Sumit Rawat Represents NJIT's Ying Wu College of Computing

Sumit Rawat, of Jersey City, graduated this week from New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC). He was chosen to represent his college as a gonfalon carrier in the 102nd commencement ceremony.

Major: Computer Science

Hometown: Jersey City

Next up: Continuing his master’s degree program in Software Engineering at NJIT, which he started this year.

Before moving to Delhi, Rawat spent his early years in a tiny village in Uttarakhand, India, in the foothills of the mountains, where there were no roads, cars, indoor classrooms – or computers.

“Every subject has its beauty. I’ve always been interested in technology, computers in particular. What I find most fascinating is the idea of creating something that never existed before – developing software that makes something happen. For my capstone project, we built an app designed to match people with blood donors in the region as well as nearby blood banks. With a Google Front-End Web Developer Scholarship, I spent time focusing on the “look” of a website, which is also important. People are enthralled by software that does their work for them; however, I like to go a step further and create such software to tailor to their needs.”