Student Ambassador
Nayanika is a JD/MPP student at HKS and Yale Law School. Prior to HKS, Nayanika was Deputy Campaign Manager for U.S. Senator Chris Murphy from Connecticut. She also worked on the 2022 U.S. Senate race in Arizona (Sen. Mark Kelly) and 2020 Senate Race in Montana (Gov. Steve Bullock). She was a 2021 Fulbright Scholar in Taitung, Taiwan. Nayanika graduated from the University of Southern California in 2020, with degrees in Journalism and Political Science, and a minor in East Asian Languages and Culture. At HKS, Nayanika's focus is on the intersection of gender, international politics and humanitarian affairs, as well as democracy reform and strengthening institutions.