Hi, I’m Rahul Kalluri and I am one of the co-presidents of the new Aahana chapter at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I’m studying Economics and Statistics and I’m heavily involved in our student government known as the Illinois Student Senate. 

In my sophomore year, a friend and I were looking to get more of an ‘Indian experience’ on campus and we couldn't find any clubs that allowed us to learn more about our culture and participate in sharing it with other students. We drafted an idea for starting our own club but,  then I noticed a friend of mine posted on social media that she was the secretary for this new club called Aahana at Loyola University.