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Est. 2008 · Gurugram, IndiaVol. I · June 2026

The Official Record

SHIVANSH GUPTA

AI Builder · Startup Founder · Mathematician · Philosopher · Debater

Lead Story

Building at the frontier of AI, mathematics & philosophy

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.”

By The Numbers

12,000+
Students trained via The Teen Debater
250+
Schools across 15+ countries
284+
Media features (ANI, The Print, ET Now)
Top 50
Global Student Prize 2025 (from 11,000+)
40,000+
Rural women reached through govt. work
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SHIVANSH GUPTA

Gurugram, IndiaEst. 2008
Harvard ʼ30
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GURUGRAM, INDIA · EST. 2021The Competitive RecordVol. III · 2021 — 2024

Indian National Debate Squad · 2022–24 · Top 15 of 3,000+

The Debate
Record


Speaker · Adjudicator · FounderUnder 0.9% selection rate

Selected to the Indian National Debate Squad — top 15 from 3,000+ students pan-India (under 0.9% selection) — representing India on the international circuit.

3
Years on Team India
30+
Tournaments
10+
Countries competed in
15
Selected from 3,000+
ESL CHAMPION — ICYD, CAMBRIDGE '23 ✦ 2ND PLACE TEAM — STANFORD INVITATIONAL '23 (BEST OF 127) ✦ GRAND CHAMPIONS — HART HOUSE OPEN, TORONTO '23 ✦ NATIONAL CHAMPION — NSDA INDIA POLICY '21 ✦ ESL FINALIST — OXFORD SCHOOLS '24 ✦ SEMI-FINALIST — HARVARD DEBATE COUNCIL '23 ✦ GRAND FINALIST — THE DEBATING INTERNATIONAL BP ✦ 1ST BEST SPEAKER — GEORGETOWN MS OPEN '21ESL CHAMPION — ICYD, CAMBRIDGE '23 ✦ 2ND PLACE TEAM — STANFORD INVITATIONAL '23 (BEST OF 127) ✦ GRAND CHAMPIONS — HART HOUSE OPEN, TORONTO '23 ✦ NATIONAL CHAMPION — NSDA INDIA POLICY '21 ✦ ESL FINALIST — OXFORD SCHOOLS '24 ✦ SEMI-FINALIST — HARVARD DEBATE COUNCIL '23 ✦ GRAND FINALIST — THE DEBATING INTERNATIONAL BP ✦ 1ST BEST SPEAKER — GEORGETOWN MS OPEN '21

Full record, by season

2021 — 2024
2024
Oxford Schools
Oxford University
ESL Finalist · 3rd Best ESL Speaker
38th Annual Stanford Invitational
Stanford University
Quarterfinalist · 13th Best Speaker
Edinburgh BP World Cup
University of Edinburgh
Semi-Finalist · 6th Best Open Speaker
ISDC — India's Flagship WSDC Nationals
6th Best Speaker · 3rd Breaking Team · 5/6 Wins
The Champions League Debate
Senior Winner · Won Lenovo iPad · Selected for National Camp ISDS WSDC
HIXSMUN
Best Delegate — Symposium of Attica Committee
UPenn WSDC
Team India White
Octofinalist
Everest International WSDC
Team India White
3/3 Record · 58th Best Speaker
2023
ICYD
Cambridge University
ESL Champion · 3rd Best ESL Speaker · 11th Best Open Speaker
Hart House Summer Open
University of Toronto
Grand Finalists — Champions · 32nd/285 Best Open · 13th/196 Best Junior
Harvard Debate Council International
Semi-Finalist · 4th Best Speaker · 4–0 Record
37th Annual Stanford Invitational
Stanford University
2nd Place Team (Best of 127) · 6–0 Record · Broke to Doubles
Imperial College London
Imperial Juniors
Silver Champion · 6th/27 Best Team · 14th/54 Best Speaker
The Debating International BP
Grand Finalist (Top 4 Teams) · 5th Best Open · Top India Speaker
Georgetown Fall 2023
Octofinalist · 26th Best Speaker · 4–2 Record
Transpacific WSDC
Quarterfinalist · 24th Best Speaker
Intertext Pro Ams Open
Ams-Ams Finalist · 25th/90 Ams · 4th/34 Best Am-Ams Team
SRCC Pre-ABP
Novice 1st Break · Novice Semi-Finalist
Doxbridge WSDC
Team India White
103rd/473 Speakers · 34th/124 Teams · 42nd/220 ESL
Paris World Schools Championship
Sciences Po
Participated
2022
King's College London Schools'
Silver Finalist · 4th Best Speaker (77.5 pts)
Georgetown Fall PF 2022
Doubles Finalist · 24th Best Speaker · 4–2 Record
ISDL — Indian Debating League
Team Haryana
Champions + Best Speaker
IIT Delhi Public Policy Debate
2nd Best Speaker — Grade 9 (Silver Medal)
Indian Debating League BP Qualifier
4th Best Team of 59+ · 2nd Best Speaker of 90+
Winter PF Invitational
Champions — MS Open PF Division
Public Forum L Tournament
1st Place (3–1 Record)
Speech Debate India Nationals — Drama/Writing
Champion of MS JV — 1st Prize ('Inflation: A Tragedy in Three Acts')
Speech Debate India Nationals — Informative
2nd Best Speaker — MS JV Nationals
NSDA Middle School Nations
3–3 Record · MS JV Division (World Championship)
2021
Oxford Schools
Oxford University
Finalist — youngest 8th grader in a field of 11th/12th graders (Top 6)
Georgetown — MS Open
1st Best Speaker · Octofinalist · 7th Place Team
NSDA India MS JV Nationals — Policy
National Champion