Take Aranyo to Global STEM Alliance Summit 2019!

Hi everyone! I am Aranyo Ray, a student researcher and STEM enthusiast from a town called Barasat in West Bengal, India. My passion became reality when I became a part of Team India for Intel ISEF 2019 (pictures above).

As a member of the New York Academy of Sciences and one of the 500 mentees in their prestigious STEM U Mentoring programme, I have been selected to join the fourth annual Global STEM Alliance Summit on July 24-26, 2019 in New York City, a distinguished event dedicated to building a global community of STEM leaders. I was invited due to my contribution to the Mentoring programme.

This is a fantastic opportunity for me to meet fellow students and mentors from around the world and participate in workshops, field trips, and panel discussions on the future of innovation and STEM.

However, recently, both of my paternal grandparents have been hospitalized, thus currently my parents can only afford paying the B1/B2 visa fees (Rs. 12,000) and the money required for accommodation and travel to the NYAS headquarter for the summit. I am short of upwards of Rs. 2,50,000 which would fund my and one of my parent's (mandatory accompanying adult) airfare from Kolkata to New York and back home.

I would be really grateful if you could contribute anything, even Rs. 50 would help me inch closer to living my dreams!
If not money, you can help me immensely by spreading the word with your friends and family.

Thank you!