Brunel University London, UK. Shivani Bhalla joined Brunel University, London as an international student from India to pursue her masters in corporate brand management in 2008. After completing her master’s she returned to India and worked in various multinational organisations and also supported Brunel as an alumni ambassador for India. She was then approached by the head of international recruitment to set up their office in India and joined as regional manager which she successfully did for five years and was then promoted as their Head South Asia based in New Delhi. Marking her 10th year at Brunel she was recently promoted to being the Deputy Head International Student Recruitment role for Brunel University and made the move to the UK . She has been responsible for changing the brand image and development of Brunel’s recruitment, partnerships & business development in the region and grew student numbers year-on-year by more than 100%. In fact Brunel saw their largest growth of student numbers from India during the pandemic and September 2021 intake shows to create history for the university with unimaginable numbers being achieved.