Araadhya Jain is an 11th grade student at Charterhouse, UK where she is currently studying Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Further Mathematics. She is a high achieving student who has received multiple commendations and academic achievement awards in her STEM subjects. Araadhya’s love for engineering and robotics combined with her observations of the lack of STEM support for women in India led to the creation of Joining Hands, Joining Hope. 

Araadhya is an avid practitioner of speech and drama and has cleared Trinity Grades 1 to 5. She has also been training in Kathak since 2014 and is well versed with theory and performance aspects of the dance style. Apart from these pursuits, Araadhya enjoys enriching her academic knowledge through participation in mathematics and science olympiads.