Aarya Panse听has听an undergraduate degree in product design听and says the CTD听 program will just be a continuation of what she loves to do. As an听undergraduate Panse听loved doing projects based on UX research and empathizing with people, and as an MS student, she hopes to "learn a little bit of a lot of things." "I hope to become a better coder, a better researcher, a better student and a better empath," she says.听听Aarya was selected as a semester exchange student at Hof Univerisity of Applied Sciences in Germany. She was looking forward to studying in Germany for a semester, but the second wave of the pandemic struck, forcing her to attend online. "I was initially very terrified and worried how this would work out, as it was a different environment which meant stepping out of my comfort zone," Aarya says. "I am really proud of the fact that not only did I enjoy studying and working on different research papers under versatile professors, but I also did pretty well in my exams, despite them being in a different time zone and a different format." Aarya loves reading, swimming and listening to all types听of music. Fun fact: Aarya is a "water baby" who can听breathe under water for almost a minute. She also speaks German
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