Club First◆CCI Elections 2026Democracy · Integrity · TransparencyThe manifesto ↗

Know Your Candidates

Watch each candidate speak, in their own words, and read the letter they have written to you.

Six members are standing together at the CCI Elections 2026. The speeches below were recorded at the Club’s Know Your Candidate evening. The letters are each candidate’s own, issued in their personal capacity.

Online voting · 21–23 SeptemberAGM & physical voting · 24 September

The six candidates

Each speech runs three to five minutes. Nothing downloads until you press play.

For President
Rajan Hiranandani speaking at the Know Your Candidate evening 4:47

Rajan Hiranandani

His only ballot — he is not on the Executive Committee ballot

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For Treasurer and Executive Committee
Darius Pandole speaking at the Know Your Candidate evening 5:06

Darius Pandole

The only candidate standing on two ballots

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For the Executive Committee — five names on the ballot

Rakesh Kapoor speaking at the Know Your Candidate evening 2:55

Rakesh Kapoor “Bubby”

Executive Committee

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Puneet (Bobby) Wadhwa speaking at the Know Your Candidate evening 3:13

Puneet (Bobby) Wadhwa

Executive Committee

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Raika Desai speaking at the Know Your Candidate evening 3:05

Raika Desai

Executive Committee

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Sushil Vaswani speaking at the Know Your Candidate evening 3:14

Sushil Vaswani

Executive Committee

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Before you vote — which name is on which ballot

A member who looks for a name on the wrong ballot wastes a mark. Four screens in all: the two resolutions first, then the Executive Committee, the President and the Treasurer.

President
Rajan Hiranandani
His only ballot — he does not appear on the Executive Committee ballot.
Treasurer
Darius Pandole
Darius also stands on the Executive Committee ballot.
Executive Committee
Darius Pandole · Rakesh Kapoor · Puneet (Bobby) Wadhwa · Raika Desai · Sushil Vaswani
Five names.

How to cast your vote

Two pages — who you are voting for on each screen, with photographs, then the e-voting process step by step: finding your CDSL credentials, logging in, the photo capture, and each of the four screens through to the final confirmation.

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The full manifesto

Nine goals for a transparent, accountable and member-centric CCI, and what each one means in practice. The whole thing reads in a couple of minutes.

Read it at clubfirst.info