Indra Baatarkhuu, Intern in IIRR's US Office, graduates from the Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program
Indra Baatarkhuu, Intern in IIRR's US Office, graduates from the Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program. A participant in the Open Society Institute's Undergraduate Exchange Program, Indra is a George Soros Foundation scholar. As part of the Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program at Bard College, Indra completed a competitive academic and internship program combining coursework in international affairs with an internship in a related field. Her home university is the School of Foreign Service at the National University of Mongolia.
In the US Office of IIRR, Indra contributed to marketing, communications, finance, fundraising, event planning, and administrative efforts. Indra will be returning to Mongolia in June to complete her studies. As a result of her internship with IIRR, she also plans to bring IIRR's Bio-Intensive Gardening approach to Ulaanbaatar and has been given a grant of $500 from the Open Society Institute to undertake her project.Image 1: Indra (center) receives her graduation certificate from Jonathan Becker, Dean of International Studies (left), and Carter Page, Director of the Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program (right). Image 2: Indra (right) is pictured with Scarlett Lopez Freeman, Development Associate for IIRR (left), who served as her internship mentor, at the Bard Commencement on May 13, 2010.
