in business & government
Invitations to select HBS social enterprise, CSR, and government club events
Chance to network with M-RCBG center staff and senior fellows and other visiting government officials, business professionals, and academics
Research opportunities with M-RCBG
Targeted internship and full-time job opportunities compiled by OCA and distributed exclusively to PIC members
Case competitions, research paper competitions, brown bag lunches, and other events solely targeted at those students interested in this sector
Corporate social responsibility report feedback sessions with private sector CSR departments

Funding Opportunities

Apply for summer internship and PAE/SYPA funding through M-RCBG
Other scholarship opportunities

Social Opportunities

Chance to network with other HKS & HBS students interested in business & government at club mixers and other select events

How to get involved

Sign up for our general listserv email list to receive our newsletter about upcoming events, internships, etc. Email Rick_Relinger@hks14.harvard.edu
Join the leadership team! Elections are held at the beginning of the fall term. Join our list and FB group to learn how to run for a position!

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