Akshat Bhaskar
bhaskarakshat22 [at] gmail [dot] com
Now
Financial Misinformation Research
Interviewing Nobel Laureates at Decoded
Project Fermat and Fermat Lab
Research
Financial Misinformation under Prof. Hemant Kakkar (ISB)
AI Policy under UPenn (Published, July 2025)
Number Theory under Prof. Shanta Laishram (ISI Delhi), ₹10K Research Stipend (May – July 2026)
Energy Infrastructure and Human Centered AI at the New York Academy of Sciences (Fall 2025 and Spring 2026)
Pure Mathematics at the Lodha Genius Programme (May – June 2025)
Conferences
ConfAI 2026 at Plaksha University (November 2026)
Presented, National Youth Conference on STEM 2025 (November 2025)
Experience
Teaching Assistant at Ashoka University (Apr – Jun 2026)
CFO, TaxCity (Acquired Jan 2026)
Policy Intern, Office of Mr. Rahul Pachori (Director at the Ministry of Education, Government of India) (Jun 2025)
Side Projects
FinKid (Raised $25K Compute), Forge, Scout, Multi-Credit Calibration Research
Recognition
Awarded by the President of India (SOAR Initiative, January 2026), Lodha Genius Programme, Y Combinator Startup School, Spotify for Creators 2025 Awards for Decoded
Interests
Financial Misinformation, Code Mixing, Number Theory, AI Safety, Behavioural Economics, Public Policy, Philosophy of Mind, Anthropology, History of Ideas