Aditya Rakshit

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my name is Aditya (or Adi) Rakshit

i love building for people

i'm a student at vanderbilt university
studying electrical and computer engineering
on an accelerated master's path in four years.
i love learning anything. mostly outside of school.

if i'm not working on some sidequest, i'll be playing a racket sport, hammering away at a piano, or cooking something up.

professional experience

currently: securing your data


— built Lor (fiveRoll) socially intelligent ambient posting to stay in touch with your friends forever -> 1k users

— vanderbilt quantum initiative: building the quantum community at vanderbilt

— vanderbilt ai intern (office of undergraduate education): custom built and extensively used generative ai tools to create media for vanderbilt

tomorrow in focus: making movies for the UN

— vanderbilt center for entrepreneurship: built a team to create an app for the founder and alum network, helping build a student fund worth $10M and growing to $100M

— software engineer at vc backed startup out of new york serving ecommerce platforms

— studied mathematical models using RNN to optimize jockey race modeling and apply to betting at UIC MSCS lab

— strung rackets, improved IT systems, and reconstructed tennis stringing hardware at tennis shop

affiliations

— akpsi (vanderbilt business fraternity)

nonprofit work

— built financial literacy 501(c)(3), now branch of largest credit union in midwest, teaching students and built accredited courses

— organized music performances at local retirement homes with students, raised funds, donated a piano

— directed nonprofit youth tennis summer camp, coached students across 3 campuses

— cfo for online tutoring 501(c)(3) during covid teaching students fulfilling grant applications

awards

— us presidential scholar semi-finalist

— illinois governor's volunteer service award

— national merit scholar

— elk's most valuable student scholar (state)

— chancellors scholar (full tuition merit scholarship ~0.1% of 48k)

— best at academics and activities award in high school (1 out of 860)

— best in physics in high school class (1 out of 860)

— deca 2x national finalist in personal financial literacy project management (top of 200k)

— 3x american invitational math exam competitor

— physics olympiad qualifier & chemistry olympiad qualifying score

— 2x chicago international model un outstanding delegate, best delegate, delegate's choice