Harvard ʼ30 · Team India Debater
I'm an incoming freshman at Harvard University ('30) and an IBDP graduate. I founded The Teen Debater — Asia's largest youth-led, government-recognized debate nonprofit — training 12,000+ students across 250+ schools in 15+ countries. I represented India on the national debate squad (2022–24), competing at Harvard, Stanford, Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Toronto, and Georgetown, winning ESL Championships, Grand Finals, and Speaker Awards at the world's top tournaments.
I represented Team India at the Eskom Expo International Science Fair in South Africa — Africa's largest science fair — winning the Gold Medal, Best in Category (Engineering), and a cash prize. I'm a published economics researcher (mentored by Dr. Rocco Zizzamia, Oxford and President Meaghan Blight, Wesleyan College), a coder with 300+ applications since age 12, and a Silver Medalist (2nd in the world) at the International Economics Olympiad. I've spoken on BBC World Service, Disney+ Hotstar, ET Now, and All India Radio — and been recognised as a Top 50 Global Student Prize finalist (Chegg.org) and Young Changemaker by The Economic Times. I published a book at 13.
“Philosophy teaches you to ask harder questions. Mathematics teaches you to answer them.”