{"61218":{"#nid":"61218","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Alumni Profile \u2014 Rizwan Ladha \u2013 IAML 2007","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERizwan Ladha obtained a BS in International Affairs and Modern\nLanguages (IAML) in 2007. Today, he is pursuing a Master\u0027s degree at\nthe Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University where he\nfocuses on nuclear security issues. Rizwan conducted research at the\nProject on Managing the Atom at the Harvard Kennedy School this past\nsummer, and this fall he is a Teaching Assistant for the 2010-2011\nEPIIC colloquium at Tufts University the theme of which is \u0022Our Nuclear\nAge: Peril and Promise.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI must constantly jump between technical issues and the policy\nworld,\u201d writes Ladha. \u201cFrom my time at Tech, I took away a few key\nlessons that have served me well in life. First, I learned how\nimportant it is to not constrain oneself, especially early on in one\u0027s\ncareer. Because the Sam Nunn School [of International Affairs (INTA)]\nfits so nicely into the larger Tech community, I took advantage of\nthose mandatory computer science and mathematics courses that seem, at\nfirst glance, to be irrelevant to the INTA curriculum. But rather than\ntake them at face value and get through them just to fulfill a\nrequirement, I took the time to learn more about the subject material.\nThis approach, combined with my INTA education, provided me with the\nfoundation I needed to take a private sector consulting job after\ngraduation that sent me to live in India for the better half of a year\nworking on offshoring and outsourcing issues.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Second, I took advantage of the many benefits that come with\nstudying in a smaller but well-established program. Many of these\nbenefits are latent - immediate access to faculty, more intimate class\nsizes, etc. But to really get the most out of my INTA education, I\nattended every event possible - from the Cypriot ambassador to the US\nspeaking about the possibility of Turkey\u0027s accession to the EU, to a\nformer US Foreign Service officer sharing his thoughts on the future of\nthe Middle East. I listened, took notes, asked good questions, and\nnetworked.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Finally, I got the name recognition that comes as a direct result\nof the tireless work of the Nunn School\u0027s faculty and staff. The School\nrecently launched a PhD program and was accepted to APSIA as a full\nmember. This last note is extremely critical, because it lends the\nSchool an enhanced degree of visibility and credibility that I have\nbeen able to leverage time and again. Of course, Senator Nunn\u0027s 2007\nop-ed with Henry Kissinger, William Perry, and George Shultz in the\nWall Street Journal hasn\u0027t hurt, either!\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELadha manages online communications for the International Physicians\nfor the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), and writes a nuclear-themed\nblog at his own site.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003Cem\u003EPhoto:\u0026nbsp; Ladha, at far right, is pictured with President\u0026nbsp;Obama\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERizwan Ladha obtained a BS in International Affairs and Modern\nLanguages (IAML) in 2007. Today, he is pursuing a Master\u0027s degree at\nthe Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University where he\nfocuses on nuclear security issues.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27418","created_gmt":"2010-09-24 15:00:57","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:27","author":"Lauren Langley","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-09-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-09-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"61310":{"id":"61310","type":"image","title":"Rizwan Ladha","body":null,"created":"1449176322","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:58:42","changed":"1475894533","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:13","alt":"Rizwan Ladha","file":{"fid":"191328","name":"Rizwan_Ladha.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Rizwan_Ladha_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Rizwan_Ladha_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":39278,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Rizwan_Ladha_0.jpg?itok=jj7R79hU"}}},"media_ids":["61310"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"506","name":"alumni"},{"id":"1578","name":"IAML"},{"id":"10744","name":"Rizwan Ladha"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=rkeane3\u0022\u003EContact Rebecca Keane\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}