Prashanth Parameswaran is a research assistant at the Project 2049 Institute. He received his B.A in Foreign Affairs and Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Virginia, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with highest distinction. While in college, Prashanth interned for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Affairs, Amnesty International and the Singapore-based S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies.