Experience
Robotics and Programming Instructor
TechTics Club is a leading robotics firm that has taught programming and robotics to 1000+ students.
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Worked here for 5 years.
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Trained 100+ students (aged 10-25) to build obstacle-avoiding, line-following and Bluetooth robots using Python, Arduino and C++.
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Won 5 tech competitions at national / regional levels on behalf of the club.
Leader of a Robotics Club
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Founded my high school’s first robotics club and solo-trained 10 IBDP students in robotics for a year.
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Led the club to win 1st Place in Robosumo at RoboFest 2024.
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Designed and taught 2 robotics courses to the club members in 2 months.
Projects
Crypto price forecasting web app
Used Django, LSTM and sentiment analysis to create an AI-powered web app that forecasts cryptocurrency prices till up to 15 days ahead with over 50% accuracy to help struggling crypto-traders.
Reducing the computational demand of 3D-CNNs
Conducted AI research comparing 2 pruning methods for reducing the GPU utilization of 3D-CNNs without sacrificing accuracy to allow deployment on low-resource devices like Single Board Computers (SBCs).
Awards
1st Place at Teknofest 2024
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Biggest robotics event of my country.
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Outperformed 10 undergraduate / graduate students while still being a high-schooler.
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Robosumo category.
1st Place, 2nd Place and Ambassador at Robofest 2022
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Regional level.
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25 competitors including high school students.
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Rallied 70+ peers and led my school to victory against 8 rival institutions as a school Ambassador.
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Robosoccer (1st Place), Line-Following-Robot (2nd Place).
1st Place at Robofest 2023
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National level.
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10 competitors including high school students.
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Robosumo category.
1st Place at Robofest 2024
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National level.
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5 competitors including high school students.
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Robosumo category.
Appreciation by TEDx
Organized the TEDx AzadiStreet event through a two-month-long effort of PR drives, marketing, sales management, and coordinating logistics.
Education
High school — Beaconhouse
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP)
Grade: 37/45
(2nd Highest/ 99th Percentile Regionally)
(Aug 2023 – May 2025)
Subjects:
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Computer science (HL)
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Economics (HL)
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Business management (HL)
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Math AA (SL)
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English A Lang & Lit (SL)
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German ab initio (SL)
Volunteering
Global Encounters Camp Kenya 2024
Led a group of 11 international students for a month in improving the healthcare, agriculture and education system of an underprivileged African school in Kenya, known as Kipevu Primary School.
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Provided first-aid knowledge and kits.
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Helped with the irrigation and fertilization of the school's farmyard.
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Agriculture is a part of the African CBC curriculum, so improving it enhanced their education as well.