Amity International School, Saket
Akshat Boobna
Male
2183
akshatb42@gmail.com
2001, 2001
2014
Science
12
He is an alumnus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT.
  • International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) 2013 in Brisbane, Australia                        (July 2013)
    • Bronze Medalist at IOI 2013 (July 2013)
    • Selected for 4-member Indian team for IOI at 10-day Training Camp (IOITC) in Bangalore                    (May 2013)
    • Selected among top 25 in India, Indian National Olympiad in Informatics (INOI)                                       (Jan 2013)
    • Cleared Zonal Informatics Olympiad (ZIO)                                     (Nov 2012)
  • Google Science Fair, Regional Finalist (Global Top 30 in 15-16 age group) (2012)
  • IRIS National Science Fair , Grand Prize (Gold) winner (2012)
  • Intel ISEF 2013 in Phoenix, Arizona (2013)
    • Selected for 6-member Indian team after IRIS and 3 mentoring camps in Bangalore with senior scientists.
    • Received Certificate of Honorable Mention from the Acoustical Society of America

International Space Settlement Design Competition (ISSDC)

An aerospace industry simulation set in the future in which a panel of engineers from NASA, Boeing etc set a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a colony of humans in outer space. Students step in the shoes of engineers and have varied roles in various departments. Management is an integral part of the competition.

Sample- Anconioh (a moving settlement on Mercury): https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_q1C8Rf6BwHa0VKUFNEZlNQbVE/ I was President of the company for this project, overseeing all departments. All CAD art in Structures was made by me.

  • Nineteenth ISSDC, Houston, TX
    • Vice President (Engineering) of a company of Americans and Argentinians; runners up, ISSDC (Aug 2012)
    • President, Presenter for company of 48 Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi students; winners of Asian semi finals(ARSSDC), thus chosen to represent Asia at finals in NASA JSC, Houston                                    (Feb 2012)
    • President of school team of 11; winners in the Asian Regional qualifiers    (Dec 2011)
  • Seventeenth ISSDC, Houston, TX
    • Director (Automations) of a company of Americans and Australians; runners up, ISSDC    (Aug 2010)
    • Director (Automations) for company of 40 Indian and Pakistani students; winners of Asian semi finals (ARSSDC) and thus chosen to represent Asia at finals in NASA JSC, Houston (Jan 2010)
    • Chief 3D artist of school team of 12; winners in the Asian Regional qualifiers (Dec 2009)

Bentley Future Cities Design Competition                                                                                                                           (2010)

  • Grand prize; Assisted primary team as 3D designer; created an architectural plan for ‘Chandni Chowk’, Delhi

LEGO Robotics

  • Awarded 1st place at Indian Robot Olympiad (2007)
  • Represented India at World Robot Olympiad, Taipei, Taiwan

 

  • 1st place in Delhi at Jack Kilby Science and Tech Quiz
  • 2nd in North India at Aqua Regia Science Quiz (The World’s Largest Quiz Show, Guinness)
  • Delhi State Spell Bee Champion, HDFC National Spell Bee 2011
    • Finals televised on ESPN, hosted by Derek O’Brien
  • Quarter Finalist, National Geographic Terraquiz (Televised on National Geographic Channel)
  • Quarter Finalist, Columban Open Quiz
  • 3rd, Embassy of Japan Quiz
  • 8th, TCS IT Wiz
  • 2nd, DPS R.K. Puram Business Melange Quiz.
  • 5th, IIT Bombay Techfest National Quiz’12 (competing against college teams)
  • 5th, Puffin Quiz (hosted by Derek O’ Brien)

 

  • 1st place, Aryhabhatta mathematics competition- (2009 & 2006)
  • 1st place, Ramanujan, AIS Noida (2006-2009)
  • 2nd, Product Wrapper Designing, Cyber Buzz (2009)
  • 3rd, Crossword, Exun, DPS R.K. Puram (2009)
  • 2nd, Quiz, Code Wars, DPS V.K. (2010)
  • 1st, Problem Solving; 2nd, Surprise Event; at Pentagram (2012)
  • 2nd, Anveshan, Gyan Bharati School (2012)
  • 1st, Programming; 1st, Decryption at MODEM, Modern School, Vasant Vihar (2012)
  • 1st, Problem Solving, 2nd, Surprise Event, overall runners up rolling trophy, World Mathematical Crusade, DPS R.K. Puram (2012)
  • 1st, Group Discussion; 1st, Quiz, overall rolling trophy at iSquare, DPS R.K. Puram (2013)