Gautam Kandlikar

Gautam Kandlikar
Noted subjects	science, India, kings, popes
Current college	Minnesota (2008-)
Past colleges	None
High school	Eden Prairie (2005-2007)
Stats	HDWhite • NAQT

High School Career

Gautam is from Eden Prairie High School, where he was a co-captain along with Trevor Davis for the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons, and he played along with Michael Wright and others.

College Career

He has been active at the University of Minnesota. Gautam has stayed in touch with high-school quiz bowl in Minnesota, and he moderates at league games and invitational tournaments.

Gautam is currently a member of PACE and freelances questions for the PACE NSC. He is currently taking a break from writing questions for HSAPQ.

Writing/Editing Experience

Gautam writes questions in most categories, but most people think he only writes science.

He has worked on:

• 2008 Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament (with Andrew Hart and Rob Carson)
• 2008 Chitin Classic (with Andrew Hart, Rob Carson, and the Vanderbilt and Maryland organizations)
• 2008 William Gaddis Doubles: This Tournament is About Learning (run by Jonathan Magin, in collaboration with Ahmad Ragab, Dennis Jang, Shantanu Jha, Mike Bentley, Charles Meigs, and Katy Peters.)
• 2008 Minnesota Open (with Andrew Hart and Rob Carson) and the Literature tournaments occurring on the same weekend.
• 2008 ACF Fall (with Rob Carson, Trevor Davis, Ted Gioia, and Andrew Hart)
• 2009 Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament with various members of the Minnesota contingent.
• NSC format tournament held during Weekend of Quizbowl 2009.
• Gaddis II run by Jonathan Magin, in collaboration with Ahmad Ragab, Ted Gioia, Dennis Jang, Shantanu Jha, Mike Bentley, Chris Chiego, Kent Buxton, Donald Taylor.

Upcoming:

• Gautam is working on INDIA[1] to be produced by October 2009.
• He is also going to write for Minnesota Open 2009.
• He is going to oversee production of the 2009 Fall Novice Tournament.
• Gautam will be editing 2009 Chicago Open with Trevor Davis, Eric Kwartler, Wesley Matthews, and Trygve Meade.
• Gautam will serve as supervisor/editor-in-chief for 2009 ACF Fall. Fellow editors include Evan Adams, Auroni Gupta, Will Nediger, Mehdi Razvi, and George Stevens.

Standings

2008-09

• Third out of four teams at Lawrence Mirror of T-Party, along with Rob Carson, Bernadette Spencer, and Mike Cheyne
• Third at Iowa Mirror of Penn Bowl, along with Joe Hansen, Bernadette Spencer, and Lauren Johnson
• First at ACF Winter North mirror [2], with Andrew Hart, Rob Carson, and Brendan Byrne
• Second at NAQT SCT North mirror [3], with Rob Carson, Bernadette Spencer, and Mike Cheyne
• Second at ACF Regionals Midwest Playoff stats with Brendan Byrne, Rob Carson, and Andrew Hart
• First at Illinois mirror of Fake ICT 2 [4] with Brendan Byrne, Rob Carson, and Andrew Hart
• Fourth at 2009 ICT and Second at DI Undergrad with Brendan Byrne, Rob Carson, and Andrew Hart
• Fourth at 2009 ACF Nationals and First at DI Undergrad, with Brendan Byrne, Rob Carson, and Andrew Hart

2007-08

• Fourth at Michigan MLK [5] (with Rob Carson, Andrew Hart, and Bernadette Spencer)
• 2008 North SCT - 5th place, DII (with Kaylea Palmer)
• 2008 Midwest ACF Regionals - 4th place (with Andrew Hart, Rob Carson, and Bernadette Spencer)
• 2008 NAQT ICT - 3rd place UG, 12th overall DI (with Andrew Hart and Rob Carson)
• ACF Nationals - 5th overall, Undergraduate and DII champions[6] (with Andrew Hart, Rob Carson, and Bernadette Spencer
• 2008 Chicago Open - 3rd Place with (with Andrew Hart, Rob Carson, and Brendan Byrne)