Mansi Kaushik

Awards

Extracurriculars

1. 1

   Founder, Mission Seva NGO

   Founded a nonprofit teaching differently-abled young adults to make cloth bags, coasters, and trays using art-therapy techniques, then sold the products through an e-commerce site and at national and international NGO forums where the organization was invited to exhibit

2. 2

   Independent Research: Film and Public Health

   Authored an independent research paper on the effectiveness of film in changing public-health behavior, screening two Hindi films on menstruation and open defecation across nine villages and tracking correlated purchases of sanitary pads and sanitation equipment with local shop owners

3. 3

   Community Health Policy Advocacy

   Interviewed 508 community members to identify their primary health concerns, then advocated the issues to local politicians and designed an income-based screening system to determine which patients genuinely needed the hospital's new free-medicine policy

4. 4

   Health Misinformation Video for Seniors

   Produced an educational video delivering accurate information about knee pain, osteoporosis, and arthritis to senior citizens to counter health misinformation, distributing it across WhatsApp networks in three cities

5. 5

   Telemedicine Internship and Mobile Clinic Service

   Interned at a telemedicine clinic and expanded a shadowing role into fieldwork, joining three service trips to nearby villages to help set up telecommunication clinics that extended care to rural populations

6. 6

   Volleyball Player and School Program Founder

   Played competitive volleyball through 8th grade, then joined a residential recreational league and competed in four regional tournaments; started a volleyball team at her high school and successfully lobbied the PE department to build a court and hire a coach

7. 7

   Wharton Global High School Investment Competition, Nationals

   Built an investment portfolio themed on rap lyrics with a team, produced a media report and final report, and advanced to Nationals as one of the top teams selected from roughly 1,200 teams across 30 countries

8. 8

   Student Council, Emerald House Prefect

   Elected by the student body as prefect of Emerald House, leading a school house within the student council and organizing initiatives for the wider student community

9. 9

   Hospital Internships

   Completed pre-professional clinical internships at two different hospitals over the summers of 10th and 11th grade to gain hands-on exposure to medicine and confirm interest in a healthcare career

10. 10

    World Scholar's Cup, Top 50 Debater and Tutor

    Captained school debate team for 2 years; competed in debate and earned team awards.