GIIS Singapore · Class of 2027

Building autonomous systems at the intersection of AI, robotics & hardware.

I'm Siddharth Bansal, an IBDP Year 2 student at GIIS Singapore. I build robots, wearables, and AI systems end to end — from a wrist-worn gesture interface to a production opportunity platform reaching about 1,000 students.

LYRA gesture wearable on the wrist
LYRA · wearable
The finished CANIS robot with ESP32 and ultrasonic sensors
CANIS · robotics
VOLANS micro drone CAD sketch
VOLANS · in design
41/42

Predicted IB Diploma score

~1,000

Students reached by FIRE, a platform I built and shipped

79%

LYRA gesture accuracy on people it was never trained on

2 cores

RISC-V CPUs from scratch, running on a real FPGA

About

I started building with Lego at 6 and now build robots on my own, including a 12-DOF quadruped — less about choosing projects and more about gradually pushing what I could make. Now in Year 2 of the IB Diploma at GIIS Singapore, aiming to become a robotics engineer and applying to robotics and electrical & computer engineering programs across the US, UK, and Canada.

Academic Record

Education

Currently Enrolled

IB Diploma Programme (IBDP)

Global Indian International School · Singapore

2025 – 2027
41 / 42 Predicted

HL Subjects

Mathematics AA 7
Physics 7
Chemistry 7

SL Subjects

Business Management 7
English Language & Lit 6
Spanish Ab Initio 7
SAT

1530 · M 780 · E 750

AP Biology

5 · 2026

Harvard CS50

In Progress · 2026

IIT Madras – Bioengineering

100 / 100 · Final Exam

IIT Madras – Math Unplugged

92 / 100 · Final Exam

DELF French

A1 & A2 · Certified

freeCodeCamp

HTML & CSS · Certified

IGCSE

Global Indian International School · Singapore

2024 – 2025
8 A* subjects ICE Distinction (Cambridge) 8 Subject Proficiency Awards APJ Abdul Kalam Award – 2nd Prize Global Future Ready Merit Scholarship

Extended Maths · Additional Maths · Computer Science · Physics · Chemistry · Biology · French · FLE · English Literature

Industry Experience

Internships

KPIT Technologies

Intern – AI & Digital Solutions

8 Jun – 20 Jul 2026

6-week AI learning track (18 sessions): Python and data fundamentals, ML classification and regression notebooks, prompt engineering, a designed internship FAQ assistant, and a capstone study-planning agent built on a goal → plan → do → check → revise loop.

Bonji Naturals

Mentored Intern – BuildUp Internship Program

Jun – Aug 2026

Selected for the competitive BuildUp Mentored Internship Program (Summer 2026). Sole backend engineer on two AI systems: a RAG-based product-recommendation chatbot, live in production on Bonji's site, and a browser-based computer-vision skin and hair analysis engine, delivered and awaiting rollout. Frontends were built by teammates.

Selected Work · Achievements

Projects

Other Projects

AI / Machine Learning
Bacterial DNA Genome Projection Model Python · scikit-learn · GitHub ↗ Alzheimer's Detection AI — brain-CT CNN classifier (Hack4Health) Python · TensorFlow · GitHub ↗ AI Assistant (Python) Python · NLP · GitHub ↗
Vision & HCI
Sign Language Converter — Hackathon 1st Place Python · OpenCV · GitHub ↗ Voice + Gesture Laptop Control Python · OpenCV · GitHub ↗
Web & Apps
Clarity — T&C Summarizer (Chrome Extension, published) Chrome Web Store · Live ↗ Seniors' Health App (HealthSync) — school hackathon with DBS Singapore, top 10 of 500 Team Project · GitHub ↗

Current & Slated Projects

Current
VOLANS — Caltech M4-inspired micro drone that flies, lands, and drives on its ring-prop wheels, with an onboard camera Robotics · CAD design in progress
TENSEGRITY — SUPERball-inspired tensegrity lander testbed: instrumented drop tests against a rigid-box control Space robotics · Current
Slated next
LYNX — 12-DOF quadruped robot with person-following autonomy, built on an open-source SpotMicro base Solo · After VOLANS & TENSEGRITY
ORPHEUS — closed-loop acoustic levitation manipulator, studying how little hardware programmable control needs After VOLANS & TENSEGRITY

What I Work With

Skills & Technologies

Programming

Python C / C++ JavaScript HTML / CSS Verilog

AI / ML & Hardware

Machine Learning Computer Vision State Machines & Control BLE / IMU Embedded Systems

Platforms & Tools

Raspberry Pi 5 ESP32 Arduino Git / Linux React / Node.js

Languages

English (Native) French (DELF A2) Spanish (IB Ab Initio)

Recognition

Awards & Competitions

AAPT · 2026

Physics Bowl

Asian Bronze Award — Div 2, Senior

Invited to AAPT Physics Bowl Asia Camp (Jul 2026).

NUS · 2026

Singapore Math Olympiad

One of 92 nationwide in Round 2 · Silver

One of 92 students in Singapore to advance to Round 2.

IB Global Youth Action Fund · 2025

Youth Action Fund Grant

USD 1,200 Grant

Awarded to build and deploy the FIRE platform.

John Locke Institute · 2026

John Locke Essay Prize

Theology — Commendation

Awarded a Commendation in the Theology category of the global essay competition.

ICHC · 2026

Intl. Chemistry Competition — Bronze · Final Round

GIIS Ideate · 2024

3rd Place · Inter-school innovation competition (Ahmedabad)

Real World Challenges · Grade 10

1st Place · Maze-navigating robot

CEMC · Univ. of Waterloo · 2026

Euclid Competition — 2nd in School

Intl. Business Olympiad · 2026

Bronze · Finals (Top 5 regional)

Aeroforge · 2024

Honorary Mention · CAD design of an aircraft

APJ Abdul Kalam Award · 2025

Academic Excellence in IGCSE, 2nd Prize

Global Future Ready Scholarship · 2025

GSF Group merit scholarship (IGCSE performance)

Hackathon · Grade 11

Sign Language Converter — 1st Place (Team)

Beyond the Lab

Extracurriculars

Applied Physics Club (PULSE)

2025 – Present

Founder & Vice-President

Founded the Applied Physics Club and ran its stall at the Real World Challenges Convention, with hands-on physics activities that drew 100+ visitors.

GIIS Tech Club

2025 – Present

Academic Team Member

Taught Python, HTML and CSS workshops to 100+ lower-secondary students. Co-organised and judged the school's annual hackathon (300+ participants).

Model United Nations

2020 – 2026 · 4 MUNs

Delegate — Crisis Committee · Verbal Commendation

Earned Verbal Commendation at Grade 11 MUN. Participated in 4 conferences across school career, developing diplomacy and public speaking skills.

World Vision

Ongoing · Virtual

Volunteer Tutor — English & Mathematics

Weekly virtual English and Mathematics lessons for underprivileged children — 180+ students across 6 groups in India.

GIIS Law Summit & Aviation Club

2024 – Present

Mock Trial Delegate · Event Photographer · Finance & Logistics

Delegate in mock trial proceedings and official event photographer at the Law Summit — won school photography competition in 2024 and 2025. Finance & Logistics team for the Aviation & Astronomy Club.

Sports

Ongoing

Cricket Vice-Captain · Swimming · Krav Maga

Vice-Captain of inter-house cricket team. SwimSafer Gold certified swimmer. 2+ years of Krav Maga self-defence training.

The Journey

My Story

2020 Start

First MUN & Competitive Math

Joined my first Model United Nations conference and started competing in mathematics — sparking a habit of showing up to hard rooms.

2023 First Code

Taught Myself Python

Started self-learning Python in Grade 9. Built my first AI assistant — a simple NLP chatbot that made me realize software could do real things.

2025 Breakthrough Year

IGCSE 8A* · GIIS Ideate · Real World Challenges

Finished IGCSE with 8A* and an ICE Distinction. Placed 3rd at GIIS Ideate (Applevate), and won 1st at the Real World Challenges Convention with a maze robot.

2026 Leadership

Founded PULSE · IBDP Year 1 · IB Grant

Founded the Applied Physics Club, started the IBDP, and secured a USD 1,200 IB Global Youth Action Fund grant to build the FIRE platform.

2026 Shipping

Physics Bowl Bronze · SMO Silver · KPIT · LYNX

Physics Bowl Asian Bronze, SMO Final Round Silver, interned at KPIT Technologies in AI & Digital Solutions, and kicked off LYNX — a 12-DOF quadruped (solo build).

Now 2026–27

IBDP Year 2 · Applying to Robotics & Electrical/Computer Engineering

Completing the IB Diploma while building CANIS, LYRA, and LYNX. Aiming to become a robotics engineer; applying to robotics and electrical & computer engineering programs in the US, UK, and Canada.

Say Hello

Let's connect.

Interested in talking about engineering, research, or collaboration? I'd love to hear from you.

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