Hi this is Pradyumna! This is a list of my current projects, previous work, and other accomplishments.

You can contact me at pradyu.sp at gmail dot com

I am studying Computer Science at the National University of Singapore, graduating in 2027. I'm also a member of the NUS College program which is a successor to the University Scholars Program.

Software Engineer Intern, Havana • Developed an admin dashboard to monitor Salesforce sync errors, significantly improving error tracking and resolution efficiency across teams • Created a tool for Salesforce issue testing, enabling team-specific troubleshooting and real-time error reporting • Technologies used: Go, React, Next.js

• Paper for CS2309: "CS Research Methodology" about mechanistic interpretability linked here
• Survey on techniques for reverse-engineering large language models (LLMs) to understand their internal computations

• Repository link. Demo link.
• Built automated querying system for Singapore's economic data to make data querying easier for non-technical users.
• Made AI pipeline using HuggingFace classification API, code-writing LLMs and access to SingStat data.
• Build backend using FastAPI, and frontend graphing using d3.js

• Ran economics podcast with a focus on development economics.
• Over 10k streams
• Over 500 listeners at peak
• Interesting episodes
  • Tyler Cowen about economic growth in developing countries and the future of Singapore
  • Byrne Hobart about the quality of American institutions

• Wrote an economics newsletter focused on development economics.
• Over 2,000 subscribers
• Over 80,000 views
• Read by policymakers in the Prime Minister's Office Singapore, leading financial dailies and financial institutions
• Selected posts
  • Book review about the politics and economics of economics of development
  • Explanation of why Pakistan has so many economic crises
  • Analysis of Auckland's YIMBY housing policy
  • Analysis of India's economic policies about climate change

• Lead writer of an article in the magazine Asterisk explaining why the think-tank RAND was so successful.
• Co-authored analysis explaining the case for more investment into China studies in the US
• Wrote article with case studies of successful industrial policy in charter city-like environments, and how those provide lessons for founders of new charter cities today.

1. Recipient of the Emergent Ventures fellowship for blog and podcast.
2. Recipient of Atlas Fellowship