WAMC Awards

Chinmayi Goyal

Chinmayi joined the WAMC community in 7th grade, as a student of one of our workshops.  Starting as an instructor for the Introductory Problem Solving seminar in 2021, this year marks her 4th year as a teacher at WAMC. 

In the fall of 2022, Chinmayi proposed an online topic-based Intermediate Problem Solving Workshop that could bridge the gap between the Introductory (AMC 8-focused) and Advanced (post-AIME, ARML/HMMT focused) workshops. This year-long workshop was dedicated to AMC 10/12 and early-AIME preparation. She not only designed the curriculum but also taught the workshop as a lead instructor in the years of 2022, 2023, and 2024, modifying the material along the way to better suit the students’ needs. As one of our most senior instructors, Chinmayi was invited to run a workshop for the 2024/25 instructors and coaches where she shared her vast knowledge and experience.

Additionally, Chinmayi has represented WAMC at HMMT and ARML. She was part of the 2022 team that placed 5th overall.

Jai Paradkar

Jai first took part in WAMC in 8th grade when he represented the Westchester Area Math Circle at ARML. In the fall of 2022, he joined Chinmayi Goyal as an instructor of the Intermediate Problem Solving Workshop. Over the next two years, he helped significantly expand the scope of the program, resulting in it becoming our most frequently offered workshop and benefitting many WAMC students. Jai is a talented instructor who fully mastered online teaching and presentations, a task that many find quite challenging. His workshops became a model for other topic-based sessions taught at WAMC. In August 2024, Jai ran a WAMC preparation workshop for WAMC 2024/25 instructors and coaches where he shared valuable tips and suggestions based on his teaching experience.

In the fall of 2024, Jai became the lead instructor of the Advanced Problem Solving Workshop where he currently coaches multiple WAMC teams for high school team competitions, such as MMATHS, HMMT, CMIMC, Purple Comet and more.