Durgesh Shukla | Quick View Portfolio

01 · About

Curious by nature, driven by creation.

Third-year Computer Engineering student at VIT Pune with a 9.4 CGPA. Worked on four industry projects and freelance development, building web apps with React, Node.js, and FastAPI on PostgreSQL, and AI projects with LLMs, RAG, and Computer Vision. Granted patent co-inventor (South Africa App No. 2025/10607) and author of 8 research papers (IEEE, MAT Journals, CRC Press). Looking for a software internship where I can keep learning and contribute to real products.

CollegeVIT Pune (CGPA 9.4 / 10)

DegreeB.Tech Computer Engineering (2024–2028)

Research8 Papers (4 Published IEEE, MAT, CRC)

PatentGranted Co-Inventor (App 2025/10607)

CompetitiveLeetCode: @durgesh_vs

PlaysChess (ELECT-ERA 2026 Colosseum)

PassionsMovies, Anime, Web Series, Lo-Fi

Patent

Granted International Patent

Co-inventor of South African granted patent (App. No. 2025/10607): AI-driven identification system for harmful and banned substances in food and cosmetics.

Academic

CESAC Leaderboard #1 & Best Publishing Student

Awarded Best Publishing Student of the Month and ranked #1 on the CESAC Student Leaderboard (Oct 2026) at VIT Pune.

Hackathon

CanHack 2026 Grand Jury Finalist

Team alphaBoys reached the Grand Jury finals of CanHack 2026, an international hackathon hosted by the University of Canberra (17–18 January 2026).

Winner

IdeaStrom Arena Ideathon 2026 Winner

1st place in the Open Innovation (Track 3) category with Team Tech Pirates, presenting a working prototype.

Honor

Gold Medalist & Best Volunteer

Awarded Gold Medal & Best Volunteer trophy at Utkarsh 2024–25 by the VIT Pune Social Welfare Development board.

02 · Skills

The tools I reach for every day.

Languages, frameworks, databases and AI tooling I use across industry projects, freelance work and research.

Languages05

PythonSQLC++JavaScriptTypeScript

Web & Backend08

React.jsNode.jsExpress.jsFastAPITailwind CSSREST APIsHTMLCSS

Databases03

PostgreSQLMySQLMongoDB

AI & Data03

LangGraphRAGTableau

Tools & Core CS08

GitGitHubFigmaDSAOOPDBMSOperating SystemsCN

03 · Experience

Real projects, real impact.

Industry projects, freelance work and internships.

Industry ProjectSep 2026 – Present

Student Developer

Embel Technologies · AI Business Analyst Agent · team of 4

Fewer drafts by hand, more time for analysis.

Building an AI agent that turns client conversations and meeting notes into requirement documents, user stories and a sprint plan.
Working on the backend and the flow between stages, with a human review step before each stage moves ahead.

FastAPILangGraphPostgreSQL

Industry ProjectOngoing

Student Developer

Novela Engineer · AI surface defect detection

Teaching a model to spot what the eye misses.

Building a vision model that detects and classifies surface defects on ceiling fan parts from images, using the MVTec AD dataset.
Learning how defect detection models are trained and how their accuracy is checked.

PythonMVTec AD

FreelanceJul 2026 – Present

Freelance Software Developer

Bhave Crockery & Home Appliances · Client project

Real projects. Real clients. Real impact.

Building a product catalogue website so the shop can show its products online, deployed on Vercel.
Working directly with the client and updating the site after each round of feedback.

ReactNode.jsExpressPostgreSQL

Industry ProjectMar 2026

Student Developer

Synture Solutions · Resume & job portal · team of 4

Helping students prepare resumes and interviewers screen them.

Built the ATS resume scoring and resume creation features.
The company gave the team an official appreciation letter for the project.

ReactFastAPIPostgreSQL

The company gave the team an official appreciation letter.

NGO ProjectApr 2026

Student Developer — ReadAloud

Deepstambh Foundation (Manobal project) · Mobile app

Technology is most powerful when it empowers everyone.

Built a mobile app that reads PDFs, Word files and scanned images aloud and works offline, for people who prefer listening to reading.
Received a certificate of completion and appreciation.

FlutterDart

Certificate of completion and appreciation.

InternshipNov 2024 – Dec 2024

Data Analytics Intern

Cognifyz Technologies · Remote internship

Real data, real insights — turning raw numbers into decisions.

Analysed real-world datasets to extract trends, patterns and business-relevant insights using Python, Pandas and Seaborn.
Built data visualisations and dashboards to communicate findings clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
Completed all assigned tasks and received an official certificate of internship completion.

PythonPandasSeabornMatplotlibJupyter

Official certificate of internship completion from Cognifyz Technologies.

04 · Projects

Things I’ve built, and what they taught me.

Tap any project for the full case study: problem, solution, features and results.

05 · Research

Eight papers, one curious mind.

Published at IEEE, MAT Journals and CRC Press, with more in the pipeline.

PUBLISHED

MediSense: AI-Based Dual Summarization of Clinical Reports for Healthcare Professionals and Patients

IEEE / 3rd IDICAIHEI-2025

Dual-Audience NLP Pipeline • Tesseract OCR Preprocessing • Automated Medical Summaries

Open paper

PUBLISHED

SocietySync ERP – A Normalized Relational Database Architecture for Residential Management

MAT Journal of Computer Science, Algorithms & Programming

11 3NF Normalized Tables • 60+ Complex Relational Queries • Multi-Tenant RBAC Security

Open paper

PUBLISHED

Real-Time Hybrid AI Framework for Anomaly Detection in GraphQL APIs under Nested-Query Attacks

Taylor & Francis (CRC Press Book Chapter)

Recursive Nested-Query Tree Parsing • Hybrid ML Anomaly Engine • DDoS Mitigation

Open paper

PUBLISHED

Civic Infrastructure Issue Detection using YOLOv8 and LLM

MAT Journals · JOCSES

YOLOv8 Computer Vision • AWS Cloud Pipeline • LLM Municipal Complaint Routing

Open paper

PUBLISHING

A Hybrid ML-LLM Framework for Personalized and Quantifiable Career Path Generation

6th ICISML 2026 · Nagaland University, Kohima Campus, Meriema, India

Hybrid ML & LLM Graph Modeling • Market Demand Trends • Quantifiable Career Trajectories

Open paper

IN PROCESS

Internationally Declared Harmful and Banned Substances Identifier Along With Nutrition Analysis

IAIB-2025 · JSPM's RSCOE, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Ingredient OCR Extraction • International FDA/EU Blacklists • Chemical Additive Detection

Open paper

IN PROCESS

Predictions of Student Academic Performance Using Machine Learning Techniques

ICRTET-2026 · D. Y. Patil College of Engineering, Kolhapur, India

Predictive Machine Learning Classifiers • Educational Data Mining • Early Risk Interventions

Open paper

IN PROCESS

Resume Screening with BERT and LLMs for Automated ATS Matching

ICONAT 2026 (IEEE) · IEEE ICONAT 2026

BERT Contextual Embeddings • Transformer Match Scoring • High-Accuracy ATS Ranking

Open paper

06 · Achievements

Moments I’m proud of, and the people beside me.

Video

Shark Tank India

Inali Assistive Tech

Brand ambassador for Inali Assistive Tech, taking part in demonstrating its low-cost, affordable prosthetic arm.

Video

Kaun Banega Crorepati 12

Karmaveer special episode

My story was shared during a Karmaveer special episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 12.

Patent

Granted Patent — South Africa

Application No. 2025/10607 · Co-inventor

Identifier system for harmful and banned substances in food and cosmetics. Co-inventor on the granted South African patent.

Application No. 2025/10607 (South Africa)
Related paper: Harmful and Banned Substances Identifier with Nutrition Analysis (IAIB 2025)

Award7 October 2026

1st Place — Best Publishing Student of the Month

Computer Engineering Department, VIT Pune (CESAC)

Recognised for exceptional achievement, dedication and active participation in learning initiatives, publications and extracurricular activities, and ranked 1st on the CESAC Student Leaderboard.

Certificate ID: CESAC-2026-00016
Signed by Dr. Sandip Shinde (Head of Department) and Dr. Aarti Agarkar

Winner

1st Place — IdeaStrom Arena Ideathon 2026

Open Innovation (Track 3) · Team Tech Pirates

Our team developed and demonstrated a working prototype, turning the concept into something tangible. Awarded a Winner's Certificate and ₹1,000 prize money.

Teammates: Siddesh Shirote, Siddhant Gade, Soham Kanathia
Certificate: 1st Position, Annual College Fest "Gandharva and Perception 2026", VIT Pune

Honour17–18 January 2026

Grand Jury Finalist — CanHack 2026

University of Canberra, Australia · with The Institution of Engineers and Scientists (IoES) · Team alphaBoys

Our team alphaBoys reached the Grand Jury finals of CanHack 2026, an international hackathon hosted by the University of Canberra.

Team: Durgesh Shukla, Prashant Suthar, Aryan Shivatare, Shubham Waghmode, Prakash Swami
Certificate no. IOES/CANHACK/2026/PC/CH26_1098 (certificate of participation)

Winner

1st Place — DBMS Quiz

Class quiz competition

Won the DBMS quiz held in our class, finishing first on the leaderboard with 19,400 points.

19,400 points

HonourFirst year at VIT

Gold Medal — Best Volunteer

Utkarsh 2024–25 · Social Welfare & Development Committee, NSS Unit A65, VIT Pune

Part of Utkarsh, an initiative creating positive social impact through teaching and volunteering. Awarded the Gold Medal and the title of Best Volunteer.

In the news

07 · Education

My education journey.

Early Roots

Play School, Nursery & Primary Foundation

Every journey has a quiet beginning. Mine was picture books, crayons and endless questions. Those early years did not teach me much about engineering, but they taught me to be curious, and curiosity is still the thing that drives everything I build.

2022

Secondary School (SSC)

Vivekanand Vidyalaya · Chopda, Maharashtra

91.80%

This was where I first learned that consistent effort beats last-minute panic. Finishing with 91.80% showed me what steady discipline can do, and it gave me the confidence to aim higher.

2024

Higher Secondary (HSC)

M.G.T.S.M's Dadasaheb Dr. Suresh G. Patil College · Chopda, Maharashtra

91.33%

Two years of balancing tough subjects and big decisions about my future. HSC taught me to stay calm under pressure and to keep going when the path was not clear. It is also where I decided to build things for a living.

2024 – 2028 (Expected)

B.Tech Computer Engineering

Vishwakarma Institute of Technology · Pune

Current CGPA 9.4 / 10

Moving to Pune and joining VIT opened the door to real engineering: projects, research, patents and people who push me to grow. I am still learning every day, and I want my work to be useful to others, not just impressive on paper.