About

A student research community.

Learn research, find peers, do research together and publish your work. Free. Student-led. Any college, any country.

Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam listening to a student explain her project at a science exhibition, 2015
Dr. Kalam listening to a student at a science exhibition, 2015.
What
A student research community
Started
2026
Where
Online. Based in Siliguri, India
Status
Founding phase
Who can join
Students aged 18+, from any college or country
Fields
AI, data, computing and mathematics
Cost
Free to join. Free to publish.
Inspired by
Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, 1931–2015

What we study

  • Artificial Intelligence

    ML, NLP, vision and responsible AI.

  • Data Science & Statistics

    Statistics, modelling and inference.

  • Computing & Engineering

    Algorithms, software and robotics.

  • Mathematics & Applied Science

    Algebra, optimisation and numerics.

01Why we exist

He always made time for students

From a small town to India's rocket programme, and then to classrooms across the world. We believe where you start should not decide where you go.

Dr. Kalam speaking to students, one finger raised
Fig. 2 Speaking to medical students. Wardha, 2007.Photo: GOI
Dr. Kalam laughing with a line of law students
Fig. 3 With law students. Jodhpur, 2004.Photo: GOI
Dr. Kalam with students of the University of Yangon holding flags
Fig. 4 With students of the University of Yangon. Myanmar, 2006.Photo: GOI
02How we work

Five rules we follow

  1. 01

    Dream boldly

    Start with big questions. Ambition is where research begins.

  2. 02

    Question deeply

    Read the paper. Check the assumption. Ask why, then ask again.

  3. 03

    Research rigorously

    Clear methods, honest baselines, results others can reproduce.

  4. 04

    Build responsibly

    Make models and tools that are safe, fair and actually useful.

  5. 05

    Share openly

    Open code, open notes, open data. Knowledge grows when shared.

03Founders

Who started it

Dr. Kalam asked students to dream, and then to turn those dreams into work.

We started APJ-RAISE to give students a place to do that: read papers together, run real experiments, and share everything in the open.

Any college. Any country. If you are curious, there is a seat for you here.

Masuddar Rahaman

Masuddar Rahaman

Co-founder

LinkedIn
Kriti Sharma

Kriti Sharma

Co-founder

LinkedIn
04To be clear

What we are not

  • Not linked to Dr. Kalam

    We are an independent student community inspired by his ideas. We are not linked to or endorsed by him, his family or any related institution.

  • Not a course seller

    Membership, lessons, projects, quizzes and certificates are free. There is nothing to buy.

  • Not a university or a journal

    We do not give degrees. Work on our Open Research page is a student community publication, not a peer-reviewed journal. You keep the copyright of your work.

05Contact

Check us, then talk to us

Every link here is ours. Look us up before you join.

Email
apj.raise@gmail.com
LinkedIn
APJ-RAISE on LinkedIn
GitHub
github.com/apj-raise
Hugging Face
huggingface.co/APJ-RAISE
Rules
Code of conduct
Your data
Privacy policy
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