Name: Kaashif Ahmed

Recipient Year: 2024

Description: Kaashif Ahmed is a student at Yale University studying Global Affairs with interests. in international security, intelligence, and espionage. He leads the Yale Muslim Students Association and the Yale International Relations Association which is the largest student organization at Yale with an endowment of over $300,000. He formally worked at the United Nations Security Council on topics like Russia and Ukraine, Middle East stability, cyber security, and counterterrorism. He also conducts research on healthcare sustainability and major healthcare acquisitions. Within his range of communities, Kaashif gives Friday sermons at various mosques to empower young Muslims in pursuing careers in public service. In his free time, he loves to make Indian Chai.