Sruthi Mikkilineni
President
Hi! I'm Sruthi and I'm the 2020- 2021 president of Monta Vista's Technovation club. I've been a Student Ambassador for Technovation for the past four years, mentored a regional finalist team, and competed in the challenge in the 2015-2016 season. Aside from Technovation, I am also fluent in Java and Python and spend a lot of my time working with other organizations to promote underrepresented girls to learn the same computing and entrepreneurship skills. In my free time, I am most likely cooking, binging a new TV show, or hanging out with my friends. I'm so excited to lead this amazing officer team and inspire more girls to get involved in STEM this season!
Anura Ghodke
Vice President of Competition
Hi! I’m Anura Ghodke, Vice President of Monta Vista Technovation! I have participated in the Technovation Challenge for two years, and created two apps written in Swift and XCode. I started coding in Scratch and QBasic in middle school, and quickly became interested in web development in HTML, CSS and JavaScript. When I joined Technovation, I became interested in app development and decided to learn Swift with the club, and now Swift (along with Python!) is one of my favorite programming languages:) I look forward to mentoring any future teams and working with you all!!
Ritu Karivaradasamy
Director of iOS Programming
Hi! I’m Ritu and I’m the director of iOS programming. I’m a senior and this is my third year in Monta Vista Technovation. I’ve been coding for about seven years in Swift, Java, Python, C++, and other languages. I’m so excited to guide you through the app development process and help you create amazing applications! Aside from computer science, I love classical music, Carnatic singing, and acting.
Jharna Suresh
Director of Android Programming
Hello! I am Jharna Suresh, the Director of Android Programming! I joined Technovation my sophomore year because I wanted to create change in the world through computer science. Technovation gave me a platform to work with amazing, inspirational women to explore the intersection between business and programming while impacting the lives of many, and I am sure you too will find a community within our team! I look forward to working with you this year!
Shreshta Ranganathan
Director of Business
Hi! I’m Shreshta Ranganathan and I’ll be your Director of Business for the Technovation Challenge this season. I participated in the challenge last year with an app called Green Score. I am so excited to help all of you learn more about business/financial plans, presentations, and filmography (through the pitch video). Feel free to ask me any questions you might have, and I am super excited to work with all of you very soon!
Jana Woo
Director of Mentorship Program and Website Creator
Hi! I'm Jana and I am currently a junior at MV. I am really excited to encourage more girls into computer science and to guide them through challenges they may face. I have participated in the Technovation Challenge for one year and I believe that Technovations is a great opportunity. My team and I created the app SizeUp(you can see screenshots and information about our app on the About Page). I am super excited for this season and to help guide the mentors!!
Navya Rao
Director of Communications
I’m a senior at MV this year and am excited to be a Technovation officer! Outside of Technovation, I’m an officer for MV Speech and am often at tournaments over weekends. In my free time I enjoy listening to music, taking walks, and hanging out with friends and family :)