Hi, I’m Mridul Bansal. I’m 18. A first-year student at Newton School of Technology, Pune — but this isn’t about college.
This is about a choice I made a few weeks ago: to become one of the top 100 AI/ML minds on the planet in the next 3 years. And I’m documenting everything. Every hour, every line of code, every mental breakdown, every rebuild.
This is Day 1 of that journey.
But it didn’t start today.
Where I Come From
I cracked NSAT in February. I had a background in Python from 11th–12th grade, topped my school in CS with 97/100, and left JEE mid-way because I realized I didn’t want to survive in a rat race — I wanted to build something real.
In March, I joined offline coaching for Full Stack + AI/ML because YouTube wasn’t enough for me. I’m someone who learns best when I’m all in — environment, people, mindset. So I customized my learning path:
Full Stack (MERN)
Advanced Python (NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib)
AI/ML + Generative AI
DSA in Python
Kali Linux
Spiritual stability (Reiki healing, daily meditations)
My mindset shifted fast. From just wanting to stay ahead in college → to dominating my batch → to aiming at global level skill. That’s how I landed here.
What I Did This Week
This past week was about setting foundations — mentally, technically, and emotionally.
I completed my Pandas course and scored 46.5/60 in the final test. No laptop, no IDE — just pure logic on paper.
Started DSA with basics like linear and binary search. It’s not about speed right now — just showing up consistently.
Built 5 JavaScript DOM projects, not flashy ones — just to master event handling, logic, and UI flow.
Practiced and documented core Linux commands until they felt natural.
Finalized my future track — I’m going into FinTech, with AI-based decision systems in credit scoring, lending, and financial infrastructure.
Started watching Yale’s Financial Markets lectures and took notes on risk models and credit structures.
Removed 80% of distractions — including social media, past relationships, and old friend groups. The isolation is intentional.
No hype. No aesthetics. Just full focus.
My Weekly System (Moving Forward)
Everything I do now revolves around 3 core goals:
Execution Stack:
React.js + MongoDB coming next
More DOM projects
Matplotlib learning
DSA: recursion, hashing, graphs
Mental + Physical Discipline:
Gym 5x/week
Reiki healing every day
No social media, no contact with distractions
Reading Naval, Goggins, Hormozi before bed
Alignment with Purpose:
Every topic I learn must connect back to AI or Finance
No content or course is done for random knowledge
This isn’t curiosity anymore — it’s execution mode
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Posting Plan-
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I won’t be posting every day. I’ll post here once a week — just to keep it real and show exactly what I’ve built or learned. No fluff. Just raw execution logs, week by week.
Closing Thought-
I’m not doing this blog for likes. I’m writing this so that when someone 2 years from now wants to know how I did it — they won’t just see the success, they’ll see the system.
No motivation quotes. No branding tricks.
Just one guy documenting his rebuild.
Let’s build.
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