Aditya Shanker is an alumnus of BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus. He carries a highly versatile
profile. After completing his Bachelors in Engineering in Mechanical Engineering and Masters
in Physics, Aditya left lucrative corporate job offers from campus placement. He rather
preferred to work with an NGO working in the education sector in central India to understand
the education scenario in India and learn basic skills to uplift the literacy of the
country.
After a year of experience with NGO, he moved on to work as Mechanical Engineer with oil and
gas design firm in New Delhi, India and Houston, Texas, USA. After gaining engineering
experience, Aditya moved back to India and took the profession of teaching. He taught
Physics at the top institute of New Delhi for IIT-JEE preparation Vidyamandir Classes.
Aditya's journey has been a roller coaster since college days. Having a keen interest in
technology, Aditya worked in the robotics field during college. He represented India for the
first time in Rescue Robot League, Robocop, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011. With his robotics
project, "Shaurya" which was developed for rescue project for DRDO, India (Defence Research
and Development Organisation), Aditya won Intel India Embedded Challenge, 2011 from more
than 2000 innovators of India.
At the age of 21, he became speaker of TEDx Talks talking about sound effects in music from
his personal experience in music. Aditya is a professional Indian Classical Musician, a
Tabla (Indian drum) player along with being an educator now.
Aditya has presented concerts at prestigious platforms of India and abroad. He was chosen as
Youth Cultural Ambassador of India for World Festival of Youth and Students 2017, Russia by
BRICS Forum. He performed at the opening ceremony of World Festival of Youth and Students at
Siberia. He is only Indian to be invited to Tavrida National Youth Forum, the Republic of
Crimea in 2018 to present Indian Classical Music. He has collaborated with the Russian
Pianist to present a concert at Embassy of Russia, New Delhi and went on to work with Cannes
nominated artist to present a concert in Delhi International Arts Festival,
2016.
For his works, Aditya has been interviewed by leading media of India - The Times of India,
The Hindu and Channel One of Russia.
Aditya not only supports students academically but also motivates them to pursue their
passion and balance extracurricular along with academics. He teaches Mathematics and Physics
at Masterclass Space.
Aditya enjoys travelling, exploring different cultures, Yoga, playing Piano, blogging and
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