Nilesh Jain / Arnaiya
Researcher at Yale • Founder • Educator • Lifelong Learner
About Me
Currently at Yale doing neuroscience and building TryBibby.com (Bibby AI)
- Podcasting - https://calendly.com/nilesharnaiya
- Working on Trybibby.com
- Working on pybooks.com
- Working on mathvideo.ai - https://v0-math-video-landing-page.vercel.app/
- Working on upcourse.io
- Previously built Buildawn.com, codeuplab.com
- Previously helped organize IndabaX, part of communities like The Residency and Imbizo.africa
- Creating Mr. Bean-inspired 3blue1brown coding tutorials on instagram and youtube for fun
- Trybibby.com – Cursor for writing research
- Upcourse.io – Interactive education labs to learn anything
- Pybooks.com – Jupyter notebooks for teachers
- Mathvideo.ai – Create 3blue1brown style animated videos
- CodeUpLab – Helping students learn programming and data science
- NavalNow – Naval Ravikant's wisdom distilled
- 1Kitchen POS – Restaurant management software
Hobbies
- Yoga
- Reading
- AI Art
- Astronomy
- Public Speaking
- Walking
Activities
- Traveling anywhere(solo & with friends)
- Mentoring
- Volunteering
- Sending long emails
- Surfing
Passions
- Teaching
- Content Creation
- Gift-Giving
- Cycling
- Animated visual learning
Interests
- Human Behavior
- Any brain or story books
- Economics
- Cricket
- Rafting
- Naruto
- Mr. Bean
Projects
Building tools and platforms to make education more accessible and effective
Animated Visual Learning
Creating engaging animated content to explain complex concepts in simple, visual ways. Making learning accessible and fun through animation.
Upcourse.io
Interactive education labs to learn anything. A platform designed to make learning engaging and effective through hands-on labs.
Pybooks.com
Jupyter notebooks for teachers. Empowering educators with interactive computational tools for better teaching experiences.
Neuroscience Adventures
Exploring the world of open-source through Linux. Tutorials, tips, and tricks for both beginners and advanced users.
Bibby - The Research writing assistant you need
Learning to code with latex and writing research papers is a pain. We simplified it with AI and better UI+UX principles
Jainism
Combining my passion for teaching in religion through gamification.
My Journey
A path of exploration and exploitation, coming soon
Early Days
I learned to code at 17 – late by today's standards. This sparked a passion for lifelong learning.
Learning Phase
I taught myself through platforms like edX, Udacity, and Coursera (when they were just starting!).
Resilience
After failing 12th grade, I bounced back by diving into internships, self-taught skills, and exploring the tech world.
Exploration
Bangalore became my second home, where I soaked up knowledge, collected swag, and ate a lot of free pizza at tech meetups.
Global Experience
Exploring South Africa, Europe, and Asia while teaching and coding. Every place added new perspectives to my work.
Entrepreneurship
Started multiple projects including Trybibby.com, Upcourse.io, Pybooks.com, etc.
Present
At Yale as a research associate, continuing my journey in academia and research to experience it one last time
Writings & Talks
Sharing knowledge, experiences, and insights through articles and presentations
Recommendations
Books and movies that have shaped my thinking and perspective
A fascinating exploration of human history that changed my perspective on our species' development.
Brilliant insights into how we think about education online. Essential for understanding human behavior.
Changed my perspective on the brain. A must-read for anyone interested in building something new.
Why You Should Date Me
A slightly tongue-in-cheek but honest look at what I bring to the table
Mumbai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Johannesburg, Cape Town, and now the USA - my passport is basically a world tour diary.
Language skills: Hindi, Marwari, Gujarati, broken Marathi, a sprinkle of Kannada, and enough Spanish to order tapas. Think United Nations, but with more chai.
Neuroscience fun fact: Each language you learn creates new neural pathways, essentially giving your brain a cognitive workout. My brain's basically an Olympic gymnast at this point.