Commission application number 310 submitted by Bhuvanesh Bhatt on 08/27/2020
First Name | Bhuvanesh |
Last Name | Bhatt |
Voter Unique Identification number | 2127706074 |
Ethnicity | Asian |
Gender | Male |
Age | 35-44 |
Education Level | Bachelor's Degree |
Major Pursued | Physics |
What is your occupation? | Software Engineer |
Submitted Address | |
City | Austin |
State | TX |
Zip | 78731 |
Verified Address | |
City | Austin |
State | TX |
Zip | 78731 |
Do you have a spouse or domestic partner? | No |
Are you applying to be the student member of the commission? | No |
Have you been continuously registered to vote in the City of Austin for the last five years? | Yes |
Have you voted in 3 of the last 5 City of Austin general elections (or corresponding runoff if applicable)? | Yes |
Been appointed to a state or city office? | No |
Been elected to a state or city office? | No |
Been a candidate for a state or city office? | No |
Served as an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a political party? | No |
Served as an officer, employee, or paid consultant of the campaign committee of a candidate for elective state, county, or city office? | No |
Been a registered state or local lobbyist? | No |
A paid employee of the City of Austin? | No |
A person performing paid services under a professional services contract with the City of Austin? | No |
A person performing paid services under a professional or personal services contract to the City Council of the City of Austin or to any individual member of the City Council of the City of Austin? | No |
A controlling person of a person performing paid services under a professional or personal services contract to any member of the City Council of the City of Austin? | No |
Contribute or bundle one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in aggregate to candidates for City of Austin elective office? | No |
Please describe your relevant analytical skills. | For work I do symbolic math and data science, and my background is in physics with a minor in math. My physics degree in particular helped me a lot in developing critical thinking and analytical skills, and working for a math software company has helped me polish them further. |
Please describe your ability to be impartial. | I detest gerrymandering anywhere, whether it's done by Republicans or by Democrats. Districts should be drawn fairly. |
Please describe your appreciation for the City of Austin's diverse demographics and geography. | I'm a minority and an immigrant myself, and being from India, where we have multiculturalism and secularism, I have great respect for diversity. From my point of view, diversity makes a community thrive, and it's just as crucial as biodiversity is in nature. |
Please provide your employment history. | I've been working for the same privately held company (Wolfram Research) since I graduated. The company itself is in Illinois, but I work remotely. Besides improving my analytical skills, working at the company has helped me with my communication skills, both for presentations and for explaining things in writing. |
How did you hear about redistricting/Applicant Review Panel? | Social media |
Disclaimer Agreement | Checked |
Disclaimer Signature | Bhuvanesh Bhatt |
District | District 10 |
Does this application qualify? | Yes |