Phone:

+91 11 45654137

Email:

zsuresh@iu.edu

Website:

https://global.iu.edu

Department:

Global Gateways

Office:

Office of the Vice President for International Affairs

Campus:

IU

Biography

Zafeena Suresh is Director of the IU India Gateway office. Zafeena was previously Head of Higher Education at the British Council in New Delhi where she led various country-wide promotional and alumni-engagement campaigns, and managed a range of scholarships including the British Council India Scholarships for women in STEM and the Future Leaders Program for Indian youth.

Prior to this Zafeena was Senior Advisor at EducationUSA, New Delhi where she designed student recruitment activities, conducted workshops for undergraduate and graduate university applications, and managed relationships with numerous U.S. universities. She designed and executed the first EducationUSA virtual graduate fair in India connecting students across 100 Indian cities directly with U.S universities. She also collated the graduate financial aid data, which was a valuable resource for EducationUSA centers globally. As Director of the IU India Gateway Zafeena brings extensive connections and experience of working with students, parents, scholars, school and higher education leaders, and alumni.

Zafeena holds a PhD in Sociology from Bangalore University. Before moving into international education, she taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Sociology at colleges across India.