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Student Spotlights

Recent Student Achievements

Celebrating research, competitions and notable milestones.

September 2025

International STEM Research Competition (ISRC)

Nithila Shanmugham

Current Senior, Granite Bay High School

AchievedFinalist (Top 20)with the topic“A Parametric Study of Human Balance with Delays using Delay Differential Equations (Bio + Math + Physics)”

Congratulations to Nithila, a premed aspirant, on being a finalist at ISRC-2025. ACHARYA is proud of your achievement and dedication during IGNITE'25 research program is truly inspirational. Good luck to all your future endeavors.

February 2026

NCSEF Region 3A STEM Fair

Pragna Surabathula

Current Junior, Raleigh Charter High School

AchievedHonorable Mention - Mathematics, Statistics & Data Sciencewith the topic“The Self-Taught Ear: Unsupervised Signal Enhancement using Denoising Autoencoders (AI/ML)”

Well done, Pragna, an aerospace engineering aspirant, on your achievement at the NCSEF. Your dedication during TRANSFORM'25 research program is truly remarkable. Wishing you all the best for your future adventures with ACHARYA.

March 2026

Sac STEM Fair

Atreya Kulkarni

Current Junior, Vista del Lago High School

AchievedSpecial Award - Citadel Securities Innovation Prize (High School)with the topic“A Geometric Approach for Thickness Prediction in Incremental Sheet Forming (Engineering)”

From TRANSFORM'25 to the Sac STEM Fair, your dedication to aerospace engineering continues to inspire us. Congratulations on this well-deserved win! We wish you boundless success as you continue your journey with ACHARYA.

March 2026

Sac STEM Fair

Shivam Sharma

Current Sophomore, Folsom High School

AchievedRecognition: First time participant at Sac STEM Fairwith the topic“Evaluating Predictive Models for Heart Disease: A Comparative Study of Feature Selection and Neural Architectures (AI/ML)”

Kudos, Shivam, on your selection for the Sac STEM Fair. It is rewarding to see the research acumen you developed during the IGNITE'25 program earn such well-deserved accolades at the fair. We are excited to continue this journey with you to the next level.

March 2026

Sac STEM Fair

Vedant Sharma

Current Sophomore, Pleasant Grove High School

AchievedRecognition: First time participant at Sac STEM Fairwith the topic“Early Detection of Diabetes using Logistic Regression (AI/ML)”

Kudos Vedant for your selection to the Sac STEM Fair! It's inspiring to see your IGNITE'25 research receiving top honors. We are excited to keep this momentum with you as you work on the next phase of the project.

2026

USABO-2025

Nithya Reddy Pathi

Current Junior, Vista del Lago High School

AchievedUSABO'26 Semi-finalistwith the topic“Olympiad preparation and strategic biology mastery”

A huge congratulations to our student on being named a USABO Semifinalist! It is incredibly rewarding to see the strategic study plan designed by ACHARYA translated into such elite national recognition.

Research Program

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Experience With Us

Dr. Uppu explains things clearly and pushes me to actually understand the material instead of memorizing it. I always felt supported and like my questions were taken seriously. He’s patient, thorough, and good at breaking down complicated concepts. He also gives very direct feedback, which helped me improve quickly.

Success Story

A big milestone for me was completing my cancer research technical report and presentation. It was my first time working at that level, and with Dr. Uppu’s feedback I was actually able to explain advanced topics clearly and confidently.

Arshia Sompura

11th

Folsom High School

Experience With Us

The research mentor I worked with provided me with strong guidance when carrying out my project.

Success Story

This October, I completed my first draft of my research paper and aim to build upon this by refining it to be published in a journal.

Shivam Sharma

Grade 10

Folsom High School

Experience With Us

What stood out most was their personalized and proactive approach. They did not just answer questions but anticipated challenges and pushed me to think deeper about my work. They provided clear explanations while also encouraging independence and critical thinking. Their feedback was detailed and constructive, especially when reviewing my paper, and they helped me develop confidence in presenting my research. The balance between structure and encouragement made the experience motivating and productive.

Success Story

One meaningful milestone was earning an honorable mention at my science fair. Throughout the process the mentors supported me in refining my research direction strengthening my paper and identifying areas for deeper investigation. They reviewed my work carefully and encouraged me to submit to additional opportunities as well. Achieving this recognition reflected not only my effort but also the consistent guidance and mentorship I received from ACHARYA.

Pragna Surabathula

11th

Raleigh Charter High School

College Prep (UACHIEVE)

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Success Story

Arshia Sompura

11th

Folsom High School

Experience With Us

I would say that the experience was really helpful and motivating. My tutor, Mr. Shanthi Swaroop, stood out in his ability give me direct instructions while not giving me the answers. In this way, he gave me the path for successful writing.

Success Story

I think being able to complete my UC essays with decent room for editing and final revisions even in a tight time budget.

Namish Dondapati

Grade 12

Folsom High

Experience With Us

It was great, and easy to understand and follow through. I love how I was assisted in laying a foundation/framework of my college essays, as it led me to write my essays easier and deeper in meaning as well.

Success Story

Learning more in depth facts about myself, and explaining myself to others

Sahith Borige

12th

Folsom High

Math Competition

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Experience With Us

I actually understand what's happening.

Success Story

I can do geometry with less difficulty.

Jethri Burle

8th grade

Sutter Middle School

Experience With Us

It's nice

Success Story

I learned math

Sriman reddy Kethireddy

8th

Folsom middle school

Experience With Us

It ok. They spike their volume to get people to response and is very fast in teaching and in math.

Success Story

I learned imaginary numbers.

Ahan Garg

8th Grade

Folsom Middle School

Tutoring Program

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Experience With Us

They explain it until everysingle person understands. He also gives question that are easy at first but then he makes it more difficult step by step. Also, at school I am at an advanced math program, which is just we learn faster, by doing 6th and half of 7th grade, The other half we do in summer break. So, the things he is teaching us is really helpful

Success Story

At the start of the topic, I didn't what the Harmonic Mean formula was, and what it helped with, but now I can solve problems to find the averages with the Harmonic Mean Formula.

Niranjan

6th grade

Ridgeview

Physics & Math

Experience With Us

ACHARYA Educational Services has significantly improved my academic performance in both physics and math. With their guidance, I achieved a 95 on my physics midterm and raised my math test scores from low B's to consistent A's. The tutors are knowledgeable, clear in their explanations, and genuinely committed to student success.

Pragna

Physics: 95% | Math: B's to A's

Math

Experience With Us

Shanti Swaroop is a great tutor and has helped improve in math a lot. I went from a D to an A this year. Math is now easier than before when I was struggling everything finally clicked. My confidence in math has grown throughout the year.

Adwitha

Math Grade: D to A