President

Nasim Paknejad

Hey everyone! My name is Nasim (she/they) and I am the president for this year!! I am currently in 4A Biotechnology (scary scary). Some of my hobbies include crocheting, cooking, biking, going to the gym, listening to new music and watching anime. I’m looking forward to leading the council this year and continuing to execute bigger and better events for the B.Tech. family!!! Message me if you have any questions or want to exchange music and anime recommendations :3

Executives

VP Internal

Sunehra Mehrun

Heyyy everyone! My name is Sunehra and I am in my second year of Automotive and Vehicle Engineering and I am so thrilled to be your VP Internal for the year! I am extremely excited and looking forward to not only getting to know you all, and getting input on what events you would like to see from the BTA. I loveeee roller coasters and finding new places to eat (recommend some around Hamilton) but most importantly I love seeing the BTech community grow so if you have any questions or would just like to chat, please do not hesitate to reach out to me! @sunxhra

VP Finance

Vivian Phung

hi hello! My name is Vivian (she/her) and i’ll be your VP finance for this year’s BTA council 🤑 I am currently in my 4th year (4A) of biotechnology and some of my hobbies include dance, playing games (genshin!!!!!!!), finding new foodie places to eat 🤤, and listening to music! (BTS/lesserafim/newjeans fan here but i also love other groups and krnb. i’m also open to song suggestions!) i’m looking forward to managing BTA finances, dropping more BTA merch (purple sweaters??!!) and attending events that are organized by our amazing team 💜 If you have any questions you can dm me via IG! @vivi.chi

VP Admin

Rocco Lee

Heyo! My name is Rocco, I am a 4th year student in the Smart Systems Automation Stream, and I am your VP Admin for 2023! In my spare time, I like to cook and spend time touching grass in the wonderful outdoor trails around campus. Tiffany Falls is usually my go-to spot if I’m stressed or need some time to myself. As for the council, I am excited to oversee our lovely AVP’s who are hard at work preparing fun and useful events for B.Tech students throughout the year. @roccolee18

VP External

Shaniz Shehreen

Hi y’all, my name is Shaniz (She/Her) and I’m in 4A Automation Engineering Stream, and I’ll be your VP External this year!!

My hobbies include: Biking, Skating, Baking, hanging with friends 🙂
This year I am looking forwards to lots of fun activities and really getting to see B.Tech. students and get involved. @shxnxz

AVP's

AVP Faculty

Luke Logan

Hey there B-Tech! My name is Luke Logan I am a “3rd year” Biotechnology student and will be your AVP Faculty for the 2023 council year. I am super excited to be on council this year and have the unique opportunity to liaison between students and the faculty. This is my first year back at McMaster after completing the Advanced biotechnology program at Mohawk College so you will see me scattered though all levels of the B-Tech program due to this. In my free time, I know that’s a hard thing to have in B-Tech sometimes, I like to be outdoors as much as possible hikes, cycling, camping, and swimming. Cycling has been my long term hobby since I started road racing when I was 15 and has given me many opportunities to travel around Ontario and Quebec to race. I love technology especially tinkering with computers and have a love for military aviation specifically world war two era and forward. I am really exited to be a part of this community and want to hear from everyone about ways to make this program better for students. If you see me around campus, Thode is life, come by and say Hi I’m here to help you. If you want to get a hold of me otherwise my linked in and instagram handle are bellow. Have a great set B-tech!!! Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-logan-452261226/?originalSubdomain=ca Instagram: @_lulogs

AVP Professional Development & Academic

Zahara Quadry

Hey everyone my name is Zahara and I am currently in the 2B term of Biotechnology! I am the AVP Professional Development and Academic for this year! My hobbies include pottery, reading and baking! On the council I look forward to running events that bring together the three B.Tech streams! @zahara.quads

AVP Social and Mentorship

Lila Al-arabi

Hi everyone! My name is Lila Al-arabi (She/Her), I am in my fourth year of Biotechnology this year and am graduating come December! I am your new AVP Social and Mentorship and am super excited to get you all out to some really fun events this year, and bring out the post-covid B.Tech. spirit! I have some really exciting event ideas and please feel free to reach out and let me know about events you would like to see :D. My hobbies are anything outdoorsy (hiking, canoeing, camping etc), I also enjoy crafting such as crochet, embroidery and making jewelry! This year I am looking forward to hosting banger events, which you all better come to 🤨🤨. @lilaalarabi

Council

First Year Rep

Naomi Dover

Hello everyone! My name is Naomi, I’m in biotech (best stream you’ll never convince me otherwise) and I’m this year’s 1st year rep! In my free time I’m usually reading manga or watching anime, I have so many series to catch up on. I also play an unhealthy amount of sims. I’m super excited to be on the BTA! I’ll be helping put together a bunch of events this year. FIRST YEARS if you have any concerns or requests please come talk to me (pleaseeeee guys i’m so lonely) Reach out to me @nomica_17 or look for that one girl in your classes that always has weird coloured hair (that’s me!!).

Second Year Rep

Nathan Kanthasamy

Hey everyone I’m Nathan Kanthasamy currently in 2B of Automotive and I will be your second year representative with the BTA this year. When I’m not “B.Teching” on campus or at MARC I enjoy Reading, Gaming, exercising ridiculously late at the pulse, and bingeing whatever show catches my hyper fixation at the moment! This year with the BTA I really look forward to reaching out to and getting to know more of my fellow colleagues as well as plan events that will aid and ease the stress on everyone both academically and CO-OP wise as spring of year 2 is when we will be partaking in our first CO-OP opportunities! @nathank8888

Third Year Rep

This could be you next year!!

This could be you next year!! Application for the 2024 BTA Council begins in the middle of the Fall Term!!

Fourth Year Rep

Vinith Lingarajah

Vinith Lingarajah, 4A Automotive, 4th Year Rep, Love to play and watch basketball, I’m looking forward to going to events and hanging out with the B.Tech. fam <3 @vinithl28

Automation Rep

Shehab Ahmed

Hey BTech crew, my name is Shehab Ahmed and I am in my 2B term in the Automation Engineering stream. I am thrilled to be your Automation Representative this year. I’m looking forward to helping you guys with any questions or concerns you have over the course of the year. Also, I’m very excited about all the exciting events the BTA will be organizing this year and meeting all of you. Feel free to reach out to me via my instagram handle @shehabayman13. Looking forward to making this a great year!

Automotive Rep

Gopal Uppalapati

Hey, I’m Gopal Uppalapati, I’m currently in my 2B semester of Automotive Engineering, and I’m the automotive rep for this year! My hobbies include playing lots of video games (mostly like Forza and GTA), listening to music (I’m a big Weeknd fan), procrastinating (love doing literally anything but work), sleeping (I wish I could share the dreams I dream but I forgot them), gymming (don’t like being sore after though), driving (obviously at the speed limit with both hands on the wheel duh), eating (I’ll eat almost anything, except bananas and anything that has bananas in it or was even in the same room as a banana), and overall just wasting time (and other people’s time too ;)) I’m looking forward to getting to know and being able to help my fellow automotive students this year with their questions and concerns so that their university experience can go on without a hitch. Feel free to contact me if you ever have any questions or concerns, or if you just want someone to talk to, I’m very friendly and always open to conversation of any topic. I’m looking forward to making this a wonderful, productive, and fun-filled year!! @go_odbye_2022

Biotechnology Rep

Arjun Shetty

Arjun Shetty, fourth year biotechnology, and I’m the biotechnology rep for the coming year. I enjoy playing games, sports like volleyball, chess, dancing, and hanging out with my friends! I’m looking forward to helping all my juniors with any qualms or concerns y’all have, and I hope I can make your transition to the upper years as smooth as possible. @ar_july_s

MES Liason

Hani Ahmed

Hani is our beloved MES Liason and he is doing an amazing job!!

Design Coordinator

Charmaine Kwan

Hello helloos! My name is Charmaine (she/her) and I’m once again one of your Design Coordinators for this year!!! I’m in my 3rd year of Automation Engineering and am in the middle of a big spicy 16-month co-op at Celestica! When I’m not at work/not in-class/not doing stuff for clubs I’m either gaming (genshin/tft/pokemon arceus!), drawing, or listening to music! (BTS, LESSERAFIM has been living in my head rent free lately, I also listen to many other groups and genres too! my playlists are lowkey a mess oops) For 2023, I’m looking forward to bringing even more new fun and fresh merch lines to life, and also create even cooler graphics for everyone so they’ll be extremely intrigued and come to our awesome events 😌. If you have any questions for me or just wanna chat, feel free to send me a message on IG! @itsjust.charm_

Design Coordinator

Sufyan Siddiqui

Hey guys! My name is Sufyan Siddiqui and I’m a first-year in the Automation stream, and I’ll be one of the Design Coordinators this year! I’m excited to bring new and cool designs, especially for the merch. I also love to design, play video games and sports. So if you have any questions regarding designing or anything really, shoot me a message at @sufyansidd_ Can’t wait to see everyone in person!

Social Media Coordinator

Raisa Chowdhury

Hey everyone! My name is Raisa and I am in my 3rd year of Automation Engineering. Currently, I am on my 3rd co-op term, this time at Tesla as a Technical Project Manager. Some of my hobbies include photography, writing, graphic design, and hiking/exploring. I am so excited to be one of the Social Media Coordinators for this year and look forward to engaging with all of you and sharing some amazing content. Feel free to reach out anytime if you have any questions – I am more than happy to help! @raisa.c

Social Media Coordinator

Sarah Khan

Hi!! I am Sarah and in my third year of the automation stream. Currently I am on Co-op at Apotex and also working as a TA! I am so excited to return as one of your social media coordinators this year. I love skiing, shopping and eating every kind of pasta 🍝 This year I am looking forward to helping create lots of content across our platforms! 🙂

Meet the Team

President

Nasim Paknejad

Executives

Sunehra Mehrun

Vivian Phung

Rocco Lee

Shaniz Shehreen

AVP's

Luke Logan

Zahara Quadry

Lila Al-arabi

Council

Naomi Dover

Nathan Kanthasamy

This could be you next year!!

Vinith Lingarajah

Shehab Ahmed

Gopal Uppalapati

Arjun Shetty

Hani Ahmed

Charmaine Kwan

Sufyan Siddiqui

Raisa Chowdhury

Sarah Khan