Brandeis International Business School

Student Ambassadors

Student Ambassadors

Student Ambassadors are here to support you and answer any questions you have about the student experience here at Brandeis International Business School. Connect with them via email or as part of a visit.

Contact: globalambassadors@brandeis.edu

Andrew Mukurazita
Andrew Mukurazita 

Program: MSBA/MBA '24
Concentration: Real Estate
Hometown: Harare, Zimbabwe 
Languages Spoken: Shona, English

Why I chose Brandeis: Brandeis classes are sized in a such way for me to cultivate intimate and genuine connections with faculty and fellow students. The location of the campus is beautiful and far from busy city life.

Bhavya Vishishta Kondamuri
Bhavya Vishishta Kondamuri

Program: MSBA '23
Concentration: Marketing and Data Analytics
Hometown: Hyderabad, India
Languages spoken: Telugu, Hindi and English

Why I chose Brandeis: Brandeis offers diversity in their electives. They can be chosen not only from other schools within Brandeis, but also other business schools. This flexibility and opportunity to explore my interests is what convinced me to choose Brandeis.

Brian Hseih
Brian Hseih

Program: BA/MBA '24
Concentration: International Economics and Finance
Hometown: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Languages Spoken: English, Mandarin

Why I chose Brandeis: Brandeis IBS offers an easy transition between the BA/MA program. I also like Brandeis' close community, smaller student body, and strong alumni network.

Darren Deng
Darren Deng

Program: MBA '24
Concentration: Strategy & Innovation and Finance
Hometown: Beijing, China
Languages Spoken:  Mandarin, English

Why I chose Brandeis: I joined Brandeis primarily because of its focus on humanitarian, social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are a close-knit community with world-class business education. Also, the school provides you with Leadership training and opportunities, which empowers us to be impact-makers wherever we go!

Frank Asamoah
Frank Asamoah

Program: MBA’23
ConcentrationStrategy & Innovation and Data Analytics
Hometown: Accra, Ghana
Languages Spoken: English, Twi

Harsh Sanghvi
Harsh Sanghvi

Program: MSF'23
Concentration: General Finance
Hometown: Mumbai, India
Languages Spoken: English, Gujarati, Hindi

Why I chose Brandeis: I chose Brandeis because of a smaller class size, variety of electives, plethora of co-curricular and, of course, the location.

Jonathan Korsah
Jonathan Korsah

Program: MSBA'23
Hometown: Aburi, Ghana
Languages Spoken: English, Twi

Why I chose Brandeis: I chose Brandeis because the MSBA curriculum provides the opportunity to acquire technical skills and complement it with knowledge in either business, finance,marketing or strategy. There are lots of support resources available and its location close to Boston is ideal.

Karen Smith
Karen Smith

Program: PhD '23
Concentration: International Economics and Finance
Hometown: Couva, Trinidad and Tobago
Languages Spoken: English

Why I chose Brandeis: I choose Brandeis because of the incredible sense of community. The faculty, staff, and students all work together to make this place always feel like home. If I had to, I would choose Brandeis all over again!

Krisztian Grado
Krisztian Grado

Program: PhD '23
Concentration: International Economics and Finance
Hometown: Budapest, Hungary
Languages Spoken: English, Hungarian

Why I chose Brandeis: I chose Brandeis because of it's sense of community, support network and world class faculty

Priyal Arhatia
Priyal Arhatia

Program: MSF '23
Concentration: Asset Management &General Finance
Hometown: Varanasi, India
Languages Spoken: Hindi and English

Why I chose Brandeis: Brandeis provides a concentration to be more specific with finance and also the courses offered are very useful. The alumni and the faculty are very helpful

Roland Blanding
Roland Blanding

Program: Accelerated MA '23
Concentration: Economic Analysis & Consulting
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia USA
Languages Spoken: English

Why I chose Brandeis: I chose Brandeis because the Accelerated Master's program presented me with a streamlined curriculum centered around building hard skills in business and finance as well as soft skills like the intricacies of negotiations. I was also familiar with the alumni network and I like how the culture of inclusivity and support extends from undergraduate to professionals decades into their careers.

Srinidhi Lakshman
Srinidhi Lakshman

Program: MBA '24
Concentration: Marketing and Data Analytics
Hometown: Hyderabad, India
Languages Spoken: Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and English

Why I chose Brandeis: Brandeis is one of the top colleges for MBA and Finance, and the fact that is near Boston, was one of the major reasons why I chose Brandeis.

Cynthia Hu
Xinzhi Hu (Cynthia)

Program: MSF '23
Concentration: General Finance
Hometown: Lanzhou, China
Languages Spoken: Chinese, English

Why I chose Brandeis: Brandeis has a very strong and helpful alumni network. Brandeis also offers a wide range of subjects from finance and business sector. Also the location of brandeis is perfect, it is very close to the city.

Yash Kaul

Program: MSF '23
Concentration: General Finance
Hometown: Mumbai, India
Languages Spoken: Hindi and English

Why I chose Brandeis: Brandeis has a very strong and helpful alumni network. Brandeis also offers a wide range of subjects from finance and business sector. Also the location of brandeis is perfect, it is very close to the city.