How I became a Google Developer Student Clubs Lead
Tags: computerscience, programming, python, leadership
Published: 2022-05-01 11:42:45

Hi, I am Muhammad Bilal and I will go through the whole process of how I became a GDSC Lead in 2021–22.

**What is Google Developer Student Club?**
Google Developer Student Clubs (GDSC) are community groups for college and university students interested in Google developer technologies. Students from all undergraduate or graduate programs with an interest in growing as a developer are welcome. By joining a GDSC, students grow their knowledge in a peer-to-peer learning environment and build solutions for local businesses and their communities.

**How I applied for GDSC Lead application?**
I was a part of part of core team of Google Developer Student Club Comsats Attock in 2020–21 session and was helping the club as an AI/ML Lead and a graphic designer. It was a dream that I will definitely apply for Lead position whenever the applications will open. So applications opened in May 2021. I applied for it. There were questions about academic background, basic ones and then the third part of application form was totally about our knowledge regarding community building, our motives, and how can we be helpful to society. These questions were to identify our personality and our vision, how our vision could be helpful for everyone learning and growing.
Some basic questions which can be asked
What is your motivation to run a Google Developer Student Club at your University?
What is your experience in leading a project or a team?
What technology do you find most interesting and why?

**My aims and my vision**
I found that a community is a best way to learn and solve challenges. This ecosystem provided to us by Google is the best way to learn, develop and deploy solutions. I belong to a rural area, majority of people including students here don’t know how to make their time useful. They have no idea how to progress through this immensive universe of IT. My inspiration is that the time I wasted in my past, others should not do that. My goal is to inspire them to do more and learn much more to progress through IT world and this is only possible through Google Developer Student Club.
I am eager to create an interactive community using Google Resources that most of my juniors, fellows and seniors make the most of it. People argue that they don’t have skills how to get some, they complain about Universities that they were not taught how to earn and become successful. It’s not their fault nor the university’s.
If we can engage them in an interactive community where they can share their problems, where they can learn new things in short time we’ll be successfull in our goal to providing them boosting platform and changing their lives.
Mostly students belonging to rural areas don’t know much about new technologies. I want that not only they should be aware of it, but they should utilize their time in learning and then developing brilliant solution of unsolved problems.
I saw how my GDSC Leads successfully changed many students lives by making them aware of new technologies through seminars, tech talks and virtual events. It’s the most difficult time going on due to Covid-19 and I am sure how to make it useful and helpful for all of the students.It’s only possible through Google Developer Student Club and that’s why I want to become a Lead of GDSC.
I love to lead from the front. I had a technical role of AI/ML Leader at GDSC Comsats Attock 2020–21. I wanted to take lead my AI team in a way that was most beneficial to everyone associated with us. I am a AI/ML passionate and enthusiast so I wanted that most of the students should know what is AI, what is ML, how it can be helpful, how it can change lives. The biggest challenge I faced was that students were not that much interested in virtual events, I solved this issue by engaging them in events through providing certifications to attendees, bringing brilliant speakers from all around the Globe.

**Requirements for becoming a GDSC Lead**

- You must have to be enrolled in an undergraduate program at a college or university
- You must have atleast 1 year left in your degree program.
- For getting selected, you must have to be committed to the program for at least one year.

**How can you apply?**
You can apply through this [link](https://developers.google.com/community/gdsc/leads). 
There are 2 parts of application, 1st part consists of basic questions about you, your academics and about your visions. It’s an easy one as I discussed above. 2nd part is that you have to make a video of maximum 1 and a half minute long. In this video, you have to show who you are, what are your interests, why you want GDSC at your campus and why would you make a great GDSC Lead.
If you are passionate to bring change, to learn and to grow in immense world of technology using Google resources, go for it.