Instructors

Team Lead - Nuwan Dewasurendra

• USACO Silver division qualifier

• MathPath 2024 Participant

• Past President of the Oak Valley Coding Club (OVCC)

• 9th Grader at Del Norte High School, San Diego CA

Nuwan's hobbies include making computer games using Python, building Lego, origami, robotics, and investing 

Lead Instructor - Mihir Bapat

Mihir Bapat is a Junior at Del Norte High School. He is an avid participant in many coding competitions such as USACO and ACSL, having qualified for the USACO Silver Division. He has built several Machine Learning projects, and has years of experience in teaching both aspects of coding. He taught Data Science/ML track at PyCode Academy and Python at Oak Valley Coding Club. He is also a 2x CyberPatriot National Finalist.

In his free time, Mihir enjoys playing soccer and playing the piano. He can’t wait to teach you all!

Lead Instructor - Sathwik Kintada

• Sophomore at Del Norte High School

• 4x ACSL Finalist, Bronze medal winner

• Oak Valley Coding Club (OVCC) Instructor

• AI/ML instructor at PyCode Academy

• Member of Robotics club at Del Norte High School

Sathwik is very interested in coding and AI and is excited to teach this club.In his free time Sathwik enjoys biking, playing tennis and piano.

Lead instructor- Arnav Jaisawal

• 9th grader at Monta Vista High School

• USACO Silver division qualifier

• MOEMS Gold medalist and DECA participant

• Strong in Python, C++, and Java

• Past instructor at PyCode Academy and co-founder of a middle school computer science club

Arnav also enjoys biking, playing guitar, and building small coding projects in his free time.

Lead Instructor - Arya Bhatt

• Two times ACSL finalist

• Taught Python summer classes to Middle and Elementary school students

Arya loves reading books, playing piano, and coding.

Instructor - Jacob Wu

• USACO Silver division qualifier

• ACSL perfect scorer

• Former president of the Oak Valley Coding Club

Jacob enjoys math, machine learning, linguistics, and piano in his free time.

Founder and Instructor - Pahan Dewasurendra

• USACO Platinum division qualifier, 5th nationally in the 2024 US Open competition

• 2-time ACSL Perfect Scorer, Gold medal at the 2022 Finals competition (one of 17 out of 1744 competitors worldwide)

• Founder and former president of the Oak Valley Coding Club

○ Club team tied for 1st place nationally in ACSL

Pahan also likes to compete in math competitions, play table tennis, and play the piano in his free time.

Instructor - Mihir Konkapaka

• Python Expert, Past instructor for 2 years at PyCode Academy

• 9th Grader at Westview High School, San Diego CA

• Runs Programming channel www.youtube.com/@mskcoding

Mihir's hobbies include spelling, Quizbowl, science, and more! Learn more about Mihir at mihirkonkapaka.com

Instructor - Gargi Gupta

• 3-4 years of self-taught experience in Python.

• Founder and President of the University City High School Python Club.

• Proficient in using Python to develop games 

• Freshman at University City High School.

Gargi hobbies include running (Cross-Country and Track and Field), Flag Football, Baking, Drawing, and Reading.

Former Lead Instructor - Kyle Liang

• USACO Silver division qualifier

• Bronze medal in the 2022 ACSL Finals

• AP Computer Science Principles in Sophomore Year 

• Computer Science Tutor on Schoolhouse.world

• Taught USACO and Python classes in the Oak Valley Coding Club (OVCC)

Kyle's hobbies include playing the piano, reading, and robotics. 

Instructor - Rithvik Madiraju

• USACO Silver division qualifier

• ACSL Perfect Scorer

• Taught USACO and ACSL classes in the Oak Valley Coding Club

Rithvik is also interested in cybersecurity, robotics, traveling, and learning new cultures and languages.

Instructor - Aadit Mathur

• ACSL Perfect Scorer & Silver medal at the 2021 Finals competition

• Taught ACSL and Python classes in the Oak Valley Coding Club

Aadit enjoys coding and making projects with friends. In his free time, you'll most likely catch him reading or playing tennis.