Alumnus of the LLM in Human Rights programme at Edinburgh Law School, Akhil Ennamsetty, is in the final four of those nominated for the Being Edinburgh 2021 award, the celebrated alumni honour of The University of Edinburgh.
In the wake of COVID-19, Akhil created a plasma therapy task force to connect patients and donors in India.
Being Edinburgh award
The Being Edinburgh award highlights members of the University of Edinburgh alumni community who make us feel better about the world.
The award is about shared values rather than an absolute measure of success. The University decided on the name Being Edinburgh because it captures the idea of representing something without having to define exactly what it is.
The idea of a University of Edinburgh community that draws together the past, the present and the future is fluid and ever changing, but there are experiences, memories and people that bind us together and create something that is more than just a place where we once studied or currently work. We want this award to highlight individuals whose lives articulate this idea of a shared something, and who make us proud to be connected to their passion, their drive and their brilliance.
Akhil Ennamsetty
Akhil Ennamsetty was one of the first people to be diagnosed with Covid-19 in India, an experience that led him to volunteer to be the first donor to plasma therapy in his region, and to also set up a website that helped match patients with plasma donations. He’s established an online forum to help Indian students who have been feeling isolated in the UK during lockdown, and is part of the 2020 cohort of the Clinton Global Initiative University.
