Head Chair Introduction: Anish V

By Anonymous -
Hey everyone!
My name is Anish Vankayalapati and I will be your head chair for the Ottoman Empire Historical Crisis committee at BMUN 67! I am a sophomore at UC Berkeley majoring in Computer Science and this will be my 7th year of MUN.

I am from Hyderabad, India, although I did live in Los Altos, California for my first half a decade. In my free time, I enjoy playing and watching soccer, reading Stephen King novels and trying to find good Indian restaurants in Berkeley (none so far unfortunately). Outside of BMUN, I am also involved with Political Computer Science @ Berkeley, where I work on CS projects that have a social impact, and I also work as an IM Soccer referee.

Looking forward to meeting all of you and feel free to shoot me an email at histlxvii@bmun.org (preferred) or avankayalapati@bmun.org if you have any questions!

Also, here are some fun/terrified pics of me!





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