Kapil Bhaskar

Statistics · Research · Civic Tech

Grade 12 · Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School · Applying Fall 2027

Kapil Bhaskar

Awards

01All India Rank 1, CBSE Grade 10 Board Exams in Science (100%)
02Indian Statistical Institute LIMIT 2026, 2nd Place, Category B
03Lodha Genius Programme Scholar, full scholarship awarded by Ashoka University
04Gold Crest Award — Need-based allocation of Anganwadi childcare centres in Villupuram (Chiron Labs)
05Force for Good Hero nominee, The Better India × Aditya Birla Group
061st Place, PS Aurix District-Level Science Fair, consecutive years
07Government commendation for serving as a CBSE board-exam scribe for students with cerebral palsy and autism

Research Papers

Chiron Labs · Dec 2025 – Aug 2026 Completed★ Gold Crest Award

Need-based allocation of Anganwadi childcare centres in Villupuram

Modelled childcare demand across all 13 CD Blocks from 2011 Census data. Closed-form sensitivity analysis. Sole author; submitted to NHSJS.

under the guidance ofDr. Mudita Upmanyu, Chiron Labs · Co-Founder
University of Cambridge · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 Completed

Bayesian cross-learning for household electricity forecasting under extreme data scarcity

Hierarchical Bayesian autoregressive models in Python and Stan on 2.07M minute-level observations. Partial pooling reduced MAPE from 78.97% → 61.71%. Submitted to international journals.

under the guidance ofDr. Maharshi Dhada, University of Cambridge · Research Fellow
IIT Madras · Apr 2026 Completed

Fine-scale urban air pollution in Chennai

Analysed 37,769 mobile-sensor PM2.5 readings. Built a QC pipeline, zoned routes urban–semi-urban–rural, computed 15-min lagged autocorrelation (r = 0.781).

under the guidance ofDr. Nikhil Bugalia, IIT Madras · Civil Engineering
Sapien Labs, Krea University · Dec 2025 – Mar 2026 Completed

Lifestyle and mental health across 102,000+ Indian respondents

OLS associations between sleep, exercise, ultra-processed food and Mental Health Quotient with HC3 robust SEs. Inadequate sleep associated with a ~56-point MHQ deficit.

under the guidance ofDr. Shailender Swaminathan, Sapien Labs, Krea University · Director

Media Coverage

The Hindu BusinessLine
AI-powered NeeYosi.com puts candidate info at your fingertips
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NDTV
How a Teen's Website Helped Tamil Nadu Voters Know About Candidates
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NDTV · Video Interview
Tamil Nadu Votes Today: Gen Z Voices & NeeYosi Buzz
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TechStory
Chennai-based NeeYosi.com crosses 20,000 users within 24 hours of launch
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The Better India
This 16-YO Tech Whiz Built an AI Tool That Guided 70,000 Voters in Tamil Nadu
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Mylapore Times
Vidya Mandir's Kapil Bhaskar builds voter info platform; people are checking it out
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YOCee
Vote Informed: Kapil Bhaskar's website provides access to all the information of election candidates
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Tell My Story
Nee Yosi Effect: How a Chennai Teen Helped Voters Navigate 4,000+ Candidates
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LinkedIn
Girish Mathrubootham (Freshworks) — featured NeeYosi.com on LinkedIn

NeeYosi.com

A nonpartisan Tamil–English voter-information platform. Built and launched solo. Turns election affidavits and public records into clear candidate profiles any voter can read.

120K+
Users
4,000+
Candidates
234
Constituencies
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Internships

Jul 2026 – present

Legislative Office Intern

Office of the MLA for Singanallur · K. S. Sri Giri Prasath

Invited after NeeYosi came to the MLA's attention. Supporting constituency records and public communication.

May 2025

Sports Analytics Intern

Chennai Super Kings · IPL

Built a Python computer-vision model that classifies deliveries from net-practice footage by length.