Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Mani Sundaram’s, MS ’99, attendance at Northeastern was somewhat happenstance. After getting an undergraduate degree in India, he was set on coming to the U.S. for graduate work. His father made something clear to his ambitious son: he only had enough money to support a one-way ticket. Due to cost of college applications, Sundaram applied to just four colleges. He got into Northeastern with a scholarship, though he thought he was applying to Northwestern, he admits now.
To learn more about our 40 for 40 Honorees, visit https://www.khoury.northeastern.edu/40th/40-for-40-honoree-profiles/
Mani Sundaram’s, MS ’99, attendance at Northeastern was somewhat happenstance. After getting an undergraduate degree in India, he was set on coming to the U.S. for graduate work. His father made something clear to his ambitious son: he only had enough money to support a one-way ticket. Due to cost of college applications, Sundaram applied to just four colleges. He got into Northeastern with a scholarship, though he thought he was applying to Northwestern, he admits now.
To learn more about our 40 for 40 Honorees, visit https://www.khoury.northeastern.edu/40th/40-for-40-honoree-profiles/
