Ritvik Sinha

Email: aczg8k@r.postjobfree.com

* ***** **** ******, *.O. Box 130056,

Apartment 500, New Najda Street,

Madison, WI 53715, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

+1-608-***-**** +971-**-*******

Objective

To acquire an internship that relates to my major, English Literature

Education

College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin Madison (expected graduation

date May 2018)

Currently double-majoring in English Literature and Astrophysics. Transferred out of the

College of Engineering in Summer 2016.

English GPA after Fall 2016: 3.63/4.00

The Cambridge High School, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. (1999-2014)

Achieved A-Levels in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry and an AS-Level in English

Literature, as conducted by Cambridge International Examinations.

Activities and Experience

University of Wisconsin Madison (2014 - Present)

Writer for the Badger Herald Newspaper, contributing mainly to the Arts section

(2016-Present). https://badgerherald.com/author/rsinha/

Book of poetry published by Partridge Publishing House in September 2016.

https://www.amazon.com/Expos-Ritvik-Sinha/dp/148*******

Past member of UW-Madisons Formula SAE

Past member of UW-Madisons Badger Hyperloop

Worked on an exoskeleton arm applicable to children with arthrogryposis during

Freshman year (Fall 2014)

The Cambridge High School (1999-2014)

As part of English Literature, my analysis of the play Macbeth was recommended to the

Abu Dhabi Education Council as a testimony of the schools high standards of learning.

Staff writer for school newspaper and yearbook

Founding member of the schools drama and debating clubs. Acted in plays like

Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet. Member of a panel of judges for intra-school debating

competitions.

Attended Global Issues Network Conference (GIN13) conducted by New York

University Abu Dhabi, received fee waiver due to an application essay.

Founding member of the Environment Club. Finished in the top 5 in a story writing

competition organized by the Environment Agency of Abu Dhabi.

Charter member of the Model UN club (Year 8), won the Best Position Paper award at

DIAMUN10. Sponsored by the Arab Youth Venture Foundation for Harvard MUN 2011

and was acknowledged as the Most Promising Delegate at PAMUN11 conducted by

the American School of Paris at UNESCO Headquarters (Paris). Organized the schools

first inter school Model UN conference (CAMUN12) as the Deputy Secretary-General

and designed the CAMUN website. Secretary-General of CAMUN13, which received

appreciation from the U.A.E. Resident Coordinator of the United Nations. Invited by

AlAin Juniors School to mentor their Model UN program (2014).

Founding member of the Operation Smile club and also helped establish the foundations

U.A.E. chapter. Member of the first U.A.E. delegation at the International Student

Cultural Exchange Program in Beijing (ISCE 2011). Completed the 10km ADNIC YAS

Run in support of Operation Smile (2012).

An active member of the Face to Faith, a school program of the Tony Blair Faith

Foundation.

Member of the schools cricket (2010-2012) and soccer (2011-2014) varsity teams.

Created a working model of an electromagnetic wind turbine for an Arab Youth Venture

Foundation science exhibition in 2012 (Top 5 finish).

Worked on model of a solar powered spaceship as part of the Abu Dhabi Science

Exhibition and finished in third place (2013).

Lab assistant in the Physics department during Junior and Senior Year.

Computer Skills

Operating systems: Windows (XP 10) and Mac OS X.

Software: Microsoft Office, NX, MATLAB, Maple, SolidWorks and beginner-level

Python.

Nationality: Indian

D.O.B and Place of Birth: 19th April 1996 (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

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