Vatsal Garg, Co-Founder

Vatsal Garg

An avid computer science enthusiast, Vatsal Garg developed a passion early on for integrating technology into education and community service. He quickly recognized the importance of being technologically literate in the modern digital era and was determined to bring his opportunities to the less fortunate. After running coding camps in local underserved communities for 3 years, Vatsal was hungry to make a broader impact and formalized his ideas into NexGen Coding in 2021. In the last year, Vatsal also founded InsightsHub.ai — a machine learning platform designed to improve customer relations in New Jersey restaurants after the devastation of Hurricane Ida.

Besides working towards his mission, Vatsal is an avid swimmer and debater who loves to spend time with his friends playing sports or eating good food. A visionary, Vatsal aspires to create a lasting impact around the world by bridging the digital divide and educating underserved communities about technological development.



Devaansh Saxena, Co-Founder & CEO

Devaansh Saxena

As a student at Lightridge High School, Devaansh Saxena co-founded NexGen Coding, a nonprofit providing free tech education to underserved kids and equipping them with coding, design, and data skills. He is driven by a passion for empowerment through technology and expanded the program internationally. With hands-on experience instructing over 100 students, Devaansh built NexGen to bridge the digital divide so the next generation can access the fastest growing market. He believes quality tech education allows youth to implement impactful solutions in their communities.

Through project-based learning focused on in-demand skills, NexGen opens doors to new opportunities and gives students the competencies to drive change out of poverty.

In his free time, Devaansh enjoys reading and is a competitive swimmer.

Marketing & Communications

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Vivaan Rastogi

VP, Marketing & Instructor (NJ)

High school junior with extensive computer science experience and has straight As in college level computer science courses. Has spent many years educating children in not only computer science, but also common core subjects.

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Saniya Kamat

Social Media Marketing Coordinator

High school sophomore in Pingry school, NJ. Accomplished student with a passion for writing, three time winner of school scholarship award for highest GPA and assistant editor and layout editor of the school newspaper, The Pingry Record.

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Rami Marinoff

VP, Marketing

Junior at Millburn High School currently enrolled in 5 AP classes with a 1570 SAT score. Passionate about business, marketing and humanities and will drive outreach and fundraising initiatives for NexGen.

Fundraising

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Emma Hirsch

Instructor (New Jersey)

High school junior with a passion for math and science. Have experience in Java and python and have taught young kids. I am excited about to teach them computer science.

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Amy Peckel

Instructor (New Jersey)

Junior in high school with 3 years of coding experience including AP courses. Passionate about teaching others how to code.

Operations - US

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Aadhi Kasi

VP, Operations & Instructor (VA)

A junior at Rock Ridge High School, has expertise in AI and web development. Passionate about economics and finance, and teaching others its principles. Serves as an Officer at Pragathi USA Nonprofit.

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Janak Panchal

VP, Operations & Systems

Experienced in cybersecurity (Versa Networks), digital marketing, finance, production & real estate. Skilled in security strategy, social media campaigns & business strategy. Comitted to continuous learning & eager for new challenges.

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Alex Holden

VP Operations & Instructor (NJ)

High school junior with a deep passion for software programming and video game development. Completed a programming course at UPenn and enrolled in AP computer science courses. Extensive experience with Java, Python, JS, HTML, CSS and Unity

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Joe Weintraub

VP, Operations & Instructor (New Jersey)

Junior in high school who began his interests in coding 5 years ago. Taken a full year computer science 101 course offered from Carnegie Mellon, and complete the Java and web development HarvardX courses.

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Arav Bhardwaj

Instructor (North Carolina)

High school sophomore with experience Python, Java, C++, and extensive exploration in industry-level machine learning libraries PyTorch and H2O. Working with an AI/ML company in New York to build predictive models

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Jesse Andersen

Instructor (New Jersey)

High school junior with deep passion for computer science and primarily self-guided exploration into artificial intelligence and virtual reality. Prestigious grades in multiple AP computer science courses. Experienced in explaining advanced coding concepts

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Conner Vanderploeg

Instructor (New Jersey)

High school junior with extensive experience in Java as well as in other programming languages such as python and C. Been coding since fourth grade and has taken multiple AP coding sources and a cyber security course at Stevens Institute.

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Neel Ahuja

Instructor (New Jersey)

High School freshman with many years of coding experience in Java, Python, and the machine learning space. Been a part of numerous summer programs and internships, exploring the artificial intelligence and CAD areas.

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Rohan Dubey

Instructor (New Jersey)

High School freshman with extensive in app development and app design experience. Experience with many coding languages including Java, C++ and Python. Taking a freshman CS2 class and has experience with game development and web development as well.

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Maxwell Chen

Instructor (New Jersey)

High school junior with straight As and 1590 on SAT. 3+ years experience with coding. Conducted research on gravitational lens identification and imagined speech decoding using machine learning. Actively participated in JSHS and NJRSF research competitions

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Grant Zhou

Instructor (New Jersey)

Freshman in Millburn High School and have experience of working with Python for over 2 years. I got to USACO silver using python, and have experience with C++, Java, and Javascript.

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Shreyas Nair

Instructor (New Jersey)

High school freshman with many years of coding with good problem solving skills. Years of experience with a variety of languages including Python, Java, C, Arduino, and knowledge of AutoCAD.

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Som Chandrashekar

Instructor (New Jersey)

High school freshman with advanced experience in Python, Java, C, RobotC and has done several years of robotics. Taken AP Computer Science as well as several other coding courses at school.

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Daniel Zhang

Instructor (New Jersey)

High school junior with a GPA of 4.33. Founder of Millburn High School’s Finance and Investment Club. Deep stock market knowledge, manages a six figure investment portfolio, and hopes to empower students about financial literacy and investing.

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Isaac Ming

Instructor (New Jersey)

High school freshman with 2 years of experience in Python. Passionate about mentoring and sharing the joy of computer programming.

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Ed Germa

Instructor (New Jersey)

Rising high school senior with experience in Java, Python, and C# programming and has taken multiple college level computer science courses. Passionate about teaching computer science and other subjects.

Operations - India

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Aahan Shah

Instructor (India)

High school senior with consistent and top tier performer in academics with straight A*s at Mumbai's (India) leading IB school. Multi-year experience in teaching younger kids on various computer and IT related programs.

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Uday Agarwal

Instructor (India)

High school senior with a deep passion for stock markets, deep knowledge of financial instruments and have experience of teaching concepts of stock markets to students.