NAMED GRIT STUDENT OF THE YEAR 2026 - BEYOND THE EXAM SCORES
Named GRIT Student of the Year 2026 at NIAT's GRIT Awards, and selected as the sole recipient of the Surprise Ticket to the GRIT 2026-27 Finale.
"Finally, all the work behind the screen got valued. Not the one on paper."
I just got named GRIT Student of the Year 2026 at NIAT's GRIT Awards.
Here's the part that means the most to me: this wasn't for exam scores. It was for the projects, the late nights building things nobody asked me to build, the grind that never shows up on a report card.
The Surprise Moment
There was a surprise moment too. Out of every Student of the Year winner in the room, I was the only one handed a Surprise Ticket to the GRIT 2026-27 Finale.
Every AI tool I tested, every product I shipped, every post I wrote trying to figure out what actually works, it all led here. And it's not over, the Finale is next.
To Every Student Building in Silence
If you're a student building in silence right now, wondering if it counts because it's not graded: it counts. Keep going.
Grateful to NIAT for creating a space where building matters as much as scoring.