Namit Kumashikar

Things I'd Still Do for Free

The CV says I do economics. These pages tell you why I'm any good at it.

Electronic Keyboard

Years of formal music theory plus the kind of late-night practice that teaches you that getting good at anything is just showing up. Currently obsessed with reharmonisation and modal interchange.

Music · Theory · Improvisation

Badminton

Gold medalist at an international tournament in Sri Lanka. Competitive play is still the best teacher of composure under pressure I have found.

Gold Medal · Sri Lanka

Model UN

Harvard MUN, Ivy League MUN, and most of the competitive circuit in between. Drafting resolutions taught me more about consensus-building than any classroom did.

Harvard MUN · Ivy League MUN

Public Speaking

Toastmasters from member, to Head of PR, to Vice President. There is no faster way to learn an audience than to bomb in front of one, twice, and come back the third time.

Toastmasters · Stage