A high-achieving scholar with twin passions for public policy and technology, Adithan Arunachalam graduated from KC High International School in Chennai, India, where he earned both the International Baccalaureate Diploma (2022) and the Cambridge International Certificate of Education with distinction. He recorded a 1560/1600 SAT, advanced to National Merit Scholarship finalist, and consistently excelled in economics, history, English, Spanish, mathematics, and computer science.Beyond the classroom, Mr. Arunachalam co-founded and co-presided over KC High’s Debate & Current Affairs Club—engaging a quarter of the student body—and steered the school’s cricket team as founder-captain while collecting “Player of the Match” honors in inter-school soccer tournaments. His leadership extended to community service: as the first high-school intern for the Professionals’ Forum, a nonprofit think tank, he helped stage citizen–policymaker forums that encouraged direct civic dialogue.Complementing his liberal-arts foundation, Mr. Arunachalam completed Google’s five-course IT Support Professional program, acquiring hands-on skills in operating systems, networking, and security. During the pandemic he applied this expertise to guide KC High’s rapid shift to remote learning—designing a help-desk ticketing system and troubleshooting technical hurdles for faculty and staff.An avid essayist on topics ranging from Soviet espionage in the Manhattan Project to lessons from Hawaiian language revitalization, Mr. Arunachalam intends to pursue political science while remaining fluent in the digital tools that empower modern organizations. Now based in Fremont, California, he unwinds with classic sci-fi and comedy films and avidly follows professional cricket and soccer.
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