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Rajika Bhandari, Ph.D.

International Education Expert & Author | Board Member

A scholar-practitioner in international higher education, Dr. Rajika Bhandari is the former President and CEO of the IC3 Institute. She previously worked for over a decade at the Institute of International Education (IIE), leading IIE’s thought leadership initiatives and its global research and impact studies on student and scholar mobility. An expert in international higher education, Dr. Bhandari is a frequent speaker and widely published author with a forthcoming book on the international student experience. A product of global student mobility herself, she holds advanced degrees in Psychology and Education from the University of Delhi in India and from North Carolina State University in the U.S. Dr. Bhandari joined the ISEP Board in 2020.