Rohan Jha
I'm
About Me
Hello! I'm Rohan Jha, a 12th-grader at Cinco Ranch High School. I've always been passionate about solving problems and creating a lasting impact to serve humanity. The complexity of numbers mesmerized me then, and serving the community has inspired me ever since. I spend weekends and evenings trying to understand the mysteries of mathematics and dreaming about a better world.
In middle school, I participated in math competitions such as AMC 8 & 10 and Mathcounts, which introduced me to problems demanding persistence and creativity. These experiences inspired my determination to tackle challenging problems and eventually led me to address real-world issues such as the gender disparity in education.
During my visits to India, I observed that numerous girls were unable to pursue schooling and were often forced into early marriage or household chores. This issue deeply disturbed me, inspiring me to conduct scientific research on girls' education. My findings were published in a prestigious international journal namely Oxford Open Economics, and in US and Indian media.
I leveraged my girls' education research to create real-world impacts by improving infrastructure (library and building), increasing the number of teachers, and driving social awareness for education in rural India. This led to the establishment of two libraries serving 400+ students, appointment of two additional teachers, and the construction of the first school building sheltering over 150 students. I am actively enhancing student engagement in libraries through student competitions and awards, and expanding the initiatives through social awareness and a potential collaboration with Pratham USA.
Furthermore, I've also published research papers on topics such as assessment of carbon emissions reduction in US, carbon emissions from data centers estimation and mitigation, prediction of S&P 500, and profitability improvement for cyclical businesses in notable journals like Frontiers in Sustainability, Intersect: The Stanford Journal of Science, Technology, and Society, and the American journal of Student Research. These deepend my passion for undergraduate at the interface of economics, business, computer science while strengthening my drive to solve complex problems through my interests in latest AI data science and other tools.
Outside of research and academics, I founded the Idea to Impact (Economics) club at Cinco Ranch High School to enhance learning to solve business problems and create social impact, served as a VP for Mu Alpha Theta, am coaching middle school students for math competitions, and enjoy sports and serving humanity.
Academics
School accomplishments (start of 12th grade)
- Weighted GPA: 4.782/5.000
- Unweighted GPA: 3.97/4.00
- Class Rank: 9th out of around 1,000 students at the end of the 11th grade at Cinco Ranch High School, Katy, TX
Math Competition National and State Accomplishments and Test Score
- AIME Qualification in 2023, 2024, and 2025
- Top 1% (Distinguished Honor Roll) in AMC 10A and 10B in 2023
- Top 2% in AMC 8 in 2022
- Ranked 12th in Texas State Mathcounts in 2022
- Ranked 5th in Texas A&M Math competition in 2022
- Ranked 1st in General Math Contest, TMSCA Houston region in 2022
- SAT: 1580 (Verbal: 780, Math: 800)
20 AP courses at the end of
- AP Scholar with Distinction award, 2024, 2025
- Completed 15 AP courses at the end of 11th grade
STEM
- Ongoing 5 AP courses during 12th grade
Social Sciences
Research on Economics, Sustainability, and Business
My research focuses on areas impacting humanity such as economics (girls' education in India), sustainability (emissions reduction), and business (profitibality improvement) topics through data analytics, surveys, and interviews under the guidance of Prof. Raghunath Singh Rao of University of Texas (UT) at Austin and Prof. Priyanka Tripathi of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna, India. Previously, Prof. Mazhar Islam of Loyola University New Orleans guided me. I have two peer-reviewed papers in international journals and one more under review along with two international conference acceptances. Previously, I published three papers in high school student journals.
Economics
1. From Access to Achievement: How Mobility Empowers Girls and Case-Based Insights Improve Educational Performance
Authors : Rohan Jha, Rishabh Jha,
and Priyanka Tripathi
Journal : Submitted
- Assessed impact of cycle program on girls' beyond education using a survey.
- Identified limitation of cycle program on educational performance using analytics and econometric models.
- Identified case-based findings to improve girls' educational performance.
- Verified gender disparity in education using analytics and econometric models.
Impact of cycle program beyond education.
2. Transforming Girls’ Education through Social Awareness and Government Interventions: A Pathway to Equality
Authors : Rohan Jha, Rishabh Jha,
and Mazhar Islam
Journal : Oxford Open Economics,
Oxford University Press, 2025, vol. 4, pp. 1-19
- Full Paper Link
- Collected students' participation and performance data from 2004 to 2024 in the 10th-grade examination.
- Analyzed the data using analytics and econometric models to understand the drivers for the educational transformation and identified how to improve the performance further.
- Supported recommendations with a survey of 500+ participants across students, teachers, and parents, and select interviews.
- Had coverage in Indian media to motivate the students and increase social awareness.
- Also, accepted for the 47th INFORMS Society for Marketing Science (ISMS) Marketing Science conference held in Washington DC in June 2025 with the paper title "Driving Change: How Incentives Transformed Girls’ Education in Bihar, India".
Number of students participating in the 10th-grade examination.
Sustainability
3. Forecasting US data center CO2 emissions using AI models: emissions reduction strategies and policy recommendations
Authors : Rohan Jha, Rishabh
Jha, and Mazhar Islam
Journal : Frontiers in
Sustainability, 2025, vol. 4
- Full Paper Link
- Estimated CO2 emissions of exponentially rising data centers for AI, cloud computing, and cryptocurrency using several AI models.
- Assessed the impact of power demand and power mix variability on CO2 emissions from data centers.
- Identified resolution opportunities to reduce CO2 emissions.
- Also, accepted for International Conference on Sustainability, Environment, and Social Transition in Economics and Finance conference, held in Paris, France in December 2024.
- Media coverage
Schematic of power supply to CO2 emissions, electronic waste, and water consumption in data centers along with applications.
4. Assessment of US emissions targets and path forward using statistical modeling
Authors : Rohan Jha and Rishabh
Jha
Journal
: Intersect: The Stanford Journal of Science, Technology, and
Society, 2024, vol. 18 (1)
- Full Paper Link
- Analyzed Biden administration's goal for a 50-52% reduction in greenhouse gases compared to 2005 by 2030 and carbon-free electricity by 2035.
- Developed regression equations for CO2 emissions overall and also for power sector.
- Estimated the gap in meeting either of these two goals.
- Quantified how the US could meet these goals by using more renewable resources and electric vehicles, increasing the fuel efficiency of cars, and other.
Historical US CO2 emissions related to energy and its distribution across different applications.
Business
5. Maximize profitability and reduce downside risks using statistical models
Authors : Rohan Jha and Rishabh
Jha
Journal
: Americal Journal of Student Research, 2025, vol. 3(1)
- Full Paper Link
- Gathered data on gasoline price and oil prices, and drivers of those prices with a 6-month lag.
- Found a regression equation to predict the oil and gas prices with ~5% error to maximize profitability for refineries.
- Identified profitability drivers and path to improve them using statistical models and commercial levers such as index-based contracts.
Different refinery products from a barrel of crude oil.
6. Identification of key impacting sectors to drive S&P 500 behavior using statistical modeling
Index for different sectors for the last 20 years.
Authors : Rohan Jha and Rishabh
Jha
Journal
: Americal Journal of Student Research, vol. 2 (3), 2024
- Full Paper Link
- Gathered data for S&P 500 and all eleven sectors for the last 20 years.
- Developed a regression equation to predicts S&P 500 using key sector data in advance.
- Identified key sectors impacting the S&P 500 behavior using colinearity.
- Found an equation to predict the prices with ~2% error which can help in understanding S&P 500 behavior using three key sectors technology, financials, and energy.
Leadership & Internship
Leadership
- Founder and President of Idea to Impact (Economics) club at Cinco Ranch High School for 2025-26: The club helps members in learning data analytics and AI to solve business problems and create community impact.
- Member of Honor Society (NHS) at Cinco Ranch High School for 2024-25, 2025-26.
- Vice President of Mu Alpha Theta at Cinco Ranch High School for 2023-24.
Internship
- Internship at Excellence-AI a Y-Combinator start-up focusing on EdTech by using AI in education. To enable broader access of educational facilities worldwide, I improved products by evaluating user experience and developed content under the guidance of CPO, Mr. Sovann Linden, between April 2025 and July 2025.
- Internship at Quartet Engineers where I conducted market, competitor, and financial analyses. I evaluated Quartet's performance and provided strategic recommendations to reduce cost of raw materials and operations, and improve pricing between June 2024 and August 2024. Overall, I learned how a business fucntions and how to monetize levers to create value.
Media Coverage & Gallery
United States
Katy Independent School District (ISD) published this news on their social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
India
Library inaugration at Middle School Fulbari published in a leading Hindi newspaper, Dainik Jagaran.
Library inaugration at Primary School Nai Tola, Fulbari published in a leading Hindi newspaper, Hindustan.
Library inaugration at Middle School Fulbari published in a leading Hindi newspaper, Hindustan.
Coverage of Rohan and Rishabh's girls' education initiative by Sonbhadra, a Hindi newspaper.
Library inaugration at Primary School Nai Tola, Fulbari published in a leading Hindi newspaper, Dainik Jagaran.
Library inaugration at Primary School Nai Tola, Fulbari published in a leading Hindi newspaper, Dainik Bhaskar.
Coverage of Rohan and Rishabh's girls' education paper publication in Oxford Open Economics by a leading Hindi newspaper, Dainik Jagaran.
Coverage of award ceremony on the occasion of Indian Independence day to improve social awareness and library usage by a leading Hindi newspaper, Dainik Jagaran.
Pictures
Social awareness program with villagers at Middle School Fulbari
Rohan and Rishabh with some books at the Middle School Fulbari Library
Social awareness program with villagers at Middle School Fulbari
Social awareness program with villagers at Middle School Fulbari
Social awareness program with villagers at Primary School Nai Tola, Fulbari
Social awareness program with villagers at Primary School Nai Tola, Fulbari
Library inaugration program with villagers at Primary School Nai Tola, Fulbari
Social awareness program with villagers at Primary School Nai Tola, Fulbari
Rohan giving a speech at the Middle School Fulbari
Students playing carrom at Middle School Fulbari. Games were provided to generate interest.
Students playing sports at Middle School Fulbari. Sports goods were provided to generate interest.
Students playing carrom at Middle School Fulbari. Games were provided to generate interest.
Students with library books at Middle School Fulbari
Students with library books at Middle School Fulbari
Students playing carrom at Middle School Fulbari. Games were provided to generate interest.
Rohan helping organize books in the library.
Teacher giving an award to a girl student based on library usage.
Teacher giving an award to a girl student based on library usage.
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Social Impact
Inauguration of the library at Middle School Fulbari, a school established in 1950, which has been serving around 1,000 families since its inception (Dec 2024).
Inauguration of the library at Primary School Nai Tola, Fulbari, serving an area with a literacy rate of approximately 20%. The community has faced significant challenges in accessing educational resources until recently along with a lack of awareness (Jan 2025)..
Teacher issuing books inside the library (March 2025).
Pictures of students after the award ceremony on the occasion of Indian Independence day (August 15, 2025).
We established libraries in two schools: Middle School Fulbari and Primary School Nai Tola Fulbari, located in a rural Indian village namely Fulbari in the district of Araria, Bihar, India. The village is remote and has a low literacy rate. The aim is to foster curiosity, enhance learning, and create new opportunities for students. These libraries house over 1,000 books covering literature, motivation, health, and foundational course materials with further addition of books, based on student input. They will benefit over 400 students and have been widely featured in local media, helping to raise social awareness.
View Library Progress & ImpactSituation of Primary School Nai Tola, Fulbari (Dec 2024)
Rohan and Rishabh meeting with the District Magistrate to influence approval of a school building and an addition of two more teachers at Primary School Nai Tola, Fulbari (Dec 2024).
Rohan and Rishabh influencing the District Education Officer to build a school building sheltering over 150 students and appoint two additional teachers at Primary School Nai Tola, Fulbari (Jan 2025).
During our visit to Nai Tola School in Fulbari, I and Rishabh were surprised to see the school condition. Students were under a shade (no school building) and students were visibly uncomfortable. Determined to help those students, they raised the issue with the District Magistrate (DM), District Educational Officer (DEO) and gained commitment. After numerous follow-up and aligning villegers and teachers, DEO recently informed us that the construction of building has been approved.
View Progress & ImpactFurthermore, we found that only two teachers were responsible for teaching 160 students across grades 1-5. Realizing this challenge for both teachers and students, we brought this to the attention of the district administration. We again gained their commitment. With frequent follow-ups and sharing key information and data, appointment of two more teachers took place. As a result, the school now has four teachers, ensuring improved educational resource for students.
Gathering of villagers to highlight the impact of education at Middle School Fulbari.
Gathering of villagers to highlight the impact of education at Primary School Nai Tola, Fulbari.
Gathering of villagers to highlight the impact of education at Middle School Fulbari.
Interaction with students about the impact of education through board games at Middle School Fulbari.
We proactively promoted social awareness about the disparities in girls' education. By organizing large gatherings with the villagers, we highlighted the importance of accessible education. As identified in our research papers, raising awareness about girls' education is one of the most effective ways to drive societal transformation. Furthermore, our efforts were featured in multiple newspapers, amplifying these initiatives and encouraging others to contribute to reduce gender disparity in education.
View Progress & ImpactRohan with Beck Junior High students during one of the classes.
Rohan giving guidance for the upcoming Mathcounts competition.
I'm coaching Beck students for math competitions, leading to an 11% increase in the AMC 8 average score and a 7% improvement in Mathcounts results. Additionally, I founded a Idea to Impact (Economics) club at Cinco Ranch High School to leverage classroom learning to create business and social impact.
View Progress & Impact