Student & Tech Maker • Bengaluru, India

Hi, I'm Ridith Shetty.

I am a 13-year-old student and maker based in Bengaluru, India. I spend my free time prototyping with microcontrollers (ESP32 and Arduino), experimenting with computer vision models, and building practical hardware devices.

At school, I help out as a Student Mentor in the Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL), where I assist classmates with wiring circuits, basic sensor programming, and 3D printing. I also lived in the United States for five years before returning to India, which helped shape how I collaborate and learn.

Location Bengaluru, IN

School Lab DPS ATL Mentor

Primary Focus Hardware & Python

Hackathon 21K INR Prize

Projects & Prototypes

Things I've built with microcontrollers, 3D printers, and Python.

AeroVasita — Smart Safety Helmet

Hardware Prototype • Air Filtration & Crash SOS

2025 - 2026

A prototype safety helmet designed for two-wheeler commuters in polluted cities. It combines a small active air purification filter in the chin guard to reduce inhaled particulates (PM2.5) with an onboard accelerometer that detects sudden impacts and sends emergency coordinates.

• Won a 21,000 INR cash prize at the Seed The Future Entrepreneurs Hackathon (organized by Dassault Systèmes & La Fondation).

• Selected and demonstrated at the St. Joseph's University Open House 2026.

• Built in collaboration with teammates Mohammed Danial Ahmad, Mayukh Chatterjee, Thanush Kumar, and A Mohammad Zafar.

ESP32 MPU6050 Accelerometer PM2.5 Air Filter 3D Prototyping

FlowGuardian — Crowd Density Monitor

Software & Vision • Real-Time Safety Alerts

2024 - 2025

An experiment using computer vision to monitor crowd density in high-traffic corridors, school walkways, and entry gates. The system uses a camera feed to estimate foot traffic bottlenecks and sends a notification if a designated congestion threshold is crossed.

• Exhibited and featured as a safety innovation at SIM 2025.

• Processes video locally to keep latency low without uploading raw footage to external servers.

Python OpenCV Object Detection

Chalk Cycle — Chalk Powder Recycler

Mechanical Hardware • Sustainability

2025

A mechanical recycling device built to collect chalk dust accumulated beneath classroom blackboards and re-mold it into fresh, solid chalk sticks using a small manual compression mechanism.

• Reduces airborne chalk dust that causes mild cough and respiratory irritation in classrooms.

• Simple, low-cost mechanical design that does not require electricity to operate.

Product Design Recycling Classroom Hardware

Online Learning & Coursework

Courses and workshops I've completed to learn Python, databases, and electronics.

IICT Completed

AI Skill House

Introductory machine learning concepts and model architectures.

Intel & NITI Aayog Completed

Intel AI For Youth

Computer vision models and data processing fundamentals for school innovators.

Kaggle Completed

Python Data Science

Data manipulation with Pandas, NumPy arrays, and exploratory plotting.

Codecademy Completed

SQL Databases

Relational schema design, table queries, and basic indexing.

DPS Atal Lab Hands-on

IoT & Smart Sensors

ESP32, Arduino, I2C/SPI sensors, and serial telemetry debugging.

Google Cloud Completed

Generative AI Fundamentals

Foundational overview of foundation models, prompts, and cloud AI tools.