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<strong>Sundararaman Rengarajan</strong>
PhD Candidate · <a href="https://playfulmind.sites.northeastern.edu/team/" target="_blank">Playful Mind Laboratory</a><br>
Human Movement & Rehabilitation Sciences<br>
Bouvé College of Health Sciences, <a href="https://www.northeastern.edu/" target="_blank">Northeastern University</a>, Boston, MA<br>
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<span class="tag">Autism & ASD</span>
<span class="tag">Sensorimotor Prediction</span>
<span class="tag">Gamification</span>
<span class="tag">Digital Health</span>
<span class="tag">Type 1 Diabetes</span>
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<span class="tag">Neuromorphic Computing</span>
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<h3>Journal articles</h3>
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<span class="pub-title">Sugar Slay: Gamified Decision Support Ecosystem for Type 1 Diabetes</span>
<div class="pub-authors"><strong>Rengarajan S.</strong>, Abrams N., Tabar A., Sundaram H., Singh K., & Chukoskie L.</div>
<div class="pub-venue"><span class="ur">Under review</span> · Frontiers in Digital Health, 2026</div>
<div class="pub-links"><a href="https://news.northeastern.edu/2026/01/14/glucose-tracking-gaming-app/" target="_blank">News</a></div>
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<span class="pub-title">Comprehensive Analysis of Multi-omics Single-Cell Data Using the Single-Cell Analyst</span>
<div class="pub-authors">Pan L., Tang B., Zhang X., Parini P., Tremmel R., Loscalzo J., …, <strong>Rengarajan S.</strong>, …, Li X.</div>
<div class="pub-venue">iMeta, 2025 · <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/imt2.70038" target="_blank">doi:10.1002/imt2.70038</a></div>
<div class="pub-links"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/imt2.70038" target="_blank">Paper</a></div>
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<span class="pub-title">Single Cell Atlas: A Single-Cell Multi-omics Human Cell Encyclopedia</span>
<div class="pub-authors">Pan L., Parini P., Tremmel R., …, <strong>Rengarajan S.</strong>, Li X., & SCA Consortium</div>
<div class="pub-venue">Genome Biology, 25(1):104, 2024 · <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-024-03246-2" target="_blank">doi:10.1186/s13059-024-03246-2</a></div>
<div class="pub-links"><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-024-03246-2" target="_blank">Paper</a></div>
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<span class="pub-title">Eye Movement and Pupil Measures: A Review</span>
<div class="pub-authors">Mahanama B., Jayawardana Y., <strong>Rengarajan S.</strong>, Jayawardena G., Chukoskie L., Snider J., & Jayarathna S.</div>
<div class="pub-venue">Frontiers in Computer Science, 3, 2022 · <a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2021.733531" target="_blank">doi:10.3389/fcomp.2021.733531</a></div>
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<span class="pub-title">Computerized Assessment of Motor Imitation as a Scalable Method for Distinguishing Children With Autism</span>
<div class="pub-authors">Tunçgenç B., Pacheco C., Rochowiak R., Nicholas R., <strong>Rengarajan S.</strong>, Zou E., Messenger B., Vidal R., & Mostofsky S. H.</div>
<div class="pub-venue">Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 6(3):321–328, 2021 · <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2020.09.001" target="_blank">doi:10.1016/j.bpsc.2020.09.001</a></div>
<div class="pub-links"><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451902220302524" target="_blank">Paper</a></div>
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<span class="pub-title">Are We Carrying Too Many Nephrons?</span>
<div class="pub-authors">Jagadeesan K., Angelina J. T., Mohandas K., Jagadeesan K., Sangeetha P. T., & <strong>Sundararaman R.</strong></div>
<div class="pub-venue">Bombay Hospital Journal, 57(1):88–90, 2015</div>
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<span class="pub-title">Measuring the Interaction of Conflict-Minimizing and Goal-Seeking Motor Imperatives in Autism Spectrum Disorder</span>
<div class="pub-authors"><strong>Rengarajan S.</strong>, Cannon J., Baron B., Mohan N., & Chukoskie L.</div>
<div class="pub-venue">Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 185–198, 2023 · ISAGA Conference, Boston · <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37171-4_13" target="_blank">doi:10.1007/978-3-031-37171-4_13</a></div>
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<h3>Gaze and sensorimotor prediction in autism — Northeastern University</h3>
<p>My dissertation investigates how autistic individuals entrain saccadic eye movements to visual rhythms and how thin-slice perceptual judgments of movement differ across populations. I use EyeLink 1000 and Pupil Labs Neon eye tracking, OpenPose motion capture, and BTrackS balance plates. The work builds toward a computational model of sensorimotor prediction differences in autism, drawing on tools from the OpenNeuromorphic ecosystem and the Nengo neural simulation framework.</p>
<h3>Sugar Slay / Mith.AI — Digital health venture</h3>
<p>A sensor-integrated, gamified decision-support tool combining CGM data and wearable biosignals to provide real-time monitoring, personalized feedback, and predictive insights for Type 1 diabetes. Funded by the Northeastern SPARK Fund ($50,000, 2024) and the <a href="https://www.mass-ventures.com/news-releases/acorn-jan-2025" target="_blank">MassVentures Acorn Innovation Grant</a> ($36,000, 2024) — one of ten statewide awards. Selected as one of ten presenters at the Northern New England MedTech Conference (2024). Presented at the Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes Conference in Florence (2024) and Amsterdam (2025). <a href="https://news.northeastern.edu/2026/01/14/glucose-tracking-gaming-app/" target="_blank">Featured in Global News through Northeastern</a>, January 2026. Manuscript under review at <em>Frontiers in Digital Health</em>. Incubated in part through the NSF i-Corps Northeastern Site Program (30+ customer discovery interviews, Fall 2024); presented at the 18th Annual Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation Day (MALSI 2025).</p>
<h3>Motor imitation in autism — Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins</h3>
<p>Contributed to an imitation-based intervention for autistic children using Kinect Xbox cameras and iPi Motion Capture software, collaborating with Prof. René Vidal on machine learning approaches. Managed resting-state fMRI preprocessing with MATLAB SPM under Dr. Mary Beth Nebel. Seed for two INSAR presentations (Montreal 2019; Virtual 2020) and one Flux Congress presentation (NYC 2019).</p>
<h3>BCR signaling and ROS — Tokyo Medical and Dental University</h3>
<p>Investigated the role of NADPH Oxidase isoforms in BCR ligation-induced prolonged ROS production in primary B cells and cell lines using NOX inhibitors and a novel DOCK2 inhibitor. Improved B cell purification protocol to 98% purity. Presented at the Japanese Society for Immunology Meeting (Sendai, 2017) and the Japanese Biochemical Society Kanto Branch Meeting (Tokyo, 2017).</p>
<h3>Pro-bono consulting</h3>
<p><strong>OmniSync Inc.</strong> (San Diego, Winter 2021) — assessed academic interest in TurboSBIR grant management software; estimated market size; competitive landscape analysis; pricing model exploration.<br>
<strong>Keen Eye Technologies</strong> (Paris, Fall 2020) — identified key players in digital histopathology; analyzed competitive landscape and value addition per competitor; established market pricing trends; identified unmet market needs.</p>
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<strong>Nengo Summer School</strong>
<span>2025 · Competitive international program in neuromorphic and neural simulation methods (Nengo framework, spiking neural networks). Highly selective — accepts a small cohort from hundreds of global applicants.</span>
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<strong>OpenNeuromorphic</strong>
<span>Contributor to the OpenNeuromorphic open-source community — collaborative initiatives in neuromorphic hardware and software for brain-inspired computing.</span>
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<strong>European Summer School on Eye Movements (ESSEM)</strong>
<span>Athens, Greece · September 2024 · <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/11owEeCp8uqsfuIF839TI783-u6VYIto6/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Certificate</a></span>
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<strong>IEEE-EMBS Summer School on Neural Engineering (ISSNE)</strong>
<span>Shanghai, China · July 2024 · <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/13C47NA-qY-tRDiblAe8tWxMVVQhZSpLL/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Certificate</a> · <strong>Best Oral Presentation Award</strong> from Shanghai Jiao Tong University & IEEE EMBS</span>
</div>
<div class="teach">
<strong>NSF i-Corps Northeastern Site Program</strong>
<span>Boston, MA · September – November 2024 · 30+ customer discovery interviews to validate Sugar Slay</span>
</div>
<div class="teach">
<strong>Telluride Neuromorphic Cognition Engineering Workshop</strong>
<span>2020 · Highly competitive; small cohort selected from hundreds of global applicants in computational neuroscience</span>
</div>
<div class="teach">
<strong>Micro-MBA</strong>
<span>UC San Diego · Summer 2020 · <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mTiTGVRjK302b_zKObCux72jtKQ2rnGt/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Certificate</a></span>
</div>
<div class="teach">
<strong>Essentials of Entrepreneurship</strong>
<span>UC San Diego · Spring 2020 · <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JClEr_2Xc2hBFq3bbIn8QfyVB1w5EtTl/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Certificate</a></span>
</div>
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<h2 id="awards">Awards & funding</h2>
<ul class="award-list">
<li><span class="yr">2026</span><span>Northeastern Outstanding PhD Student in Leadership <em>(under review)</em></span></li>
<li><span class="yr">2025</span><span>Northeastern Graduate Student Travel Fund — $500</span></li>
<li><span class="yr">2024</span><span><a href="https://www.mass-ventures.com/news-releases/acorn-jan-2025" target="_blank">MassVentures Acorn Innovation Grant</a> — $36,000 (one of ten statewide awards)</span></li>
<li><span class="yr">2024</span><span>NSF i-Corps Travel Fund — $5,000</span></li>
<li><span class="yr">2024</span><span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/19crqZONYg8lxWykK1adUl5MGGQ8iSKHS/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Shanghai Jiao Tong University / IEEE EMBS Best Oral Presentation Award</a></span></li>
<li><span class="yr">2024</span><span>Northeastern SPARK Fund — $50,000</span></li>
<li><span class="yr">2022</span><span>Northeastern Graduate Student Travel Fund — $500</span></li>
<li><span class="yr">2022</span><span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nOP5ZhS-CcPF_3ruEJ-MVvrX-pKqEe--/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Northeastern Academic Technology Scholar Award</a></span></li>
<li><span class="yr">2021–</span><span>Northeastern Stipended Graduate Assistantship</span></li>
<li><span class="yr">2019</span><span>San Diego State Inger P. Davis Doctoral Fellowship — $2,375</span></li>
<li><span class="yr">2019</span><span>San Diego State Graduate Student Travel Fund — $1,000</span></li>
</ul>
<p style="font-size:0.79rem;color:var(--muted);margin-top:0.5rem;font-style:italic;">Total: over $91,000 in competitive grants and awards.</p>
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<h2 id="teaching">Teaching</h2>
<div class="teach"><strong>Recitation Leader — Biostatistics (PHTH 2211)</strong><span>Northeastern University · Fall 2023 · Led weekly R-based sessions; graded assignments; office hours</span></div>
<div class="teach"><strong>Teaching Assistant — Motor Control of Human Movement (PT 3500)</strong><span>Northeastern University · Fall 2022 · Recitation sections; lecture prep</span></div>
<div class="teach"><strong>Teacher — MIT Splash</strong><span>MIT · Fall 2022</span></div>
<div class="teach"><strong>Mentor — Academic Internship Program (AIP 197)</strong><span>UC San Diego · Fall 2020, Winter 2021 · Weekly check-ins with undergraduate interns</span></div>
<div class="teach"><strong>Tutor — Design Analysis Research (PSY 770A/B)</strong><span>San Diego State University · Fall 2020, Spring 2021</span></div>
<div class="teach"><strong>Tutor — Bioassay Development (AS.410.696)</strong><span>Johns Hopkins University · Fall 2018</span></div>
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<h2 id="certifications">Certifications</h2>
<ul class="cert-list">
<li><span class="yr">2024</span><span><a href="https://api.badgr.io/public/assertions/McpThYleRSyc0RNFaqLHKw?identity__email=rengarajan.s%40northeastern.edu" target="_blank">Applying AI Technologies to the Workplace</a> — Northeastern University</span></li>
<li><span class="yr">2022</span><span><a href="https://www.credly.com/badges/2b24beca-941a-4fa2-8081-d635b11c3b92/public_url" target="_blank">Teaching with Academic Technology Level 2</a> — Northeastern University</span></li>
<li><span class="yr">2022</span><span><a href="https://www.credly.com/badges/1a504c0b-a29a-4eb0-a18a-6b6464182f95?source=linked_in_profile" target="_blank">Graduate Leadership Institute</a> — Northeastern University · Northeastern LEADERs Program</span></li>
<li><span class="yr">2021</span><span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QZ6TDID3lOwnry4B8PCyEhMkLicSBEhk/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Professional Leadership and Integrity</a> — UC San Diego</span></li>
<li><span class="yr">2021</span><span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1btzrkr7DH-unCTM5lOTplhJtnTpenc1f/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Ethics & Survival Skills in Academia</a> — UC San Diego</span></li>
<li><span class="yr">2020</span><span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mTiTGVRjK302b_zKObCux72jtKQ2rnGt/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Micro-MBA</a> — UC San Diego</span></li>
<li><span class="yr">2020</span><span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jSIrK62En6xWoYQNE_WdxeWBPhvgq4PZ/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Evidence-Based Teaching for Graduate Students</a> — San Diego State University</span></li>
<li><span class="yr">2020</span><span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JClEr_2Xc2hBFq3bbIn8QfyVB1w5EtTl/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Essentials of Entrepreneurship</a> — UC San Diego</span></li>
</ul>
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<h2 id="service">Service & leadership</h2>
<div class="svc-year">Community & impact</div>
<div class="teach">
<strong>Data Analyst Volunteer — Association for Autism and Neurodiversity (AANE)</strong>
<span>November 2025 – March 2026 · Watertown, MA</span>
<span style="margin-top:0.4rem;display:block;font-size:0.85rem;color:var(--soft);line-height:1.75;">
Independently designed and executed a rigorous quantitative analysis of over 15 years of participant data
(2008 to present) from AANE's LifeMAP coaching program — a program that generates roughly 30% of AANE's
annual revenue and supports free and low-cost services for the autistic community.
Integrated data from multiple sources, performed extensive cleaning and anonymization, conducted detailed
statistical analysis, and produced a comprehensive written report with professional data visualizations.
Presented findings to both the LifeMAP team and AANE's Executive Team.
Results are now directly informing LifeMAP's budgeting and marketing strategy.
Completed an analysis that had been a standing organizational priority for years but had not previously
been executed due to its complexity — praised by the supervising Director as one of the most rigorous
and actionable analyses produced by any analyst or volunteer in her experience.
</span>
</div>
<div class="teach">
<strong>Tutor Coordinator & Academic Tutor — EVkids Boston</strong>
<span>Northeastern Community Service & Civic Engagement · 2022–2024 · Dorchester & Roxbury, Boston</span>
<span style="margin-top:0.4rem;display:block;font-size:0.85rem;color:var(--soft);line-height:1.75;">
Tutored 5th and 8th grade students in math and literacy across two years of weekly 90-minute sessions —
connecting word problems to video games and pop culture to make numeracy concrete and engaging.
As Tutor Coordinator, mentored and built community among 30+ Northeastern peer tutors and collaborated
monthly with leaders across universities on programming and logistics.
Contributed to measurable improvement in students' math and English performance.
EVkids serves 150+ students from underserved communities; this work represented a sustained, two-year
commitment to educational equity beyond the university.
</span>
</div>
<div class="teach">
<strong>Super Mentor — Johns Hopkins Alumni Network</strong>
<span>2023–present</span>
<span style="margin-top:0.4rem;display:block;font-size:0.85rem;color:var(--soft);line-height:1.75;">
Provides ongoing one-on-one career mentorship to alumni and students navigating transitions from academia
to industry and research careers. Featured as an invited speaker for the Johns Hopkins
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5a74lNi0JU" target="_blank">"Ask A Mentor" series</a>
(December 2025), sharing guidance on pathways to advanced STEM careers with a live audience of students
and early-career professionals.
</span>
</div>
<div class="teach">
<strong><a href="https://cegaana.org/page/team-608" target="_blank">Treasurer</a> — College of Engineering Guindy Alumni Association of North America (CEGAANA)</strong>
<span>2025–present · Managing finances and supporting alumni community of Anna University from abroad</span>
</div>
<div class="svc-year" style="margin-top:2rem;">Reviewing & chairing</div>
<div class="svc-year">2026</div>
<ul>
<li><strong>Associate Chair</strong> — ACM CHI 2026 Poster Track (one of the most prestigious early-career roles in HCI research)</li>
<li>Reviewer — ICLR 2026, ICECET 2026, ACDSA 2026, Interactive Health 2026 Short Forms</li>
</ul>
<div class="svc-year">2025</div>
<ul>
<li>Reviewer — NeurIPS Ethics Track 2025, IEEE-EMBS BHI 2025, IEEE ISBI 2025, Computational & Structural Biotechnology Journal</li>
<li>Reviewer — ICLR 2025, IEEE-EMBS BHI 2024, Cognitive Computational Neuroscience 2024</li>
</ul>
<div class="svc-year">2022–2023</div>
<ul>
<li>Reviewer — IEEE Conference on Games 2023, ISAGA 2022, ISAGA 2023</li>
</ul>
<div class="svc-year" style="margin-top:2rem;">Organizational leadership</div>
<div class="svc-year">2025–present</div>
<ul>
<li>Chapter Chair — IEEE Boston Control Systems Society</li>
<li>Publicity Chair — BostonCHI (ACM SIGCHI Boston Chapter)</li>
<li>Member — SIGCHI Partnerships Committee · IEEE Boston Professional Development & Education Committee</li>
<li>Communications Lead — Nucleate Boston (student-run biotech venture creation organization; Founder Spotlight content series on LinkedIn)</li>
<li>Sales Track Lead — Startup Boston Week 2025</li>
</ul>
<div class="svc-year">2022–2024</div>
<ul>
<li>President — Northeastern University Toastmasters: grew membership, launched invited speaker workshops that drew participants from outside the university, expanded social media presence across Boston-area chapters</li>
<li>Partnerships Lead — TEDxNortheasternU: secured multiple sponsorships and partnerships; organized fundraising events sustaining the program</li>
<li>Organizer — 4-week Public Speaking Workshop Series with NEPSA & Northeastern Toastmasters (July 2025)</li>
<li>Workshop Facilitator — AI tools for presentations, NEPSA (August 2025)</li>
<li>Presenter — Northeastern CAMD Games Showcase 2022</li>
</ul>
<div class="svc-year" style="margin-top:2rem;">Judging</div>
<ul>
<li>Judge — Digital Health Hub Digital Health Awards 2025 @ HLTH (nation's leading health innovation conference)</li>
<li>Judge — Massachusetts Science & Engineering Fair, High School track, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough (April 2025); Middle School track, Clark University, Worcester (May 2025) — 12 hours total; evaluated 12 projects across neurotoxicity, generative AI in radiology, and cognitive science</li>
<li>Judge — H*Quotient Neurotech Hackathon 2025</li>
</ul>
<div class="svc-year" style="margin-top:2rem;">Volunteering</div>
<ul>
<li>Volunteer — CHI PLAY 2022 · NSF FW-HTF PI Meeting</li>
<li>Teacher — MIT Splash, Fall 2022</li>
</ul>
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<h2 id="education">Education</h2>
<div class="edu">
<strong>Ph.D. Human Movement & Rehabilitation Sciences</strong>
<span>Northeastern University, Boston, MA · 2019–present · GPA 3.84/4.0</span>
<span style="font-style:italic;color:var(--muted);">Advisor: Leanne Chukoskie · Transferred from UC San Diego (SDSU joint program), Fall 2021</span>
</div>
<div class="edu">
<strong>M.S. Biotechnology · Concentration: Molecular Targets & Drug Discovery</strong>
<span>Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD · 2018–2019 · GPA 4.0/4.0</span>
<span style="font-style:italic;color:var(--muted);">Advisor: Stewart H. Mostofsky (Kennedy Krieger Institute)</span>
</div>
<div class="edu">
<strong>M.S. Immunology</strong>
<span>Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan · 2015–2017 · GPA 3.58/4.0</span>
<span style="font-style:italic;color:var(--muted);">Advisor: Takeshi Tsubata</span>
</div>
<div class="edu">
<strong>B.E. Biomedical Engineering</strong>
<span>College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, India · 2011–2015 · GPA 3.33/4.0</span>
<span style="font-style:italic;color:var(--muted);">Best undergraduate thesis award · Advisors: Sudha Priyadarshini, S. Muttan, K. Jagadeesan</span>
</div>
<hr>
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<h2 id="scholastic">Scholastic achievements</h2>
<ul>
<li>AIR 1176 — Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE 2015, Biotechnology)</li>
<li>Top 2% nationally, top 1% state-level — NIIT 8th National IT Aptitude Test 2012 (67,114 candidates)</li>
<li>1st position at school, 2nd at city level — Biotechnology, All India Senior School Certificate Examination 2011</li>
<li>Distinction — Australian National Chemistry Quiz 2010 (Royal Australian Chemical Institute)</li>
<li>Silver Certificate — Senior Mathematical Challenge 2009 (Stanmore College, UK)</li>
<li>Top 10% — 40th National Mathematics Talent Competition 2008; attended Regional Mathematics Olympiad training camp</li>
<li>Distinction — National Mathematics Olympiad Contest 2008 (Delhi Association of Mathematics Teachers)</li>
</ul>
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