Summary
Activities Table
| Category | Activity | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Academic | Ongoing German learning | Studies German weekly with a native tutor since April 2025, exploring language, grammar and culture. He is fluent in English and Hindi; Arabic, French and Spanish are studied at school. |
| Academic | English Olympiads | First in class, English Language Olympiad 2022–23 (77.02/100); Gold Medal, English Olympiad Qualifier, November 2024; UAE Rank 1 in Grade 2. |
| Academic | Mathematics Olympiad | First in class, Mathematics Olympiad 2022–23, scoring 83.03/100. |
| Academic | Reading Ambassador | Helping promote enthusiasm for reading at school. |
| Academic | Reading Dogs proposal | Researched the programme and presented a proposal and petition to the principal to support children’s reading experiences. Decision pending approval; not an implemented programme. |
| Creative | Ongoing creative making | Makes models, masks and sculptures; created Ganpati figures through pottery over three years and built an aluminium-foil cuboid over several weeks. |
| Creative | Art and costume design | His painting “Conquering Mars” was exhibited in a UAE art exhibition and sold for AED 500. Designed his own World Book Day costume and won Fancy Dress recognition in April 2023. |
| Creative | Culinary creativity | Enjoys cooking and baking, learning from videos and experimenting with recipes, including his grandmother’s dishes, air-fried Oreo mini cakes and flavoured popcorn. |
| Compassion | Animal care and donations | Holiday animal-care activities at cow shelters in Udaipur and dog shelters in Mumbai, continuing since 2023. Used his own earnings to donate a wheelchair for a disabled dog at Pawsomeland Foundation near Bhopal; donated towards bird care at Kalote Animal Trust near Mumbai. |
| Enterprise | ALPHA-PARFUM | Independently created a perfume brand and designed and built its e-commerce website. Involved in packaging and product concept, inspired by his grandfather’s traditional attars and natural-oil perfumes. A percentage of sales supports The Bai Sakarbai Dinshaw Petit Hospital for Animals, Mumbai. |
| Enterprise | Stalls and gaming café concept | Ran a lemonade stall and developed flavoured popcorn: sourced the machine and flavour powders and experimented with combinations. Created customer puzzles and developed a gaming café concept and promotional poster. |
| Sporting | Cricket, ongoing | An ongoing sporting interest; recognised as a winner at the IJC Mini Cricket Festival. |
| Sporting | Karate, continuing | Achieved 8 Kyu in Shoseikan Goju-Ryu Karate; Certificate of Merit dated 14 February 2026. |
| Sporting | Rugby and swimming | School rugby ECA; swims at home three times a week as a self-directed fitness routine. |
Curiosity · Creativity · Enterprise · Compassion · Initiative
Ridhaan follows his interests because he loves them, and turns ideas into things he can make, share and improve. We believe he would thrive in, and contribute to, any community he joins.
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