With President Droupadi Murmu · Rashtrapati Bhavan / SOAR Initiative, Government of India · January 2026
Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram · Class of 2026
Lodha Genius Programme Scholar · Ashoka University
bhaskarakshat22@gmail.com
Before even finishing high school, Akshat stood in Rashtrapati Bhavan, felicitated by the President of India for his work on Artificial Intelligence. He drafted policy at the Ministry of Education, completed university-level pure mathematics at the Lodha Genius Programme (3.2% acceptance), and conducted research under a University of Pennsylvania professor that became a peer-reviewed, internationally published paper, presented at a national conference where he was the only high schooler in the room. He founded his own NGO chapter in India before turning 16, earning international recognition in financial literacy. He has researched at the Indian School of Business and Finance, reached 79,000+ students as CFO of TaxCity, and ranked in the top 0.06% of 67,000+ students statewide (Rank 44).
None of it was bought, coached, or counselled into existence. No educational counsellor, no paid programmes, no IB, no A-levels. Just a CBSE student with curiosity and the willingness to try.
Selected as 1 of 17 students nationwide to be felicitated by President Droupadi Murmu for work on Artificial Intelligence under the Government of India's SOAR initiative.
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†Rashtrapati Bhavan is the official residence of the President of India, one of the largest presidential palaces in the world.
Appointed to lead the Student Council of a 9,500+ student body after a seven-round selection process, and sworn into office by Shri V. K. Shunglu, ninth Comptroller and Auditor General of India and Vice Chairman of the DPS Society.
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Admitted into the fully funded Lodha Genius Programme (≈3% acceptance) for Pure Mathematics: Number Theory, Group Theory, Linear Algebra, and Geometry, alongside Great Ideas Seminars with Nobel laureates.
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‡The Lodha Genius Programme is a fully funded residential programme at Ashoka University for India's most mathematically talented students. Acceptance rate: 3.2%.
Ranked 44th out of over 67,000 students (Top 0.06%) in Delhi's state science examination. Awarded an INR 5,000 scholarship and the Principal's Gold Medal for Academic Excellence.
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§MVPP (Mukhyamantri Vigyan Pratibha Pariksha) is Delhi's state merit scholarship exam, taken by students from over 900 schools.
Research on AI policy and existential risk under Professor Surbhi Goel (University of Pennsylvania). The paper was peer-reviewed and published internationally, then presented at the NYC STEM Research Conference, where Akshat was the only high schooler in the room.
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¶Prof. Surbhi Goel is a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania. The paper appears in IJRASET, Volume 13, Issue 7, 2025.
Contributed to internal policy analysis on the Samagra Shiksha Scheme at the Office of Mr. Rahul Pachori, Director, reviewing financial architecture and budget allocation under NEP 2020.
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‖The Samagra Shiksha Scheme is India's flagship integrated school education programme under the National Education Policy 2020.
Leading finance and grants at TaxCity, a government-recognised card game teaching tax filing and financial literacy. Secured $120,000+ in grants and reached 79,000+ students in India and across 27 countries. Recognised by the Ministry of Education.
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**TaxCity has received formal recognition from the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
Founded the India Chapter of the Edunomix Institute, a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Ran a nationwide essay competition across 19 states and 54 schools, taught displaced Ukrainian students, and published financial literacy research.
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††Edunomix Institute is a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on financial and economic education. The India Chapter is the first in South Asia.
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