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In progressFrench Coach
AI speaking practice for IGCSE French, because speaking is what students practise least.
Om Jhamvar · Mumbai · 11th grade
I build the tools I wish I'd had.
Currently: an AI speaking coach for IGCSE French learners, and an autonomous robot built at an IIT makerspace. This site keeps the work honest and in public.
- 8 A* Cambridge IGCSE
- Distinction DELF B1
- Lodha Genius Programme Ashoka University
- High Distinction Guitar, Grade 8
01 Selected work
Projects built in public.
Hardware
ExperimentLine-Follower Robot
Autonomous line-follower with obstacle detection, clearance flap, and app control.
02 Evidence
Achievements awarded, not claimed.
Cambridge IGCSE
Eight A* grades in the March 2026 sitting, including 97% in International Mathematics and Physics.
Lodha Genius Programme
A selective residential programme at Ashoka University for students identified through national testing; four weeks of university-level coursework taught by faculty rather than school teachers.
Guitar, Grade 8
Pre-diploma standard, reached after roughly five years of graded examinations, including a solo performance programme at annual concerts.
03 The person
About me
I learn by building things and writing about them.
Guitar and music are the other serious thread — LCM Grade 8 with High Distinction, working toward diploma level, daily practice. I analyse sport the same way I analyse code: as systems where structure decides outcomes.
This site is the long-term record of how I think and what I can do.
- Guitar · LCM Grade 8
- Piano
- Football
- Formula 1
- Mumbai
04 Writing
Selected essays
Why I Started Building French Coach (opens the blog)
Students don't struggle because they don't know French — they struggle because they never get to actually speak it. This is the story of how that observation became a software project.
My Summer at Ashoka University (opens the blog)
A month living on campus at Ashoka University as part of the Lodha Genius Programme. On independence, discomfort, and what it actually means to own your time.
Beyond the Badge: A Tribute to Jota (opens the blog)
Football makes it easy to reduce people to shirts and rivalries. Losing Diogo Jota at 28 is a reminder of what lies behind the opposition kit.
Contact
Have an idea worth building?
Open to collaboration, academic conversations, project discussions, and opportunities. I reply to everything within a day or so.