Rithvik Jandhyala is a sophomore at Basis Scottsdale and is passionate guitar player. He plays multiple genres like Indian Carnatic, Film music, western rock, metal and pop. He is a disciple of Shri Vidwan Prasanna Ramaswamy, a pioneer in playing Carnatic on Electric Guitar. Rithvik gave over 110 stage performances. He gives talk shows on fusion of western and eastern art forms and also teaches young artists. Rithvik won several awards including Global Child Prodigy Award, Bala Ratna Award, Sanskrithi Bharat Award, Indian Cultural Society Award ,Gyana Satra award, World Telugu Cultural Fest finalist, Young Rocker Award etc. Rithvik’s other hobbies include writing blogs on Applied Physics and AI, painting and tennis. Rithvik launched YADATV website and Live Streaming. He is a frequent performer at YADA events like Jagadanada Karaka, Carnatic for Western Instruments,  Anandotsavam , Margazhi Yuva Utsav, YADA Cine Studios, etc. and also facilitates YADA DID Instrumental. Rithvik won YADA Youth Volunteer 2020 award.