Rishabh Modi

Résumé

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Singapore · rishabh.modi.2009@icloud.com · LinkedIn ↗

Education

Singapore American School

Expected May 2027
High School Diploma · Cumulative GPA 4.29
AP scores of 5
MacroeconomicsMicroeconomicsPhysics 1ChemistryCalculus BCPhysics C: MechanicsPhysics C: E&M
Honors & Awards
Oct 2026

Commendation, Economics

John Locke Institute Essay Prize

Find my essay in the Research tab.

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Apr 2026

Outstanding New Service Club Award

SAS Eagle Service Council

Recognized for leadership of Project Wish; led all club meetings, planned first ever social media fundraiser; directed service opportunities for 30+ members.

2025–26

3rd Place, Company of the Year

Junior Achievement Singapore

Led EcoBean to national 3rd place finish; evaluated on financial performance, investor interview, trade fair execution, and final report. School's first top-3 finish in six years.

2023–26

Scholars List

Singapore American School

Met the GPA bar and showed strong command across all classes in every semester of high school so far.

2023–26

Piano: Distinction & Merit

ABRSM

Distinction in Grades 1 and 2 and Merit in Grade 3, from years of weekly lessons.

2025

"Best Game" Award

SMU Young Leaders Program

Our team built a game to teach incoming SMU students about campus and Singapore life.

2025

Best Presentation Award

Inspirit AI

For a group object-detection program designed to assist vehicles on the road.

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2024

5th Place, globally

Global Financial Literacy Olympiad

International competition with analytical and case-based evaluation.

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Leadership & Entrepreneurship
Sep 2025 – Sep 2026 EcoBean — Co-founder & CEO
  • Student-led startup making plant-growing kits from recycled cans, cardboard, and newspaper, with homemade fertilizer from used coffee grounds.
  • Engineered the fertilizer through iterative testing and product optimization.
  • Led a 30-person team across marketing, finance, HR/PR, and production; sold 27 kits for $540.
  • Placed 3rd in Singapore at the Junior Achievement 2025–26 competition, the first SAS team in the top three in six years.
  • Ran climate and entrepreneurship workshops for a Girl Scouts troop and an elementary school.
Aug 2025 – Present Project Wish — Co-founder & President
  • Service club supporting Make-A-Wish Singapore, which grants wishes to critically ill children, and Ambulance Wish Singapore, which fulfils final wishes for terminally ill adults.
  • 1 of 3 clubs approved from 50+ applications.
  • Run fundraisers, partnerships, and member service opportunities; planned the school's first social media fundraiser.
Sep 2026 – Present LaunchLab — Co-founder
  • With Yibo Yang and Nirvan Anand, gave two one-hour LaunchLab presentations on vibe coding to 100+ master's students at ESSEC Business School, covering tools from Claude to Vercel.
  • Invited by Professor Madina Kalyayeva after meeting her at Junior Achievement Asia Pacific's Youth Beyond Borders workshop.
  • Expanding to new schools and audiences, adding workflow automation and AI bias research to future presentations.
Apr 2026 – Present Entrepreneurship Club — Officer
  • Mentoring students for the Junior Achievement competition cycle.
  • Led a partnership with the Grade 6 "Shark Tank" unit; coached students through ideation and pitching, and helped emcee the final event for 8 finalists.
  • Introducing the Conrad Challenge and Diamond Challenge as new competition pathways.
Jun 2023 – Present Cricket Coaching Service — Founder
  • Designed a structured coaching curriculum for youth athletes.
  • Delivered training sessions preparing students for club-level competitions.
  • Managed client communications and scheduling logistics.
Jun – Aug 2022 Delivery Service — Founder
  • Built a neighbourhood grocery delivery service for working parents with young children in my condominium.
  • Managed logistics, pricing, and scheduling independently; generated $300+ in revenue.
  • Served as the starting platform for my cricket coaching service.
Service & Community Impact
Aug 2023 – Present Code For All — Co-president
  • International service project teaching underprivileged children to code and donating repaired laptops.
  • Fundraising branch since freshman year; now co-president.
  • Led development of a 10-week AI and vibe-coding curriculum; currently confirming implementation. This AI work laid the foundation for LaunchLab.
  • Overseeing expansion beyond pure coding through the Stick 'Em initiative, combining robotics and coding for hands-on lessons with younger students.
Jan 2026 – Present Science Centre Singapore — Volunteer
  • Help run observatory activities, such as guiding young students to build a simple astrolabe model.
  • Designed a sunlight-to-circuit activity, set to run in the weekly observatory sessions.
  • Wrote an article on whether AI can save more energy than it uses, through smarter air conditioning in Singapore; submitted to Science Centre Singapore's Void Deck magazine, not yet published.
  • Shared the Science Centre's sustainability initiatives at Yue Hua Green Day.
2025 – Present National Honor Society — Service
  • Scored at the annual school badminton tournament and helped at the Deepavali goodie bag giveaway for migrant workers.
Professional Experience
Jun 2026 · 4 weeks Ambulance Wish Singapore — Summer Intern
  • The charity's first-ever student intern and first volunteer under 18; previously, volunteers had to be at least 18.
  • Joined two wish trips and trialled bringing a student photographer, building the charity’s trust in student volunteers and opening a path to direct service for Project Wish members.
  • Programmes & Services: learned Power Automate from scratch with Claude and built 7 automations, with WhatsApp quick-reply templates, that flag outstanding wish reports, forms, and group chat closures, saving the team about 3 hours a week.
  • Social Media: designed a few posts for the AMBY Blind Bag campaign, plus a Wish Beat newsletter feature and a volunteer birthday EDM.
  • Fundraising: researched 18+ cake sponsors and ran the schedule and labels for Cakes for a Cause 2026; secured a live band and listed 39 potential sponsors for the AWS Charity Golf Event; handled Sound Bath for Wishes registrations.
Jul 2025 Green Tiger Mobility — Job shadow
  • Shadowed CEO Ashish Dokania and worked in his petrol-to-electric scooter conversion center in India.
  • Saw how mechanical engineering and business come together in a real product.
Summer Programs & Academic Enrichment
2025 · 2 weeks (25 hours) Introduction to AI — Inspirit AI
  • Led by graduates from Stanford, MIT, and other leading institutions.
  • Neural networks, APIs, facial recognition systems, and the ethics of AI.
  • Helped build an object detection program to assist vehicles on the road; won the Best Presentation Award.
2025 · 1 week NextGen Program — IIT Bombay
  • Taught by current IIT Bombay professors.
  • Hands-on laser-cutting, 3D printing, and CAD software.
  • Emphasis on global warming and engineering for sustainable living, plus research talks such as AI-driven work in the biology department.
2025 · 1 week Young Leaders Summer Program — Singapore Management University
  • Developed leadership and project management skills, learning to split work by each teammate's strengths.
  • Won the "Best Game" award for a game teaching incoming SMU students about campus and Singapore life.
150-hour course BrightChamps Financial Literacy Training — HBS & IIT Bombay curriculum
  • A 150-hour financial literacy course covering personal finance, economics, and real-world investing.
Skills & Languages

Technical Skills

Team leadershipCommunicationPublic speakingProblem solvingTime managementTeamworkProject managementCommunity outreachTeachingAI tools & Power Automate

Languages

English · nativeMandarin · limited workingHindi · elementary