Twenty-one-year-old Shreya Dharmarajan from Chennai got the chance to live a day in the shoes of a diplomat after winning a competition of the British High Commission. With a peak into the U.K.-India partnership in action and a behind-the-scenes look at life as the British High Commissioner, Ms. Shreya, a Teach for India fellow, sat down with The Hindu to share her insights on the experince.
The political science graduate from Lady Shri Ram College won the British High Commissioner for a Day competition, held to commemorate the International Day of the Girl Child on October 11 and got to experience a broad range of diplomatic activities.
Her day was marked with activities such as leading a discussion on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the United Nations. During her college years, she had travelled in electric buses; as the High Commissioner, she got the chance to flag off electric vehicles.
