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Arjun Balakrishnan25
Bengaluru, India
Hey there! I am Arjun Balakrishnan from Bengaluru, India. I'm a student of the BS in Data Science program at IIT Madras. I’ve been programming since high school and have experience building websites, desktop apps and more. Started learning iOS development less than a year ago. Currently working on my first indie app. Outside of app development I'm also interested in art, design and philosophy.
Scholarships
Arjun has been awarded a WWDC scholarship in 2023. Here is the submission that got him there.
In 2023, applicants were tasked with creating a Swift Playgrounds app project on the topic of your choice to showcase their passion for coding. Here’s how Arjun describes his winning submission.
Ciphers is an edutainment app for learning about some of the cryptography techniques used throughout history to conceal messages. Through a series of interactive tutorials, the player decodes a cryptic message step-by-step until they find a hidden keyword. The goal isn’t to provide a comprehensive explanation of these ciphers but to captivate the player’s interest through engaging interactive design.