SARVESH PRABHU

Lead Web Development Volunteer, SERA Trust, 130, 01/2024, Present, 10th, 11th, 12th Grade, Led a 3-person team to build and launch the nonprofit’s official website., Set up a Stripe-based donation system., Developed an interactive chatbot.

• Tutor, American Assimilation Helpline, 20, 10/2022, 01/2023, 9th Grade, Tutored 3 immigrant children in math and reading.
• Volunteer, Books Without Borders, 30, 08/2023, 12/2023, 10th Grade, Sorted and donated books at a community book shelter.

• North Central Technology Competition, 01/2024, 10th Grade, Earned 1st Place in Programming Project.
• Divergent Teams Microsoft Hackathon, 04/2025, 11th Grade, Collaborated in a team of 4 to develop a student productivity app.

Developer and Participant, Google Developer Group, 2, 4, 01/2025, Present, 11th Grade and 12th Grade, Attended multiple GDG sessions on Flutter and mobile development.

• PCEP 30-02 Python Developer
• AWS AI Practitioner Certified
• PLTW Digital Electronics (End of Course Score: 550/600, Distinguished)

• 2x AP Scholar with Distinction Award Recipient
• 3x Letters and Bars Award from Walton High School
• Collegeboard National Recognition Program: School Recognition Award
• GA Student Technology Competition Qualifier
• North Central Tech Competition (1st Place: Project Programming)
• North Central Tech Competition (3rd Place: Project Programming)
• SERA Trust 100+ Volunteer Hour and Valuable Volunteer Certificate

President and Co-Founder, Walton High School Chess Club, 2, 33, 08/2024, Present, 11th Grade and 12th Grade, Founded the Chess Club and grew membership to 43 active members., Led weekly strategy sessions.

Wildfire Machine Learning Prediction, Custom ML Project, 6, 8, 10/2024, 12/2024, 11th Grade, Developed a machine learning wildfire prediction system., Integrated NASA FIRMS API and satellite imagery., Built interactive Tkinter GUIs., Reduced manual wildfire risk analysis time by ~40%. Battleship Game, Custom OOP Project, 6, 1, 11/2024, 11th Grade, Designed and implemented a Java-based Battleship strategy game., Developed 6 ship classes with unique placement rules., Implemented both HumanPlayer and ComputerPlayer logic. Minigames Collection, Custom Py Project, 4, 4, 10/2023, 11/2023, 10th Grade, Designed and developed a Python-based game suite., Built a Tkinter launcher interface., Implemented score tracking and game-over logic.

• Harvard Undergraduate Ventures Tech Summer Program, 25, 06/2025, 07/2025, 11th Grade, Selected as one of ~100 participants for a 6-week internship-based accelerator., Interned at a seed-stage tech startup., Participated in 43 live sessions.
• SMASH Academy, 40, 06/2024, 07/2024, 10th Grade, Selected among top high school students nationwide., Completed 65 hours of structured technical instruction., Developed an MVP wildfire detection web app.

Forest Fire Detection using Machine Learning, Published in IJSRA, 4, 12, 04/2025, 08/2025, 11th Grade, Originated as a technical project and expanded into a peer-reviewed research paper., Built a wildfire prediction system using Random Forest and Gradient Boosting., Delivered a dual-predictor framework.

• 2x AP Scholar with Distinction Award Recipient

• 3x Letters and Bars Award from Walton High School (High Honor Roll Recipient)

• Collegeboard National Recognition Program: School Recognition Award

• GA Student Technology Competition Qualifier

• North Central Tech Competition (1st Place: Project Programming)

• North Central Tech Competition (3rd Place: Project Programming)

• SERA Trust 100+ Volunteer Hour and Valuable Volunteer Certificate

• PCEP 30-02 Python Developer

• AWS AI Practioner Certified

• PLTW Digital Electronics (End of Course Score: 550/600, Distinguished)