Rahil Bakshi

PD1, Jalan Bukit Golf II, Pondok Indah, Jakarta 12310 • +1 641 275 1946 • 19bakshir@bsj.sch.id
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EDUCATION
British School Jakarta, Indonesia
- International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) 11th – 12th May 2019
- International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) 8th – 10th March 2017

STANDARDISED TESTS
- American College Test (ACT) – 32 June 2018
- SAT Subject Tests - Math, Physics Nov 2018

LEADERSHIP
- House Leader, British School Jakarta 2017-18
- Elected/Appointed from among 15 candidates
- Organizer of all key events in school
- Responsible for house participation
- Lead and manage the entire house of over 250 students

DUKE OF EDINGBURGH AWARDS

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- Awarded Silver & Bronze level of Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme 2015-17
- On completion of 52 hours each of community service, sports, adventure, and art for each award
- qualifying expedition for Bronze and for Silver – hiking, cooking and being able to self -sustain in rough
terrain.
§ Silver: Mount Bukit Tunggul , Java >2250 meters above sea level
§ Bronze: Mount Parang, Central Java> 2000 meters above sea level.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS EXPERIENCES

SUMMER INTERNSHIP
United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Jakarta, Indonesia July 2018
Summer Intern
- Shadowed the Country Director for UNDP
- Understood the key roles and objectives for a country leader of a global development agency
- Supported the process of UNDP annual audit and helped form a plan for future audit preparation process
- Worked in a team which led the IT procurement for UNDP in Indonesia

Unilever, Jakarta, Indonesia June 2016

Intern
- Learned about the functioning of the factory in a very different cultural context with well -established unionized
workforce
- Completed a project on quality control measures
- Made presentation of findings to factory management

ACADEMIC PAPER
Wrote an Academic Paper in History on Colonialism in South East Asia Sep 2018
- Studied the spread of colonialism in South East Asia and presented a paper on the reasons for French failure to retain
its interests in Vietnam at the battle of Dien Phu

MODEL UNITED NATIONS

- Participant and country lead for Palestine; SEASAC Model United Nations, Singapore Feb 2018
- Participant Model United Nations- South Korea Nov 2018

PAPER ON IMPACT OF INCREASING MIN. WAGES ON LABOUR IN THE FAST FOOD SECTOR IN
JAKARTA
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PD1, Jalan Bukit Golf II, Pondok Indah, Jakarta 12310 • +1 641 275 1946 • 19bakshir@bsj.sch.id
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- Used the Economics Extended essay to understand minimum wages in Indonesia
- Studied the impact of minimum wage increase on fast food restaurant industry in Jakarta Feb-Aug 2018
- Made recommendations on managing the increase in wages to key industry players. Aug 2018

RESEARCH AND ONLINE COURSES

Computer Courses
John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth- Introduction to Web Design 2016
Completed Python programming language course 2017

COMMUNITY SERVICE
YKAKI – the leading NGO in Indonesia- Care for Cancer Kids’ foundation November 2017- May 2018
- Worked with children suffering from cancer to understand their needs
- Identified the need for superior nutrition in the healing process.
- Developed content, designed and printed “A guide to nutrition and care for children with Cancer” for kids with
cancer.
- Presented it to the public and media during the book launch.

School Community Service On-going

- Weekly football coaching for underprivileged children under the age of 14
- Enabled entry of the team into the football league
- Helped them with the kit for participation

SPORTS ACHEIVEMENTS
- Part of School Football Team representing the school in SEASAC tournaments:
§ Beijing - placed 2nd in Asia. 2015
§ KL Malaysia - placed 4th in Asia 2016
§ Singapore - placed 4th in Asia 2017
- Represented BSJ in Athletics, Basketball & Football in FORBISIA (Beijing) 2015
- Represented BSJ at the Jakarta Sports Federation
§ Placed 2nd in Jakarta 2017
- Captain of School Football team in JAAC (Jakarta) 2017-18
- Represented BSJ in Softball at the SEASAC tournament. 2016-17
- Selected for U-16 Cricket training in Mumbai 2014
- Selected as Sportsman of the year in Bombay International School 2014

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

- Drums
- Passed Trinity Grade Level 6 2015
- Performed with my band at various public and school events. On-going
- Trekking
- Trekked to Mt. Parang (Central Java) 2000mt above sea level 2016
- Climbed Mt. Bukit Tungul Lembank, (Java) 3500mt above sea level 2017
- Korean Tae Kwon Do
- Black belt -1

INTERESTS
• Music, Travelling, Historical Events & International Relations