{"id":4987,"date":"2019-03-27T13:41:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T13:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/?p=4987"},"modified":"2025-07-30T13:42:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:42:06","slug":"balaganesh-chakrahari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/balaganesh-chakrahari\/","title":{"rendered":"Balaganesh Chakrahari"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/Balaganesh-Chakrahari.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5005\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/Balaganesh-Chakrahari.webp 612w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/Balaganesh-Chakrahari-230x300.webp 230w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/Balaganesh-Chakrahari-600x784.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/Balaganesh-Chakrahari-371x485.webp 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Balaganesh Chakrahari<em>Product Manager \/ IT Lead at BondStreet Mortgage LLC; VP of Tech \u2013 Piazza Consulting Group<\/em><a onclick=\"window.open('mailto:\\u0062\\u0061\\u006c\\u0061\\u0067\\u0061\\u006e\\u0065\\u0073\\u0068\\u002e\\u0063\\u0068\\u0061\\u006b\\u0072\\u0061\\u0068\\u0061\\u0072\\u0069\\u0040\\u0076\\u0061\\u006c\\u0070\\u006f\\u002e\\u0065\\u0064\\u0075','_blank');return false;\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.write('\\u0062\\u0061\\u006c\\u0061\\u0067\\u0061\\u006e\\u0065\\u0073\\u0068\\u002e\\u0063\\u0068\\u0061\\u006b\\u0072\\u0061\\u0068\\u0061\\u0072\\u0069\\u0040\\u0076\\u0061\\u006c\\u0070\\u006f\\u002e\\u0065\\u0064\\u0075');<\/script><\/a>Graduated: December 2016<br>Degree: M.S., Information Technology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Best memories from your Valpo day<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diwali 2015, a cultural event which brought us together as Valpo students and gave us an opportunity to explore our arts. The event was a great memory as a student in Valpo!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How Valpo prepared you for your career path:<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The curriculum which we had for our Masters Programs was very well defined and structured in that it gave us a scope to what we are about to achieve both personally and professionally . Each and every subject gave a path to expertise in our careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A recent adventure:<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My visit to Cherry Spring National Park in Pennsylvania [a \u201cdark sky\u201d park for stargazing] was my best recent adventure in the summer of 2018. It was a beautiful sight to see the whole universe even while sitting on earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also recently completed my MBA in financial technology from Birla Institute of Technology &amp; Science (BITS) Pilani.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balaganesh ChakrahariProduct Manager \/ IT Lead at BondStreet Mortgage LLC; VP of Tech \u2013 Piazza Consulting GroupGraduated: December 2016Degree: M.S., Information Technology Best memories from your Valpo day Diwali 2015, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16,92,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-spotlight","category-international","category-international-alumni-spotlights"],"acf":[],"author_meta":{"display_name":"dev@eridesign.com","author_link":"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/author\/deveridesign-com\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/ValpoCampus1-Resized-300x192.webp","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/category\/alumni-spotlight\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alumni Spotlight<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/category\/international\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">International<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/category\/international-alumni-spotlights\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">International Alumni Spotlights<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alumni Spotlight<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">International<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">International Alumni Spotlights<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 8 years ago","modified":"Updated 1 year ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on March 27, 2019","modified":"Updated on July 30, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on March 27, 2019 1:41 pm","modified":"Updated on July 30, 2025 1:42 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4987"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5006,"href":"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4987\/revisions\/5006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}