Serve in India
Service Corps
Rushabh Kapashi
MPhil, Development Studies, University of Cambridge, '06
BA, Women's Studies, Vassar College, '04
Prior to his graduate studies, Rushabh worked at the management consultancy of Mercer Oliver Wyman where he advised a number of financial institutions on issues ranging from corporate strategy to risk management. He has worked with clients in North America, Europe and the Middle East. Rushabh has also spent time at Aseema, a NGO in India, where he helped the Chairwoman with various managerial initiatives, most notably in creating a business plan for the products division. At Cambridge, he is writing a dissertation on the role of the private sector in stimulating rural growth and employment, under the supervision of Dr. Ha-Joon Chang (Winner of the 2005 Leontief Award). As an undergraduate, Rushabh was the Vice Chair and Undergraduate Head of the Wharton India Economic Forum, a leading US student-run conference on discussion of issues affecting the Indian economy. His team was awarded the Fredrick Gloeckner Award in Entrepreneurial Studies for the best undergraduate plan at the 2003 Wharton Business Plan Competition.