Luddy Student spotlights

Our Indian student stories

At Luddy, our international students are shaping the future of tech, and we love celebrating their stories. Read highlights from just some of our students from India who are making an impact in the classroom, on campus, and beyond. See how they’re bringing fresh ideas, innovation, and community spirit to Bloomington.

Mahima's story

B.S. Informatics: Business 

Description of the video:

I'm Mahimashri and I'm from Combatore India. I'm majoring in informatics with a business cognate along with minors in finance and data science. I'm currently the director of international student ambassadors and I'm also the VP of Marketing at Ladi Consulting Association. And I'm interning at the Center of Excellence for Women in Technology. I'm an intern with the serve IT team and I'm also an undergrad instructor for I-101. Indiana University has truly become my second home at this point and from the very first day, I felt welcomed into a community that uplifts, supports and empowers. Choosing Lurdy was an easy decision for me. I was drawn to its warm, tight-knit community, the supportive professors, and the well-balanced curriculum in informatics. The blend of tech and business through my minor at Kelly has given me the best of both worlds setting me up perfectly for the future in tech consulting and cloud architecture. And through all of this, I realized that what truly makes IU special is in just the way. academics or the career prep even though those are some really amazing things it's the people and the feeling of always having a place where I belong and I couldn't have asked for a better college experience and I cannot wait to see what the future has for me and where this journey takes me next

Vivek Mallya

Where are you from?
I'm from Bangalore, India.

What are you studying and why did you choose Luddy?
I'm currently pursuing degrees in Informatics and Finance. My exposure to engineering started early, thanks to my parents, and I've always been drawn to finding more efficient ways of doing things. Informatics delves into how we interact with technology and how those interactions can be improved—a concept that really resonates with me. The problem-solving focus at Luddy felt like the perfect fit for my interests.

What activities do you participate in at IU?
Balancing two degrees keeps me busy, but I'm still active in a few organizations. I'm part of the Liberal Democrats Club, which engages in political discussions and debates, and I'm also involved in the Chess Club. Additionally, I serve as an Associate Instructor for I101, which has been a great teaching experience and has given me insight into how informatics skills can be applied in real-world contexts.

What are your future plans & how you'll apply your Luddy degree?
My goal is to use my education to stand out in the finance and consulting arenas. Informatics has taught me to break down problems into key components, sharpen my empathy for end users, and develop the soft skills necessary to collaborate effectively. While I view Informatics as a serious academic pursuit, it also feels like a "hobby" because I enjoy learning new approaches to innovation and efficiency.

Any additional thoughts for prospective IU Luddy students?
For students from India, I think it's important to know that Luddy offers a supportive, interdisciplinary environment. It allows you to explore multiple interests—like I do with both Finance and Informatics—and engage in clubs or extracurriculars that broaden your perspectives. IU has been an incredible place to grow academically, socially, and professionally.

Why Sanjana chose Luddy

B.S. Informatics: Business 

Description of the video:

My name is Sanjana Kajuria and I'm from Gurgaon, India. I'm majoring in informatics for the Cognit in Business from the Lutty School of Informatics and also information systems from the Kelly School of Business. I chose Lutty because I really wanted the social and technical aspect to my education. It allowed me to really focus on the technical aspects like front-end development, backend coding, UI-UX, and also the ethical aspects of technology. I'm in the server IT clinic as a web design intern and I've been with them for two years. They've really helped me understand the customer-facing aspect of business and technology. In the future, I really want to go into technology consulting, UIUX, web design or product management. Forces in Lutty have helped me understand how a business runs, basic data visualization, coding, and a lot of social aspects of technology. I have seen myself grow into who I am today. If it wasn't for Lutty, the professors, the faculty, the clubs I joined, the community I had here, the people I found along the way and who are now my family, I don't think I would have seen that change in myself.

Adit, the Undergraduate Instructor

B.S. Informatics: Computer Science

Description of the video:

Hi, my name is Adid Patel and I'm a junior. I'm originally from Gujarat, India. I'm pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a dual specialization in data science and artificial intelligence along with a minor in data science. I choose a LERD particularly because it helps us as a student to work on the dual world challenges. The professors were really supportive and they provide us with the help, whatever they can able to do it, and they always want us to like succeed in whatever course we have taken with them. I work as an undergrad insurance instructor for informatics scores and I'm also a Decutational Sports Evaluator. After coming to IU, it's known as a basketball school, so I start following that and same with football. I went to watch a couple of matches at the Memorial Stadium. The experience was so good, same with assembly hall matches. Right now I'm loving both basketball and football. I don't have an exact path on how I'm going to apply my degree, but I'm driven into the data science field. Maybe I'm going to be a data engineer or data analyst. I can apply my learning degree in whatever field of data I am capable of.