The Georgia Institute of Technology is proud to announce that one of its distinguished alumni has been selected for the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program for the 2025–2026 academic year. The Fulbright Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, provides opportunities for students and professionals to study, conduct research, and teach abroad while promoting mutual understanding between the United States and other countries.
Nethra Rammohan, (B.S. LMC '21)
Nethra will serve as an English Teaching Assistant at a preparatory high school in Zurich, Switzerland. With a background in conversational design and a passion for cross-cultural exchange, she looks forward to immersing herself in Swiss culture while refining her public speaking and language learning skills.
I wanted to apply for the Fulbright scholarship because it seemed like an amalgamation of all the things I deeply value and enjoy—such as cross-cultural exchange, language learning, leadership, and creative expression. The cherry on top of the cake was having the agency to decide on a country of my choice where I could undertake my grant.
Currently working as a Conversational Designer at Cox Communications, she has been exploring the world of Natural Language Processing and Generative AI. She sees the Fulbright experience as a way to build soft skills that will enhance her executive presence and people-facing abilities in both corporate and academic settings.
Reflecting on her time at Georgia Tech, she fondly remembers Skiles, where she took most of her LMC classes before the pandemic. She encourages current students to “take advantage of all the resources you’re offered as a student, and don’t forget to have a ton of fun along the way—this time goes by so fast!”
She also expressed deep gratitude for Georgia Tech’s Prestigious Fellowships Advisor, Georgia Brunner, saying, “I quite literally would not have reached Finalist status had it not been for Georgia. She was always so prompt and thorough with her responses, even to my most nitpicky questions, which always made me feel like I had a soft place to land during this long and sometimes challenging journey.”
Fulbright U.S. Program
More than 2,000 Fulbright U.S. Students—recent college graduates, graduate students, and early career professionals—pursue graduate study, conduct research, or teach English in schools abroad each year.
Since 1946, the Fulbright Program has provided over 400,000 talented and accomplished individuals with the opportunity to study, teach, and conduct research abroad. Fulbrighters exchange ideas, build people-to-people connections, and work to address complex global challenges.
Fulbright is a program of the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. Government. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations, and foundations around the world also provide support to the Program, which operates in over 160 countries. In the United States, the Institute of International Education implements the Fulbright U.S. Student and U.S. Scholar Programs on behalf of the U.S. Department of State. For more information, visit https://fulbrightprogram.org.
Additional Information
Students interested in Fulbright or other nationally competitive awards can contact a prestigious fellowship advisor at fellowshipadvising@gatech.edu.
Specialized Advising is part of Academic Success and Advising (ASA) and the Office of Undergraduate Education and Student Success (OUESS).