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Student profile: Q&A with M.A. South Asia Studies alum in Sri Lanka

February 18, 2022

Alum Thilini Kahandawaarachchi on embassy work, research, and China in the Indo-Pacific

South Asia Center graduate student assistant Shelby House recently spoke with alumna Thilini Kahandawaarachchi, JSIS South Asia Studies MA (2015). A former lawyer and Fulbright student at UW, Kahandawaarachchi now works as a Senior Political Adviser at the Norwegian Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Read more about her writing, research, and career here.