A high honour

This 17-year-old city boy has made it to the prestigious USbased National Society of High School Scholars. Here’s how

I’ve applied for Virginia Tech University and I’m aiming for the August intake.

AKSHAT JAIN

City student Anirudh Kasha has been inducted into the National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS), a US-based honour society that recognises highschool achievers across the world.

Founded in 2002 by Claes Nobel, a champion of youth leadership, the organisation has inducted 8,00,000 members from over 160 countries till date. Membership includes participation in academic competitions, networking, volunteer activities, besides scholarships and other programmes. Anirudh tells DC how he made the cut.

“I received a letter on June 8, 2012, but I held on to it for a while because honestly, I didn’t know what to do with it. After going through the website and realising that they have so much to offer, I finally submitted the forms in February 2013,” says the Class XII student of Hyderabad Public School.

“I had taken part in Envision EMI: Global Young Leaders Conference, a partner of NSHSS, and I guess, that’s how I was nominated,” Anirudh adds.

Apart from being deputy headboy and editor of his school magazine, 17-year-old Anirudh was also invited to the Global Young Leaders Conference in 2012 and the Presidential Inaugural Conference in the US earlier this year.

His impressive resume also includes him being the top-13 scorer in his school, director of the film Open Books, and a project presented by the Indian Mission to the UN Office in Geneva, Switzerland.

The young scholar now has his eyes set on the Virginia Tech University, where he plans to study aerospace engineering.

“I have already applied and I’m aiming for the August intake. I have never stayed away from my family for a long time, so I’m excited but equally nervous,” admits Anirudh, whose father is a government employee and mother a former advocate.