Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  "Politics + Mass Media" is a Constitution Day Launch and Exhibition by the Center on Public Awareness at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. September 18th, 2006. News from the National Office Post-Election Center TI Launched Roosevelt LiveBlogs the Presidential Debate On Campus Midwest Regional Fall Policy Workshop Blum speaks at Vermont Campus Compact conference Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." — Franklin Roosevelt    Shyam Ravindran Your name: Your email: Recipient's name: Recipient's email: Message: To prevent spam, please enter the first letter of the recipient's email and the first letter of the recipient's name in the box below (for example, if the name is "John Doe" and the email is "bigjohn@johndoe.com", you would enter "jb"): School: Stanford University Member of: Center on Justice Shyam Ravindran is a Stanford undergraduate student studying Management Science & Engineering and Computer Science. Born in India, Shyam lived in New York, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Tennessee, before attending Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, CA. His first exposure to public policy came from high school debate, where he studied political philosophy and U.S. legal policy on his way to becoming a nationally ranked high school debater. At Stanford, he successfully ran for student government and become Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. He is currently a board member of the Stanford Democrats. Shyam spent most of the early election cycle as a volunteer and vigorous supporter of the Wesley Clark campaign. He continues to study public policy and is particularly interested in taxation policy. Shyam hopes to pursue a career in the finance sector, and to stay involved in progressive causes.   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 2100 M St NW Suite 610 / Washington, DC 20037 || (202) 833-1359