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Dhruva Bhat

Election Year: 2017

Election Constituency: India

Scholar Status: Scholar Alum

Rhodes Identifier: India & St John's 2017

Dhruva Bhat

Biography

Dhruva Bhat is in his final year at Harvard studying economics and German. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa as a junior. Passionate about issues of international development, he has worked at The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab in his hometown of Chennai and as a research fellow with the Program for Research in Markets and Organizations at the Harvard Business School. Dhruva also served as president of the Harvard College Debating Union; he was a finalist at the US Universities Debating Championships and North American Universities Debating Championships in addition to winning a number of other tournaments.