ESP Biography

Brief Biographical Sketch:

Ishan Nath (Communications Director) is currently a sophomore at Stanford double-majoring in Economics and Earth Systems with a concentration in energy science. In addition to his work with Americans for Energy Leadership, Ishan serves on the Stanford Daily Editorial Board, represents the undergraduate student body on the Stanford Committee for Environmental Health and Public Safety, and works with Plugview Corps, a student group dedicated to instilling energy-conservation habits by developing real-time monitoring systems. Ishan recently began serving as President of the Stanford Chapter of IDEAS, a group that aims to make a sustainable impact in the developing world by working with a global network of universities to implement hands-on projects. This past summer, Ishan taught environmental science to low-income 7th graders in Cambridge, MA, through a program called Breakthrough Collaborative. In high school, Ishan led the Westminster Campus Conservation Corps, which organized assemblies and wrote articles to spread environmental awareness, raised over $500 dollars to donate to Trees Atlanta, and had its efforts to improve the school’s recycling infrastructure and use of energy-efficient lightbulbs documented by local newspapers and Atlanta’s NBC affiliate. The group also organized the inaugural Southeast Green Cup Challenge, which has expanded to include more than a dozen Georgia schools in an annual energy conservation competition, and raised over $30,000 through the Lexus Environmental Challenge; money the school is now using to install its first solar panels

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