Meet the Outstanding Aspire & Achieve Global Scholars 2025

Ayaan, a UCLA Computer Science major with a 3.9 GPA, is a five-time Dean’s Honors List recipient and the creator of innovative tools like an Interest Rate Bootstrapping model and a dynamic trading dashboard. He has co-authored a NASA-focused research paper, founded a startup with a real-time social mapping app, and earned the Rotary Distinction Award for outstanding community service.

Tanisha, a B.Tech. student in Computer Science Engineering and AI at IGDTUW, has been recognized among India’s Top 30 women by Mercari Japan and as a mentee under LinkedIn CoachIn and Adobe She Codes. Her award-winning research was featured at a SCOPUS-indexed conference, and she represented at the Salesforce Women in Tech Summit. With multiple hackathon wins and active contributions to Women in Tech initiatives, she will join Salesforce as a Software Engineer Intern in Summer 2025.

A B.Tech. student in Production and Industrial Engineering at IIT Delhi, Jeet Anand is a versatile achiever and leader. A gold medallist in both the General Championship Inter-Hostel Sports Competition and Inter IIT Hockey, he has also excelled in academic and creative events, such as winning the Meme Making Competition and being a regional representative at the Science Congress Meet. Jeet has contributed to community service through NSS, organized alumni initiatives, and ranked 21st in the Mentors Eduserv Talent Reward Exam (METRE) 2021.

Sakshi Kumar, a B.Tech. student in Electrical Engineering at IIT (BHU) Varanasi, is a skilled AI/ML practitioner with impactful internships at Landmark Group and Polynomial AI, focusing on location intelligence, chatbot automation, and retrieval-augmented generation architectures. Her work on Multi-Agentic RAG was showcased at the Inter-IIT Tech Meet, and she secured AIR 2 in SARCathon ’24, a prestigious pan-IIT hackathon. Sakshi also mentors newcomers in tech through AI/ML workshops.

The first graduate from his village to attend an IIT, Suresh is a B.Tech. student in Mining Engineering at IIT Varanasi. Excelling in coding, he has solved 1000+ DSA problems, ranked in the top 15% of coders with a 1650 rating, and secured AIR 282 out of 16,000 participants in CodeChef Starter 166D. Academically, he stands out, consistently ranking in the top 2% in Class 10th, 12th, and JEE.

An Integrated M.Tech. student in Mathematics and Computing at IIT ISM Dhanbad, Tarak excels in AI applications and competitive programming, solving 800+ DSA problems and reaching the semi-finals of Flipkart Grid 2023. At Axtria, he developed an AI-powered Document Questioning system using LLMs, boosting query accuracy and efficiency. A chess medalist and active sportsperson, he also contributes to the tech community at IIT ISM through clubs like Code ISM and various technical events.

Venkatesh is an M.Tech. student specializing in Microelectronics and VLSI at IIT Hyderabad. He is currently working on his thesis project titled “Hardware Implementation of OMP Algorithm for Compressive Sensing Reconstruction” under the guidance of Dr. Abhishek Kumar, in collaboration with DRDO for defense applications.