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	Vikas has won three Kings Crown Leadership awards during his time at Columbia. In 2016 he won the Bernard Jaffe Prize for the Encouragement of Inventiveness in Engineering and the Kings Crown Award for Innovation & Enhancement in recognition of his instrumental work in expanding and re designing the engineering tour for prospective students. In 2017 he won the Columbia Spirit award along with co chairs Drew Feldman and Julia Davis Porada for their work leading the Undergraduate Recruitment Committee. He was also named the most persuasive tour guide on campus.		Vikas has won three Kings Crown Leadership awards during his time at Columbia. In 2016 he won the Bernard Jaffe Prize for the Encouragement of Inventiveness in Engineering and the Kings Crown Award for Innovation & Enhancement in recognition of his instrumental work in expanding and re designing the engineering tour for prospective students. In 2017 he won the Columbia Spirit award along with co chairs Drew Feldman and Julia Davis Porada for their work leading the Undergraduate Recruitment Committee. He was also named the most persuasive tour guide on campus.

−	In the spring of 2017, he was featured on the Columbia Engineering home page [http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/senior-spotlight/vikas-arun] as well as in the Commencement Edition of the Columbia Record [https://commencement.columbia.edu/engineer-tap-dances-his-way-tackling-big-data]. He was also awarded the Robert Gartland Fellowship, given to at most one undergraduate a year ~~that~~ provides a tuition waiver for a student to pursue their MS in Operations Research at Columbia [http://bulletin.engineering.columbia.edu/endowed-fellowships].	+	In the spring of 2017, he was featured on the Columbia Engineering home page [http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/senior-spotlight/vikas-arun] as well as in the Commencement Edition of the Columbia Record [https://commencement.columbia.edu/engineer-tap-dances-his-way-tackling-big-data]. He was also awarded the Robert Gartland Fellowship, given to at most one undergraduate a year. The fellowship provides a tuition waiver for a student to pursue their MS in Operations Research at Columbia [http://bulletin.engineering.columbia.edu/endowed-fellowships].

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-Vikas Arun gained notoriety during he summer of 2015 when he made it to the final 25 dancers for the famed show, So You Think You Can Dance. He beat out all of the other male tap dancers auditioning and a majority of the rest of the dancers in order to make it to the very end of Vegas week on the show's twelfth season. His facebook page has gained a large following with displays of encouragement and support from fans, including many Columbians.[https://www.facebook.com/VikasArunDance]
+Vikas Arun is a member of the Columbia Engineering undergraduate Class of 2017 who majored in Operations Research and minored in Computer Science. He is known for his vast array of dance accomplishments, his leadership of the URC (Undergradaute Recruitment Committee), and the numerous academic awards he won, including a fellowship to complete his MS at Columbia for free.
-Vikas Arun, SEAS ’17, is a member of CATastrophe Dance Company (winner of the prestigious ACE Capezio Choreography Award) and toured the country with Celebrity Dance Conventions in 2014 and 2015 teaching tap dance. He is also a member of Chloe Arnold's Apartment 33, a famous tap dance company started by Columbia alumna Chloe Arnold, whose works has been featured by Beyoncé among others.
+He gained much notoriety during the summer of 2015 when he made it to the final 25 dancers for the famed show, So You Think You Can Dance. He beat out all of the other male tap dancers auditioning and a majority of the rest of the dancers in order to make it to the very end of Vegas week on the show's twelfth season. His facebook page has gained a large following with displays of encouragement and support from fans, including many Columbians.[https://www.facebook.com/VikasArunDance]
-He is a guest member of the famed MUSE dance company based out of LA, and has received a contract offer from STOMP, one of the longest running and most profitable dance shows in the United States. He will also be featured in an upcoming Hollywood film called "Breaking Brooklyn". His major is Operations Research and his minor is Computer Science. Vikas has also been profiled in a wonderful HerCampus article. [http://www.hercampus.com/school/columbia/vikas-arun-seas-17]
+Apart from So You Think You Can Dance, he is a member of CATastrophe Dance Company (winner of the prestigious ACE Capezio Choreography Award, and a guest artist with MUSE dance company based out of LA. He has been offered a contract to perform with STOMP, toured the country with Celebrity Dance Conventions in 2014 and 2015 teaching tap dance, and been featured in the upcoming film "Breaking Brooklyn". He is also a member of Chloe Arnold's Apartment 33, a famous tap dance company started by Columbia alumna Chloe Arnold, whose works has been featured by Beyoncé among others.
-Hometown: Seattle, WA
+In the spring of 2017, he was featured on the Columbia Engineering home page [http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/senior-spotlight/vikas-arun] as well as in the Commencement Edition of the Columbia Record [https://commencement.columbia.edu/engineer-tap-dances-his-way-tackling-big-data]. He was also awarded the Robert Gartland Fellowship, given to at most one undergraduate a year that provides a tuition waiver for a student to pursue their MS in Operations Research at Columbia [http://bulletin.engineering.columbia.edu/endowed-fellowships].
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 Vikas is also a prominent member of the [[Undergraduate Recruitement Committee]] (URC), which gives tours throughout Columbia's campus. He served as an engineering coordinators in 2014-15 and 2015-16, and assumed the role as a co-chair for the 2016-17 year. He was named most persuasive tour guide on campus.
+[[Category:Class of 2017]]
 Tags: [[Vikas Arun]] | [[URC]] | [[Class of 2017]] | [[SEAS 2017]] | [[SEAS Students]]

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 Vikas Arun gained notoriety during he summer of 2015 when he made it to the final 25 dancers for the famed show, So You Think You Can Dance. He beat out all of the other male tap dancers auditioning and a majority of the rest of the dancers in order to make it to the very end of Vegas week on the show's twelfth season. His facebook page has gained a large following with displays of encouragement and support from fans, including many Columbians.[https://www.facebook.com/VikasArunDance]
-Vikas Arun, SEAS ’17, is a member of CATastrophe Dance Company (winner of the prestigious ACE Capezio Choreography Award) and will be touring six cities in the fall of 2015 with Celebrity Dance Conventions teaching tap dance. He is a guest member of the famed MUSE dance company based out of LA, and has received a contract offer from STOMP, one of the longest running and most profitable dance shows in the United States. His major is Operations Research and Computer Science. Vikas has also been profiled in a wonderful HerCampus article. [http://www.hercampus.com/school/columbia/vikas-arun-seas-17]
+Vikas Arun, SEAS ’17, is a member of CATastrophe Dance Company (winner of the prestigious ACE Capezio Choreography Award) and toured the country with Celebrity Dance Conventions in 2014 and 2015 teaching tap dance. He is also a member of Chloe Arnold's Apartment 33, a famous tap dance company started by Columbia alumna Chloe Arnold, whose works has been featured by Beyoncé among others.
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 Vikas offers a unique viewpoint on the importance of how dance and engineering work together. “Tap dancing is all about musical precision. The best tap dancers are amazing because they can ‘speak’ clearly with their tap shoes. In relationship to the music, they know when to make sounds and when to sit quiet,” explains Vikas. “My engineering background helps me with overlapping disparate rhythm patterns. Studies have pointed to the fact that math and music use similar parts of the brain, and I guess I’m another example supporting that theory!” [http://engineering.columbia.edu/first-look-seas-first-years]
-Vikas is also a prominent member of the [[Undergraduate Recruitement Committee]] (URC), which gives tours throughout Columbia's campus. He was named most persuasive tour guide and is one of three students in charge of the engineering school's admissions presence.
+During the Spring 2016 semester Vikas won a King's Crown Leadership Excellence Award for Innovation & Enhancement and was the recipient of the Bernard Jaffe Prize for the Encouragement of Inventiveness in Engineering.
-Tags: [[Vikas Arun]] | [[URC]]
+Tags: [[Vikas Arun]] | [[URC] | Class of 2017 | SEAS 2017 | SEAS Students]