Meet some of our Alumi

Between 1998-2013, a total of 132 students majored in the South Asia Studies Department --but thousands more undergraduates and graduate students from other schools took language and content courses in the same period. Our alumni have secured jobs in career fields of their choice – and are in exciting and high-flying careers spanning the world from San Francisco to Sri Lanka to Singapore. Moreover, many of those interviewed were clear about how success at work was built on the knowledge and skills gained through South Asia-related courses. Many alumni are in in sectors as diverse as international policy-making and diplomatic services, medicine and health care, investment banking and international marketing and academia and research.

Our alumni continue to be fully engaged, connected and supportive of the department. They are a great resource for us –they are information conduits allowing us to keep abreast with the trends and emerging skills-needs in specific professions -- and have helped us with designing academic programs to support students’ skills development. They are also a great resource for our undergraduates’ career development and are involved in mentoring and coaching, and participating in networking events. 

Below is a list of the Majors who graduated in the department and the types of careers they went on to develop:

 

Alex Polyyak	Class of 2015	SASt	Fulbright Scholar.
Kim Kolar	Class of 2015	SASt and Religious Studies	PhD Student, University of Chicago.
Priyanka Varma	Class of 2015	SASt and International Relations	Research Assistant, Brookings Institute.
Sean Angiolillo	Class of 2011	SASt and International Relations Major	Technical Curriculum Developer.
Dr. Vijay Yerubandi	Class of 2006	SASt and Biochemistry	Medical Doctor and Research Fellow, Harvard and Boston Universities.
Dr. Adam J. Graves	Class of 2001	SASt	Professor MSU Denver.
Humaira Zafar	Class of 2000	SASt	Attorney in Virginia.
Swathi Kappagantual	Class of 1998	Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, and SASt	Diplomat, Canadian Embassy in Washington D.C