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GWD Community
We didn’t create another college club.
Real experience in technology and startups, for students, by students. It started at VJIT; today it runs events across Hyderabad’s colleges.
- 50+
- VJIT
- 10+
How we built it
A community is built one room at a time.
It started on one stage.
GWD Community began as GWD Club at VJIT: one launch, one stage, and a room of students who wanted real experience in technology and startups, not another certificate. For students, by students.
The GWD Club launch on stage at VJIT Workshops, free for every member.
Hands-on technology workshops in the campus labs, run for members at no cost, led from the front by people who do the work for a living.
A packed computer lab during a GWD workshop Led by the people who built GWD.
The founders teach in the room themselves. Mohammed Abdul Mudabbir, who founded the community, and co-founder Mohd Abdul Rahman Pasha take sessions from the front, the way GWD itself was built: by doing the work.
Mohammed Abdul Mudabbir leading a session Real projects, then real internships.
Members train on live projects GWD Global Private Limited delivers for clients, free. Internships follow through GWD’s channels, and with GWD itself for members who show genuine interest and talent.
Students working through an exercise in the lab Ideas get backed, not just applauded.
Any member or lead with a startup idea gets it refined, mentored by the founders who took GWD from a student idea to a registered company, connected to the network and, if it proves itself, backed.
Members on stage at BizHack Exposure you won’t get in a classroom.
Industry visits inside companies to see how real work gets done, and startup events, incubators and expos where the industry meets. Every visit is something new, for members and leads alike.
Talking with visitors at an industry booth Now, campus by campus.
It started at VJIT. Now the club organises events at other Hyderabad colleges, so members get exposure on new campuses and build a network there.
Students gathered around a laptop at an outdoor stall Today: 50+ active members at VJIT alone.
More on other campuses, and the community grows every week: a team that turns up for each other on campus and off it.
The GWD team in the VJIT auditorium, seen from above
What you get
What every member gets.
The advantage of a club backed by a real company.
Freetraining and workshops, for every member
Training on real projects
FreeLearn on live work GWD Global Private Limited delivers for clients.
Not case studies or dummy briefs: the projects the company is actually shipping, with the people shipping them.
Technology workshops
FreeHands-on sessions across different technologies.
Run for members, across the disciplines GWD delivers: web, mobile, AI, design, cloud and more.
Internships
Through our channels, and at GWD for genuine interest and talent.
Placements through GWD’s channels and partner network, and internships with GWD itself for members who show real interest and talent.
Industry visits
Companies and events. Every visit teaches something new.
Inside companies to see how real work gets done, and at startup events, incubators and expos where the industry meets.
Events across colleges
Exposure and a network on other Hyderabad campuses.
The club co-hosts events on other campuses, so members build a network well beyond their own college.
Backing for your ideas
Refinement, mentorship, network and investment.
Any member or lead with a startup idea gets it pressure-tested, mentored by GWD’s founders, connected to the network and, if it proves itself, backed.
Growth path
Your growth path in the club.
From your first workshop to a real internship. Workshops and project training are free for every member; internships open up as you show interest and talent.
Step 1, free
Workshops
Hands-on sessions across different technologies, run for members.
Step 2, free
Real projects
Training on live projects GWD Global Private Limited delivers for clients.
Step 3
Internships
Placements through GWD’s channels and partner network.
Step 4
Intern at GWD
An internship with GWD itself, for members with genuine interest and real talent.
Show up, do the work, and the path opens up. Your lead will tell you where to start.
Startup ideas
Got a startup idea? We’ll back it.
Any member or lead with an idea gets the support GWD’s founders wished they’d had when GWD was just a student idea in 2024.
Step 1
Refine
We pressure-test the idea with you and sharpen it into something buildable.
Step 2
Mentor
The founders who took GWD from a student idea to a registered company guide you through it.
Step 3
Network
Introductions across GWD’s 650+ network, clients in 10 countries, and ecosystem partners.
Step 4
Invest
For ideas that prove themselves, GWD can come in as an investor.
Talk to your department lead. No idea is too early.
The team
Fifty-plus people. One team.
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- 650+
On camera
The community, in motion.
The community leads on the road, and a recent GWD session at VJIT. Press play for sound.
Across Hyderabad
Not just a campus club. A community across Hyderabad.
Events at multiple colleges, so members get exposure on new campuses and build a network there.
10+Colleges targeted by next year
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Partner with a college club
We start with collaborations, not takeovers.
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Co-host events on their campus
They see how GWD Club runs, first-hand.
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Launch a GWD Club chapter
Same departments, same standards, one connected network.
The long gameIndia’s largest student-led ecosystem
The difference
Runs like a company, because it is one.
- Organises events
- Runs workshops
- Issues certificates
- Built for the résumé line
- Ends when you graduate
- Trains members on real client projects
- Operates as structured departments
- Free workshops and industry visits
- Year-round, across campuses
- Backs members’ startup ideas
For students, by students. Training and workshops are free; what members bring is the willingness to show up and do the work.
Formats
Three formats. Zero theory.
Every event has to produce something real: a skill, a connection, an opportunity, or a signed client.
GWD Induction
A career reality check. What the market actually pays for, what it ignores, and the honest gap between where a student is and where they think they are. Uncomfortable by design, because the alternative is finding out at graduation.
Networking Nights
Freelancers and founders in a room with invited industry people, to pitch their skills, trade value, and leave with actual opportunities. Not a panel discussion. A trading floor.
Behind The Build
A talent show for builders, with live audience voting. People demo what they’ve actually made, and the room decides. Public proof beats a private portfolio every time.
The album
The community, as it happened.
Ways in
Students, clubs, colleges. Everyone has a way in.
Join as a member, bring GWD to your event, run one with us, or start a chapter on your campus. The community team replies to every request.
Join GWD Community
Become a member: join a team, work on live briefs and get a direct line into industry, while you are still studying.
Join as a memberInvite GWD to your event
Bring GWD to your college fest, conference or club event as a guest: a talk, a workshop, a panel or a judging slot.
Invite GWD to your eventCollaborate with GWD
Run an event together with GWD Community: a hackathon, a workshop series, a networking night. Bring the idea and your club.
Collaborate on an eventBring GWD Community to your campus
Partner with GWD as an institution: start a chapter of the community on your campus and give students real projects, mentorship and industry connect.
Partner as a college
Network
Industry, within reach.
The community sits inside GWD’s network of government innovation bodies, incubators and startup ecosystems.
Events
Community, one event at a time.
Upcoming events from the community’s event team. Each one has its own registration link.
The next event is being planned.
New events are announced here first. Join the community and you will hear about them before anyone else.
Who runs it
Mohammed Abdul Mudabbir
Mohd Abdul Rahman Pasha
Mohammed Moin
- Aldrin PaulPresident
- Mohd IsmailVice President
- ShravyaGeneral Secretary
- Anvita ReddyMarketing Lead
- Deekshit KatikaneniTechnical Lead
- Bhavya KoduriEvent Management Lead
- Tuba AzeemPublic Relation Lead
- Nishta GaurCreative Lead
- Burhan UddinCinematographer