A student of University of California, Berkeley is confirmed to be among the 20 hostages killed in an attack at a cafe in Bangladesh's capital of Dhaka.

UC  Berkeley Sophomore Tarishi Jain, 18, an Indian national, was working on e-commerce growth at Eastern Bank Limited in Dhaka through an internship with UC Berkeley’s Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies.

"I am extremely pained to share that the terrorists have killed Tarishi, an Indian girl who was taken hostage in the terror attack in Dhaka," India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted.

Sanchita Saxena, executive director of the Institute for South Asia Studies and director of the Center for Bangladesh Studies, said that, “We are all very devastated to hear the news about Tarishi Jain. She was a smart and ambitious young woman with a big heart. Our deepest condolences to her family, friends, and the entire Berkeley community.”

“She was a very talented young lady with a passion to make a positive difference in the world. It is not just a loss for India or UC Berkeley, but a loss for the world,” said Sujit Chowdhury, a quality-management strategist whose donation launched UC Berkeley’s Center for Bangladesh Studies.

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Nandini