Biography
Senior (2024-25)
CSA First Team All-America Selection … Named to the All-Ivy League Team … Posted a 16-1 record during his senior season to lead the team in individual victories and winning percentage … Competed in the 2-4 spots for the Crimson, primarily spending time at the third position … Opened the season with a 3-0 sweep of Western Ontario’s Josh Kay (Nov. 16) at the third position on the Crimson ladder … Defeated Santiago Medina of Tufts, 3-2 (Nov. 17) at threes … Earned a 3-0 win against Dartmouth’s Quintin Campbell at fours (Dec. 4) … Continued his strong start with a 3-1 win at fours against Virginia’s Maxwell Velazquez (Dec. 6) … Began the second semester with a 3-0 win on the road against Columbia’s Franklyn Smith at sevens (Jan. 11) … Defeated Cornell’s Youssef Sarhan at threes, 3-2 (Jan. 12) … Won his match at threes against Trinity’s Low Wa-Sern, 3-0 (Jan. 17) … Made an impressive run to the Pool Trophy quarterfinals at the CSA Individual National Championships after two match victories in the main draw (Jan. 26) … Swept Trinity’s Benedek Takacs and Dartmouth’s Christian Shah to reach the final eight before falling to the eventual champion … Continued his strong run with a 3-1 win over Penn’s Omar Hafez at threes (Feb. 1) … Posted a 3-1 win over Princeton’s Zain Ahmed at threes (Feb. 2) … Played at twos in the match against Middlebury’s Will Lichstein, winning his match 3-0 (Feb. 5) … Played at fours in the match against Middlebury’s Gabriel Feinstein, winning his match 3-0 (Feb. 5) … Defeated Drexel’s Yuri Pollak Pelbart at threes, 3-1 (Feb. 15) … Earned a 3-0 win at twos against Philip Hyun Su Price in the match against MIT (Feb. 18) … Helped Harvard sweep Dartmouth, 9-0, in the opening round of the CSA National Championships with a 3-0 win over Ekam Singh at three (Mar. 6) … Defeated Yale’s Lachlan Sutton, 3-1, at threes in a narrow CSA Nationals quarterfinal loss to the Bulldogs (Mar. 7) … Helped Harvard secure a win over Drexel in the consolation bracket with a 3-0 win over Yuri Pollak Pelbart at threes (Mar. 8) … Closed out the season with a 3-0 win over Columbia’s Arhan Chandra at threes during a narrow fifth-place match loss for the Crimson.
Junior (2023-24)
Posted an 11-5 overall record on the year … Primarily played at the eight spot on the Crimson ladder where he went 5-3 … Opened the season with a 3-0 sweep in his match at No. 7 against Brown (Nov. 14) … Earned the win at the No. 5 position against Northeastern (Nov. 15) with a 3-0 sweep … Defeated Gildea of No. 10 Dartmouth, 11-7, 11-2, 8-11, 11-0, at the No. 7 position (Nov. 29) … Swept No. 16 MIT’s Nikhil Kakarlain his match at No. 5 (Jan. 11) … Came away with a dominant 3-0 win over No. 3 Yale’s Merritt Wurts at the No. 8 matchup to help Harvard defeat the Bulldogs (Jan. 19) … Defeated Mateo Restrepo of No. 4 Trinity, 3-1, in his match at No. 8 (Jan. 21) … Swept Arnav Tevatiaof No. 6 Cornell in their match at No. 8 (Feb. 3) … Picked up a 3-0 win at the No. 7 position in the victory over No. 13 Tufts (Feb. 6) … Defeated Sean Murphy of No. 8 Drexel, 3-1, at the No. 8 position (Feb. 17) …. Defeated Merritt Wurts of No. 5 Yale in team’s CSA Quarterfinal match, winning 3-1 at the No. 8 position (Mar. 1) … Defeated No. 6 Columbia’s Rutvik Rau at the No. 7 position, 3-2, to help Harvard take fifth-place at the CSA Team National Championships (Mar. 3) … Competed at the CSA Individual National Championships in the Molly Cup East bracket … Defeated Drexel’s Guido Lindner in the first round, 3-2, before falling in the quarterfinals.
Sophomore (2022-23)
Accumulated a record of 13-3…Played primarily at the No. 8 position…Made season debut on Nov. 12 against Rochester, defeating Alejandro Porras Diaz (Rochester), 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-3)…Swept Zain Ahmed (Princeton), 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-9)…Tied match against No. 2 Penn, defeating Tushar Shahani (Penn), 3-2 (13-11, 9-11, 12-14, 11-9, 11-4)…Won sole match at the No. 5 position, defeating Harry Robson (St. Lawrence), 3-0 (11-4, 11-3, 11-4)…Swept Noel Heaton (Drexel), 3-0 (12-10, 11-9, 12-10) in regular season finale…Clinched match in CSA Team Championship opening round, defeating Tanay Punjabi (Cornell), 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-4).
First-Year (2021-22)
Recorded a 5-1 record in first season of action...Played at Nos. 6-9 for Harvard... Made collegiate debut with 3-0 sweep against Rochester's Tom Whiteley (Nov. 14)... Helped Harvard to a 9-0 sweep vs. Amherst (Jan. 23).
Before Harvard
Five-time Junior National Champion in India (2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019). Three-time Dutch Junior Open winner (2017, 2018, 2019). Won Individual Championship for best athlete in U-16 category in Track and Field (2018). Highest in school in Chemistry (100%) and Mathematics (100%) in 2019 ICSE final examinations. Sister, Nikita, was a member of the Yale Squash team from 2017-2021.
