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notes, thinking, and things I've learned.
A simple place to keep reflections, lessons, and experiments in one spot.
What 3 Years of Coding at The Doon School Taught Me
Reflecting on my journey from early Python scripts to building full-stack web applications for hundreds of users on campus. Here are the core technical and personal lessons I wish I knew when starting in 9th grade.
Building DSFL: Scaling a Fantasy Sports Platform to 600+ Users
A deep dive into how I built and deployed DSFL, an inter-house fantasy sports app that maintained 200+ daily active users across six months of active competition.
Organizing IPSC IT FEST 2026: Tech Logistics at Scale
Serving as the lead organizer for IPSC IT FEST 2026 meant coordinating competitions, infrastructure, and logistics for 150+ participants across 20+ schools.
Systems Engineering Lessons From Space Settlement Design
What co-authoring 70-page structural proposals for Earth-Mars transport settlements taught me about large-scale system architecture and team coordination.
Engineering the DS90 App for 700+ Event Visitors
How we conceptualized, built, and deployed an interactive event application featuring live food ordering, landmark experiences, and quizzes for Founder's Day.
Building MedLink: Redistribution of Unused Medicines in 48 Hours
Developing a functional healthcare platform connecting donors, recipients, and verification partners during the BSAI Opportunity Summit Hackathon.
Building Nurtura Nova: An Autonomous Planting Robot
Combining hardware, soil analysis sensors, and motor controls to build a self-navigating agricultural robot that won 'My Innovation Challenge'.
Building Rupee Ready: Scaling Financial Literacy and Donations
How I designed and developed the web platform for Rupee Ready, helping drive financial literacy tools to students and processing over 1.3L+ rupees in donations.
Building an Augmented Reality Sandbox From Spare Parts
How we repurposed spare hardware, depth sensors, and projectors to build an interactive AR Sandbox that engaged 700+ visitors at Founder's Day.
Digitizing Sports Coverage and the Grandslam Futsal League
Serving as Editor-in-Chief of 'The Grandslam' sports publication and engineering custom software for our inaugural player auction and league structure.
Winning the IPSC IT Quiz and Building a Python Analytics Tool
Reflecting on securing 1st Place in the National IT Quiz and 3rd Place in the Senior Coding Challenge by building a typing analytics app in 60 minutes.
Designing Spark Desk: 3D Product Modeling in Blender
Creating an ergonomic, modular smart workstation in Blender for the Meraki 3D Design Competition, securing 2nd place.
Mentoring 40+ Juniors in Modern Web Development
How structuring weekly Computer Club workshops on Next.js, React, and Node.js helped build a vibrant developer culture at school.
Upgrading Campus Infrastructure: Smart Boards in Classrooms
Working as a Technology Council representative to propose, advocate for, and implement smart board tech across our learning environments.
Audio Precision: Fine-Tuning Soundscapes in Adobe Audition
Techniques and workflows from taking 2nd Place in the IPSC Sound Editing Event using Adobe Audition for audio and video alignment.
Transitioning From IGCSE CS to IBDP Computer Science HL
Navigating the academic leap from IGCSE Computer Science fundamentals to the advanced theoretical concepts of IBDP Computer Science HL.
Designing 'The Nizam': 40 Pages of Student Journalism
Serving as Editor-in-Chief of our house magazine, leading editorial pipelines, layout design in Adobe InDesign, and publication delivery.
Defending Scientific Research in Physics Fights
Leading our school team to 1st Place in the Alpha Physics Fight, presenting original experimental work and debating physics models.
Advanced Prompt Engineering and Generative Pipelines in ComfyUI
Winning the Prompt Engineering Challenge at the Tech Conclave by constructing node-based visual pipelines in ComfyUI.
Science Generalism: Taking 2nd in the Dipankar Sen Science Quiz
Competing against 100+ students across Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, and why cross-disciplinary knowledge builds better engineers.
Year-Long Academic Tutoring for Underprivileged Students
Reflections on spending over a year providing free weekly tutoring in Mathematics and English, helping a student prepare for school exams.
Trekking the Himalayas: Lessons From Pangarchulla Peak (4,620m)
How high-altitude expeditions across Chopta, Nag Tibba, Har Ki Doon, and Pangarchulla built physical endurance and mental resilience.
Infrastructure Work in Almora: A 6-Day Service Expedition
Constructing village roads and boundary walls for an underprivileged school in Almora to improve local connectivity and safety.
Algorithmic Thinking at the International Informatics Olympiad
Ranking 5th in the state and 81st in the North Zone: how practicing competitive programming sharpens core logic.
Resilience on and off the Track: The Terry Fox Run
Participating in community drives to raise awareness and support for cancer research through the annual Terry Fox Run.
Model United Nations: From Delegate to Committee Director
Winning Best Delegate at MCGSMUN and serving as Deputy Chair (UNODC) and Committee Director (IPC) at DSMUN.
Hello World: Starting My Tech Journey in 9th Grade
Why I decided to start documenting my coding projects, academic milestones, and extra-curricular initiatives publicly.