Who is Gurjot?
TL;DR - Full stack idiot.
Hi.
I work on the intersection of human behaviour, systems dynamics and education.
As of January 2026, I divide my time across these activities -
Current Hobby Project
- I am working on a public, opinionated guide to finding, interpreting, and using Indian government data for real policy and programme decisions. More information soon!
Professional Consulting
- I work as a consultant for education planning and data management with multi-lateral agencies and grassroots NGOs. I provide assistance to the government in overhauling their data processes, establishing a clear data strategy and developing reporting and visualisation platforms. My work is divided between creating and running new stuff, and building state capacity.
You can read about my professional work here.
Learning
- I hack together projects like Buzee, Deadline, and Chachi to learn new technologies and create proof of concept experiments.
- Sometimes I create CSV data dumps out of PDF publications about India’s education sector. You can see them under all my projects on the front page.
- I do an above-average amount of reading and watching. This information sometimes gets turned into Book Notes, Distilled Knowledge, or a blog/newsletter post.
- I run a project called XYZ Explained where I provide short explainers on topics picked from my bizarre interests. These currently include only English meanings of popular Punjabi songs but (hopefully) will include stuff like data management in the social sector, technology architecture, and internet sub-cultures.
Writing
- I write rants on this blog. Mostly about education in India.
- I write on my newsletter over here. Mostly about questions that I am presently struggling with.
- Occasionally, I log my stray stream of conscious thoughts.
In another life I briefly did computational science research, theatre and stand-up comedy. I also ran a podcast with a friend.
These days I am trying to stay on top of my work while managing to reduce my screen time, read more classic books, and get some exercise in.
I think I am a generalist? (As defined in Range (my notes))
I exist on the internet as thatgurjot.
What is this website?
Borrowing the analogy from Andy Matuschak, this is me working with my garage door up.
This website is the door to my laboratory.
- A lot of the things in here are works in progress - just like all of us.
- There is a back office that isn’t visible from the door. Unfortunately, dear visitor, your only vantage point is the door.
Everything here is free for you to see and touch.
If you need me, just shout loud enough via email and I’ll be right there with you.
So it goes.
Gurjot