Soundarya is currently an Associate Product Manager at Salesforce and a graduate from Columbia University, New York. She graduated in 2019 with a master’s in Management Science & Engineering. Prior to that, she graduated as a Gold Medalist from NIT Trichy, India in 2017. She has been the recipient of more than a dozen scholarships & awards including S.N.Bose, DAAD, MITACS, J.N.Tata Endowment, K.C.Mahindra Education Trust, Cargill Global Scholarship, and more. She has published more than 100 articles on the topics of education, technology, career, and life experiences. Her guides on internships, scholarships, and graduate school admissions have been viewed over 50,000 times. Her YouTube videos on life as a graduate student have been viewed over 900,000 times. Soundarya is also the founder of AIESEC at NIT Trichy, has served as the Chief Editor of The NIT Trichy Chronicle, and as Vice President of the Consulting Club at Columbia University.