INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ PATHWAYS
TO CAREERS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Pathway to the UN's Agency
for the World's 49 Least
Developed Countries
C.S. Ramanathan
SIS/MA ‘07
From: India
Program: International
Communication
BEFORE RAMANATHAN ENROLLED AT SIS:
 Attended Madras University and Symbiosis Centre for
Management and Human Resource Development
 Worked as Business Development executive at TATA
AIG General Insurance Company India
DURING RAMANATHAN’S GRADUATE EXPERIENCE AT SIS:
 Designed a specialized area of concentration
blending cross-cultural communication, development,
and microfinance
 Delivered a substantial research paper comparing the
synergies between traditional insurance business
(e.g. AIG, Allianz) and Islamic insurance (Takaful) in
Malaysia
AFTER RAMANATHAN GRADUATED FROM SIS:
 Worked as Microinsurance Consultant at the World Bank
 Currently working as Regional Technical Analyst at UN
Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) in Fiji