Ayushman Puri

As a Bioengineering student at Imperial College London, I believe our society should not only support academic success, but actively shape the ecosystem of innovation. As Academic and Technical Events Coordinator for the Bioengineering Society, my aim would be to run events that are technically ambitious and academically supportive, within Imperial and beyond.

I would advocate to elevate our technical culture through focused, high-impact skill-building. This means hands-on crash courses in tools that genuinely increase student capability, from computational and design software to hardware prototyping and medical device teardown sessions. I envision intensive hackathons and themed challenges, events involving practical engineering, interdisciplinary teamwork, and creativity.

Beyond Imperial, I want to broaden our academic and technical horizons through inter-university collaboration. Joint symposia, hackathons, and design challenges with other universities would foster cross-institutional teamwork and friendly competition. I also envision extending these collaborations beyond London, organising exchange trips, lab visits, or mini-conferences at other leading universities across the UK and beyond, giving us students exposure to diverse research environments and networks.

Finally, industry engagement matters. From medtech pitching events to regulatory workshops and alumni talks, I want to ensure students understand not just how to design solutions, but how to translate them into real-world impact. Initiatives such as informal research networking sessions and student–PI matching events for summer placements, would make research more accessible and less intimidating.

My goal is simple, to make the most technically dynamic and academically empowering platform for bioengineers at Imperial.