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Where are they now?
Sailaja Nandigama Cesar Guedes Mariza Dacoron
Study programme PhD in Development Studies Year of graduation 2009 Country of origin India
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Current occupation
Associate Professor & Associate Dean, International Programmes and Collaborations Division Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India.
What made your time at ISS
special? ISS community members stood out for their kindness and helping nature throughout my stay. Apart from the rich cultural exchange, the warmth of ISS faculty and staff made my PhD journey truly special and memorable. ISS gave me a life filled with possibilities and great memories of happiness and fulfillment.
What is your most memorable moment at ISS?
It has to be my PhD defence. ISS friends provided the love and affection of a family.
What does ISS mean to you
now? ISS means life-long friendships, state-of-the-art academic training and endless possibilities to contribute to development in its true sense. The cumulative value created by ISS for the world is immense and invaluable. Hartstikke bedankt to ISS!
Study programme
International Relations Year of graduation 1990 Country of origin Peru Current occupation I retired in 2021 after 30 years with the United Nations. My last appointment was as UNODC Country Director for Afghanistan but I also served in Guyana, Peru, China, North Korea, Germany, Austria, Panama, Bolivia, Pakistan, Mozambique, Kazakhstan and Afghanistan. I now live in Vietnam, do some freelance consultancies and plan to write a book.
What made your time at ISS
special? I have wonderful memories of my colleagues and teachers, some of whom I am still in touch with. In 2015 we celebrated 25 years of graduating and a few of us met at ISS The Hague.
What does ISS mean to you
now? ISS helped me catapult my knowledge and career to another level and fulfil my dream to work for the United Nations. Study programme Women, Gender and Development Year of graduation 2003 Country of origin Philippines Current occupation I work as a registered nurse in the Oncology/Rehabilitation unit in Leiden. I previously worked for INGO in Sri Lanka and UNDP in Bangladesh after ISS but took a career shift.
What made your time at ISS
special? Meeting brilliant people from all over the world. ISS is like a mini United Nations.
What is your most memorable moment at ISS?
At ISS there was always a celebration of cultures, personal stories and knowledge. I gained great friends and some of them I still meet regularly and reminisce about our beautiful and happy memories at ISS.
What does ISS mean to you
now? ISS has changed my life; I became part of a global network.
William Reuben
Study programme & year of
graduation National and International Development Diploma (1971) Master in Social Sciences (1972) Country of origin Costa Rica
Current occupation
Commissioner General of Costa Rica
What made your time at ISS
special? The unique possibility to engage with people from all parts of the world and to study in an environment with a multidisciplinary approach to development.
What is your most memorable moment at ISS?
When I got admitted to the Master in Social Sciences Programme. It was a hard competitive bid.
What does ISS mean to you
now? It was an initiation into the study of and passion for social development, which have been with me since that time.
