Shayan Chowdhury

Shayan is an undergrad at Columbia University and the Founder & Executive Director of the youth-led tech nonprofit Reach4Help-coordinating disaster response efforts for the world's most remote and vulnerable communities. Since 2020, they have coordinated logistics for 10K+ NGOs and charitable organizations worldwide in response to local crises-from running food distribution campaigns across 38 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, to raising over €170K for medical supplies for Ukraine with the World Economic Forum's Global Shapers, to serving over 60K households affected by floods in Bangladesh and Pakistan. For Reach4Help's work, he has been invited to speak at Google, the UN Headquarters, and was selected as a 2023 Future Leader by the Aspen Institute. Shayan has also worked with former Vice President Al Gore's Climate Reality Project leading projects in his home country of Bangladesh and New York. Previously, he worked as a data analyst with the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and currently does research at the Al in Medicine (AIM) Program at Harvard Medical School. Inspired by the guidance he has received from the incredibly kind and brilliant mentors along his journey, he also serves as Director of Mentorship at CoVisualize, a Harvard-based research organization, and is always eager to support fellow students passionate about using technology for social impact. Feel free to reach out!