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

2021 - Present
YBN
Coordinated sponsorships, designed challenges, and developed community outreach programs.
2025 - Present
NullSec
As President of NullSec, I handled the club direction and external relations, along with its technical capabilities and manpower distribution.
2025 - Present
DART
Trained students of various ages about various Programming and Cybersecurity related topics, consisting of Networking, Python, and Javascript, with its related libraries.

2024 - Present
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.

2025 - Present
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.

2022 - 2023
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.
2021 - 2022
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.
At Ngee Ann's Open House, We presented PacketDuck at the Gen AI Hub in Ngee Ann Polytechnic, combining CyberSecurity with AI

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

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.

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.

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.

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.
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.

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.

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

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

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

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

1st Place
Participated as part of the Singapore Students Merger and secured the top position.
1st Place
Secured first place, learning many new skills in the process.

1st Place
Achieved 1st place as part of NullSec member journey

2nd Place
Participated in the Republic Polytechnic YCEP CTF for the second time, achieving a high rank.

2nd Place
Competed with the best from YCEP rounds, graced by Minister Janil Puthucheary.

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

3rd Place
Placed third in the Hack N Flag competition hosted by Ngee Ann Polytechnic.

3rd Place (Open)
Placed third in TUCTF 2024 Open Category with SSM!

6th Place
Second time participating in Cyber Defenders Discovery Camp

4th Place (Poly Category)
First time participating in Cyber Defenders Discovery Camp, placing 14th in TIL AI event too!

Completion (Stage 2)
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

8th Place
First-ever CTF participation, managed to place in the top 10.

Top 3.5%
Went to CSIT office physically for their engagement for top people!

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

Top 7%
First time performing well at TISC

15th Place
First time participating in Lag N Crash, and we won the instagram post award

10th Place
In OWASP AppSec Days 2024, we competed against private and public sector infosec professionals

8th Place
During Bsides Singapore, I competed against Top CTF players and cybersecurity professionals in Singapore

Volunteer
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.
Certifications
A list of my professional certifications. Click on a card to view the credential.






