<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I am in grade XII in Delhi Public school, R.K.Puram, New Delhi. Here is my profile. Chance me for MIT, Stanford, Caltech and Cornell. I require financial aid. </p>
<p>Classes IX and X: CGPA-10; class XI: 93.4%</p>
<p>SCOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS (COMPETTIVE EXAMINATIONS)</p>
<p>• 1st All India Rank in National Cyber Olympiad 2008 organised by Science Olympiad Foundation
• 1st All India Rank and 3rd International Rank in the 11th National Cyber Olympiad 2011 organised by Science Olympiad Foundation
• Recipient of the National Talent Search (NTSE) Scholarship for the year 2009 from the NCERT, New Delhi
• 1st State Rank and 4th International Rank in International Informatics Olympiad 2008; 1st State Rank and 4th International Rank in International Informatics Olympiad 2009 (out of about 450,000 participants) organised by the Computer Literacy Foundation.
• 2nd State Rank and 12th Rank in International Cyber Olympiad 2009 organised by Eduheal Foundation
• 10th All India Rank in the 14th National Science Olympiad 2011
• Received the Junior Science Talent Search (JSTS) scholarship 2010 conducted by Directorate of Education, Govt. of NCT of Delhi
• 21st International Rank in International Informatics Olympiad 2010; 28th International Rank in International Informatics Olympiad 2011 organised by Computer Literacy Foundation
• Won <code>Merit Certificate</code> for distinguished performance in the All Asia IGNOU-UNESCO Science Olympiad 2011
• Won <code>Certificate of Distinction</code> in the International Assessments for Indian Schools-Computer Skills 2010 organized by University of New South Wales, Australia and Macmillan Publishers, India
• <code>Class Topper Medal</code>and 50th All India Rank in the Unified Cyber Olympiad 2008 organised by Unified Council, Hyderabad
• 2nd Position in the Zonal Level Mother Dairy Spell Vocab Challenger
• <code>Gold Medal</code> awarded by the school for outstanding academic performance for seven consecutive years from 2005-2012
• <code>Red Tie</code> awarded by the school for outstanding performance in the field of IT and Computer Science
• <code>Class Topper</code> for four consecutive years from classes V to VIII with topper (subject-wise) in English, French, Hindi, Science, Social Science and Computer Science in classes VI, VII and VIII; ranks not declared in classes IX and X
• Secured a percentile score of 99.4353 and 98.8167 in the English and Science Proficiency Test 2011 respectively conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education
• 99.56 percentile and <code>Class Topper Medal</code> in the 9th National Science Olympiad
• 96.55 percentile in the 2nd International Mathematics Olympiad
• 1st position in the State Level Computer Competency Competition 2012 organized by National Association for the Blind and Rottery Club. This was an open competition.
• <code>Silver plus</code> Certificate in the HDFC Meritus Scholarships 2009
• 1st rank in the Intra-DPS Cyber Olympiad 2010 in level 2 (classes VIII to X)</p>
<p>AWARDS AND HONOURS</p>
<p>• Recipient of the prestigious <code>National Child Award For Exceptional Achievements</code> for the year 2009 for exceptional ability in the field of academics from the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Govt. of India. This is the highest award in India to honour young achievers.
• <code>Gold Medal</code> in Computer Skills-Speed and Accuracy (8-15 years) at the age of 8 in 1st National Abilympics 2002 organized by National Abilympics Association of India; participated in the 6th International Abilympics held at New Delhi, India
• <code>Gold Medal</code> in English Word Processing (15+ years) in 3rd National Abilympics 2010 held at Jabalpur; selected to represent India at the 8th International Abilympics at Seoul, South Korea
• <code>Gold Medal</code> for Cadbury Bournvita Quiz Contest-Confidence Championship 2005 organised by Derek O’Brien and Associates Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata
• Honoured with the <code>Arman Dogra Memorial Award</code> for being the best student of the year 2008-2009
• Recipient of the <code>Prantik Roy Award</code> for academic excellence
• Received the <code>Ishwar Chandra Award</code> for excellence in English, Science and Mathematics</p>
<p>RESEARCH AND CONFERENCES</p>
<p>• Developping a program <code>Science Made Easy for the Blind</code> which returns textual description of the figures/diagrams in class XI and XII Science textbooks (published by the National Council For Educational Research and Training, New Delhi), thereby making Science education more accessible for the blind.
• Working on <code>Talking Math</code>,a utility which announces a Mathematical expression or an equation in the most accessible form, thereby eliminating any ambiguity in spoken Mathematics
• Authored a paper titled <code>Investigating the accessibility of IT for persons with visual impairment: an Indian perspective</code> which has been submitted to the Disability Division, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
• Attended Tech-Share 2012, an international conference on accessibility organised by Barrier Break Technologies, Mumbai and Royal national Institute for the Blind, United Kingdom, and shared his experience as the first blind student to have taken up Sciences in high school in India, the challenges, stratigies adopted and the way ahead</p>
<p>CO-CURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS</p>
<p>• Sr. Diploma (completed 3rd year) in Indian Classical Music from Prayag Sangit Samiti, Allahabad with distinction
• Won several prizes in National Level Inter-School Music Competitions.
• <code>Red Tie</code> awarded by the school for outstanding performance in Music
• Performed for and blessed by the former Presidents of India, Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam and Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of Austria, Princess of Thailand, Prime Minister of India, Chief Minister of Delhi, Lt. Governor of Delhi, first lady of Malaysia etc.
• Performed with/for several eminent singers and musicians including Pt. Ravi Shankar, Usha Uthup, Maestro Gerald Wirth (conductor of Vienna Boy’s Choir), Raja Reddi and Kaushalya Reddi, Padma Shri Shobna Narayanan, Nafisa Ali, Abhijeet Sawant and the Fame Gurukul finalists
• Selected as the top 10 students from Delhi to receive personal mentoring from internationally acclaimed Pt. Ravi Shankar for an international project
• Featured in several prominent newspapers and TV channels including Hindustan Times, Times of India, the Hindu, Asian Age, Dainik Jagran, Pioneer, Sahara, CNN IBN, DD-Bharti, Sadhna TV, Sony Entertainment Television, among others.
• IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University) and DD-Bharti have made documentaries on his achievements
• Radio artiste-performed on All India Radio
• In June 2007, visited Austria as a member of Global Children’s Choir for Peace and performed Indian as well as German, Latin and western compositions in the Austrian Presidential Palace and the Golden Hall, holding the distinction of being the second Indian choir ever at such a stage
• Participated in the National Bal Shree Camp 2004 (President’s Award) after qualifying the first two levels of the contest-State and Zonal levels in the Creative Performance category (top 40 students from the nation)
• 2nd position at the State Level Sargam Mandir Music Competition
• Participated in five Model United Nations conferences, winning the <code>Best Delegate Award</code> in each of them, besides winning the <code>Secretary General’s Award for Best Delegate of the Conference</code>
• Secured 2nd position in the National Level Elocution Competition (Prelims) organized by Rotary Club
• Selected to address the National Conference of School Principals on Information Technology and also presented his school annual production <code>Sadak Ke Us Paar</code>
• Articles/writings published in various magazines and newsletters including Governmental magazine </p>
<p>SPORTS/ADVENTURE</p>
<p>• Selected to represent India at the Global IT Challenge for Youth with Disabilities 2012 at Incheon, South Korea in October 2012 in E-sports event, among other events, competing with contestants from over 52 countries</p>
<p>POSITIONS HELD/MEMBERSHIPS</p>
<p>• Head Boy, Delhi Public School, R.K.Puram, New Delhi
• President, Information Technology Society, DPS, East of Kailash (Jr. School, DPS, R.K.Puram)
• Co-ordinator, Poetry Recitation (class X), Le Crayon d’Or, French club, DPS, R.K.Puram
• Member, school music choir
• Member, Global Children’s Choir for Peace
• Member, Mozart Children’s Choir of India
• Member, Magiktuch Choir
• Member, Awareness for Autism Society, DPS, R.K.Puram
• Chief Co-ordinator, Youth Action Council
• Member, Leonard Cheshire Disability Young Voices (Delhi Chapter)</p>
<p>SOCIAL INITIATIVES/LEADERSHIP</p>
<p>• Member and Child Rights Ambassador of Children’s Advisory Board of Plan India (a part of Plan International), an NGO working to promote child rights in India since 1979 and undertaken the following endeavours:
a. Kartik has represented CAB at several board meetings of Plan and also at a <code>stakeholders meeting</code> wherein officials from National Comission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), Govt. of India deliberated the formulation of a Child Protection Policy
b. He has interacted with Mr. Nigel Chapman, CEO, Plan International and former BBC chief on the various issues of the Indian children, representing the Indian youth.
c. Recorded radio programs on child labour, education and bullying to reach out to a wide audience.
d. Published a 6-monthly newsletter titled <code>Our World</code> which is circulated in several schools of Delhi and NCR.
e. Conducted seven sessions in various schools including DPS Mathura Road, D.L.D.A.V. Model School etc. to sensitise children of various social issues affecting children including child labour, corporal punishment etc.
f. Under Plan’s global advocacy campaign, <code>Learn Without Fear</code>, CAB organised a signature campaign with the help of Plan partners against bullying and corporal punishment in schools, and received an overwhelming response of over 18000 signatures from children across 11 states. A blog has also been set up and has attracted thousands of people from across the globe supporting Plan and Cab in their endeavours.
g. CAB’s work has also been acknowledged in the press. Popular newspapers like Hindustan Times, The Times of India etc. have published stories on CAB. Kartik has also represented CAB in electronic media including Aaj Tak Channel and Radio Mirchi.
h. Kartik has also lent his voice to the title track of the Learn Without Fear campaign. </p>
<p>• Worked as <code>Resource Person</code> of the Computer Literacy Program for teachers of the National Association for the Blind
• As a member of the Leonard Cheshire Disability Young Voices, Kartik has played an active role in several major projects, some of which include:
i. Correspondence with the metro authorities: The group took up the matter with Delhi Metro regarding the problems and difficulties faced by the visually challenged including the problems faced within the station premises and otherwise. In response to this, Delhi metro has issued suitable guidelines, and a large number of visually challenged passengers have immensely benefited.
ii. Several examining organizations have laid down restrictive conditions for the eligibility of a scribe. Following group’s intervention, severl of them (including the CBSE) have issued revised guidelines.
iii. Correspondence with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi is also underway to redress grievances caused due to infrastructural challenges within the Delhi University Campus, which often leads to accidents and injuries, besides other hardships caused not only to the disabled students but also others. Moreover, a short documentary highlighting the challenges faced by the students within the DU campus has also been developed. </p>
<p>• Kartik is one of the first visually impaired students in India to successfully use Computer in his school studies including taking of tests and examinations and has established himself as a Roll Model. Being one of the first students, he has given several computer demonstrations including one before the Minister of communication and information technology and minister of social justice and empowerment.
• Kartik as acted as an accessibility tester for Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in one of their software development projects.
• Kartik is the first visually challenged student to take up Science (PCM) at the Sr. Secondary Level in the CBSE Bord
• He is also one of the founding members and Chief co-ordinator of the Youth Action Council, Delhi. The council has undertaken activities including conducting sessions with school students on stress management (with the support received from eminent academitions and experts in the field)
• On the occasion of World Environment Day, 5th June 2007, Kartik produced, directed and staged a play alongwith his friends as a part of the Environment Club of the Human Care Foundation depicting and reinforcing the need to conserve environment and relinquish pollution at Bal Bhavan Kendra. This skit was uploaded on youtube as a tool to create awareness and sensitization, and was also carried by a local newspaper. </p>
<p>Sorry for this long post. Kindly give in your invaluable advice.</p>