Hi! I am Akshat :)
New Delhi · 2026
Akshat Bhaskar
Student-Researcher & Social Innovator
Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram · Class of 2026
Lodha Genius Programme Scholar · Ashoka University
bhaskarakshat22@gmail.com
Abstract
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 48,000+ young Indians 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.
[1] January 2026 · Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi
Felicitated by the President of India
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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[2] May – June 2025 · Ashoka University
Lodha Genius Programme
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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[3] 2023 · Directorate of Education, Delhi
MVPP Scholar — Rank 44 / 67,000+
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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[4] July 2025 · IJRASET
AI Policy Research — The Two Faces of Progress
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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[5] June 2025 · Ministry of Education, New Delhi
Policy Intern, Ministry of Education
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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[6] Since June 2024
CFO, TaxCity
Leading finance and grants at TaxCity — a government-recognised card game teaching tax filing and financial literacy. Impacted 48,000+ young adults across 30+ schools in 14 states. Recognised by the Ministry of Education.
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[7] Since 2023 · India Chapter
Founder & President, Edunomix India Chapter
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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Rashtrapati Bhavan is the official residence of the President of India — one of the largest presidential palaces in the world.
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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%.
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MVPP (Mukhyamantri Vigyan Pratibha Pariksha) is Delhi's state merit scholarship exam, taken by students from over 900 schools.
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Prof. Surbhi Goel is a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania. The resulting paper, The Two Faces of Progress, appears in IJRASET (Volume 13, Issue 7, 2025).
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The Samagra Shiksha Scheme is India's flagship integrated school education programme under the National Education Policy 2020.
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TaxCity has reached students across 14 Indian states and received formal recognition from the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
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Edunomix Institute is a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on financial and economic education. Akshat's India Chapter is the first in South Asia.
