Kritika Singh

A panel discussion at Northeastern’s Women Who Empower in Mumbai featured 2020 Rhodes Scholar Kritika Singh and entrepreneurs Devita Saraf, Priya Prakash and Minal Vazirani moderated by Andrea Garcia. Photo by Sunil Thakkar for Northeastern University

‘I’m the boss. If I’m not going to be bossy, who will?’

Being at the top of male-dominated industries requires a certain amount of rabble-rousing, a certain type of guts. Indeed, women in India and the United Kingdom said just that, at Women Who Empower events hosted by Northeastern University in both countries this week.

by Namrata Kolachalam - contributor and Josie Cox - contributor March 4, 2020

Kritika Singh, founder and director of Northeastern University Global Health Initiative, speaks during the Global Health in a Changing World conference. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Global population, climate, and technology are changing human health. Here’s what we can do about it.

“We see how much the world is changing,” Northeastern student and 2020 Rhodes Scholar Kritika Singh told an audience of students, researchers, clinicians, and industry experts on Friday. “People, planet, and technology need to change along with it in order to have a healthier and safer world.”

by Laura Castañón February 9, 2020

Kritika Singh, who studies bioengineering and chemistry at Northeastern, was one of 32 students selected for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship this year. She will attend Oxford University to pursue a doctorate in biomedical sciences after graduating in the spring. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

Northeastern University bioengineering student is named Rhodes Scholar

Kritika Singh has been selected for a Rhodes Scholarship to pursue a doctorate in biomedical sciences at Oxford University. Singh, who studies bioengineering and chemistry at Northeastern, has dedicated herself to researching treatments and educating at-risk communities about diseases, such as malaria, that have cures but still kill hundreds of thousands of people each year.

by Laura Castañón and Emily Arntsen November 24, 2019

Kritika Singh, a third-year bioengineering student at Northeastern, has been named a Truman Scholar. The scholarship is a national award and the premiere fellowship in the United States for those pursuing careers as public service leaders. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

She wants to build a malaria-free world

In parallel with her research on the malaria epidemic, Kritika Singh, a Northeastern student who has been awarded the prestigious Truman Scholarship, directs Malaria Free World, a nonprofit she founded that engages in peer-to-peer education, fundraising, and political lobbying.

by Khalida Sarwari April 24, 2019

Co-organizers Becca Lafair and Scott Breece did most of the planning for their inaugural TEDxNortheasternU event last year online, while she spent a part of it on co-op in Bali and he was studying abroad in Rome. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

TEDx comes to Northeastern

An assistant professor of marketing, a bioengineering student researcher, and a director of a local college mentoring organization are among the 10 speakers who have been invited to share their ideas with a Northeastern audience at the university’s second annual TEDxNortheasternU event on Saturday.

by Khalida Sarwari March 20, 2019

As a high school student, Kritika Singh founded a nonprofit to promote malaria research and education. Now the third-year bioengineering major at Northeastern is organizing a two-day conference to inspire more students to care about the health of people around the world. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

The only thing this student cares about more than solving deadly pandemics is getting other people to care

As a high school student, Kritika Singh founded a nonprofit to promote malaria research and education. Now, Singh, a bioengineering major at Northeastern, is organizing a two-day conference on the Boston campus to inspire more students to care about the health of people around the world.

by Emily Arntsen October 18, 2018