NCI Graduate Stories

Every graduate has a unique story to tell. From first jobs to career breakthroughs, this page celebrates the diverse paths our alumni have taken after their time at National College of Ireland. Discover how their experiences here helped shape their futures – and get inspired for your own next steps.

Business Graduates

Learn how our business graduates have transformed their studies - through programmes such as the MSc in Management and MSc in Marketing - into impactful real-world achievements.

Alwyn Sequeria

 Alwyn is a class of 2023 MSc Finance graduate from NCI. With a background in finance, he works in Private Equity, combining technical expertise with exposure to private market data.

Prachi Kapoor

 Prachi, a 2021 MSc Management graduate with sales experience, began on a Stamp 1A trainee visa and now works as an internal auditor with a stockbroking firm on a Critical Skills Permit.

Ashok Khumar

 Ashok is a Class of 2022 MSc Management Graduate with a background in Business Development working as a Fintech Project Manager with IOC Save.

Denise Viana

 Denise is a Class of 2023 graduate from the CIPD accredited MA Human Resource Management programme. Denise worked in HR in Brazil before studying the Masters in HR in NCI and is now working within HR in the hotel industry.

Raviraj Nair

 Raviraj is a Class of 2021 MSc Management Graduate with over 14 years experience across various industries now working as a Program Manager with Workday managing Workday AI implementation projects for global clients.

Sharath Katti

 Sharath is a class of 2023 MSc Management Graduate. Originally from India Sharath worked with PwC, HSBC, and PayPal in India in AML and Financial Crime Prevention and is now working with JP Morgan in Dublin as a Compliance Officer.

Thomas Athikalam QFA

 Thomas Athikalam is a Class of 2023 MSc Management graduate from NCI. He worked at PwC as a Senior Analyst in International Tax before moving to Dublin. Thomas is now an Assistant Vice President in the Client Asset Oversight team at Bank of America.

Morenike Akigbogun

 Morenike is a 2023 MSc Marketing Graduate who completed a BA in Film & Broadcasting with TUD before joining NCI. She is now working with Dentsu as an Account Manager managing client relationships and delivering media plans and strategies across a variety of industries.

Vaibhav Mattoo

 Vaibhav is a class of 2019 MSc Management Graduate who is a Regional Retail Sales Manager with FMI Ireland.

Mohak Soeny

 MSc Finance Graduate Mohak trained as an ACCA in India with Grant Thornton before completing his MSc Finance in NCI. Have graduated from NCI he joined EY in audit.

Kritika Verma

 Kritika is a Class of 2023 MSc Marketing graduate. Before joining NCI, she had experience in marketing, building expertise in digital campaigns, content creation, and event management and is now working as a Marketing Executive at Agile Executives Limited.

Dajana Sinik

 Dajana is a graduate from the MA Human Resource Management programme at NCI. She now works as a specialist representing companies before the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court, providing expert advice on HR, industrial relations, and employment law matters.

Katia Moreno

 Katia is a class of 2023 MSc Management graduate from NCI. She holds a BA Finance and Accountancy and worked with KPMG and BBVA in Mexico before completing the MSc Management in NCI and is now an accountant with Udemy.

Hebert Silva

 Herbert is a class of 2023 MSc Entrepreneurship graduate from NCI. Today, he works as a Contract Manager in Dublin, combining technical expertise with business and leadership skills.

Débora Alexandre Santos

 Débora is a Class of 2021 MA Human Resource Management graduate from NCI. She has a background in Psychology and Talent Acquisition and currently works as an HR & Talent Acquisition Partner with Spectate in Dublin, managing the full HR spectrum from recruitment to strategic business partnering.

Gaurav Singh

 Gaurav is a Class of 2020 MSc Management graduate from NCI. He has experience as an analyst with EY and in project management with Sinch and Fujitsu. Gaurav currently works as a Technology Delivery Lead Manager with Accenture, managing programs and teams to deliver technology solutions effectively.

Aanya Singh

 Aanya is a class of 2023 MSc International Business Graduate who completed an undergraduate degree in Maths and Computer Science and worked within Business development before undertaking the MSc. Since graduating Aanya has worked with Flutter as a Trading Graduate.

Kenz Siby

 Kenz is a 2021 graduate from of the MSc Management Programme. After graduating he worked as a Finance Graduate in retail and insurance and is now an FP&A Analyst.

Adam Black

 Adam is a class of 2024 MA in Human Resources Graduate who is working with SK Pharmteco as a HR Advisor.

Yugal Agarwal

 Yugal is a class of 2024 MSc Accounting graduate. He had 3 years experience in book keeping before undertaking the MSc and is now working as an Audit Trainee with OSK and undertaking the ACCA exams.

Pooja Khairnar

 Pooja is a class of 2024 MA HRM Graduate.   With an undergraduate in English Language and Literature Pooja completed the CIPD accredited MA HRM and transitioned to a HR Team Leader role with Musgrave post graduation.

Chikamso Okele

 Chikamso holds a Master's degree in Finance with a distinction from the National College of Ireland, class of 2022. She currently works as a Senior Fund Accountant at State street International Limited, and is also on the journey to becoming a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

Iram Khwaja

 Iram is a class of 2024 MA HRM graduate. She graduated with an MA in Psychology in 2019 and worked as a teacher and HR executive before moving to Ireland. She completed a summer internship in HR with the Irish Wheelchair Association whilst in NCI and after graduating secured a role within HR with FBD Insurance.

Vatsal Pitroda

 Vatsal Pitroda is a class of 2024 MSc Accounting graduate from NCI. He currently works as an Audit Trainee, gaining valuable experience in the accounting profession while building towards his long-term goal of advancing his career in audit and finance.

Navid Fathi

 Navid Fathi is a class of 2024 MSc Entrepreneurship graduate from NCI. With a background in project management, entrepreneurship, and innovation, he now works as a Project Manager at University College Dublin, gaining valuable experience in research and strategic development while advancing his career in innovation-driven projects.

Muhammad Aamir Mirza

 Muhammad completed the CIPD accredited MA in Human Resource Management in 2024. He had experience working within HR in India before relocating to Ireland and is now working with HRIS and data Support in Brown Thomas Arnotts.

Muhammet Samdanli

 Muhammet has 8 years of experience as a Financial Planning Analyst in Turkey before undertaking the MSc Accounting & Finance with National College of Ireland. After graduating he secured a role as a Global Finical Planning and Control Analyst with Grifols.

Archana Devadasan

 Archana is a class of 2024 MSc Finance Graduate who had experience as a Financial Accountant in Industry before relocating to Ireland. After completing the MSc Finance Archana secured a role as a Fund Accountant with BNY.

Bimal Sabu

 Bimal is an MSc Accounting graduate from NCI. Originally from India, he relocated to Ireland in 2023 to pursue his higher studies and build a career in accounting, finance and tax. After graduating, Bimal secured a graduate role in the Transfer Pricing department at Deloitte. He is now developing his professional career while also studying towards his ACA qualification with Chartered Accountants Ireland.

Talha Siddiqui

 Talha is a qualified ACCA professional with over seven years of experience in finance and currently works as a Billing and Revenue Analyst at Cubic³. He chose Ireland to develop his career and explore opportunities within the European market and obtained a Masters in Accounting and Finance from NCI.

Technology Graduates

Explore the journeys of our technology alumni who are driving innovation, thanks to their experiences on our MSc in Fintech, MSc in Cloud Computing , MSc in Data Analytics and MSc in Artificial Intelligence programmes.

Smitha Devanga

 Smitha is a class of 2023 MSc Fintech Graduate with 15 years of experience in the investment domain across various processes like settlement, reconciliation, confirmation, and Network management now working with Amundi as an FX Trade Management Specialist.

Prakash Shankar Mishra

 Prakash is a Class of 2023 MSc Cloud Computing graduate from NCI. With a background in Computer Science Engineering, he works as a Senior Software Test Engineer in Wexford, combining quality assurance with cloud-related responsibilities to strengthen technical expertise and support career growth.

Agnideep Pal

 Agnideep is a class of 2023 MSc Data Analytics graduate. Agnideep had experience working as an android developer in India with SnapBizz, Capgemini and Novapay and since graduating from NCI is working with Mobile Application Development with Tapadoo.

Beni Shabani

 Beni is a class of 2023 MSc Fintech graduate from NCI. With a background in Business Information Systems and experience in fintech and payments, he now works in the asset management industry with a focus on alternative investment funds with State Street

Mukul Anaspure

 Mukul is a class of 2023 MSc Cloud Computing graduate from NCI. Before joining NCI Mukul worked with Accenture as an Azure Cloud Engineer and is now working as an Order Lifecycle Engineer at Wayfair.

Olaomopo Bandele

 Olaomopo is a class of 2023 MSc Data Analytics graduate from NCI. She began her career at ComReg as a Data Analyst and is now working with Atradius.

Tushar Sonawane

 Tushar is a class of 2023 MSc Cloud Computing graduate from NCI. With 3 years of prior experience as a Cloud Engineer with Fujitsu in India, he is now working as a Site Reliability Engineer in Ireland.

Devaraj Deve Gowda

 Devaraj is a class of 2022 MSc Cloud Computing graduate from NCI. Before completing the MSc in NCI he worked with Pheme Software and IBM in India as a Senior System Engineer and is now working as a Lead Software Engineer at Fiserv.

Victoria Ekefre

 Victoria is a Class of 2022 MSc Cloud Computing graduate from NCI. She previously worked as a Cloud Support Engineer and is now a Global Technical Support Engineer, gaining international experience while building towards her long-term goal of becoming a DevOps Engineer.

Sourav Bhor

 Sourav is a Class of 2022 MSc Data Analytics graduate from NCI. He started as a Junior Data Analyst at Go-Ahead Ireland and now leads the data analytics team.

Ana Sofia Lara

 Ana is a class of 2023 MSc AI graduate from NCI. She previously studied International Business in Germany and now works in a hybrid AI-driven business role in Ireland.

Karalyne Khongbri

 Karalyne is a Class of 2016 MSc Cloud Computing graduate from NCI. After graduation she joined Citi as a Graduate and have built a career there, now working as a Technology Project Manager.

Rahul Badarinath

 Rahul is a Class of 2022 graduate from the MSc Data Analytics with over 5 years experience in data science, machine learning, and generative AI. He is currently working as an AI Engineer with Realizeit.

Ram Abhilash

 Ram is a class of 2024 MSc Data Analytics Graduate. Ram had a BSc in Computer Science and had 2 years’ experience as a Data Engineer with Accenture in India before moving to Ireland. He is now working as a Data Engineer with Optum in Dublin.  

Eshan Parihar

 Eshan is a class of 2024 MSc Cyber Security graduate. Eshan graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in 2022 and completed an information security internship before undertaking the Masters Programme with NCI. After graduating Eshan secured a role as an Information Security Analyst with Utmost Group.  

Raj Murali

 Raj is a class of 2024 MSc Cyber Security Graduate. Before moving to Ireland from India Raj worked as a Security Automation Engineer and Cloud Securities Analyst. After graduating from the MSc Cyber Security Raj joined EVAD Technology as an Azure Cloud Engineer.  

Darshika Pongallu

 Darshika is a Class of 2024 MSc Cloud Computing graduate. She completed a Bachelor of Computer Engineering before relocating to Ireland. She now works as Cloud Support Engineer at Amazon Web Services.

Deepashree Chandrashekhar

 Deepashree is a Class of 2024 MSc Cybersecurity graduate. She completed a Bachelor of Computer Engineering before moving to Ireland to continue her studies. She currently works as an IT Graduate at ESB.

Sushma Hebbalakar

 Sushma is a Class of 2024 MSc Data Analytics graduate. She completed a Bachelor’s of Engineering before relocating to Ireland. With data engineering experience in India, she secured a Data Engineer role in Fidelity Investments in Dublin.

Oluwafunsho Alabi

 Oluwafunsho is a 2024 MSc Cybersecurity graduate. He relocated from Nigeria and is now a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Engineer currently working with ABP Ireland.

Jisha Joy

 Jisha is a class of 2024 MSc Cloud Computing student She graduated with a BTech in Computer Science Engineering and worked with Tata Consultancy before relocating to Ireland to undertake the MSc Cloud Computing and securing work with ESB as an IT Infrastructure & App Ops Graduate 

Shreyas Kulkarni

 Shreyas is a class of 2024 MSc Cyber Security graduate. Shreyas completed a Bachelor of Engineering in India in 2022  and had experience as a Data Science Intern before relocating to Ireland in 2023. After graduating Shreyas secured work with AWS and is now a Cloud Support Engineer.  

Priyanka Srirangam

 Priyanka is an MSc Cyber Security graduate from NCI. Originally from India, she began her career as a Software Engineer with Tata Consultancy Services before moving to Infosys. After relocating to Ireland, she continued her career with AIB, today, she works as an Enterprise Security Architect.

Swapnil Deshpande

 Swapnil is a class of 2024 MSc Cloud Computing graduate from NCI. He completed a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science in Pune, India, where he developed a strong interest in automation and problem-solving. After gaining exposure to cloud computing during an internship, Swapnil relocated to Ireland in 2023 to pursue his Master’s. After graduating, he secured work as a Cloud & DevOps Engineer in Dublin.

Oindrilla Saha

 Oindrila is an MSc Data Analytics graduate from NCI. Before relocating to Ireland, she gained over seven years of experience in the IT industry across Business Analysis, Database Administration and application support. Oindrila moved from Kolkata, India, to Dublin in 2022 to pursue her Master’s. After graduating, she secured work with Global Payments and is now a Business Systems Analyst.

Fumnanya Umunna

 Fumnanya is a class of 2024 MSc Cyber Security graduate from NCI. After completing the programme, Fumnanya secured work in the cyber security industry and is now a CyberSOC Analyst at Integrity360.

Valentina Diaz Estevez

 Valentina is a class of 2024 MSc Fintech graduate from NCI. Originally from Argentina, she is a certified accountant with several years of experience across accounting firms, consulting and brokerage, including working in Middle Office. Her interest in finance, capital markets and technology led her to pursue postgraduate study in Fintech. After graduating, Valentina progressed her career in the financial services industry and is now an Assistant Vice President.

Joshua Komolafe

 Joshua is a class of 2024 MSc AI for Business graduate from NCI. Originally from Nigeria, he holds a BSc in Accounting and is a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. Before moving into AI, Joshua gained around nine years of experience working as an Internal Auditor. He now works with CeADAR, Ireland’s Centre for Applied AI, as an EDIH AI Training Research Coordinator and AI literacy trainer.

Timofei Milov

 Timofei is a class of 2024 MSc Cyber Security graduate. Timofei completed a Bachelor of Computer Science and Masters of Cyber Security in Russia before relocating to Ireland. Timofei secured work with Okta and is now a Product Security Engineer.

Anant Pednekar

 Anant is originally from India, where he completed a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science before working as a Software Engineer at Persistent Systems. During this time, he worked closely with IBM and Red Hat teams on OpenShift and Kubernetes projects, which sparked his interest in cloud computing. He moved to Ireland in 2023 to pursue a Master’s in Cloud Computing at the National College of Ireland and is now working as a Customer Reliability Engineer at Red Hat, helping enterprise customers resolve complex issues across managed OpenShift platforms.

Rohit Mohanty

 Rohit studied Computer Science at NIT Rourkela in India. He later moved to Ireland to pursue his Master’s at the National College of Ireland, where he became a Class Representative and made the most of the wider student experience. After building two years of work experience in Dublin, he secured a role at Apple as a software engineer

Shanmugasundar Ramesh

 Shanmugasundar Ramesh is originally from India, where he completed his undergraduate degree in Computer Science Engineering before moving to Ireland to pursue an MSc in Cyber Security at the National College of Ireland. He is now working as a Cloud Support Engineer at Amazon Web Services in Dublin.

Ramanathan Arunachalam

 Ramanathan is an AI Engineer with a background in Data and Business Intelligence and completed a Master’s in Artificial Intelligence at NCI. After graduating, he secured his current role and now works as an AI software developer in Ultan Technologies.
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