I'm Adarsh Raj, a Grade 12 Commerce student at Welham Boys' School, Dehradun. I grew up around a family business that moved from distribution into residential real estate. Now I research how roads, rail and airports change what homes cost in India's Tier-II cities, and how family firms hand over to the next generation.
One about the businesses families build, one about the homes families can't afford.
Fewer than a third of family businesses survive into the second generation. This project looks at how they can bring in professional management during succession without losing what made them work.
Open the project →How mid-sized developers in Tier-II cities can build homes that lower-middle-income families can actually buy.
Open the project →Both start from something I saw at home: a family business that has to modernise, and a city that changes around it.
A comparative study of how new infrastructure lines up with housing prices in five cities, with Siliguri, a gateway to the North-East, as a qualitative case. It keeps a hard line between association and causation.
IOSR Journal of Economics and Finance · Vol. 17, Issue 3 · 2026 · pp. 120–195
DOI 10.9790/5933-170301120195
A structured review of 52 peer-reviewed sources (2000–2025). It proposes the Legacy Renewal Framework, a four-stage model linking family legacy, professional governance, knowledge transfer and strategic renewal.
IOSR Journal of Business and Management · Vol. 27, Issue 8 · 2025 · pp. 75–86
DOI 10.9790/487X-2708017586
Benchmarked residential projects across Siliguri on location, pricing, amenities and target buyers, and wrote up the findings. Joined site visits and worked with the sales team on apartment configurations and pricing.
Analysed inventory movement to flag fast- and slow-moving lines, digitised the product catalogue, and drafted customer segmentation notes from the sales floor.
Completed the Entrepreneurship, Business & Leadership Essentials track with Ashoka faculty and students from across India.
One of four Welham students selected. Took Psychology, Sociology and Economics in the British IGCSE/A-Level system: fewer subjects, more depth, more discussion.
On the executive board of Welham's own conference, two years after attending as a delegate. Moderated debate, ruled on points of order, evaluated delegates.
Co-authored Draft Resolution 1.2 on nuclear risk reduction with Pakistan and Russia. It passed, and Welham won the Overall Best Delegation trophy.
Pitched turning heritage properties into production sites for premium silk, across three revenue streams, and defended it under questioning.
A Welham service project with Aasraa Trust and the Bindi Foundation, assembling solar lamps with people who study and live without reliable power.
First session: assembled solar-powered lamps with girls supported by Aasraa Trust. I kept going back.
Built Bindi Torches with the residents and gave them the finished lights. From Grade 11, a group of us visited most Sundays, simply to talk.
Built torches with learners who communicate mainly in sign language. Every step had to be explained without speaking. They taught me to spell my name in sign language.
Representing Canada.
Commended by Welham in two editions: October 2023 and October 2025.
For academic performance in Grade 10.
One of four students chosen from Welham.
29 Uttarakhand BN NCC, after the annual training camp in October 2023.
Inline hockey, roller hockey, roll ball and speed, at district and state level. Junior team from Grade 8.
All India Golden Jubilee Tournament (2023, 2024), Afzal Khan Memorial, IPSC and the Mayo College U-19 tournament.
Competed at the All India IPSC Swimming Championship.
Off the clock: a 13,000 ft tandem skydive in Thailand, June 2025.
Five years of karate and maths olympiads in Guwahati, before Welham.
Happy to talk about real estate, family business or research.
adarshraj3068@gmail.com