Brandeis International Business School

2025 Brandeis Business Orientation Leaders

Meet the 2025 Brandeis Business Orientation Leaders, who serve as peer mentors and help new students with their academic, cultural and social adjustment to the school.
Bhanu Prakash Immanni
Bhanu Prakash Immanni

He/Him

Program: MS Business Analytics

Career Interests: Data Science, Software Development

Personal Interests: Badminton, Music, Web series

Favorite International Business School Course: Advance Data Analytics, Probability and Statistics

Favorite Food: Biryani

Chang Liu
Chang Liu

He/Him

Program: MBA

Career Interests: Marketing Analyst, Marketing Research, UX research, Product Development

Personal Interests: Traveling, biking, hiking, music, and cooking

Favorite International Business School Course: Marketing, Marketing Research

Favorite Food: Hot pot

Elijah Benson
Elijah Benson

He/Him

Program: MS Finance

Career Interests: Financial Planning and Analysis, Private Equity, Management Consulting

Personal Interests: Singing and Cooking

Favorite International Business School Course: Financial Management, Corporate Financial Modeling

Favorite Food: Jollof Rice and Chicken

Foram Panchal
Foram Panchal

She/Her

Program: MS Finance

Career Interests: Asset Management, Wealth Management, Private Equity

Personal Interests: Cooking

Favorite International Business School Course: Intermediate Accounting, Private Equity

Favorite Food: Aglio-e-Oglio Spaghetti

Hardik Shukla
Hardik Shukla

he/him

Program: MBA

Career Interests: Wealth Management, Asset Management, Portfolio Management

Personal Interests: Strength Training, Nutrition, Cooking elaborate meals, Reading

Favorite International Business School Course: Fixed Income Securities by Professor Daniel Bergstresser

Favorite Food:  Butter Chicken :)

Mc Ware Phalula
Mc Ware Phalula

He/Him

Program: MBA

Career Interests: Strategy, Innovation and Social Impact

Personal Interests: Music, Watching Soccer (English Premier League) I am an Arsenal Fan and committed to Physical Wellness

Favorite International Business School Course: Operations Management and Competition & Strategy

Favorite Food: Nsima and Fried Chambo Fish with Nkhwani Otendera (This is a local Malawian dish)

Param Nirav Maniar
Param Nirav Maniar

He/Him

Program: MS Finance

Career Interests: Wealth Management, Equity research

Personal Interests: Music, Traveling, Cricket

Favorite International Business School Course: Advanced corporate finance, financial modelling

Favorite Food: Indian cuisine

Payal Kumari
Payal Kumari

She/Her

Program: MS Business Analytics

Career Interests: I am focused on financial analytics and interested in exploring opportunities in the field of Finance/Banking

Personal Interests: I'm passionate about reading, and right now, Atomic Habits is genuinely inspiring me; it's a game-changer!

Favorite International Business School Course: My favorite course is Python, particularly for its applications in business and finance. I enjoy using it to analyze financial data, create models, and automate processes, making complex tasks more efficient and insightful

Favorite Food: Soya Biryani

Puja Yadav
Puja Yadav

She/Her

Program: MS Business Analytics

Career Interests: Business Analytics, Consulting, Venture Capital

Personal Interests: Reading, Writing, Hiking, Filmmaking

Favorite International Business School Course: Advanced Data Analytics

Favorite Food: Cheesecake, Momo, Laphing.

Rebecca Zhou
Rebecca Zhou

She/Her

Program: MS Finance

Career Interests: Business Analytics, Consulting, Venture Capital

Personal Interests: Reading, Writing, Hiking, Filmmaking

Favorite International Business School Course: Advanced Data Analytics

Favorite Food: Cheesecake, Momo, Laphing.

Sanket Patel
Sanket Patel

He/Him

Program: MBA

Career Interests: Tech Product Manager, Project Manager, Management Consultant, Data/Business/Strategy Analyst

Personal Interests: Playing Chess, Gardening

Favorite International Business School Course: Competition & Strategy, MBA Career Strategy and Management Communication

Favorite Food: Anything with cheese !!!

Sayasha Luitel
Sayasha Luitel

She/Her

Program: MS Business Analytics

Career Interests: My interest lies in Product Analytics, Finance Analytics and Explore innovative business opportunities.

Personal Interests: I really enjoy Photography, Graphic Designing and swimming.

Favorite International Business School Course: My favorite course is Advance Data Analytics and Business and Economic Strategies in Emerging Markets

Favorite Food: I love Sushi, BBQ and Strawberry shortcake

Stephen Agawu
Stephen Agawu

He/Him

Program: MS Finance

Career Interests: Portfolio management, Equity research, Risk management

Personal Interests: Music, Dance, Soccer, Traveling

Favorite International Business School Course: Investment and Portfolio Management

Favorite Food: Jollof rice

Sugam Neupane
Sugam Neupane

He/Him

Program: MS Business Analytics

Career Interests: Business Analyst, Consultant

Personal Interests: Football (Soccer), Spending time with friends

Favorite International Business School Course: Applied Econometrics

Favorite Food: Mo:Mo!

Sunaib Barkat
Sunaib Barkat

He/Him

Program: MS Finance

Career Interests: "FP&A, Corporate Finance, Private Equity and Transfer Pricing"

Personal Interests: Table Tennis

Favorite International Business School Course: Corporate Finance Theory and Practice and Investment Portfolio Modelling

Favorite Food: Biryani and Tres Leche Cake

Tolu Oluwabunmi
Tolu Oluwabunmi

She/Her

Program: MS Business Analytics

Career Interests: Financial Analytics

Personal Interests: Reading

Favorite International Business School Course: Foundation in Data Analytics and Introduction to Probability, Economics, and Statistics

Favorite Food: Jollof rice

Tushita Shrestha
Tushita Shrestha

She/Her

Program: MS Finance

Career Interests: FP&A, Corporate Finance

Personal Interests: Reading, Painting

Favorite International Business School Course: Corporate Finance, Corporate Financial Modeling

Favorite Food: Mo:Mo

Yi-Chen Lee
Yi-Chen Lee

He/Him

Program: MS Finance

Career Interests: Financial Analysis

Personal Interests: Music, Basketball

Favorite International Business School Course: Corporate Finance

Favorite Food: Sushi