Sudhanshu Kaushik

Sudhanshu Kaushik

New York, New York, United States
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I work between the intersection of youth voter turnout + youth rights + policy +…

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Experience

  • Young India Foundation Graphic

    Young India Foundation

    New Delhi Area, India/New York City

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    New York, United States

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    New Delhi Area, India

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    New York, New York

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    New Delhi Area, India

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    Chandirgarh, Haryana

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    New York City

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    Pundri, Haryana

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Education

  • The University of Chicago Booth School of Business Graphic

    The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

    - Present

    Incoming Civic Scholar, designed for impact-driven professionals dedicated to a career in social impact, at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. I’ll be pursuing a joint degree as an MPP candidate at Harris.

    The Chicago Booth Civic Scholars Program offers a full scholarship to MBA students who work in a 501(c) designated nonprofit organization or for the government.

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    Member of Wolfson College. Reestablished the Oxford Majlis Asian Society and acted as president (central committee) for a short time.

    Dissertation Topic: Search for an Identity: India's Young and Protest

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    Activities and Societies: Gallatin Student Council- Vice President; South Asia Society- Founder and President; South Asia @ NYU- Steering Committee Member; Hindu Center at NYU- Founder and President; Parliamentary Debate Team;

    Recipient of the Gallatin Human Rights Fellowship; President's List at NYU; Student's Dean Resource Fund; South Asian Journalist Association fund

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    Activities and Societies: Mock Trial: Attorney, Writer at Kaliedescope, Economic analyst at Green and Gold Fund, USGA: Senator at Large

    Senator-at-Large for UAB in which I pushed legislation and constitutional amendments; won awards for UAB mock trial.

Volunteer Experience

Publications

Courses

  • International Development

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  • Intro to Business

    BUS101

  • MicroEconomics

    EC210

Projects

  • Swaraj (Short Documentary)

    Directed, researched and shot a short documentary on the Haryana Panchayat Amendment Act of 2015 and the reprecussions of the law.

    India happens to have the largest illiteracy rate along with the largest rate of people below the poverty line in the world. Most of those people belong to the lower end of the caste system. In 2015, three states in India passed a legislation that adds stipulations (education, whether you have a toilet inside your home, if you're in debt and if you have…

    Directed, researched and shot a short documentary on the Haryana Panchayat Amendment Act of 2015 and the reprecussions of the law.

    India happens to have the largest illiteracy rate along with the largest rate of people below the poverty line in the world. Most of those people belong to the lower end of the caste system. In 2015, three states in India passed a legislation that adds stipulations (education, whether you have a toilet inside your home, if you're in debt and if you have criminal records) to who can contest sarpanch (equivalent of a mayor) elections on village levels. Surprisingly, this bill doesn't stipulate Members of Parliament or Members of Legislative Assembly, the people that deal with core legislative issues that have a larger affect on India. Most that have been affected by this legislation belong to minority groups and are women. Their voice has been taken away from them and have been sidelined. Those that belong from influential higher castes families are finding ways to bypass the law and hold on to power. For example, buying literate women and marrying them, setting up dummy candidates or even buying election officials. This documentary explores the repercussions (positive and negative) of the new legislation that seems practical on paper, but has a variety of different implications.

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Honors & Awards

  • Fellow and Scholarship Recipient

    South Asia Journalist Association

    Awarded $3,000 for work in South Asia by SAJA.

  • WSN's Up-and-Comers 2015

    Washington Square News

    Awarded as an Up-and-Comer for 2016. In Washington Square New's words:

    'In this issue, we sought to highlight students who are up-and-coming in the NYU community, but we weren’t just looking for the students who were doing the textbook definition of “the best.” Instead, we looked at 10 students who are taking their unique set of skills and amplifying them with all the resources that both NYU and NYC have to offer — students who are thriving in their niche, touching the communities…

    Awarded as an Up-and-Comer for 2016. In Washington Square New's words:

    'In this issue, we sought to highlight students who are up-and-coming in the NYU community, but we weren’t just looking for the students who were doing the textbook definition of “the best.” Instead, we looked at 10 students who are taking their unique set of skills and amplifying them with all the resources that both NYU and NYC have to offer — students who are thriving in their niche, touching the communities around them and leaving their mark in the best way possible.

    It’s not just the student who got the killer internship or who aces every Micro exam (although you might find a couple of those people in here). The Up-and-Comers Issue is comprised of the student who doesn’t care if their brush strokes go outside the lines, who fails nine times just to connect on the tenth — because when they do connect, they make it count.'

  • Gallatin Human Rights Fellow

    Gallatin Human Rights Fellowship

    Awarded for research in the human rights field by the Gallatin Human Rights Fellowship.

  • 30 Under 30

    International Literary Association

    Awarded for efforts in literary field by International Literary Association.

Languages

  • Hindi

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Punjabi

    Limited working proficiency

  • Spanish

    Elementary proficiency

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

Organizations

  • South Asia @ NYU

    Steering Committee Member

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    As a member of the steering committee member, I work on advancing South Asia's presence at NYU through mediums like talks, film screenings, panels, and events on topics from a variety of spectrums. Recently, I have worked on establishing a student-wing of South Asia @ NYU that works with the undergraduate and graduate student community to cater to them with events that are relevant and of interest. http://southasianyu.org

  • United Nations

    Intern

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