Ruchi Swambar

CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL DETAILS Name: Ruchi Swambar Address: Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa Country: Mauritius Nationality: Mauritian Email address: - PAST EDUCATION Shri Rajiv Gandhi Government School: Certificate of Primary Education Queen Elizabeth College: Cambridge International Examinations: O Level (2013) Cambridge International Examinations: A Level (2016) PRESENT EDUCATION University of Cape Town: Faculty: Humanities Degree: Bachelor of Social Science Majors: 1. Psychology 2. Organisational Psychology 3. Italian Studies EXPERIENCES AND LEADERSHIP Mentor for first year E.D.U students in the Humanities faculty at UCT. (2018) Team leader for two consecutive team projects for Organisational Psychology. (2018) Freelancer in writing -) Class representative of Italian course (SLL1065S) for the second semester of 2017. Class representative of Psychology course (PSY1004F) for the first semester of 2017 for a class of 838 students. Internship at Open University of Mauritius through Youth Employment Programme in the administrative department. (2014) Member of the students’ council and prefect body (2013) VOLUNTEER WORK Volunteering for UCT Open Day to represent the Organisational Psychology department. (2018) Providing dinner for an orphanage for one night with family. (2010) Volunteering for College Cleaning Day for five years. Volunteering for Food Day. (2010, 2011, 2012) Volunteering for Blood Donation Day. ( 2014, 2015, 2016) Participating in Health Awareness March. (2011) EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award including: 3 months of volunteering, 3 months of physical activities, 3 months of trained skills and a 2 days’ and 1 night expedition. (2012) Sports House Captain (2014) Stock Exchange Competition (2014) Inter-college Spelling Bee competition (2011) Inter-college Sports competition (2011, 2012) SKILLS 5 spoken and written languages including: English French Italian Hindi Mauritian Creole Computer proficiency (IC3 Certificate) Public Speaking Music (Guitar)