Aarav Kumar
All-rounder (Wild Card Entry)
Birla High School, Kolkata
Aarav Kumar, a 15-year-old student of Birla High School has a penchant for quizzing and he claims it to be one of his main hobbies. With an experience of participating in 70+ quizzes, he has bagged multiple best quizzer awards, and a certificate of merit for demonstrating unparalleled knowledge in sports. Aarav also likes writing, swimming and public speaking. He was awarded a Bronze Medal in the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Contest 2022, one of the oldest international essay writing competitions. Writing on “Sustainable Urban Transportation in Urban Areas of Asia,” Aarav was given the TS Elliot Best Essay award for the HPAIR Art and Essay Contest, organised by Harvard University. According to Aarav, his favourite subjects include Political Science, Social Science, and History, among others. Aarav says a writer should use AI and other tools for writing more efficiently rather than replacing or plagiarising any work. Aarav wants to pursue a career in Economics. He has diverse reading habits and likes dystopian fiction a lot more than any other genre.

