Formant Systems
A founder-led AI product company building technology that helps people learn, navigate, and grow, starting with SkillPath AI.
Learn more →Writing. Building. Rebuilding.
Rama Sandeep Ch.
Building quietly. Thinking carefully. Documenting everything.
I’m a self-taught designer, educator, and founder from a small town in India. This is my digital headquarters where I document what I’m building, what I’m learning, and what I’m still figuring out.
What This Place Is
This website is not a portfolio. It is not a personal brand showcase or a startup pitch. It is closer to a journal with a public address, a place where I think out loud, document ongoing work, and build a record of what it actually looks like to start things from scratch.
At 39, I am building businesses while rebuilding my routines, finances, and confidence in what I am capable of. Some of that is going well. Some of it is difficult in ways I was not prepared for. I write about both.
If you are a founder, educator, learner, or someone navigating a hard stretch, you may find something useful here. Not because I have figured it out, but because figuring it out takes longer than anyone admits.
Ongoing work
Things I’m Building
SkillPath AI
An AI-powered roadmap and career guidance platform for students and early-career professionals.
Learn more →Skill IQ Academy
A founder-led skills academy teaching design, AI workflows, development fundamentals, and career readiness.
Learn more →Anvaya
A future-ready education initiative focused on AI literacy, creativity, critical thinking, and practical learning for children.
Learn more →Journal
Latest from the Journal
Rebuilding From Zero
The first public note on building again, not as performance, but as a daily practice.
Coming Next
Your next journal entry will appear here when you add it.
Coming Soon
A place for notes on discipline, routines, tools, and systems.
“I’m not performing a comeback. I’m actually rebuilding.”
The Context
In the years before I started documenting this openly, things became difficult in ways that took me a long time to understand. Financially, personally, and in terms of what I thought I was capable of.
So I started building. Not because I had a perfect plan, capital, or a support system. Because building was the one thing that still made sense to me.
Read the full story →Updated: May 2026
Currently
This month I’m deep in product development for SkillPath AI, writing consistently for the first time in years, and trying to establish routines that survive actual pressure.
Not everything is moving at the pace I’d like. But more is moving than wasn’t six months ago. That counts.
See the full /now page →→ Building SkillPath AI
→ Writing journal and social content
→ Running Skill IQ Academy
→ Establishing discipline systems
→ Documenting the process