Gocha Kardava joined the ISET Policy Institute’s Private Sector Development Research Center (PSDRC) in May of 2020 as an intern, and he is now serving as a junior researcher. He received his bachelor’s degree in Economics from ISET in 2021.

As a student, Gocha completed an internship at the National Bank of Georgia within the Financial Stability Department, and at the Ministry of Finance in the Department of Macroeconomic Analysis and Fiscal Policy Projection. After winning the EBRD in Georgia’s Student Challenge, he also followed an internship in EBRD’s regional office.