Newsletter

Letters by Shivansh

A newsletter for ambitious minds interested in ideas, impact, and the pursuit of becoming the best version of themselves.

No spam · Unsubscribe anytime

Est. 2008 · Gurugram, IndiaVol. I · June 2026

The Official Record

SHIVANSH GUPTA

AI Builder · Startup Founder · Mathematician · Philosopher · Debater

Lead Story

Building at the frontier of AI, mathematics & philosophy

Harvard ʼ30 · Team India Debater

I'm an incoming freshman at Harvard University ('30) and an IBDP graduate. I founded The Teen Debater — Asia's largest youth-led, government-recognized debate nonprofit — training 12,000+ students across 250+ schools in 15+ countries. I represented India on the national debate squad (2022–24), competing at Harvard, Stanford, Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Toronto, and Georgetown, winning ESL Championships, Grand Finals, and Speaker Awards at the world's top tournaments.

I represented Team India at the Eskom Expo International Science Fair in South Africa — Africa's largest science fair — winning the Gold Medal, Best in Category (Engineering), and a cash prize. I'm a published economics researcher (mentored by Dr. Rocco Zizzamia, Oxford and President Meaghan Blight, Wesleyan College), a coder with 300+ applications since age 12, and a Silver Medalist (2nd in the world) at the International Economics Olympiad. I've spoken on BBC World Service, Disney+ Hotstar, ET Now, and All India Radio — and been recognised as a Top 50 Global Student Prize finalist (Chegg.org) and Young Changemaker by The Economic Times. I published a book at 13.

“Philosophy teaches you to ask harder questions. Mathematics teaches you to answer them.”

By The Numbers

12,000+
Students trained via The Teen Debater
250+
Schools across 15+ countries
284+
Media features (ANI, The Print, ET Now)
Top 50
Global Student Prize 2025 (from 11,000+)
40,000+
Rural women reached through govt. work
Printing…0%

SHIVANSH GUPTA

Gurugram, IndiaEst. 2008
Harvard ʼ30
SG.

Engineering · 300+ Apps Since Age 12

Things I've coded.

Started coding at age 12 — published an iOS app on the App Store at 13, shipped NPM packages, and built 300+ applications across healthcare, social impact, education, and STEM. Two of those projects won international awards.
300+
Applications Built
12
Age I Started
13
iOS App at Age
2
NPM Packages

Flagship Projects

Award-winning builds.

2 featured
International recognition · Research published · Pitched to 1,200+
ParkinStep
01GOLD MEDAL · ESKOM EXPO ISF

ParkinStep

Wearable sensor shoes (Arduino + 8 Force-Sensitive Resistors) feeding a CNN to detect gait-freezing in Parkinson's patients in real time with audio alerts. Gold Medal & Best in Category (Engineering) representing Team India at Eskom Expo ISF, South Africa. IRIS National Fair Finalist — Top 100 for ISEF India.

Helping Hand
02₹75,000 WINNER · HARVARD MUN INDIA

Helping Hand

Mobile app connecting elderly people to nearby teen volunteers for daily tasks. Won ₹75,000 (>$1,000) from Harvard MUN India's Impact Initiative (pitched to 1,200+ people), Honourable Mention at MIT Appathon 2022 (800+ submissions), and published in InterACT Magazine.

The Complete Record

Every project, filed.

11 Projects
Nutrizen
03

Nutrizen

AI-powered Asian diabetes management tool — diagnoses using a growing database, provides downloadable health reports, and connects users to nearby doctors. Presented at AIClub Student Research Symposium 2022.

Vaccify India
04

Vaccify India

Online COVID-19 vaccine slot finder for any Indian district with notification registration for vaccine appointment details.

Movify
05

Movify

Chrome extension (built at age 12) that searches any movie via the IMDb API and displays poster, plot, actors, and rating in one click — published on the Chrome Web Store.

ChatK12
06

ChatK12

Real-time chat app for students — communicate with anyone, anywhere, built with Node.js, EJS, and Socket.io.

Pollista
07

Pollista

Fully functional short survey/poll app built at age 12 — faster and simpler than Google Forms, using Node.js, EJS, and SCSS.

Go Corona Go
08

Go Corona Go

2D game in p5.js where the player runs away from the COVID-19 virus while collecting power-ups.

Attendance Management System
09

Attendance Management System

Secure school AMS with access-code-protected teacher portals, class scheduling in under 5 seconds, and breach-notification across the system.

Huge Basket — E-Commerce
10

Huge Basket — E-Commerce

Dynamic e-commerce site connected to MongoDB — buy food, toys, and programs for kids with full CRUD operations and checkout flow.

Urine Strip Analysis
11

Urine Strip Analysis

OpenCV pipeline using ArUco markers, histogram equalization, and contouring to accurately read urinalysis strips under varied lighting — removing human error from home diagnostics. Submitted for IRIS National Fair 2021.

Technical Skills

Languages & tools.

PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptNode.jsHTML/CSSSwiftKotlinRubyGoSQLPHPp5.jsEJSSCSSArduinoTensorFlowOpenCV

Open Source · GitHub

200+ more
projects →

Every repository — NPM packages, iOS apps, tools, experiments, and side projects — all open source on GitHub.

View All on GitHub
GitHub profile