Global
Student
Ambassadors
Global
Student
Ambassadors
About
Global Student Ambassadors are undergraduate students who work abroad to bring together a network of students, parents, and alumni, and explore new opportunities for Northeastern.
In the interconnected world of today, technological and cultural changes require companies and institutions to operate internationally. Northeastern is a world leader in this approach within higher education. It has developed a globally integrated university system, with locations across North America and in London; more than 265,000 graduates in 179 countries worldwide; and students who take advantage of experiential learning opportunities in 146 countries.
It’s an approach reflected in the university’s academic plan, Northeastern 2025, the blueprint for a global network of people, programs, and experiences, that embraces lifelong learning, prepares learners for the changing nature of work, and brings together people of different backgrounds and experiences.
“You must be an explorer and an innovator. Be tireless in curiosity, take advantage of all the opportunities that come, and make your mark on the university.” —President Joseph E. Aoun
Northeastern in India
In 2020, Northeastern brought its Global Leadership Summit to Mumbai. This was three days of boundary-pushing discussions about innovation, sustainability, and civic participation in the era of artificial intelligence.
Key Northeastern initiatives in India
2020 Global Student Ambassador to India
Vidhan Bhaiya
Vidhan Bhaiya is a University Scholar at Northeastern studying Chemical Engineering. He grew up in Chennai, India and decided to come to Northeastern because of its incredible opportunities for innovation and entrepreneurship. He’s been actively involved in the university in a variety of ways.
Mosaic
Mosaic is an alliance of entrepreneurially-spirited people who share a passion for building and leading new products, programs, and organizations.
Mosaic offers services that allow the community to share their work experiences, meet informally and in-person in multiple cities, and exchange ideas and content on critical topics facing their companies and/or careers as builders and leaders.
Center for Family Business
By providing high quality educational support, networking opportunities, and individual business counseling in a supportive and confidential environment, we help our members navigate the complex landscape of the family business to create greater harmony within the family and ensure continued success for the business.
Fintech Incubator: Center for Financial Independence
The Center for Financial Independence educates and supports all Northeastern students on their path to financial literacy and independence while encouraging peer-to-peer knowledge creation and sharing. The Center primarily operates in three ways: hosting workshops and presentations, student mentor financial counseling, and Thrive – the personal finance incubator.
Center for Emerging Markets
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Health Sciences Entrepreneurs
Adding the complexities of a family and their needs to the dynamics of a competitive business can be a formidable challenge. The Center for Family Business helps business families identify and avoid potential pitfalls, solve complex interpersonal and family business issues, and plan for future family business success in an ever changing and increasingly more competitive environment.
By providing high quality educational support, networking opportunities, and individual business counseling in a supportive and confidential environment, we help our members navigate the complex landscape of the family business to create greater harmony within the family and ensure continued success for the business.
IDEA: Northeastern University's Venture Accelerator
Alternative Spring Break
Alternative Spring Break (ASB) is a week-long immersive service and learning experience. Through meaningful action, reflection, and education, volunteers engage in direct service and explore a critical social issue in their host community or region. Trips will focus on issues including affordable housing, environmental conservation, youth education, animal care, sustainable food, and more. Volunteers have a chance to learn about the context of the issue their team will address, explore the culture and history of the area, and participate in pre-departure education and training programs while building leadership skills and developing strong relationships with their team.
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Dialogue of Civilizations
Dialogue of Civilizations programs are faculty-led programs, offered during either Summer 1 or Summer 2, that focus on critical issues facing students and their peers at both the local and global levels. Students typically spend around 30 days in-country with a faculty leader from Northeastern University, learning about a specific topic or course subject in a chosen location. This type of experience is best suited for students who are looking for an intensive short-term international experience.
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Entrepreneurship Spotlight: Dr. Brinsley
Vidhan Bhaiya enlisted the help of his best friend, Danny Jooyoung Kim, an equally entrepreneurial-minded pharmacy student at Northeastern, to start a footwear company that caters to patients with diabetes who don’t want to sacrifice style for function.
More Stories About our Community in India
He’s mixing Indian heritage into the global fashion scene.
Prasan Shah joined his family’s clothing manufacturing business after graduating from Northeastern in 2016, determined not only to strengthen its foundation, but to help shape its future and solidify the family legacy. He soon focused on a new dimension of the company: clothing design. Three years later, the Original Madras Trading Company (OMTC) fashion line was born.
Northeastern University bioengineering student is named Rhodes Scholar.
Kritika Singh has been selected for a Rhodes Scholarship to pursue a doctorate in biomedical sciences at Oxford University. Singh, who studies bioengineering and chemistry at Northeastern, has dedicated herself to researching treatments and educating at-risk communities about diseases, such as malaria, that have cures but still kill hundreds of thousands of people each year.
A family interest in blood donation led her to the world of medical devices.
Arunika Makam, while still adapting to her life in a new country, was able to develop a non-profit service, Give Blood India, which enabled people in India to donate blood while preserving their privacy. Makam, a teenager, would set up a table outside office buildings or at community events and ask people to enroll.
“What worked in the west for much of the post-war period seems to be breaking down”
Raghuram Rajan, an economist at the University of Chicago and former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, says that the technological revolution of the past two decades has thrown the three pillars that hold up society—government, the markets, and community—out of balance.