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Leadership & school roles
Founder and President | Tech and Ethics Club | The Athenian School | July 2024 – Present
- Founded Athenian's first centralized hub for student technology projects and responsible innovation across middle and upper school divisions
- Created a school-wide platform for students building across AI, cybersecurity, robotics, engineering, entrepreneurship, and design
- Showcases work from Engineering, Advanced Engineering, Advanced CS, and independent student projects—with ethics checkpoints on privacy, safety, misuse, and real-world impact
- Hosting speaker panels, hackathons, and student-led innovation showcases focused on responsible technology and ethical design
- Expanded the program to middle school, introducing ethical design thinking before students enter upper school engineering and computer science tracks
Community Meeting Facilitator | The Athenian School | August 2024 – Present
Facilitates whole-school community meetings: agenda design, inclusive discussion formats, and follow-through so student voice shapes school culture and decision-making.
South Asian Affinity Space Leader | The Athenian School | August 2024 – Present
Cultural programming including Diwali and Holi—identity, belonging, and inclusion across the school community.
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Robotics
Programming Lead & Team Captain | FTC Team 14300 (Animatronics) | March 2021 – Present
- Six-year FTC Robotics involvement; programming lead and team captain
- Programmed Java-based autonomous routines and optimized robot control systems
- Mentored new programmers in coding and robotics strategy
- Two-time regional qualifying team
- Awards: Design, Connect, Think, and Finalist Alliance recognition; FTC Connect Award (2024), FTC Design Award (2025), FTC Dean's List Semifinalist (2025)
Co-Programming Lead | FRC Team 852 (Acropolis Robotics) | August 2023 – Present
- Served as co-programming lead for FRC at school, working across robot control systems, debugging, and cross-functional engineering collaboration
- Integrated Limelight vision tracking to improve robot navigation and precision tasks
- Coordinated collaboration between software and hardware teams
- Regional competition; coordinated software and hardware integration
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National 4-H STEM Leadership
Director | National GIS AI Track | National 4-H
- Taught computer science and STEM topics through National 4-H, helping broaden access to hands-on technology education
- Led and taught student AI projects on deforestation, geospatial analysis, and environmental applications
- Received the Robert Brownlee Science Award through the University of California 4-H Youth Development Program for science inquiry, experiential learning, and STEM education impact
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Media mentions
Featured in Dark Reading, Unite.AI, IndiaWest, India Currents, and San Ramon Patch
Coverage spans cybersecurity trade press, AI industry outlets, diaspora community media, and local news—reflecting both technical depth and regional impact of the underlying research and outreach.
Recognized for satellite and geospatial deepfake detection research and youth-led innovation in AI and cybersecurity
Stories emphasize rigorous evaluation of generative satellite imagery, responsible disclosure themes, and how student-led organizations can pair publications with public education.
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Additional
Select awards: AMC 12A top 2.5% worldwide; AIME qualifier (2022, 2024)
Competition mathematics as a long-running training ground for proof-style thinking, careful problem decomposition, and persistence under time pressure—skills that carry directly into research debugging and system design.
Interests: AI, cybersecurity, robotics, teaching, entrepreneurship, writing
AI and cybersecurity, digital trust, robotics, teaching, entrepreneurship, fashion and streetwear design, accessible technology books, English/writing, ethical technology, math, and problem solving.