My name is Urmi! I love art, music, and science. I’m currently a senior in high school, and I’m interested in using machine learning and optimization to work on some of our most pressing concerns after I graduate from college. I've used CS to give back to my community by building a cataloging system for a local library. My goal is to use my computer science skills to make our greatest discoveries accessible to everyone – regardless of income, race, gender, or religion. The universe tends towards chaos, but over the years as I watched it unfold around me, I’ve wondered if there was a way to solve our most dizzying problems with simple, elegant solutions – and the core principle behind computer science is just that. I know that I want to use my strengths to make the world a better place. Whether it’s by using mathematical models to help fight climate change, working on software that addresses unemployment, or even regulating big tech – the problem-solving skills I’ll be able to develop in college will shape me into the kind of person who can actually solve the problems that plague our world today. Winning a scholarship here would give me the chance to pursue my major at a top-tier research institute, where I could continue my fight for accessibility by working on projects at a national level.

• Head of PR and Outreach

  Public Relations and Communications · TEDxYouth@Baner

  Jan 2019 – Jan 2020

• Advocacy
• Politics
• Volunteering
• Entrepreneurship

• Basketball

  Intramural · 2 awards

  2017 – Present

  Awards:

  Winning Team - 2019 Interhouse Basketball, Winning Team - 2018 Interhouse Basketball

• Research Scientist

  Independent - Submission to NSS Space Settlement Competition · Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology, General

  2019 – 2020

  Research topic:

  ASMAAN - Asteroid Station for Mining, Assessment, and Navigation

• Research Scientist

  International Design Olympiad · Industrial and Product Design

  2019 – 2019

  Research topic:

  Toothbrush Design Project - Finalist for the International Design Olympiad 2019

• Research Intern

  Chaitanya Charitable Trust · Social Sciences, General

  2020 – 2020

  Research topic:

  Local Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic, circa March-April 2020

• Self-illustrator and writer of an 18-page graphic novel

  Learning Sciences Group - SUNY Buffalo · Illustration

  2020 – 2020

  Productions:

  Alternative Medicine - a graphic novel about COVID-19 and equity

• Freelance illustrator

  Independent · Drawing

  2014 – Present

  Productions:

  Tour De Columbus Art Collaboration, MCR Rotoscope, TOP Art Exhibition

• Acoustic & Electric Guitar Player

  Independent · Music

  2016 – Present

  Productions:

  The Orchid School Youngistaani , The Orchid School Farewell, 2019, Blue Ridge Community Center's Christmas Production, Blue Ridge Community Center's Diwali Productions, 2018-2020

• Self-taught painter, won national award for a watercolor painting

  Independent · Painting

  2015 – Present

  Productions:

  Khula Aasmaan, Vibgyor High Annual National Newsletter, The Orchid School Art Exhibition

• Animator for my video submission to the Breakthrough Junior Challenge, 2020

  Independent · Animation

  2020 – 2020

  Productions:

  Neuroplasticity & Drug Addiction

• Leader Program Developer, programmed and designed a cataloging system for the local library

  Volunteering · Blue Ridge Library

  2019 – 2020

  Mission:

  Digital India

• Writer and researcher

  Public Service (Politics) · International Youth Politics Forum

  2019 – Present

  Mission:

  To educate the globe on international issues and expand students’ worldviews

• Youth activism leader

  Advocacy · Young Leaders for Active Citizenship

  2018 – 2018

  Mission:

  Environmental and social activism

• Student volunteer

  Volunteering · Social Service Responsibility Cell

  2016 – 2019

  Mission:

  Rural education, food/book/clothes drives, old age homes/orphanage volunteering, and cleanliness drives