Nhaya Vaidya

Coordinator for Online Engagement, Council of Independent Colleges

Nhaya Vaidya joined CIC in 2026 and is the coordinator for online engagement. In this role, she supports webinars for the AI Ready network, Graduate Program Network, and Belong network. Before joining CIC, she was a program coordinator at the University of Maryland College Park (UMD), at the Office of Multi-ethnic Student Education. At UMD, she ran student-facing programs and managed in-person, virtual, and hybrid programming. She brings experience as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Germany. Vaidya earned a master’s degree in international relations and bachelor’s degrees in government and politics, international relations, and journalism with a minor in German from UMD.