Last weekend, 3,000 high school students from across the state met in Anaheim for California DECA’s State Career Development Conference. Among them were 96 students from Dublin High School. Each competing in two of the 60 different industry-validated and curriculum-aligned competitive events. 

The following Dublin High students earned a place in the Top 10 of their event:  

• Ananya Akkaraju - 1st - Entrepreneurship Series

• Team of: Aanya Sheth, Aarini Shah - 1st - Buying & Merchandising Operations Research

• Siqi Li - 2nd - Human Resources Management Series

• Minali Kancharla - 3rd - International Business Plan

• Madelyn Kris - 3rd - Entrepreneurship Series

• Aarini Shah - 3rd - Food Marketing Series

• Team of: Shoumik Manthana, Aanya Sheth - 3rd - Buying & Merchandising TDM

• Team of: Krishita Kataria, Alisha Desai - 3rd - Hospitality & Tourism Operations Research

• Satvik Marthi - 4th - Business Finance Series

• Avni Godhala - 4th - Integrated Marketing Campaign 

• Team of: Olivia Choe, Pragya Reddy, Rachana Paladugu - 4th - Sales Project

• Team of: Adithya Gnanasundar, Nikhil Prabhu - 4th - Entrepreneurship TDM

• Presha Dutt - 6th - Marketing Communication Series 

• Sana Presswala - 6th - Entrepreneurship Series

• Aashna Singh - 7th - Retail Merchandising Series 

• Aanya Pandia - 7th - Independent Business Plan

• Team of: Shawn Seo, Nikhil Prabhu, Rishi Saindane - 7th - Business Solutions Project

• Team of: Skylar Ruby, Sonia Nag - 8th - Independent Business Plan

• Team of: Kaitlyn Maskey, Ekam Dhot, Lalar Rajpurohit - 8th - Community Giving Project 

• Ekam Dhot - 9th - Hotel & Lodging Management Series

• Team of: Madelyn Kris, Meher Madan, Tanish Zutshi - 9th - Career Development Project

• Tanish Zutshi - 10th - Restaurant & Food Service Management