{"id":67,"date":"2017-11-24T11:15:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T22:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/brooker\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2017-11-24T11:19:23","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T22:19:23","slug":"a-vikas-aggarwal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/brooker\/a-vikas-aggarwal\/","title":{"rendered":"A. Vikas Aggarwal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Currently:<\/strong>\u00a0Manager for Strategy and Corporate Development at the CHT Group\u00a0(www.cht.com)<\/a>\u00a0(since 2016))
\nPreviously:<\/strong>\u00a0Researcher within the Innovation Department of CHT GmbH (www.cht.com) in T\u00fcbingen (Germany) (2013-2015)
\nPhD-Thesis with Prof. Sigurd H\u00f6ger in organic & polymer chemistry, University Bonn (Germany), including a research project with Prof. Kris Matyjaszewski at Carnegie-Mellon-University (Pittsburgh, USA)(2008-2012)
\nChemistry Diplom (Diplom Thesis with Prof. Stefan Br\u00e4se in organic chemistry) at KIT (Karlsruhe, Germany) including a research project in New Zealand with Prof. Sally Brooker (March-August 2005)<\/p>\n

Update in 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

After completing my degree at the university of Karlsruhe \/ KIT I moved on to the University of Bonn and engaged in the synthesis and investigation of functional molecular spoked wheels. In addition, I was given the opportunity once more to spend some time abroad and worked on a side project involving ATRP at CMU in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

The next step involved joining a mid-sized but multinational corporation, based in T\u00fcbingen (Germany). In 2013 I entered the company as researcher within the innovation department and engaged primarily in the development of novel chemical effects especially for the textile industry.<\/p>\n

Three years later, in 2016, I then switched to my current position in Strategy and Corporate Development. My current tasks are quite different from what I learnt as chemist, however the ability to analyse problems and the training in solution based thinking, that I gained during my experiences in research, come in handy every day.<\/p>\n

Comments from 2005<\/strong>
\nI worked in Sally\u2019s research group on the development of new porphyrin-like ligands and complexes from March to August 2005.<\/p>\n

The exciting opportunity to study at the University of Otago in New Zealand was set up as a result of discussions I had with Sally whilst she was on sabbatical leave with Professor Annie Powell at the University of Karlsruhe in summer 2004.<\/p>\n

Though my study in NZ was not part of any exchange programme funding was (and still is) available for German students (or citizens from any EU-country who are studying in Germany) from\u00a0http:\/\/www.das-neue-bafoeg.de\/<\/a>\u00a0more specifically\u00a0http:\/\/www.auslandsbafoeg.de\/<\/a>. Also if you don\u2019t receive any \u201anormal\u2018 Baf\u00f6g you could be eligible for \u201aAuslandsbaf\u00f6g\u2018 as long as you enrol as a full time student at the University of Otago. For me the full time course comprised the research project (CHEM480) and research report (CHEM468) with Sally, and a third year special topics lecture course (CHEM371). Funding then included airfare, tuition fees up to 4600 \u20ac(Euro), travel and health insurance costs and a monthly living allowance. My NZ research project has been credited as my vertiefungspraktikum in inorganic\/organic chemistry in Germany.<\/p>\n

Now back home in Germany I\u2019m continuing my studies at the University of Karlsruhe to graduate as a Diplom Chemist in 2007. Even though my visit to New Zealand has extended the time I need to complete my studies here, going there was one of the best decisions I\u2019ve ever made: Thanks to Sally I was able to experience what research in chemistry means in reality. Working on a project under her supervision was a great experience and lots of fun due to her enthusiasm and guidance, the very helpful staff at the chemistry department, the fourth year students I spent most of the time with and last but not least all those \u2018group meetings\u2019 at Sally\u2019s place…<\/p>\n

Altogether NZ is a wonderful country and studying fulltime for 5 months at the University of Otago and then travelling for another 7 weeks with a backpack provided me with a very diverse range of experiences! Back in Germany I\u2019m missing the friends I made and the friendliness of the people in New Zealand. I definitely will return sometime!!<\/p>\n

Contact details:<\/strong>
\nVikas@gmx.de<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Currently:\u00a0Manager for Strategy and Corporate Development at the CHT Group\u00a0(www.cht.com)\u00a0(since 2016)) Previously:\u00a0Researcher within the Innovation Department of CHT GmbH (www.cht.com) in T\u00fcbingen (Germany) (2013-2015) PhD-Thesis with Prof. Sigurd H\u00f6ger in organic & polymer chemistry, University Bonn (Germany), including a research […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-67","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/brooker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/brooker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/brooker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/brooker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/brooker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/brooker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/brooker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}