Nupur Desai

Nupur Desai is a third-year International Affairs major at UGA from Marietta, GA. She is minoring in International Human Rights & Security, as well as pursuing her master’s in international policy through the DoubleDawgs program. This past summer, Nupur interned at British Standards Institute (BSI) as a Research Associate for the Middle East and Africa region, and she is continuing this internship for the 2025-26 school year. She has also participated in the GLOBIS Ireland Study Abroad Program, studying human rights and post-conflict societies through the lens of the Irish Troubles. Her study abroad sparked her interest in human rights, so she continued what she had learned in the GLOBIS Human Rights Research Lab. At UGA, Nupur is set to earn the Undergraduate Certificate in Data Analytics in Public Policy, which provides enhanced training in data collection, data management, data visualization, and data analysis and interpretation with respect to public policy. In her free time, Nupur dances as a member of UGA Asura, a Bollywood-fusion dance team here at UGA. She is also a student in the Jere W. Morehead Honors College, where she is a member of the DEI committee of the Honors Student Council. Concurrent with her studies, she also interns with the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI), where she aids in the translation of their annual survey to languages like Spanish and Portuguese so that the survey can reach a wider audience. Her research interests include physical integrity rights abuse, state-sponsored terrorism, grassroots propaganda, and intrastate conflict resolution. After graduation, Nupur hopes to pursue a career in national security, specifically pursuing a career in the intelligence field.