Aditya Kollipara

Hi! I'm Aditya, a freshman at the University of California-San Diego interested in human biology, biotechnology and microbiology. I'm pursuing a pre-med track and am deeply interested in orthopaedics and diabetes research. I'm passionate about using our modern understanding of biology alongside the rapid developments in the A.I sector to help further the power of modern medicine. Outside of school, I enjoy playing sports, hiking, reading, and painting. Currently looking for opportunities for the summer of 2024!

• Chapter Leader of Meditalks and Thoughts (May 2021 - Sep 2022) - Meditalks and Thoughts is an NPO registered under the state of California. We hosted debate competitions on engaging medical topics and led community service initiatives. We also acted as a platform for students to interact with medical students, residents, and surgeons to provide exposure to the medical field.
• Student Council Vice-President (May 2022 - April 2023) - My school recognised me in the student-led initiatives I conducted and honoured me with the position of Student Council Vice-President on the school’s prefect body. My role involved acting as a representative of the school and taking on the primary role of leading and hosting many of the school's events and ceremonies.
• Charge De' Affairs of Oakridge Clubs (Feb 2021 - May 2023) - I was the leader of Oakridge Clubs Chapter 2 as Charge D'Affaires. We conducted the first offline chapter in Oakridge with over 300 participating students, 13 clubs, 9 club sessions, and 10 major community service events. The events we’ve conducted have enabled us to make prominent improvements in our local community.
• Director General - OakMUN 2022 & Director General - OakJMUN 2021 · (Feb 2021 - May 2022) - I was part of the organizing committee of these Model United Nations which helped me learn how to work in a team and arrange a successful conference. We broke the delegate attendance record at OakMUN 2022 which an outstanding 600 delegates in attendance for the conference.
• Head of Public Relations for Dialogue · (Jun 2020 - Dec 2021) - Head of PR for Dialogue which was Oakridge's and Telangana's first public-forum style debate competition for high schoolers. Hosted at Oakridge International School with students across Hyderabad.

• Award of Highest Performer in Biology - Highest scorer from the grade in the Biology CBSE Board Examination
• Award of Excellence in Sports - Issued by Babita Deou - Academic Co-ordinator at Oakridge · Mar 2023
• #1 Basketball Team in Glendale International School Tournament U18 (2022-2023) - Issued by Glendale International School · Sep 2022
• Ranked #4 Shooter in J2 Category in Men's Air Pistol at NJOSC 2022 (National Junior Olympic Shooting Championship) - Issued by USA Shooting · Apr 2022
• Ranked #5 Shooter in J2 Category in Men's Air Pistol at NJOSC 2021 (National Junior Olympic Shooting Championship) - Issued by USA Shooting · Mar 2021
• Academic Excellence in 10th Grade - Issued by Hema Cheenupaty - Principal of Oakridge · Jul 2020
• Ranked #2 Shooter in J2 Category in Men's Air Pistol at Olympic Trial 1 (Winter Airgun Championship) - Issued by USA Shooting · Dec 2019
• Ranked #2 Shooter in J3 Category at NJOSC 2019 and #10 Overall Juniors (National Junior Olympic Shooting Championship) - Issued by USA Shooting · Mar 2019
• Ranked #2 Shooter in Men’s Air Pistol Shooting for the state of Colorado at Open State National Junior Olympics 2019 - Issued by USA Shooting · Jan 2019
• Ranked #2 in Men's Air Pistol in 64th SGF District level tournament, Telangana state championship - 2019 - Issued by State of Telengana - Sandeep Kumar · Sep 2019
• Ranked #7 Shooter in J3 Category in Men's Air Pistol at NJOSC 2018 (National Junior Olympic Shooting Championship) - Issued by USA Shooting · Apr 2018
  
  

Type 1 Diabetes (T1D Project) - Mar 2021 - Sep 2021

I started this in collaboration with my friend, Ishan, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes during the Covid-19 pandemic. Given his struggle, we started this project to spread awareness about the disease and show other diabetics that they're not alone in their journey. We raised awareness through Medium and Quora by writing articles and interacting with our target audience via Instagram (@thet1dproject) and also raised funds for an NGO (Bluecircles Diabetes Foundation) by hosting basketball tournaments.

Bulimia Nervosa Project - Sep 2019 - Jan 2020

This project was done in order to spread awareness about rapidly growing eating disorders amongst young girls and women in efforts to pursue unrealistic bodies through absurd diets with practically zero nutritional value, this, in turn, is followed by an event of binge eating when they lose control and stray from their diet after which they purge/vomit in order to avoid the excess weight gain. So in order to help spread awareness about bulimia Nervosa we decided to make pamphlets and distribute them in our communities and nearby malls. We also made a website which people could visit to get more information about the eating disorder. While also attaching a few books that are known to help people struggling with the eating disorder and a video which we made by interviewing a dietician using a select questionnaire. I also developed my research skills whilst accumulating data on the problem an searching for a solution.