Meet the Class of 2022
Nikhil Gupta
Hometown: Naperville, IL and Shanghai, CHINA
Majors: Huntsman Program (International Studies, Business Analytics, Marketing)
Activities & Honors:
- Treasurer – Undergraduate Assembly
- Show Chair – Penn Dhamaka
- Executive – Student Activities Council
- Vice President – Wharton Asia Exchange
- Co-Chair (Latin America) – Penn Micro-finance
- President – Oracle Senior Society
- Marketing Committee – Penn Wharton China Summit
- Class of 2022 Recipient – Ivy Day Sol Feinstone Undergraduate Award (For free menstrual products initiative at Penn)
- Co-Founder – RIPPLE (Social enterprise in Lagos to produce low-cost recycled PPE for the pandemic, MIT Hackathon winner)
- Robert A. Fox Leadership Fellow – National Urban League
Hobbies: Learning languages (proficient in the 4 most widely-spoken languages – English, Hindi, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish), Dancing, Painting, Photography, Aquascaping
Favorite Book: Sister of My Heart by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Favorite Movies: Finding Nemo, Padmaavat, My Neighbor Totoro
Favorite Food: Cake!
Favorite Quote: “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” ~ Buddha
Plans After Penn: Management consulting
