Ridaan Chopra is a student at Vasant Valley School, where his academic interests lie in Mathematics, Global Perspectives, and Economics. Ridaan intends to study Economics and is particularly drawn to sustainability.
Beyond the classroom, Ridaan is a member of his school’s Environment Council and has been debating since 2022 in the WSDC, Parliamentary and Asian Parliamentary formats. He completed Stanford’s pre-collegiate course in number theory in July 2026 and a course in data science and machine learning through Columbia’s academic year immersion programme. He has a strong interest in technology and is is currently building an artificial intelligence travel platform that turns blogs, reviews, and videos about tourist destinations into personalized recommendations.
His interest in the environment and sustainability led him to start The Microplastics Awareness Plan (MAP), which uses awareness programmes, resources and workshops to help students, and especially the most vulnerable communities, act for their own future.