Aakash debated for 3 years at Pembroke Pines Charter High School in South Florida across Public Forum and Extemperanous Speech. Throughout his career,  Aakash qualified to the Gold TOC (reaching elimination rounds at Emory, Nova Titan, and UKSO) and qualified to NSDA Nationals twice. He specializes in more traditional forms of debate and has found a home in lay debate, but does enjoy technical debate as well. He currently attends UC Berkeley majoring in Computer Science and Engineering.