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.
currently: redefining how apps personalize
— 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
— perplexity student ambassador: spreading the AI gospel in education
— 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
— akpsi (vanderbilt business fraternity)
— 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
— 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