AJ

Anton Joe Menezes

Founding team, Kalvium

Part of the founding team at Kalvium. Has spent 12+ years at the intersection of education and technology. He started at FACE Prep, was Product Architect at Chalkstreet, then led Prograd Junior, a kids' coding company. Engineer turned teacher, now in marketing. On the blog he writes the build-storyteller pieces: student profiles, project deep-dives, and the what-broke-and-what-we- learned stories from across the programme.

12 posts

B.Tech

Kalvium Konnect: what direct access to Zerodha, CRED, and PhonePe founders means in a B.Tech programme

Kalvium Konnect is listed on the FAQ as an exclusive interaction with tech industry leaders. Here's what's actually documented about it, and how it differs from a guest lecture.

B.Tech

What "Learn it, build it, same session" actually means in a Kalvium classroom

Kalvium describes its classroom approach as 'Learn it. Build it. Same session.' Here is what that means in practice: the setup, the subjects, and how assessment works when builds are the record.

B.Tech

The Kalvium testimonials that most programmes would cut, and why we keep them

Five honest student quotes most marketing teams would remove: burnout, higher costs, a tough adjustment. Here is why Kalvium keeps them on kalvium.com/reviews, as written.

B.Tech

Graded on being on time: the professional skills that go on a Kalvium transcript

Professional behaviour is graded at Kalvium from the start: being on time, meeting deadlines, communicating clearly, working in teams. Here is what goes on the transcript and why.

B.Tech

What Semester 3 at Kalvium actually involves: when work integration starts for real

Work-integrated learning starts from Semester 3. Here's what that shift means, the four tracks students choose from, and what changes when projects replace exercises.

B.Tech

B.Tech first year: the subjects that matter and the ones that don't

Most students expect Data Structures in Week 1. The Year 1 list at Kalvium is different. Here's which subjects shape engineers and why the ones they fixate on show up later.

For Parents

Independence 101: the adulthood skills no syllabus grades, and whose job they are

Money, time, conflict, asking for help. The skills that decide whether a capable student becomes a capable adult, and no exam ever grades one of them. Here's whose job they are.

B.Tech

A normal week at Kalvium: what week 4 of Year 1 actually looks like

Six days. Eight hours a day. By week 4, the schedule isn't the shock it was on day one. Here's what a normal week in Year 1 at Kalvium actually looks like.

B.Tech

What it's like to interview for a job from Kalvium (and what companies look for in students who get the call)

From DOJO belt tests to squad mock rounds: how Kalvium students prepare for job interviews, what companies actually evaluate, and what Batch 2026 placement outcomes look like.

B.Tech

Three students, one first week at Kalvium: the shift you can't see from a brochure

What actually changes between day one and day seven of B.Tech CSE Year 1 at Kalvium. Chirag, Navaneeth, and Praduman walked in on the same Monday. None walked out the same person.

Careers

Five rejections, one wake-up call: Nahda's first placement cycle at Kalvium

Nahda is nineteen, in Year 2 of Kalvium's B.Tech CSE programme. Five companies have said no this cycle. She's just learned the thing engineering education quietly forgets to teach.

B.Tech

How a Self-Taught Coder Became an SDE Intern at Morgan Stanley: Yagna's Kalvium Story

Yagna taught himself Python at 14 and wrote a book a state university adopted. He then joined Kalvium's B.Tech CSE programme to learn what books cannot teach.