Exun Clan

Exun Clan is India's oldest school technology club, founded in 1991 at Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram. I was a member from 6th grade (2015) through graduation in 2022, and served as President during my final year, leading the organization of Exun 2021.

What is Exun?

For over three decades, Exun has been a launchpad for technologists, entrepreneurs, and builders. Alumni have gone on to found companies, lead engineering teams at top tech companies, and shape India's tech ecosystem.

But more than its achievements, Exun is a community. It's where curious kids find their tribe — others who stay up late debugging code, who get excited about new frameworks, who see technology as a way to build things that matter.

My Journey

I joined Exun in 6th grade, knowing almost nothing about programming. The club was intimidating at first — seniors casually discussed algorithms and systems that seemed impossibly complex. But the culture was welcoming. Seniors took time to teach, to mentor, to include.

Over the years, I helped organize events, competed in competitions, and eventually started teaching juniors myself. By 11th grade, I was leading teams at competitions. By 12th, I was President.

Being President

Leading Exun meant wearing many hats:

Organizing Exun 2021

Our annual symposium brought 2000+ participants from 150+ schools to compete in events ranging from competitive programming to hardware hacking to design. Due to scheduling conflicts and pandemic-related delays, the event was held in January 2022, but the planning and organization happened throughout my term as President.

Organizing Exun was a masterclass in project management — coordinating sponsors, managing logistics, herding volunteers, and making sure hundreds of moving pieces came together on event day.

Building Culture

The hardest part of leadership isn't the logistics — it's maintaining the culture that makes a community special. Exun's culture of peer learning, intellectual curiosity, and building for the joy of building is what makes it magical. Preserving and strengthening that culture was my most important job.

Teaching

Some of my favorite memories are from teaching sessions — watching juniors have the same "aha!" moments I had, seeing them go from confused to confident. The best part of being in Exun was paying forward what seniors had done for me.

Why It Matters

Exun shaped who I am. It's where I learned that I love building things. It's where I found my people. It's where I developed the confidence to tackle problems I didn't know how to solve.

When I think about my path into technology, it doesn't start with a computer science course or a coding bootcamp. It starts in a dusty computer lab in South Delhi, surrounded by friends who were just as excited about this stuff as I was.

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To current Exunites: You're part of something special. The skills you learn matter, but the community you're building matters more. Take care of each other.