Kashvi Ajitsaria
She/Her/Hers
Kashvi is a Young Global Professional intern at Arsht-Rock for Spring 2023. At Arsht-Rock, she is primarily supporting the Extreme Heat team in developing the Heat Action Platform. As part of this, she is developing user-friendly knowledge products for the platform, as well as carrying out relevant research and writing as per needed. Additionally, she is supporting Arsht-Rock’s Monitoring & Evaluation and Grant Development work.
Prior to Arsht-Rock, Kashvi did more than 5 internships in the sustainability and social entrepreneurship space during her undergraduate education. Some of these experiences include supporting ESG work at Thomson Reuters, research at Circular Economics firm Yorth Group, stakeholder engagement at Mumbai-based Aparna Bhasin Consulting, and M&E work at the Great Plains Institute.
Kashvi is a recent graduate of Macalester College, in St. Paul Minnesota, where she studied the Political Economy of Sustainable Development with a regional focus on South Asia; through an Environmental Studies major, and Data Science and Political Science Minors. Kashvi is also a Semester at Sea and United World College alumna. Outside Arsht-Rock, Kashvi is also an independent visual artist.