Hi 👋
I'm Varun Sahni
(aka skamr)Varun Sahni
(aka skamr)
I'm a high school student from India. I love everything computers from web-dev to computer engineering to networking and so on... I'm also a huge fan of open-source software and I try to contribute to it as much as I can. My main interest nowadays is Computer Engineering, specifically Computer Architecture - I just find learning how computers work extremely fascinating and I'm trying to learn as much as I can about it (there's so much abstraction!)
I'm also a huge fan of music, film, VFX and editing. See more about my interests here
Education/Courses
The Shri Ram School, Moulsari
- IBDP Year 1 Student
- Completed IGCSE with A*s in all 9 subjects
- Secretary of Information, Communication and Technology (2023-2024)
- Head of Information, Communication and Technology (2024-2025)
2018-Present
Gurugram, HR, IN
University of California, Berkeley
Summer program: CS61C (A-), DATA8 (B+); 3.5GPA
June 2023-August 2023
Berkeley, CA, USA
Harvard's CS50x
Finished with verified certificate. Created Firewood as a final project.
2022
Online
Plaksha University, Young Tech Scholars
Summer program: Built a self-navigating robot using LIDAR, ultrasound and infrared sensors with Arduino and C++ from scratch.
June 2022
Projects
(click to see more!)
A super-simple video calling website
Interschool code optimization/development competition (see the site)
My favorite project from CS61C at UC Berkeley; RISC-V CPU in Logisim
My favourite DATA8 project; kNN movie classifier based on word usage
Medical management web-app, won ShriTeq Hackathon 2022.
Quiz-based game for awareness about AI-generated music, played by 150+ students
Minecraft mod with ~20K downloads
VFX and Editing Community with 100k+ site visits
Leader of school Hack Club
Intermediary site between the clear and dark web
Awards
- 1st Place, ShriTeq Hack-a-thon 2022
- 'The Shri Ram School, Moulsari' Innovator Award 2023 x 2
- DIGEX 2023 Hi-Res (Documentary Competition) Runner's Up
Interests
Music
I love most genres of music.
I like to sing! Currently in Grade 3 of Rockschool Vocals.
My favourite artists are always changing; right now they're probably Coldplay, RHCP, Dominic Fike, James Blake, and Carter Ace (that's a lot!)
Gaming
My favourite games of all time are Minecraft and RDR2.
Social Work
Pure Hearts:
- Co-founder of Pure Hearts: a non-profit children's initiative that aims to do good and improve the community.