Vaishnavi Agarwal is a Master of Public Administration candidate at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), specializing in Development and Governance. She brings strong skills in policy analysis, project management, and stakeholder engagement, supported by a foundation in global affairs and governance research.
Her experience includes working with Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations, where she developed analyses of the Myanmar conflict and India’s Manipur crisis with a focus on migration and illicit trade flows. She has also led community-based projects in Assam, coordinating Aadhaar registration drives and managing a team of interns to strengthen local outreach.
Vaishnavi is passionate about consulting for development, applying data-driven analysis, field coordination, and strategic problem-solving to design evidence-based and context-sensitive policy solutions.More...