Machines
Motorcycles, robotics and the satisfying honesty of things that have to work in the physical world.
Workshop / movement / repairAlso known publicly as Prudhvi Raj GVS and Ganti Raj. I’m a founder, builder, photographer and student of Computer Science, AI and Financial Technology at Kalvium in partnership with Alliance University, based in Bangalore.
I’m Raj. I was born in Hyderabad and have studied across Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Bikaner and Bangalore. Moving schools was not always planned, but it made me observant. Every place had a different rhythm, set of rules and way of making you find your footing.
I found computers and STEM robotics in class six, kept following that curiosity, and eventually arrived at Kalvium to study Computer Science, AI and Financial Technology. Along the way, building things became the way I made sense of the world: websites, systems, images, machines and ideas that are still becoming clear.
The developer in me is useful. It is not the whole story. I am also interested in how things feel, how people move through a place, why some objects age well, and what makes an idea worth carrying into the real world.
My path has not been a straight line. It has been a series of moves, resets and small discoveries that taught me how to adapt, pay attention and start again without making a drama out of it.
I was born in Hyderabad and spent my early school years at Meridian School. After that came short chapters in Chennai and Kolkata, then Gujarat and Rajasthan. In Gujarat, I somehow scored 98 in Gujarati, a language I barely remember now. Repeating a class after a school move was confusing at the time, but it taught me early that progress is not always a straight line.
In Bikaner, at Delhi Public School, a computer teacher and a STEM robotics teacher made technology feel tangible. It was not just something to consume. It was something to understand, take apart and build with. I later returned to Hyderabad and continued at Silver Oaks School.
At Unicent School, I completed the rest of my schooling through class ten. I went through Ignite for pre-university coaching, learned that proximity does not always mean fit, and completed class twelve at Sri Aadya P.U.
After class twelve, I spent four months at home researching what I actually wanted to learn. I am now in my second year at Kalvium, studying Computer Science, AI and Financial Technology, while building Kaisei, JARVIS and a life that keeps crossing between digital work and physical interests.
I care less about having the right answer than staying awake to what is actually in front of me.
Start with the job. If the product does not make something clearer, faster or more possible, the polish is irrelevant.
Let the medium follow the problem. Sometimes the answer is a website. Sometimes it is a system, a workflow or a business around it.
Ship in small decisions. Strong work is rarely one breakthrough. It is a sequence of choices that remove friction without removing character.
Motorcycles, robotics and the satisfying honesty of things that have to work in the physical world.
Workshop / movement / repairPhotography as a way to slow down, frame a detail and notice what is usually passed over.
Light / texture / patienceThe character of places that are built by people, not committees: cafes, studios, workshops and local brands.
Place / trust / characterTools that reduce friction without taking over the person using them. JARVIS is one ongoing attempt.
Context / memory / agencyThe point where an object, screen or space stops asking for attention and starts making the next move obvious.
Clarity / rhythm / restraintTravel, food, unfamiliar rooms and the small observations that make a place feel specific instead of generic.
Curiosity / distance / returnBring me the problem before you polish the pitch.
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