Hi, I’m Pratham, a student at Army Public School Bolarum and a Vice-Captain at my school. I’m focused on creating impactful solutions to real-world problems, debating and exploring current global issues, and keeping up with the latest technology. I enjoy working on projects that push me to think beyond the syllabus.
My long-term ambition is to join the Indian Foreign Service and represent my country’s interests on the global stage, with a strong tech-savvy edge.
See what I’m upto here (blog).
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Github: github.com/keshavdaboss
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My academics are strong, averaging around 97% in all periodic and term assessments in Grade 9, while balancing leadership responsibilities and extracurricular involvement, a standard I am determined to maintain. My performance has been consistent across all core subjects, reflecting both conceptual understanding and disciplined preparation rather than last-minute effort.
My academic strength lies in maintaining balance rather than excelling in a single area, although I prefer STEM subjects like Maths, AI and Science, while still taking interest in Social Science. For my secondary language in Class 9 and 10, I have taken Sanskrit, as it allowed me to use logic, and structured language analysis, which complements my performance in analytical subjects.
| Subject | Average Score (Grade 9) | Strength Area |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence | 99–100% | Prior Experience, General Interest. |
| English | 96–97% | Comprehension, Grammar. |
| Mathematics | 97–98% | Problem-solving, Logical Thinking. |
| Science | 97–98% | Conceptual clarity, application. |
| Social Science | 96–97% | Analysis, Interest, Memorisation. |
| Sanskrit | 98-99% | Grammar, Memorisation. |
My extracurricular involvement is deliberately broad and high-intensity, spanning innovation challenges, quizzes, debates, and hackathons. In the 2025–26 academic year alone, I actively participated in multiple technology, innovation, and academic events, with several progressing beyond initial rounds (some few of which are given in the table below) and some reaching national-level competitions.
| Activity / Competition | Category | Level Reached | Outcome / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bharat Innovation Challenge 2025 by LPU | Innovation | Final Stage | Qualified for Stage 2, competing with the top 50 teams from across the country at LPU. |
| Big Bang 2026 | Innovation | Top 20 Hall of Fame Teams | Made it into the Top 20 Hall of Fame Teams out of 162 at the last round held at Coimbatore. |
| MethdAI Hackathon 2025 | Hackathon | Final Stage | 4th in final round. |
| Aqua-Regia 2025 Quiz | Quiz | City | 7th place, missed advancement narrowly to fellow school team. |
| Inter-house Ethics Bowl 2025 | Ethics / Debate | House Level | Winner. |
| Autonomous Hacks 26 | Hackathon | Final Stage | Qualified for Stage 2, in top 15% of participants (including many proffesionals). |
| Nerds Room AI Clash Campus Ambassador. | Internship | Selected | Selected as Campus Ambassador for Nerds Room. |
| Battle of Wits 2026 IIT Madras | Business Case Study | Final stage at IIT Madras | Qualified for the Final Stage at E-Summit IIT Madras. |
| E-Summit IIT Madras | Summit | Special Invite | Was invited to the E-Summit as a final stage participant at IIT Madras |
| Limitless World Summit 2026 | Summit | Special Invite | Was invited to the Limitless World Summit as a Diamond Challenge Participant |
| CYFI Internship | Internship | Selected | Will be building a robotics community forum with CYFI NESTA Toys. |
I do not treat extracurricular activities as add-ons, but as testing grounds for ideas, teamwork, and execution under pressure. Often, I prioritise opportunities that stretch my thinking rather than guarantee outcomes, which brings me away from just bookish learning and gives me real-world, usable skills.
My project work is currently centered around one flagship system, SmartPark, supported by a few smaller exploratory builds that served primarily as learning and experimentation phases.
SmartPark is an end-to-end intelligent parking management system designed to address real-world congestion and inefficiencies in large public parking spaces such as malls. The system uses a Raspberry Pi and an ESP32 to collect real-time data from multiple sensors deployed across different parking zones, which is then processed, stored, and visualised through a structured backend. Though it should be mentioned that it is being actively upgraded. The project focuses on practical system design, including hardware integration, data flow, database structuring, and real-time status updates, rather than theoretical simulation.
An envisioning of real-world SmartPark.
Alongside SmartPark, I have worked on a small number of exploratory projects focused on testing specific ideas or technologies, many made for hackathons. These builds were intentionally limited in scope and were used to gain hands-on familiarity with hardware integration, logic flow, and rapid prototyping. While not flagship efforts, they contributed to the technical foundation that enabled the execution of SmartPark at a larger and more structured level.