Hello, I'm Akshat Bhaskar.
Student-researcher and social innovator — democratizing financial literacy through quantitative policy.
Before even finishing high school, Akshat stood in Rashtrapati Bhavan, felicitated by the President of India for his work on AI. He drafted policy at the Ministry of Education, completed university-level pure mathematics at the Lodha Genius Programme (3% acceptance), and conducted research under a University of Pennsylvania professor that became a peer-reviewed, internationally published paper — presented at a national conference where he was the only high schooler in the room. He also started his own NGO chapter in India before even turning 16, earning international recognition for his work in financial literacy. He also got selected for an undergraduate mathematics research position under Professor Sneha Chaubey, a position reserved for undergraduates which Akshat got before even completing high school in recognition of his work in mathematics. He has researched at the Indian School of Business and Finance, reached 48,000+ young Indians as CFO of TaxCity, and ranked in the top 0.06% of 67,000+ students statewide in MVPP (Rank 44).
None of it was bought, coached, or counselled into existence. No educational or career counsellor. No paid programmes. No IB. No A-levels. Just a CBSE student with curiosity and the willingness to try.
Selected as 1 of 17 students nationwide to be felicitated by President Droupadi Murmu for work on Artificial Intelligence under the Government of India's SOAR initiative.
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Admitted into the fully funded Lodha Genius Programme (≈3% acceptance) for Pure Mathematics — Number Theory, Group Theory, Linear Algebra, and Geometry, alongside Great Ideas Seminars with Nobel laureates.
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Ranked 44th out of over 67,000 students (Top 0.06%) in Delhi's state science examination. Awarded an INR 5,000 scholarship and the Principal's Gold Medal for Academic Excellence.
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Research on AI policy and existential risk under Professor Surbhi Goel (UPenn). The paper — The Two Faces of Progress — was peer-reviewed and published internationally, then presented at the NYC STEM Research Conference.
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Contributed to internal policy analysis on the Samagra Shiksha Scheme at the Office of Mr. Rahul Pachori, Director at the Ministry of Education — reviewing financial architecture and budget allocation under NEP 2020.
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Leading finance and grants at TaxCity — a government-recognised card game teaching tax filing and financial literacy. Impacted 48,000+ young adults across 30+ schools in 14 states. Recognised by the Ministry of Education.
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Founded the India Chapter of the Edunomix Institute, a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Ran a nationwide essay competition across 19 states and 54 schools, taught displaced Ukrainian students, and published financial literacy research.
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