Global Ideas Institute  

2012-13 Mentor Profiles

Crystal Bennett | Stacey Bocknek | Anupam Chaudhri | Michael Cienello |Hormuz Dadabhoy | Zachary Fanni | Michelle Forrester | Kaitlyn Green | Gordon Grisé | Shantha Karthigesu | Nessa Kenny | Justin Keung | Sarah Misu Lee | Leah Nosal | Mike Nyman | Fern Ramoutar | Amna Raza | Rebecca Roberts | Jordan Scantlebury | Krista Singh | Jason Stern | Kerry Sun

Anupam Chaudhri is a third-year undergraduate student working towards a degree in international relations and contemporary Asian studies. She has pursued additional interests in development and public policy through her summer 2012 fi eldwork in Central Java, Indonesia, where she studied booming rural economies and the origins of wealth and poverty within them. Following her fieldwork, she completed an internship with Transparency International in Jakarta, helping prepare a report on anti-corruption best practices in Asia. Currently she is the Vice- President of Research and Development for the 2013 INDePth Conference on China. INDePth examines a new country as a development case study each year. Off campus, she has been highly involved with the Neighbourhood Centre of Toronto, taking a leadership role in several youth organizations dedicated to providing accessible services to underprivileged communities. Anupam is serving her second term as the Youth Programs Officer on the Neighbourhood Centre Board of Directors. Following graduation, she plans to pursue further education
and complete more fieldwork.