Anirudh Kumar

I am a very accomplished US National Medal winner in Chess multiple times. Also, very motivated to pursue STEM pathway in high school. To accomplish my college goals, I am looking for Summer internships and scholarships to help me achieve my target.  My interests and accomplishments are listed below.

• High School student interested in Computer Programming and BioMed, looking pursue AI aided Genetics research areas to influence the future of medicine
• Certificate- Earned Completion certificate from Rice Univ pre-Med program on "Genome engineering: Changing the future of Medicine"; Submitted a Genetics related capstone project to earn the completion certificate
• Holding an average of more than 96% grades in every Highschool subject currently enrolled in
• Chess: US National Bronze Medalist in 2025 National High School Chess Championship (held in Spokane, WA)
• Chess: Gold Medal- US National Middle school Champion (in 2023)
• Top-100 in chess: Ranked 86 (US Nation-wide) amongst all 14 yr old kids officially by USCF (US Chess)
• FIDE International Chess Title: "Arena International Master" title, 83rd in US to earn one
• 9th graders Texas State Chess champion (2025)
• 1st place in Texas State Chess Championship for 7th graders from all around Texas(2023)
• 3rd place in Texas State Chess Championship for 8th graders from around TX (2024)
• Certificate- 3 times UIL 1st place winner in Inter-school Chess competitions.
• Certificate- 1st place in Texas level Violin festival competition in 2023
• Certificate- 1st place in Texas level Violin festival competition in 2024
• Certificate- Master Yang's Taek-won-do Double Black stripe Red Belt

I have an Autistic brother and I am very passionate about supporting him. He is a brave kid and tries to overcome his challenges by doing  more everyday!. So I wanted to spread awareness about Autism and do a fund raiser for the cause. Since I am passionate about Chess as well, I wanted to combine both my passions and came up with the idea of "Chess for Autism". I held a Charity Chess tournament partnering with Austin Chess Club with all proceeds going to Autism for America. I created a tri-fold illustrating what Autism is, the difficulties Autistic people face, how to support some one with Autism etc. My goal was to reach as many audience possible and raise a modest $250. But I found a lot of support from the players, the Chess club and raised around $450 for the cause!. I plan to conduct more chess tournaments similar to that around Texas.