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12 Distinguished Youth Leaders. Winners at Yale and UPenn Model Congress. TEDx youth speakers. Miss Teen India-World. Every word below is from a real DSI family.
Reviews
What families write to us
Verbatim, from our program booklet and our Facebook page.
Regional championship“I coach Robotics where V and A are participants. Yesterday, we had a regional competition and our team came out as champions! I have seen tremendous progress in them both. I have to thank you and DSI for bringing that communication and leadership skill in them.”
Yale & UPenn Model Congress“Sugi won Best Delegate Small Committee & Honorable Mention Full Committee in the Yale Model Congress Competition this week, like she did at UPenn last time. Our heartfelt gratitude & appreciation for your help through DSI which has been shaping her abilities to do the best & helping her in becoming a better speaker & person.”
A child who wants to come back“Destination Speech is truly a hidden gem. Priya, you managed to motivate my daughter to the point where she truly enjoyed coming to your classes.”
Composure under questioning“DSI and your guidance has greatly helped Aaryan and Vihaan, it's very well reflected during their presentations in front of the judges and the way they tackled Q&A.”
Both children transformed“Priya is a wonderful coach and we loved having both of our kids in her recent session that ended today with a speech show. We loved to see our kids transforming to be good speakers.”
Named by a national fellowship“Thank you so much for helping Sugi who has been an active participant in Ballotpedia's Fellows program. We asked our Fellows to point out individuals who they think helped move them along in their career — and you are one of them!”
Summa cum laude“Saurav Bharatam graduated High School summa cum laude. We truly acknowledge the positive influence, mentorship and guidance given to him. We are forever grateful.”
In a student's own words“I am so glad you agreed to be my mentor. I really love your energy and your way of delivering a speech. I would love to become like you some day. I know it takes a lot of practice to get to where you are but I am willing to put in that hard work.”
“Thank you so much Coach Priya for your efforts and guidance to these youth leaders. What an amazing performance today by all our kids!”
“Thank you so much Priya for an awesome 12 weeks session with the kids. Final speeches were truly inspiring and amazing.”
“Her passion is displayed in her work as she is constantly looking to improve her own skills for the betterment of the program.”
DSI Wall of Honor
12 Distinguished Youth Leaders
DSI's highest award: all four levels, 25+ prepared speeches, 40 impromptu, 16 evaluations, a turn as Coach's Assistant, and verified community service.
- 2021
- Shreyas S. Sundararaman
- Syna Goyal
- 2022
- Dhaniya Venkat
- Saurav Bharatam
- Vihaan Saxena
- 2023
- Harika Appalla
- Gayatri B Krishnan
- Aayushi Saxena
- Aditi Vijayapuram
- Sugi Arunagiri
- 2025
- Aaryan Mummidi
- Pranav Shrivastava
Where they went next
Results you can look up
Mentees have been admitted to prestigious schools and Tier I / Ivy League colleges.
- Esha KodeFrom reserved high schooler to Miss Teen India-World. Arrived “shy and reserved”.
- Sugi ArunagiriBecame a debater who wins at UPenn and Yale. Started as a middle schooler.
- Gayatri B KrishnanTop-8 in New Jersey debate — and now teaching the next group. Started in middle school.
- Dhaniya VenkatWon her town's speech contests — then came back to teach. Arrived a very reserved middle schooler.
- Saurav BharatamGraduated high school summa cum laude. A shy middle schooler.
- Atishay JainPhillips Exeter Academy, then the Ivy League. An exemplary middle-school participant, 2019.
- Vihaan Saxena & Aaryan MummidiLed their robotics team to a regional championship. Middle schoolers.
- Prathyush MajumdarBest Impromptu, then Model UN. Completed Competence and Bronze.
- Shreyas S. SundararamanDSI's first Distinguished Youth Leader — now the Coach's Assistant. Started in kindergarten.
Watch
See it for yourself
High School Graduation Speaker, 2026
Sugi Arunagiri, Distinguished Youth Leader · Princeton-bound — started DSI as a middle schooler · 5:10
Potatoes, Eggs & Coffee
Dhaniya Venkat, Distinguished Youth Leader · Best Speaker at the DSITalks-23 Grand Finale · 7:10
Carpool Chronicles
Nitya Vijayapuram · Best Speaker at the DSITalks-22 Grand Finale · 8:18
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