Sudharshan Palaniappa

Hi everyone! Our names are Sudharshan and Hari, and we are second-year medical students running for co-Event Officers of the Gastroenterology & Hepatology society.

Having gone through our placements in gastroenterology, we have developed a deep-rooted passion and a commitment to advancing knowledge in this field. We aspire to push the society to new heights of excellence and innovation, and some of the event ideas we have include:

1. Establishing a gastroenterology conference where students can hear from leading gastroenterologists and attend relevant workshops
2. Creating a mentorship scheme linking students with experienced consultants or registrars
3. Running tutorials on gastroenterology topics for those in early years, and collaborating with other societies to organize mock CPAs and OSCEs
4. Implementing a journal club where members can hear from researchers about their work
5. Starting a guest speaker series that would serve as career guidance for members

More about us:

I’m Hari and I believe I am well-suited to the role having developed communication, teamworking and organisation skills as Deputy BMA Rep this year. I also took part in the Young Enterprise scheme, where I developed my leadership skills and led my team to win best Journey Award at the South London finals.

I’m Sudharshan and I’ve been in the committees/subcommittees of multiple societies at Imperial, and have also gone through mandatory military service in my home country. I have thus developed the organisational and leadership abilities to run large-scale events, and can collaborate well with others and work under pressure to deliver results.