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CS in Data Science & AI
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Lead story Vol. I · No. 1
Physics, rebuilt
from scratch
A fifteen-year-old built the laboratory his school did not have — then proved 537,486 others could not run one either.
Incoming
IIT Madras — BS in Data Science & Applications
A full degree, not a certificate course.
Research
537,486 schools cannot run a virtual laboratory
From the complete UDISE+ 2024–25 census of 1,471,473 schools.
In production
The G.O.A.T. Series enters its first volume
Academic physics for Grade 11 and 12, written against the syllabus.
Puducherry, India
Founder.Leader.Speaker.Researcher.
In numbers
- 0+
- Simulations built
- 0+
- App downloads
- 2023
- Started building
- IITM
- Incoming, BS Data Science
See what's inside“You understand a system by changing it and watching what happens.”
By Sreeram Venugopal
I was fifteen when I got tired of physics being a wall of formulas nobody explained the point of. So I built the thing I wanted instead — SciPhyLabs, 400+ simulations you can reach into and break, because you understand a system by changing it, not by underlining it.
Building something doesn't prove it works, though. So I went and checked. I took the complete 2024–25 UDISE+ census — every school in India — and asked whether the schools missing laboratories even have the electricity and connectivity to run a virtual one. The answer was inconvenient for everyone selling virtual labs, including me. I published it anyway.
In between I started writing the textbook I wanted at fifteen, argued the opposition case against the Emergency in front of a hall that was free to disagree with me, and took first prize in Hindi elocution at JIPMER.
I don't stay in one lane. I build the thing, write the book, run the numbers, then stand up and defend all three — from Puducherry, not from anyone's pipeline. Next: the BS in Data Science & Applications at IIT Madras, a full degree and not a certificate course.
Interests
- Physics
- Simulation
- Education
- Public Speaking
- Research
- Debate
- AI
- Building
Inside this issue§ A
Six supplements · one scrollSupplements
- The startup2023
Advanced EdTech
Founder · SciPhyLabs
An interactive physics platform for JEE, NEET, AP, SAT and CUET — 400+ simulations and an app past a thousand downloads.
Jump to it - The podiumOngoing
Keynote Speaker & Leader
Halls · Panels · Debate
Unedited footage of arguments made in front of rooms that were free to disagree.
Jump to it - The evidenceSince 2023
Proof of Work
Certified · Trained · Recognised
Coursework and recognition from IIT Madras, Google, iRISE, Saylor Academy, Duke and more — issued, dated and scanned.
Jump to it - The booksIn progress
The G.O.A.T. Series
Guide Of All Time · Grade 11 & 12
Academic physics written against how Indian education actually teaches the subject.
Jump to it - The researchIn review
Papers & Journals
Peer review · ORCID · GitHub
Virtual-laboratory reach in Indian schools, tested against the complete 2024–25 UDISE+ census.
Jump to it - The writingOngoing
Notes on Learning
Essays · Medium
What is actually broken in exam preparation, and what interactive-first learning does differently.
Jump to it
- 1000+ downloads
- Active learning
- School & college outreach
- Scientific technology
ADVANCED
EDTECH
Founder background & startup on news headlines.
The premise
- 01
Interactive physics was the DREAM
- 02
400+ Simulations is the SLEEP
- 03
Exams & Scores are the ALARM
The simulations
Physics, finally interactive
Inside the app
2 in the rail · drag to browse
Get the app now.
Free · Android & iOS
- Coming soonGoogle Play
- Coming soonApp Store
Be the first to tell your group about us. Get SciPhyLabs.
- Keynotes
- Debate
- Panels
- School & college halls
- On the record
ACTIVE KEYNOTE
SPEAKER & LEADER
I have my own public stand.
Halls, panels, benches and cameras. The clips below are unedited stretches of me making an argument in front of people who were free to disagree — which is the only test of one worth making.
On the stage
Silent
Youth Parliament · Opposition bench
4:30–6:00Taking the floor
Ninety seconds of a case argued in front of a hall, unscripted and on the record.
Where to find me
Everything I publish points back to one place, and this is it. The belts below carry every profile I actually keep — each one verified, each one linking home.
- IIT Madras
- India STEM Foundation
- Saylor Academy
- Duke
- Jimper
- Government of India
I've got
PROOF OF WORK
& credentials.
Coursework, training and recognition from the bodies below — each one issued, dated, and scanned. Nothing on this page is a claim you have to take my word for.
Certified by
- IIT Madras
- India STEM Foundation
- Saylor Academy
- Duke
- Jimper
- Government of India
↑ Click here · 5 certificates
The record§ A
Where I've trained.
The same credentials as a written record — course, issuing body, and the year it was awarded.
IIT Madras
Economic Finance & Money Matters
Certified2024
Google
Fundamentals of Digital Marketing
Certified2025
India STEM
Introduction to Robotics & STEM
Certified
Saylor Academy
ESL005: Business-Proficient English as a Second Language
Certified2025Saylor Academy
CS105: Introduction to Python
Certified2025
Duke
Python Fundamentals
Certified
Jimper
Awarded three times
Certified
- The G.O.A.T. series
- Guide of all time
- Interactive simulations
- PYQ vault
- Grade 11 & 12
Authoring academic books to solve Indian education's #1 problem
THE MOST MODERN
BOOKS EVER
What makes them different
- 01
Next-generational designs
Laid out to be read rather than endured — the opposite of the dense, static page a physics book usually hands you.
- 02
An app for interactive simulations
Every concept tied to a system you can change and watch respond, so the formula arrives after the intuition rather than in place of it.
- 03
The G.O.A.T. Series — Guide Of All Time
A single spine covering the syllabus, the past papers and the reasoning, written to still be worth opening in a decade.
- 04
Reaching 10+ million students, annually
The Indian student community sitting these exams every year is the audience. The books are priced and built for that scale.
On the desk
1 title in progress
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Physics Masterbook
Unveil the magic
Grade 11 & 12In progressIs physics really that hard? The masterbook is the answer written out in full — built for students sitting national and international competitive exams, and tied to the simulations that show what the equations describe.
- PYQ vault
- G.O.A.T. series
- Simulations & app
- Research papers
- Journals
- Conferences
- Peer review
- Open data
Research brief · Open access · 1,471,473 schools
RESEARCH PAPERS,
JOURNALS & CONFERENCES
- 63.5%
- of schools can run a cloud-connected virtual laboratory — at most
- 537,486
- schools cannot, under any reading of the government data
- 124,741
- secondary schools have no functional science laboratory
- 59.2%
- of all schools are in states short of both
What stands behind it
- 01Backed by researchers
- 02Future trend analysis
- 03Personal theses & big data collection
- 04Original work took 14 months
- 05Validated by top-tier researchers, scholars & PhD professors
- 06Documented on GitHub
Research brief14 months of original work
Where Virtual Laboratories Cannot Reach
At least 537,486 Indian schools cannot run a cloud-connected virtual science laboratory — and the schools that lack physical laboratories are disproportionately among them. An analysis of UDISE+ 2024–25 covering all 1,471,473 recognised schools, deriving sharp Fréchet–Hoeffding bounds rather than assuming the three infrastructure distributions are independent.
Writing§ A
Notes on learning.
Essays on what is actually broken in exam preparation, and what interactive-first learning does differently.
- PDFthe-future-of-jee-preparation-isnt-more-pdfs.pdfMedium
The Future of JEE Preparation Isn't More PDFs
Students are not disconnected from physics — they are disconnected from the way it is presented to them. On why more material is not the answer, and what actually moves a student forward.
- Science
- Education
- Deep Learning
- Artificial Intelligence
- Writing
- PDFsciphylabs-the-revolution-of-the-decade.pdfMedium
SciPhyLabs — The revolution of the Decade.
Somewhere along the way physics stopped being observed and started being memorised. The case for interactive-first learning, and the platform I built to argue it.
- Education
- News
- AI
Showing 2 of 2 essays
“Physics taught me how systems work. A room full of people taught me they are one too.”
Sreeram Venugopal · Puducherry
The record§ B
How it has gone.
- 2023
Founded SciPhyLabs
Built the first interactive simulations, and turned them into a platform aimed at students preparing for JEE, NEET, AP, SAT and CUET.
- 2024
Coursework at IIT Madras
Completed School Connect programmes in Data Science & AI and in Economic Finance, alongside building the platform.
- 2026
Started writing publicly
Began publishing on what is actually broken in exam preparation, and what interactive-first learning does differently.
- 2026
Took the platform to the stage
Began speaking and debating in front of schools, colleges and halls — carrying the argument for interactive learning to the people it is built for.