Founder · Researcher · USC Marshall '29

Manas
Sood

I turn unorthodox ideas into organisations that move real numbers — a tax-literacy movement taught to 79,000 people, a venture rebuilding the $250B clinic stack, and economics research read by governments.

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Manas Sood

New Delhi → Los Angeles

By the numbers

79,000
People taught financial literacy
27
Countries reached
$120K
Grant funding raised
77
Team led, ages 13–18
2×
PM National Child Prize finalist

As featured in

The Times of IndiaThe Economic TimesTEDxGovernment of IndiaStartup Mahakumb

Front-page coverage in India's largest newspapers, and named among the country's top 8 student entrepreneurs by The Economic Times.

Manas Sood featured on the front page of The Times of India
Manas Sood featured in The Economic Times

Selected ventures

TaxCity Education

Founder · 2023–25

TaxCity Education

The world's largest tax-literacy organisation. A multiplayer card game that demystifies taxation — scaled to 79,000 people across 27 countries with a team of 77.

79,000 reached
DocsDocs logo

Co-Founder & CFO · 2026

DocsDocs

An AI-native operating system for medical clinics — PMS, vision-model X-ray reads, and end-to-end claims automation on one database. Targeting a $250B market.

$250B TAM
1,200+

Founder

Nivaran

A community web app for urban heat reduction. 1,200+ residents across 40+ buildings; 75% reported cooling within 3 days. Recognised by MIT, Princeton & UChicago scholars.

1,200+ residents

Honours &
research

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2024 · 2025

PM's National Child Prize — Finalist

India's highest civilian honour under 18 · 2,000+ nominees

2021

National Champion — Govt. of India Toycathon

First of 129,000 applicants

2024

British Science Association CREST Gold Award

Peer-reviewed paper, Intl. Journal of Economics

2025

Global Youth Summit — India Delegation Lead

Kathmandu · 10-person delegation

Education

Manas Sood with the USC community

University of Southern California

2025 – 2029

B.S. Applied Mathematics & Finance · Marshall School

  • —Captain, McCarthy Honors College
  • —International Freshman Academic Scholarship
  • —Center for the Political Future Scholar · USC–Duke Near Crisis Project
  • —Marshall Case Team · Trojan Investing Society · Beta Alpha Psi
  • —Business Lead, USC BattleBots — raised $55K
  • —Robert J. Coury Leadership Program · 2026 Marshall LiNC, Tokyo
Manas Sood with the DPS R. K. Puram Student Council

Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram

2011 – 2025

Physics · Economics · Mathematics · Computer Science

  • —Cumulative GPA 4.0 / 4.0 — Top 1%
  • —President, Student Council — representing 10,000+ students
  • —Head Treasurer, all 26 school clubs — raised $105,000
  • —President — Case Team & Quizzing Club
  • —Co-Founder, Research Club
  • —VP — Economics, Mathematics & History Societies

Hobbies

LEGO cities, coral reefs & dinosaur bones

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Mentorship

I'm always open to guiding high schoolers — and beyond — in navigating opportunities, college admissions, finance, or life.

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Beta

DinoTracker

A small tool I'm building to map and track dinosaur fossil discoveries and museum specimens around the world — the palaeontology obsession, turned into software. Currently in beta.

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mapping the Mesozoic…
pinning the good stuff…
Coming soon

Manas's Food Map

An interactive map of my favourite food destinations across the world — every great meal, dropped as a pin. A living record of a deep, slightly unreasonable interest in eating well. Landing on this site soon.