Narayan Srivastava is a second-year Lester B. Pearson International Scholar at the University of Toronto at Scarborough. He is currently pursuing a double major in Political Science and Public Policy with a minor in Economics. Narayan is a TEDx and TED-Ed Speaker and serves as the Co-President of Dialogues at 1265 – University of Toronto at Scarborough’s largest networking student organization. Narayan is a graduate from City Montessori School where he was one of the All India Toppers by securing 99% in the ISC 2023 examinations. Narayan also works as a Career Strategist and Ambassador for CollegeConnect – one of India’s leading education consultancy companies. Narayan co- founded ‘The Bhoomi Initiative’ – one of India’s leading entirely student-run environmental organizations which has planted over 6,100 trees and impacted over 1,000 lives for which it was nominated for Diana – Princess of Wales’ Award in 2021. Narayan is an avid writer and is the author of ‘7 Mountains’ – a novel based on the psychology of platonic relationships. Narayan has also judged multiple Model UN Conferences including University of Toronto Model UN where he specializes in UN General Assembly and UN Security Council. At NATO Association of Canada – Narayan works as the Event Coordinator. You can contact Narayan at narayan.srivastava@mail.utoronto.ca.