Category: SI alumni stories

Harshit Gupta feels that changing the world for the better is more important than a well-paying job or personal gains. He’s an engineer by education and a social entrepreneur by choice. He already knew that he wanted to work for gender equality, but the "Young Connectors of the Future" (YCF) programme helped him work more effectively and listen more to those he wants to help.

A man wearing glasses and a striped sweater, smiling, standing outside. — Harshit Gupta, SI alumni from India Photo: Ketan Kapoor

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”I see getting accepted to YCF as a privilege”

Harshit Gupta feels that changing the world for the better is more important than a well-paying job or personal gains. He’s an engineer by education and a social entrepreneur by…

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”I am excited the organisers stay in touch and don’t leave us after the programme”

Hanadi Hammouz talks about how the Swedish Institute’s leadership programme She Entrepreneurs helped her take her business to the next level. Besides learning the basics of business, the programme also…

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The programme motivated me to advocate more passionately about topics close to me

Yousuf Alrawi, a medical doctor and public health policy specialist from Iraq discusses his participation in the 2018 Young Leaders Visitors Programme and the impact it has had on his…

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”It was an experience you can never forget”

Vasyl Myroshnychenko talks about his interest in both business and civil activism and explains how the Swedish Institute Management Programme was a perfect fit for him early in his career.

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”I use almost everything we learned in my personal and my professional life”

Shreejana Bajracharya discusses how the Young Connectors of the Future programme affected her work as a defender of sexual and reproductive health and rights. It helped her connect with both…