•	Leading, assisting and motivating a team of 40 volunteers (Department Heads and Officers) in performing their roles and responsibilities
•	Designed the conference theme focussing on priorities of the National Strategy for International Education 2025 and Victorian International Education Sector Strategy 2016
•	Coordinating with speakers, exhibitors, venue providers and other stakeholders


Victorian International Student Conference (VISC) 2018

Co-Convenor

Leadership

Stakeholder Liaison

Project Sponsorship

Negotiaton

Conference Design

Exhibition Planning

Student Engagement

Team Work

Interviewing Skills

Fulltime - Co-Convenor

Melbourne CBD

Master of Laws (Juris Doctor)

Monash University

•	Leading, assisting and motivating a culturally diverse team of 35 volunteers in their roles and responsibilities
•	Strategic planning to build relationships with private colleges, schools, community organisations
•	Representing AFIS on various fora and engaging with stakeholders and industry partners
•	Case Management approach to understand and respond to students’ queries

Australian Federation of International Students Inc. (AFIS)

President

Pratik is a qualified Civil Engineer and a Law graduate with five years of experience in Construction Project and Contract Management.

Engineering knowledge allows Pratik to collaborate and work effectively with technical experts and designers and to understand all aspects of construction process. He has hands on experience of project control, management of contract and claims, estimation and reconciliation of engineering quantities, certification of bills and managing data in compliance with ISMS standards. He has also contributed to project delay analysis, risk analysis, procurement, budgeting and insurance compliance activities. A master’s degree in law equips him with the necessary knowledge and interpretation skills for efficient management of contracts.

Pratik is also passionate about supporting and nurturing emerging talent, to further which, he Co-Founded the Monash Cultural & Lingual Appreciation Network (M-CLAN) and Network for International Law Students (NILS) Australia. He was also the President of the Australian Federation of International Students (AFIS) and the Co-Convenor of Victorian International Student Conference (VISC) 2018. These roles give him an opportunity to engage with and benefit the student community by spreading awareness of issues as well as support services available.


•	Providing higher level of individualised support to members of the community with special needs in a non-institutional setting
•	Assisting individuals to achieve maximum personal independence within the community
•	Recording case notes to against individual goals to monitor progress and response of the services provided

Independent Disability Services

Disability Support Worker

•	Requirement gathering to inform the design of Innovation/Startup Law Clinic
•	Conducting interviews with businesses, law firms and other stakeholders to identify and determine their legal needs
•	Correlating the areas of inquiry with curriculum to determine the focus of the clinic

Research Assistant - Monash Law Clinics

•	End-to-end planning and coordination of workshops, events and seminars using Agile (Sprint) method
•	Enhancing experiential education within law faculty by organising events
•	Interacting and negotiating with academics, industry partners and stakeholders to design and run events targeted to boost employability
•	Liaising with student organisations to promote student engagement initiatives

Events Assistant – Student Engagement and Employability

•	Designed a 6-month long mentoring program targeted to culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) students
•	Attracted 65+ mentors with over 260 mentees expressing interest to join
•	Designed the logo for M-CLAN and got 8 mentors on board
•	M-CLAN was selected as one of the high achieving teams at the 2018 Law Ambassador Program Showcase Evening


Monash Cultural and Lingual Appreciation Network (M-CLAN)

Co-Founder

Undertook an internship with TradeLab, a Geneva based non-profit for the beneficiary Observatory for Sustainable Infrastructure.

Studied whether legislation governing Public-Private Partnerships in a sample of non-OECD countries in Sub-Saharan Africa aligns with the principles of effective governance set out in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda.

TradeLab

Clinical Placement

I was a part of the Project Management group and responsible for handling Civil, Structural & Architectural works package (amounting to AU$100 million) in a team of 3 people for 3 x 660 MW Koradi Thermal Power Station Expansion Project valued at AU$2 billion located at Nagpur, India

Pratik Ambani / Fulltime - Co-Convenor

Co-Convenor

Victorian International Student Conference (VISC) 2018

Progress

Skills