Scholars 2010

 
 
Vaishali Lara Kathuria is working on a Master’s degree in Economics and Business Administration at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH) in Bergen. Vaishali is born and raised in Bergen. She speaks fluent Hindi and Spanish in addition to Norwegian and English. After upper secondary school she studied preparatory subjects (exphil./exfac.) and, later, Spanish for one semester in Mexico. She has also spent a summer in London at the Instituto Marangoni fashion and design school. Besides her studies, Vaishali has been a regular fashion columnist and magazine editor for K7 Bulletin as well as a dancer and choreographer at the Student Week (UKEN) shows in 2008 and 2010 at NHH. Vaishali Lara is serving her Alarga Internship at Yara.
 
Veysel Ince is working on a Master of Jurisprudence degree at the University of Bergen. Veysel is born and raised in Stavanger. He speaks fluent Turkish in addition to Norwegian and English. Besides his studies, he has been active in the Turkish Youth Association of Norway, heading the local chapters in Stavanger (2004-2006) and Bergen (2006-2010). He has also been a support person at the Child Welfare Service in Stavanger (2005-2006) and later in Bergen (2007-). Veysel Ince is serving his Alarga Internship at Thommessen.
 
Tom Chottayil Varghese is working on a Master of Jurisprudence degree at the University of Bergen. Tom already has a Bachelor’s degree in Comparative Politics from the University of Bergen with supplementary studies in sociology at the University of California at Berkeley and foreign policy at American University in Washington D.C. Tom has a family background from India and speaks Malayalam (native language), Norwegian and English. In addition to his studies, he has been head of the debating team and board member of the Bergen Student Society, coordinator for the Rafto Prize 2007 and board member of the Rafto Foundation. In spring 2010 he was hired as a consultant at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he helped draw up a strategy for cooperation between Norway and India. He has also previously worked as a secretary at the Conciliation Board at the Enforcement Office of the National Police Directorate (2008) and has since January 2010 contributed commentary and feature articles to the newspapers Bergens Tidende and Klassekampen as a freelance writer. Tom Chottayil Varghese is serving his Alarga Internship at Telenor.
 
Vu Duy Pham is working on a Master’s degree in Modeling and Data Analysis within finance, insurance and risk management at the University of Oslo. Alongside his Master’s studies, he has participated in the Norwegian Entrepreneurship Programme as an exchange student to Shanghai as part of his studies. Vu already has a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Oslo. He speaks Vietnamese and Spanish in addition to Norwegian and English. Besides his studies, he has worked in the science project ENTER-TENK as finance manager and mentor for upper secondary school students. Vu has also been active in a number of associations, including that of competition manager for the share competitions Studenter på Børs (students on the stock exchange) and Elever på Børs (pupils on the stock exchange) for Unge Aksjonærer (young shareholders), finance manager for MAPS (Mathematics, Algorithms and Programming for Students) and finance manager for the Student Business Committee. Vu Duy Pham is serving his Alarga Internship at Statkraft.
 

Rony Solaiman is working on his integrated Master of Jurisprudence degree at the University of Oslo. Last summer he attended Summer Law School: EU Law at King’s College in London. He speaks Bengali in addition to Norwegian and English. Along with his studies, he has been active in the Red Cross (Refugee Guide) since summer 2010 and has written articles on stock exchange and securities law as well as various articles for student newspapers. Rony has job experience as a consultant at Bank Norwegian, co-worker at Lovdata and customer service representative at the insurance firm Enter forsikring AS. He has also been a summer temp worker at the Agency for Planning and Building Services, the Norwegian Police Aliens Section and the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration. Rony Solaiman is serving his Alarga Internship at Selmer.
 

Manveer Singh Sidhu is working on his MSc (Applied Economics & Finance) || Cand.merc. (Applied Economics & Finance) degrees at Copenhagen Business School. Manveer already has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Management from the Norwegian School of Management (BI). He speaks Hindi and Punjabi in addition to Norwegian and English. He has combined his studies at the School of Management with a full-time job as manager of the food store Rimi at St. Halvardsgt. Manveer has taken part in starting up the football (soccer) team DG and was co-choreographer for Bhangra Army, which has danced at the Norwegian Opera and at the Mela 2010 festival. Manveer Singh Sidhu is serving his Alarga Internship at Orkla.
 
Visnu Manoharan is working on a Master of Industrial Economics and Technology Management degree at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Visnu speaks Tamil in addition to Norwegian and English and has job experience from Loomis Ålesund as a security guard for valuables transport. Besides his studies, he has been a treasurer for NTNUI Karate, sponsor manager for the excursion committee for Datateknikk and IT manager in the Tamil Student Association of Trondheim (TSAT). Visnu Manoharan is serving his Alarga Internship at Hafslund.
 
Javad Mushtaq is working on his MSc in Business and Economics at the Norwegian School of Management (BI). Javad speaks Urdu, Punjabi and French in addition to Norwegian and English. He has worked as an assistant at the accounts department of the newspaper VG and in customer service at Viasat Transcom Norge. In summer 2010 he was selected by Fulbright to attend the Summer Institutes for Outstanding European Students in the US and was named Economics Student of the Year 2010 by Universum Awards. Besides his studies, he has been active in starting up and heading a BIMSS committee at BI and has been a board member of the user group for “A Room for Faith and Reflection”. Javad Mushtaq is serving his Alarga Internship at DnB NOR.