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New York, Ny, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

- Conducted a qualitative study to explore the unique value that Community Development Financial Institutions add to low-income communities and advocate for policies that would accelerate their growth - Analyzed OFN’s Annual Membership Survey data, contributing to OFN’s annual publications that help CDFIs make management and operational improvements and allow investors to make more data-driven investment decisions

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Leading the Student Council and representing the Council to Sanford and the wider Duke community. Also serving as a liaison between Sanford leadership, the Council, and the student body.

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Represented the voices of 92 first-year policy students in academic issues, career services support, and well-being needs.

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Assisting prospective students during the application process and supporting admitted students during campus visits and onboarding.

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Co-led a development project by organizing focus group discussions with 300+ respondents, identifying public service gaps and community pain points that helped develop more informed policy recommendations.

Dhaka, Bangladesh

- Launched the first-ever course on “Economics in Public Policy” in Bangladesh for 100 participants through zoom. Each session was conducted by world-renowned Bangladeshi economists and academicians and live-streamed through Facebook to reach a wider audience. The course aimed to help students and professionals interested in policy analysis become critical consumers of policy decisions.

Dhaka, Bangladesh

- Assisted in launching the country’s first Point-of-Sale (POS) transaction-based financing solution through user data analysis and effective cross-functional collaboration, automating working capital loan approvals for 2,000+ POS customers- Developed a credit scoring model by analyzing data from 240,000+ credit card users, which reduced the time for the credit approval process

Dhaka, Bangladesh

-Recruited in the 14-months long Management Trainee Program and trained across all core functions of the bank-Trained in Foundations of Banking, Financial Statement Analysis & Credit Risk Management by the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM)

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Evaluated the financial performance and market potential of small and medium agricultural enterprises by performing financial modeling in Excel and consulting industry experts, which led to equity investments of up to $50,000 in these businesses.

Actively involved in the events: IBA Graduation Ceremony 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017 | Brandwitz 2015 & 2016 | HSBC Case Competition 2016 & 2017 | IIBC 2017

Assisted the Marketing & PR department in developing and designing communications for website content, blogs, and outreach events.

Master Of Public Policy, 3.84 Out Of 4.0

Activities and Societies: President, MPP Student Council Admissions Ambassador, MPP Admissions OfficeHighlights: - Developed a customer.

Master Of Social Sciences, Economics, 3.64 Out Of 4.0

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Finance, 3.43 Out Of 4.0

International Advanced Level (Ial)

International General Certificate Of Secondary Education (Igcse)