Khushboo Kaul
Khushboo Kaul is a Marketing and Media Intern at NATO Council of Canada. She completed her Bachelors Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Maharshi Dayanand University, India. She worked as a Management Trainee at Alstom India Limited, Noida, India. She is currently pursuing her Post-Graduation in Strategic Relationship Marketing from George Brown College, Toronto, Canada. She is an International Student Ambassador at George Brown College. She is also a Student Volunteer at Ontario Council for International Cooperation (OCIC), Ecologos Institute (Water Docs Toronto Film Festival) and World Vision Canada.
Email: khushboo.kaul@natocouncil.ca
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/khushbookaul
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