IIT Madras
IIT Madras — BS in Data Science & Applications
Lead story
Building at the intersection of physics, education & the people it reaches.
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.
- 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
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.
Certified2024
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
Certified2025
Saylor 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
Peer review · Published · Indexed
RESEARCH PAPERS,
JOURNALS & CONFERENCES
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
The Role of Technology in Modern Indian Education Through Cloud-Based, Visual, Interactive Simulation and STEM
Virtual laboratories are widely proposed as a remedy for the shortage of physical science laboratories in Indian schools — on an untested premise: that schools lacking laboratories have the electricity, devices and connectivity to run a digital substitute. This study tests that premise against the complete 2024–25 UDISE+ census. Because a cloud-connected virtual laboratory needs all three at once while published statistics report only the three marginal distributions, sharp Fréchet–Hoeffding bounds are derived rather than independence assumed. Capacity and need are found to be inversely aligned.
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.”
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.









