Oakridger Accepted to Prestigious U.S. University Program

Deputy Head Boy, Design Championship Winner, President Rotary Interact Club, ranked #8 in International Student League, Duke TIP Summer Program at Georgia Tech, Start-up Founder, and now accepted to University of California, Berkeley for M.E.T (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) Program.

Admission Offer Letter from Berkeley

Maanav is a brilliant student from Oakridge International School Gachibowli, studying there since his Early Years. With innumerable opportunities to explore and develop his interests outside the classroom such as art exhibitions, MUNs, etc., he developed his passion for Computer Science and Business. “Oakridge allowed me to introduce new initiatives, like the Alpha hackathon, an inter-school coding competition,” said Maanav. His business idea ‘SkillSync’ won the Schoolpreneur Summit 2018.

Maanav has created innovative products including several mobile apps, websites and artificial intelligence projects that positively impact people’s lives. ‘Beacon Safety’ app to alert when unsafe; 'www.thevolunteerproject.in' that connect student volunteers with NGOs, 'The Girl Code', where he conducted free workshops on computer science and programming in Hyderabad, were just a few to name.

In addition to his multi-skills, he has won the Student of the Year India 2017 by Global SOTY Foundation and got selected for the LaunchX program at MIT, 2019. He is the winner of Design Championship 2016, 2017, 2018 in Graphic Design. Secured World Rank 8 in International Student League, World Rank 11 in Online Olympiad in Linguistics, Times of India SPARK scholarship winner, won the Nazariya Art Competition and a Bronze medal in Infinity Math Competition. He has also interned at T-Hub. This apart, he has also worked on many artificial intelligence projects including breast cancer diagnosis and stock market prediction; selected for Duke TIP Summer Program at Georgia Tech.

Mrs. Hema Chennupaty – Principal said, “Maanav is a through and through Oakridge Student - studying with us for 14 straight years. He is a true Oakridger. Well mannered, ambitious, compassionate and creative. He has represented the school on many platforms and made us proud with his achievements.  We wish him all the very best for the future.”

About Oakridge International School, Gachibowli

Oakridge International School - Gachibowli School, is a Nord Anglia Education day-school located in Nanakramguda, Hyderabad. Oakridge Gachibowli school is one of the best international schools in Telangana and has the proud privilege of being the pioneers of IB School in Andhra Pradesh and one of the largest providers of IB Education in India. The school has also been listed among the top 5 best international schools by Times School Survey consecutively for the last three years, and has been ranked no. 1 by Forbes, Fortune Magazine, and Education World (Top 10 in India). The school is purpose-built to deliver the IB curriculum and to support our students’ growth, learning and development. Spread across 5.11 acres, the school provides a range of facilities that include state-of-art indoor and outdoor amenities - Soccer ground, Wimbledon-sized tennis courts, swimming pools, Amphitheatre, digital classrooms, and learning resource centres.

For more information, please visit www.oakridge.in/gachibowli.