Ravin Nagpal

Ravin Nagpal

DSTA Scholar | Co-Founder @ YBN | Admin @ SSM

I am a student of Ngee Ann Polytechnic with keen interest in Technology, Computers and STEM. I am passionate about Cybersecurity, and I want to play a vital role by contributing to safety of our interconnected world amidst the evolving AI landscape.

Cybersecurity

Python

Reverse Engineering

Networking

Cryptography

Forensics

Penetration Testing

Machine Learning

AWS Cloud

System Hardening

Data Analysis

Media Production

Microsoft Excel

Experience

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2021 - Present

Co-Founder
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YBN

Coordinated sponsorships, designed challenges, and developed community outreach programs.

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2025 - Present

President
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NullSec

As President of NullSec, I handled the club direction and external relations, along with its technical capabilities and manpower distribution.

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2025 - Present

Software Developer and Cyber Youth Trainer
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DART

Trained students of various ages about various Programming and Cybersecurity related topics, consisting of Networking, Python, and Javascript, with its related libraries.

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2024 - Present

Admin
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Singapore Students Merger CTF Team

As an Admin at the Singapore Students Merger CTF Team, I helped out in Sponsorships for CTFs, handled the signups and was a core founding member.

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2025 - Present

THM Campus Champion
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TryHackMe

As a Campus Champion, I get to be a part of helping over 6,000,000 learners build the skills to succeed in today's and tomorrow's cyber world.

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2022 - 2023

Media Club Vice Chairperson
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School of Science and Technology

Led media-related events for the club, handling what the club does and its operations as well as planning for future events and starting our own sub-specialization groups.

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2021 - 2022

Media Club Photo Video In-Charge
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School of Science and Technology

Managed and directed media production for school-wide events, including videos for school promotions and competitions.

Projects & Achievements

A collection of my work, from AI projects to cybersecurity competitions.

Ngee Ann Poly Open House 2026
Ngee Ann Poly Open House 2026

At Ngee Ann's Open House, We presented PacketDuck at the Gen AI Hub in Ngee Ann Polytechnic, combining CyberSecurity with AI

PacketDuck
PacketDuck

At HackSmith 2025, Our team built PacketDuck, a PCAP analyzer with contextual AI to help SOC Tier 1 Analsysts with accelerated triaging.

Wireshark
AI Pneumonia Detector
AI Pneumonia Detector

A student project that uses AI to detect pneumonia from chest X-rays with 90.8% accuracy. Demonstrates analytical and problem-solving skills applied to real-world medical challenges.

Hack N Flag 2025
Hack N Flag 2025

A schoolwide CTF event for students to compete against each other with an all new category, Infra Hacking which implemented TryHackMe / HackTheBox style labs within a CTF event, the first of its kind to have Red Teaming style challenges.

Automated Phishing Application
Automated Phishing Application

At the Singapore Cybersecurity Camp (SCC) 2025, I created a cybersecurity tool for Automated Phishing, which conducts automated OSINT and uses AI to be less detectable. We presented it to high level Cybersecurity professionals from TitanHex, BitDefender and CREST.

YCEP CCTF 2025
YCEP CCTF 2025

Under CSA, we were given the opportunity to run Central CTF 2025 as a partner with YBN creating challenges, being trainers and running the overall event.

Singapore Cybersecurity Agency
Sentinel SHIELD Award
Sentinel SHIELD Award

As one of the top performers in Sentinel, I was given the SHIELD Award as I had won many Sentinel CTFs and was the top of the leaderboard for 9 months.

Wireshark
Cyber Defenders
Cyber Defenders

As one of the known CTF players in Singapore, I was given the opportunity to share more about my experiences and it was published on Straits Times IN.

NP YCEP 2025
NP YCEP 2025

We organised Ngee Ann's Youth Cyber Exploration Programme in 2025, where we taught youths cybersecurity skills and a full scale CTF for them to compete

YBN CTF 2024
YBN CTF 2024

A 450+ player CTF event hosted by us with a 36h Online element and 8h Finals event

SG75 Competition
SG75 Competition

Won 1st place in the Open Dynamic Category in the SG75 competition, which encourages every generation to build a legacy for those to come.

Infineon Chips@School Competition
Infineon Chips@School Competition

Finalist for the Chips@School competition, where I ideated an AIoT Chip which combined AI and IoT concepts which was something Infineon later implemented

AiSP SVRP - Silver Award
AiSP SVRP - Silver Award

I received the Silver Award from the Association of Information Security Professionals for my contributions to the cyber community as a Student Volunteer

CTF Achievements

A showcase of my performance in various Capture The Flag competitions.

OSCTF 2024

1st Place

OSCTF 2024
🌏︎ International

Participated as part of the Singapore Students Merger and secured the top position.

NP YCEP 2023

1st Place

NP YCEP 2023

Secured first place, learning many new skills in the process.

FooBar CTF 2025

1st Place

FooBar CTF 2025
🌏︎ International

Achieved 1st place and played with SSM

NullSec CTF

1st Place

NullSec CTF

Achieved 1st place as part of NullSec member journey

RP YCEP 2022

2nd Place

RP YCEP 2022

Participated in the Republic Polytechnic YCEP CTF for the second time, achieving a high rank.

YCEP Central CTF 2022

2nd Place

YCEP Central CTF 2022

Competed with the best from YCEP rounds, graced by Minister Janil Puthucheary.

YCEP Central CTF 2023

2nd Place (Teams)

YCEP Central CTF 2023

YBN collectively secured 1st in Individual, 1st in Teams, and 2nd in Teams, involving a tabletop exercise and CTF.

NP YCEP 2022

3rd Place

NP YCEP 2022

Placed third in the Hack N Flag competition hosted by Ngee Ann Polytechnic.

TUCTF 2024

3rd Place (Open)

TUCTF 2024
🌏︎ International

Placed third in TUCTF 2024 Open Category with SSM!

Brainhack CDDC 2025 Qualifiers

6th Place

Brainhack CDDC 2025 Qualifiers
CNA + Straits Times

Second time participating in Cyber Defenders Discovery Camp

Brainhack CDDC 2024 Finals

4th Place (Poly Category)

Brainhack CDDC 2024 Finals

First time participating in Cyber Defenders Discovery Camp, placing 14th in TIL AI event too!

Challenge Of Wits 2023

Completion (Stage 2)

Challenge Of Wits 2023

I managed to complete the Data Science challenge, which required participants to find a secret key from "Logs.zip" files to uncover a 2D shape

RP YCEP 2021

8th Place

RP YCEP 2021

First-ever CTF participation, managed to place in the top 10.

TISC 2025

Top 3.5%

TISC 2025

Went to CSIT office physically for their engagement for top people!

Lag and Crash 4.0

9th Place

Lag and Crash 4.0

Second time participating, with YBN teams securing both 8th and 9th positions.

TISC 2024

Top 7%

TISC 2024

First time performing well at TISC

Lag and Crash 3.0

15th Place

Lag and Crash 3.0

First time participating in Lag N Crash, and we won the instagram post award

OWASP AppSec CTF

10th Place

OWASP AppSec CTF
🌏︎ International

In OWASP AppSec Days 2024, we competed against private and public sector infosec professionals

BsidesCTF

8th Place

BsidesCTF

During Bsides Singapore, I competed against Top CTF players and cybersecurity professionals in Singapore

CCTF 2024

Volunteer

CCTF 2024

During Bsides Singapore, I competed against Top CTF players and cybersecurity professionals in Singapore came back as a volunteer for CCTF 2024 and helped out with the event, along with some of my YBN friends.