The Big Ask · INR 20L
I got into Scaler School of Technology. The acceptance rate is 3.7%.
I chose the CS & AI track with a BSc Hons in Computer Science from BITS Pilani running in parallel. I have received a 10% merit scholarship on tuition already. The remaining cost is beyond what my family can cover, and I need to act fast.
This page exists because I'd rather ask directly than not go.
The Breakdown of Numbers
Scaler Admission Fee (One-time):
SST Tuition Fee:
BITS Pilani BSc Degree:
Hostel (Double-sharing):
Mess:
Total (4 years):
10% scholarship:
Net:
My Ask:
I'm seeking a grant to cover the Tuition and the Degree Fee only, which comes out to be ₹19,89,000 for 4 years after the 10% scholarship
Hostel and living costs are not part of this ask. I'm covering those separately. Payments at SST are semester-wise, so installment-based support works — you don't have to write one cheque.
The Context
My father retires this September. I have a younger brother in 8th grade. Household costs are going up at the exact same time the family income is going down. There is no version of this where the math works without outside help.
That said, the ask may shrink over time — possibly significantly.
Scaler revises scholarships based on academic performance each year. I currently have 10%. If I perform well — which I intend to — that can go as high as 25% or beyond from Year 2 onwards. The ₹20,00,000 figure is the ceiling, not a fixed commitment.
I'm also applying to MIT this year. If I get in, MIT meets 100% of demonstrated financial need. In that scenario, you may only be covering Year 1.
You're not necessarily signing up for four years. You might be signing up for one.
Why I'm Worth the Bet
The achievements are on the main page. What isn't spelled out there is the pattern behind them.
I didn't have a computer when I started watching game development tutorials. I watched anyway, for years, because I intended to build something eventually. When my school lost the best teacher I'd ever had, I called him myself and asked him to tutor me privately. When I couldn't afford to join The Knowledge Society the first time, I applied again the next year — not to prove a point, but because the reason I didn't go had nothing to do with whether I should have.
Nobody told me to build Boron. Nobody suggested I make my first open source contribution. These things happened because I was moving in a direction regardless of whether there was a structure around me telling me to.
That's the actual thing you'd be sponsoring. Not a list of achievements. A person who has been self-correcting and self-directing since before he knew that's what he was doing.
What You Get
Honestly? Nothing guaranteed.
If you sponsor my education, I'm not in a position to promise returns, credit, or outcomes. I'm 17 (turing 18 this October), and the only thing I can say with certainty is that I'll work as hard in the next four years as I have in the last ten — probably harder, because for the first time I'll have real infrastructure around me.
What I can say is this: the people who believed in me early — my teacher Dhruba sir, who took my call when he had no obligation to — are the ones I think about when I'm deciding how to carry myself. That doesn't go away.
If you want updates, I'll keep you continuously updated. If you want to talk about what I'm building, I'm always available for that conversation. But I'm not putting a price on any of it, because that's not what this is.
This is one person asking another to make something possible that shouldn't be this hard to access.
The Ask
Full sponsorship, partial coverage, or installment-based — I'm open to all of it. If you can cover one semester, that's one semester I don't have to figure out from scratch.
I'm not asking you to take a chance on a dream. I'm asking you to invest in a
track record that's
been building since 2013.
If you're considering it, reach out. We'll take it from there.
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