Riju Datta
Class of 2024
Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of, who do the things no one can imagine.
Hometown: Tampa, FL
Favorite Artists: Drake, Frank Ocean, Childish Gambino, Bruno Mars, Pritam
Favorite PM Songs: Is Pal Mein, Fix You / Ishq Bina, Remedy / Khabar Nahin, Main Rang Sharbaton Ka / Sunday Morning
Dream: To visit every continent at least once.
Favorite YouTube Video: Tyler, The Creator - Live at Lollapalooza
Venugopal Chillal
Class of 2024
Write it down or you’ll forget it.
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Favorite Artists: Arijit Singh, Taylor Swift, A.R. Rahman, Lana Del Rey, Coldplay
Favorite PM Songs: Streets / Roobaroo, Ghanan Ghanan, Mast Magan / Iktara, Distant Places, Sau Aasman / If I Lose Myself
Dream: To travel the world for a living.
Favorite YouTube Video: The Zipf Mystery
Prateek Adurty
Class of 2025
D.O.T.S.
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Favorite Artists: BROCKHAMPTON, Rich Brian
Favorite PM Songs: Phir Le Aaya Dil, Uptown Funk / Badtameez Dil
Dream: Start a music collective
Favorite YouTube Video: Banned from Kenny Beats
Ajay Kilambi
Class of 2025
Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times.
Hometown: Tulsa, OK
Favorite Artists: Ghantasala, Sid Sriram, Semmengudi Srinivasa Iyer, Arijit Singh, MS Subbulakshmi
Favorite PM Songs: Dheere Jalna, Aankhon Mein Tu Hai, Ragas of Malhar, Ghanan Ghanan, Pachaas Paisa [LIVE]
Dream: To live for a year in a remote Indian village
Favorite YouTube Video: Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatam
Raghunandan Raman
Class of 2025
“Yeah, like the pasta sauce”
Hometown: West Windsor, NJ
Favorite Artists: Arijit Singh, AR Rahman, Shankar Mahadevan, Ed Sheeran, Shawn Mendes
Favorite PM Songs: I Don’t Care / Kadhaippoma, Rain Bhai Kaari, Agar Tum Saath Ho / Treat You Better, Main Tanha, Lakshya, Ajab Si / Here Comes the Sun
Dream: To solve engineering problems.
Favorite YouTube Video: -
Gaurish Gaur
Class of 2026
The only thing to fear is fear itself.
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Favorite Artists: Salim–Sulaiman, Sonu Nigam, Travis Scott
Favorite PM Songs: Photograph / Aayat / Laal Ishq, Hazy, Dhoom / Talk Dirty
Dream: To perc.
Favorite YouTube Video: 10 Hours of Silence
Aryaman Meswani
Class of 2026
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
Hometown: Mumbai, India
Favorite Artists: Shankar Mahadevan, Shakti, AR Rahman, John Mayer, Dire Straits, Ed Sheeran
Favorite PM Songs: Yun Hi Chala Chal, Lakshya, Blinding Lights / Bol Na Halke, Rain Bhai Kaija Mari, Photograph / Aayat / Laal Ishq, Anyone / Hawayein, September / Om Shanti Om
Dream: To be good at anything I decide to do
Favorite YouTube Video: IF
Rohit Rajagopalan
Class of 2026
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
Hometown: Greenville, SC
Favorite Artists: Arijit Singh, Armaan Malik, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, ZAYN, Shankar Mahadevan, Drake
Favorite PM Songs: Dhoom / Talk Dirty, Photograph / Aayat / Laal Ishq, Agar Tum Saath Ho / Treat You Better, Phir Le Aaya Dil, Miss Independent / Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga
Dream: To invent things that help our society
Favorite YouTube Video: Charles Barkley’s Peculiar Injury