Shaun Karakkattu

Shaun Karakkattu is a second-year Cornelius Vanderbilt scholar majoring in Economics and History. Born in Dubai and raised in Phoenix, he is an Indian-American with a keen interest in policy work related to South Asia and Kerala’s economic model. He is a TEDx speaker, Presidential Gold Awardee, and interned at the State Department. Karakkattu worked at the Translational Genomics Research Institute and the Students Supporting Brain Tumor Research, and during the pandemic, created Youthomatic and worked at PBS Newshour to share youth experiences in activism and research. At Vanderbilt, Shaun works with the Building Knowledge Lab and Alpha Kappa Psi.