On The Air with Acumen

In the first episode of our series, we speak to Amit Lahiri, Chief Sustainability Officer and Founding Executive Director, Center for Excellence in Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CECRAS) at O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU).

Amit will speak to us about the recent changes in India’s CSR policy and also describe how OP Jindal Global university engages with SDGs.

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In this episode, our guest, Shishir Upadhyay, is going to take us through the insights on how the space of International education in the USA is developing from the perspective of the Indian market.

Shishir is a strategy and marketing professional with over fourteen years’ experience in higher education and health care landscape across multiple functional areas. He is working as Senior International Adviser at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

His extensive experience in the sphere of International Higher education and immense knowledge that he has about the Indian market will help us today to have much sought after information on the impact of COVID on International education in the USA.

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Our guest in this episode is Ankit Mehta. Ankit is the Regional Recruitment Adviser for the University of Canterbury. This episode will focus on how New Zealand is coming to terms with challenges posed by COVID-19.

Ankit has five years of experience working with Immigration New Zealand. Experience of knowing New Zealand up close in this duration inspired him to work in greater depth and contribute to its education sector. Today, Ankit will help us know more about how International education in New Zealand is evolving as we come to terms with COVID-19.

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Join our host Anuradha in conversation with Anupama Ghai, as they explore how the Australian government and the institutes are gearing up to face the challenges that COVID poses and how the Indian market is responding to Australia as a study destination.

Anupama has been working with the University of Sydney as Principal Adviser, India. Her rich experience of 8 years in the education sector has seen her at the helm of many challenging and impactful projects. Anupama, with her experience, is just the person you would want to lend ears to, in order to get a pulse on the Indian market for international education.

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In today’s episode, Shibani Mukherjee takes us through a journey to discover how international education is shaping up in India vis-à-vis UK.

Shibani has over 15 years of experience in the education sector. She is presently working with the University of Leeds as Regional Adviser- North, East India, and Bangladesh.

Episode 2 will look at various challenges and opportunities that UK universities face in India in times of COVID.

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In this episode, we talk to Apratim Mukhopadhyay, our destination expert for Canada. Apratim is a seasoned International recruitment officer who has worked for the education sector in Australia and Canada. He is presently working with the University of Toronto, Canada.

Today, he shares his expert opinion on how India is responding to Canada as a study destination.

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Lindsay Addington is Director of Global  Engagement, NACAC, the National Association for College Admission Counselling.

Lindsay is in conversation with Zoe on the potential rise in gap years, the future of standardized admission testing and the silver lining that coronavirus has brought our field.

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Carri Orrison is Vice President of Operations at US internship provider Global Experiences (GE).

Carri is in conversation with Zoe on the value of international internships from an employability perspective and how GE has pivoted from offering an on-location internship to a virtual internship in just a few weeks.

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Robin Matross Helms is the Deputy Chief Innovation Officer and Principal Internationalisation Strategist at the American Council on Education (ACE).

Robin is in conversation with Zoe this week. The blog she refers to at the beginning is “Can Internationalization Survive Coronavirus? You Need to See My Data”.

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In the name of #lifelonglearning, we have something new on the podcast this week – a panel session with three of Sannam S4’s in-country reps in the US and their manager.

Jackie, Haley, Megan G and Megan B are in conversation with Zoe talking about what US students considering the UK for their UG or PG studies are really saying right now.

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