{"id":7707,"date":"2024-10-02T11:17:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T15:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=7707"},"modified":"2025-03-03T14:16:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T19:16:56","slug":"shael-kotecha","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/people\/shael-kotecha\/","title":{"rendered":"Shael Kotecha"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"PSPDFKit-8ayy4hjz5h5sb5mqfjxzpc42zw PSPDFKit-3npj2ht4kppfp95hepqhfjb49x PSPDFKit-2tg9p1utsyyke5vpebq5gc3413 PSPDFKit-Text\"><span class=\"PSPDFKit-6fq5ysqkmc2gc1fek9b659qfh8\" data-contentblock-id=\"1\" data-textline-id=\"2\" data-page-index=\"0\">I am currently a second-year student in Software Engineering with a Minor in business at <\/span><\/span><span class=\"PSPDFKit-8ayy4hjz5h5sb5mqfjxzpc42zw PSPDFKit-3npj2ht4kppfp95hepqhfjb49x PSPDFKit-2tg9p1utsyyke5vpebq5gc3413 PSPDFKit-Text\"><span class=\"PSPDFKit-6fq5ysqkmc2gc1fek9b659qfh8\" data-contentblock-id=\"1\" data-textline-id=\"3\" data-page-index=\"0\">Carleton University. 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