The National Indian Students and Alumni UnionUK (NISAU) has been shortlisted as a finalist in three different categories at the sixth annual PIEoneer Awards. The PIEoneer Awards are the only global awards that celebrate innovation and achievement across the whole of the international education industry. With a distinguished judging panel representing geographical and professional diversity, The PIEoneer Awards recognise both individuals and organisations who are pushing professional standards, evolving their engagement or redefining the international student experience.
In a first, NISAU has made history by being the only Indian students association to have been shortlisted for multiple categories at the prestigious PIE awards:
1. Association of the Year
This award recognises organisations that go above and beyond standard expectations to support their membership. NISAU has been shortlisted alongside various longstanding, institutional global sector representative organisations, such as the Universities UK International, which represents 140 universities in the UK; Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan), Canada which represents Canadian public colleges and institutions and English Australia, represents 120 Australian colleges.
2. Student Support Award
This award recognises innovative & successful ways in which organisations support international students, to ensure their overall student experience is exemplary. This year the NISAU is shortlisted alongside institutions such as the University of Portsmouth and corporates such as Duolingo.
3. Outstanding Contribution to the Industry
NISAU’s Founder and Chairperson Sanam Arora has been shortlisted as a finalist for this award which recognises individuals who have helped evolve or shape the global education sector in a significant way. This is testimony to her painstaking and persistent work toward the welfare of the Indian student community in the UK and beyond. Last year’s winner was Vivienne Stern MBE, the incoming Chief Executive of Universities UK, the body representing British universities nationally and internationally.
