CONFIDENTIAL · CASE No. 2316

Who is Ayaan Bagawan?

Someone in Bengaluru has been building soccer robots, a desk pet and websites for real clients. Seven exhibits, two still sealed. One verdict. You are the detective.

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Subject profile

About
Ayaan Bagawan
the subject
Name
Ayaan Bagawan
Trade
Engineer (ECE) — web, hardware & design
Institution
Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru — B.Tech ECE, 2025–2029
Based in
Bengaluru, India
Status
Open to internships
Modus operandi
Things that look good on the outside and go deep underneath.

Known addresses

Cover story

Experience

Twilight

Oct 2026 – present

Co-founder, web design and development studio

  • Run a two-person studio that builds websites, web apps, mobile apps, UI designs and logos for small businesses; handle frontend design, client calls and project logistics
  • Designed the UI/UX and frontend for the first paid client, Hashtag Optical: a React site for a two-branch optical store with local SEO, WhatsApp buttons and Maps directions. It now brings the store new customers
  • Received 4–5 client enquiries before the studio's own website went live

renderingtwilight.onlinehashtagoptical.in

Evidence board

Projects and research
Bumblebee, exhibit AAI Desk Pet, exhibit BThe Case File, exhibit CStocks vs GDP, exhibit DData Privacy, exhibit ESealed, exhibit FSealed, exhibit G

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Evidence log

Tools and skills
ItemWhere it turned up
React / Next.jsHashtag Optical, this site
React Three Fiberthis office, live
GSAPevery scroll on this site
Blenderlit and baked this room
ESP32 / ArduinoBumblebee, the desk pet
FPGA prototypingVivado, Spartan-7, Verilog
Python & pandasstatsmodels, the GDP research
PyTorchLLM Forge: a GPT from scratch
FigmaUI and brand design

Full inventory

Programming and web
C · Python · Verilog (basic) · HTML · CSS · React · Next.js · React Three Fiber · GSAP
Hardware
ESP32 · Arduino · Soldering · FPGA prototyping (Xilinx Vivado) · Multimeter · Oscilloscope · KiCad · Altium (learning)
Design
Figma · Blender · Photoshop · Illustrator · Canva · Logo and brand design
Data and AI
Excel · PyTorch · LLM training basics · Prompt engineering
Writing
Technical writing · Research reports · Literature review · Content writing
Languages
English · Hindi · Urdu · Marathi

Prior record

Achievements and education

Achievements

  • 2nd place, Bharatiya Antariksh Hackathon 2025 (National Space Day), DSU: crop disease detection from satellite imagery
  • JEE Main 2025: 91.38 percentile; qualified for JEE Advanced 2025
  • Built Disha Edu, a learning platform for dyslexic students, and pitched it at several hackathons
  • Competed in NASA Space Apps Challenge 2025, La Casa de Code: Techflix S2 and Prompt Wars (ACM DSU)

Education

2025 – 2029 (expected)
Dayananda Sagar UniversityB.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering · Bengaluru, Karnataka
2024
St. Paul's PU CollegeClass XII, 83% · Belagavi
2022
Bensons English Medium High SchoolClass X, 95.5% · Belagavi

Certifications and workshops

Feb 2026
VLSI Digital Design Flow and FPGA PrototypingSTMicroelectronics, NIT Trichy · Vivado, Spartan-7, Verilog
Oct 2026
LLM Forge: From Code to CognitionDSU · Built and trained a GPT-style model from scratch in PyTorch
Workshops
Drone building (Team Roxx, DSU); Git and GitHub (DSU)

Known associates

  • Head Boy, Bensons English Medium High School: led school events, organised contests and workshops
  • Stage Management, Cultural Team (CPA), DSU
  • Member, Happiness Club, DSU
  • Led teams at several hackathons

Interrogation

Q&A

Transcript · Case No. 2316. Interview with the subject, Ayaan Bagawan. Tape 1, side A.

Q: State your trade.

A: Electronics and Communication Engineering at DSU. On the side, Twilight: a two-person web studio.

Q: Tools found at the scene?

A: React and Next.js. ESP32 and Arduino. Blender, Figma, PyTorch. An FPGA, in Vivado.

Q: So you're an expert.

A: No. Still learning every one of them. That's kind of the point.

Q: Prior record?

A: Second place at the Bharatiya Antariksh Hackathon. The Robo Soccer finals at CELESTAI'26. JEE Main, 91.38 percentile.

Q: Motive?

A: Things that look good on the outside and go deep underneath.

Verdict

GUILTY

of building too many things at once.

SentenceHire him. Or at least put him on your hackathon team.

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Contact

Case closed? Not yet. Status: open to internships.

Case No. 2316 · Tip line

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Ayaan Bagawan: Engineer (ECE) — web, hardware & design. Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru — B.Tech ECE, 2025–2029. Bengaluru, India. Open to internships.

Occupation: Co-founder, web design and development studio, Twilight.

Known associates

Prior record

Modus operandi

Things that look good on the outside and go deep underneath.

Exhibits

Tools found at the scene

Interrogation transcript

Q: State your trade.
A: Electronics and Communication Engineering at DSU. On the side, Twilight: a two-person web studio.
Q: Tools found at the scene?
A: React and Next.js. ESP32 and Arduino. Blender, Figma, PyTorch. An FPGA, in Vivado.
Q: So you're an expert.
A: No. Still learning every one of them. That's kind of the point.
Q: Prior record?
A: Second place at the Bharatiya Antariksh Hackathon. The Robo Soccer finals at CELESTAI'26. JEE Main, 91.38 percentile.
Q: Motive?
A: Things that look good on the outside and go deep underneath.

Verdict

GUILTY, of building too many things at once. Sentence: Hire him. Or at least put him on your hackathon team.

Contact

Email [email protected]. Phone +91 80889 29541. GitHub github.com/Ayaan2316. LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/ayaan-bagawan-5a895137b. Case closed? Not yet. Status: open to internships.

Case file No. 2316 Recruiter copy

Ayaan Bagawan

Engineer (ECE) — web, hardware & design

Status: Open to internships

Education

2025 – 2029 (expected)
Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru, Karnataka
B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
2024
St. Paul's PU College, Belagavi
Class XII, 83%
2022
Bensons English Medium High School, Belagavi
Class X, 95.5%

Experience

  1. Twilight

    Co-founder, web design and development studio (Oct 2026 – present)

    • Run a two-person studio that builds websites, web apps, mobile apps, UI designs and logos for small businesses; handle frontend design, client calls and project logistics
    • Designed the UI/UX and frontend for the first paid client, Hashtag Optical: a React site for a two-branch optical store with local SEO, WhatsApp buttons and Maps directions. It now brings the store new customers
    • Received 4–5 client enquiries before the studio's own website went live

    renderingtwilight.onlinehashtagoptical.in

Projects

  1. Bumblebee: Robo Soccer Bot

    CELESTAI'26 Robo Soccer finals · team of four · Apr 2026

    A Bluetooth-driven soccer robot that took a four-member team to the finals, out of 35+ teams.

    • Led the team to the Robo Soccer finals at CELESTAI'26, DSU's annual techfest (IEEE CASS and AESS SBCs), and drove the bot in matches
    • Designed the sheet-metal chassis
    • Built the electronics: an ESP32 over Bluetooth driving four 12V 1000 RPM Johnson geared motors through two dual motor drivers, on an 11.1V 3S LiPo

    Stack: ESP32Arduino (C++)Bluetooth

  2. AI Desk Pet

    Solo build · ESP32-S3 · in progress

    A desk robot with an animated face. Still on the breadboard.

    • An animated face, running on an ESP32-S3
    • Planned: LLM voice chat
    • Planned: face tracking

    Stack: ESP32-S3

  3. The Case File

    3D interactive portfolio · 2026

    The site you are standing in: a scroll-driven 3D portfolio set in a noir detective's office.

    • Lit in Blender Cycles and baked to lightmaps; flashlight, rain and neon run live in the browser
    • Recruiter Mode: the same content as a plain HTML résumé, 100 in all four Lighthouse categories
    • Every model, texture and font is CC0, CC-BY or OFL, and credited

    Stack: Next.jsReact Three FiberGSAPBlender

Research

  1. Stock Market Performance vs GDP Growth

    team of five · 2026 – present

    Do stock returns track and predict real GDP growth? Tested in the USA, India and Sri Lanka: a developed, an emerging and a frontier market.

    • Quarterly data, 2001–2025: correlation, OLS and pooled regression, Granger causality and Chow tests
    • A significant positive link in all three countries: markets lead GDP by one quarter, explaining up to 35% of US GDP-growth variation
    • The link grew 3–4 times stronger during the 2008 crisis and COVID-19

    Stack: ExcelPythonpandasstatsmodels

  2. Data Privacy Research Paper

    with a faculty mentor at DSU · in progress

    A research paper on data privacy, co-authored with a faculty mentor.

    • Details confidential until submission

Achievements

  • 2nd place, Bharatiya Antariksh Hackathon 2025 (National Space Day), DSU: crop disease detection from satellite imagery
  • JEE Main 2025: 91.38 percentile; qualified for JEE Advanced 2025
  • Built Disha Edu, a learning platform for dyslexic students, and pitched it at several hackathons
  • Competed in NASA Space Apps Challenge 2025, La Casa de Code: Techflix S2 and Prompt Wars (ACM DSU)

Skills

  • Programming and webC, Python, Verilog (basic), HTML, CSS, React, Next.js, React Three Fiber, GSAP
  • HardwareESP32, Arduino, Soldering, FPGA prototyping (Xilinx Vivado), Multimeter, Oscilloscope, KiCad, Altium (learning)
  • DesignFigma, Blender, Photoshop, Illustrator, Canva, Logo and brand design
  • Data and AIExcel, PyTorch, LLM training basics, Prompt engineering
  • WritingTechnical writing, Research reports, Literature review, Content writing
  • LanguagesEnglish, Hindi, Urdu, Marathi

Certifications & workshops

Feb 2026
VLSI Digital Design Flow and FPGA Prototyping, STMicroelectronics, NIT Trichy
Vivado, Spartan-7, Verilog
Oct 2026
LLM Forge: From Code to Cognition, DSU
Built and trained a GPT-style model from scratch in PyTorch
Workshops
Drone building (Team Roxx, DSU); Git and GitHub (DSU)

Leadership & activities

  • Head Boy, Bensons English Medium High School: led school events, organised contests and workshops
  • Stage Management, Cultural Team (CPA), DSU
  • Member, Happiness Club, DSU
  • Led teams at several hackathons