International Exposure and Extra-Curricular Activities
Ihtesham has always been a person with multiple interests. In addition to focusing heavily on his core passion, i.e. Music, maintaining decent performance in academics, and carving out time for social work, he has also participated in many extra-curricular activities within India and even abroad. This page captures his enabling and insightful experiences of his participation in the following engagements:
World Scholar Cup (Yale University) - Multiple Gold and Silver Medals
In year 2019, I have had a great experience participating in WSC (World Scholar’s Cup). It is an international academic program consisting of debates, MCQ (Multiple Choice Question) papers, writing etc. based on a syllabus which changes every year. I qualified in round 1 in Gurgaon India, shortlisted for Global rounds for which I traveled to Hague, Netherlands. There, I got selected for Final round which gets conducted in Yale university, New Haven, Connecticut.
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Global Rounds in Hague, Netherlands
All relevant details for this event are captured on this page.
WSC: Global round blog | Prodigies and Pathfi (prodigpathf.wixsite.com)
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Tournament of Champions, Final Round, Yale University
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All relevant details for this event are captured on this page.
WSC: Final round blog | Prodigies and Pathfi (prodigpathf.wixsite.com)
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Travel to Kolkata for participating in a professional theatre workshop
All relevant details for this event are captured on this page.
Thinkarts festival | Prodigies and Pathfi (prodigpathf.wixsite.com)
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Awards in multiple extra-curricular competitions
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I have participated and won awards in several competitions at school level.
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Second Position - Hindi Quiz Competition, Grade 3rd
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First Position – PowerPoint Slides creation Competition, Grade 3rd. As my parents work in Information Technology (IT) sector and have therefore trained me well in Computer Literacy since early childhood.
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Appointed as a member of Prefectorial board, Grade 5th
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First Position - Hindi Creative writing, Grade 5th
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Appreciated highly for an impressive performance in Quiz Competition, Grade 7th.
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Appreciated highly for an outstanding performance in a Creative Story writing and telling Competition, Grade 7th.
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Grade 8th, I received first prize in my school Tech Fest competition for creating a funny and informative video.
It is available here for viewing. The main actor in this video is my younger brother Muqtasid Baig, while idea, script, direction, shooting and video editing (background music selection etc.) was done by me entirely.
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Appreciated highly for an impressive performance in English course Summer Camp at British Council, Grade 8th.
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Physical fitness/Sports related activities and awards
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I strongly believe that along with work, it is highly important to take care of one’s health and physical fitness. I like to swim, also I have been practicing martial arts and Gymnastics since I was in Grade 4. I love playing basketball and badminton.
I have been learning martial arts from last few years. I started with Kungfu and to complement the technical aspects with flexibility, I started learning gymnastics. I have won a few state level competitions as well, both in Karate (participated as a Kungfu fighter and Gymnastics) . Later I was introduced to martial arts and I was instantly drawn towards the self-defense and physical fitness aspects but I chose to learn the combat sports in greater detail at MMA club Fighting Choice, where I also practice Boxing, Kicking, Muay Thai and Wrestling (inspired by Brazilian Jujitsju/ BJJ). Practicing martial arts is like meditation and helps me improve my focus to become a calm and balanced person in life. Moving forward I will leverage these skills to assist my younger brother with his plans for teaching Self Defence to young underprivileged females in India.
Awarded with second position in a Karate championship, in Grade 7th
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Awarded with First position as well as the Best Gymnast, in Indian School Gymnastics League, in Grade 8th
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Awarded with Merit Certificate in Physical Education from school, in Grade 8th
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Creating short hilarious skits (story + direction) for pure entertainment purposes
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One fun fact is during childhood, I loved Theatrical Activities like conceiving ideas for short hilarious skits, writing scripts, providing directions to the actors (My brother, cousins and friends), polishing and fine tuning videos and publishing them on my YouTube channel. (fix this one) I had fun recording, editing and posting these videos. My friends and family really enjoy watching these. I had a fair fan following for these videos, in the form of 134 subscribers of my youtube channel and a few videos with more than 500 views
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