I have always been eager to advance my scope and knowledge, which motivates me to seek out learning opportunities across economics, mathematics, and technology. With the intent of exploring my intellectual and entrepreneurial interests, I have been putting my efforts into exploring complementary disciplines beyond the school curricula.
In June 2024, I attended an intensive one-week residential program at Brown Univerity, participating in the ‘Making Informed Financial Decisions in Today's World Economy’ course. There, I trained under the expert guidance of Ms. Natalie Webb in foundational economic principles, investment fundamentals, financial instruments, and their associated risks. I put my learning to use by outlining a viable investment strategy across short-term, medium-term, and long-term horizons.
Building further on this foundation, I have undertaken multiple university-level courses through the Coursera platform. A few of the highlights of my online learning experiences include:
Game Theory (Stanford University): This was a 15-hour course that introduced me to game theory: the study of how people make decisions when others are making interdependent decisions that affect them. My primary takeaways were related to applications in strategies, payoffs, and Nash equilibrium, using simple games and real-life examples such as pricing, competition, and negotiations. I practiced solving problems in a step-by-step manner to integrate the best response in a strategic situation.
Narrative Economics (Yale University): A short but illuminating 5-hour course, exploring how prevailing stories and cultural narratives drive economic cycles and behavior. The course treated media narratives as drivers of tangible economic shifts. My main focus was on the examination of market booms, financial crashes, technological disruption, and inflation’s influence on consumer and investor actions.
Behavioral Finance (Duke University): This course introduced me to psychological factors that influence financial decision-making. I learned how people often make financial decisions in emotional and biased ways, and not always in a perfectly “rational” frame of mind. I studied concepts such as loss aversion, overconfidence, and mental accounting, and applied this understanding to identify biases in everyday spending, saving, and investment practices.
Financial Markets (Yale University): A 30-hour program covering an overview of how financial markets work, including stocks, bonds, insurance, banks, and risk management. My learnings included diversification, basic portfolio ideas, market bubbles, and crashes. Additionally, the course included the role of government rules and central banks. My key takeaway from the course was understanding risk and return, deciphering basic financial information, and comprehending how the financial systems affect the wider economy and ordinary people.
I have also explored economics and contemporary issues through essay writing competitions. Some highlights of my essay-writing experiences include:
Minds Underground Essay Competition (April 2025): Wrote on whether economic growth should be prioritised over environmental sustainability.
John Locke Essay Competition (June 2025): Explored the topic ‘What kinds of behaviour are engendered by the hope of profit? Is such behaviour better or worse, on balance, than the behaviour we should expect if all enterprises were owned by charities or governments?’
Immerse Education Essay Competition (September 2025): Analyzed the implications of digital currencies for conventional banking infrastructure.
Harvard International Economics Essay Competition (January 2026): Wrote on the topic ‘The rapid rise of generative AI and automation has sparked fears of a productivity boom without wage growth, where capital owners capture most of the benefits. Some economists propose implementing a universal basic income (UBI) or data dividend to redistribute the value created by automation.’
I have also tested my mathematical proficiency through participation in olympiads and competitions time and again. Some of the notable mentions are listed below:
AIS Math Quiz in December 2023 - Secured First Position
Thailand International Mathematical Olympiad (TIMO) in December 2024 - Secured Gold Award
Thailand International Mathematical Olympiad (TIMO Finals) in February 2025 - Secured Gold Award
Asian International Mathematical Olympiad in May 2025 - Secured Silver Award
Pacific International Mathematical and Science Olympiad in August 2025 - Secured Silver Award
Given my commitment towards environmental sustainability, I, along with two teammates, developed a proposal for Oxford Business School’s Climate Change Challenge, aimed at high school students. We created a solution centered on food security,Seed Cycle, which is a farmer-operated seed licensing framework for perennial crops managed through community-based cooperatives and directly impacting agricultural expenses, restoration of soil health, and tying small-scale farmers to the premium markets.
For further enrichment, I also advanced my technical education by completing the three-week Python and Artificial Intelligence Program Level 1, at the Rancho Labs Bootcamp from IIT Delhi. Under the mentorship of Mr. Ebad Farooqi, I developed the core knowledge of programming, spanning topics such as data structures, algorithmic loops, conditional statements, function design, and regression analysis.
Furthermore, I have also participated in the Wolves of Wall Street investment competition, which is a twelve-week simulation-based program aimed at facilitating the development and execution of portfolio strategies for investment. Using the real-time data from the stock market tracking platform, I constructed a portfolio based on value trading. At the end of the competition, I shared my investment rationale, performance outcomes, and financial returns, earning a certificate for my participation.