SURAJ GUPTA | 20HS20067

ECONOMICS ([Link]. 5Y)

MINOR in MATHEMATICS & COMPUTING ([Link]. 5Y)
MICRO SPL. in ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND APPLICATIONS
EDUCATION
Year Degree/Exam Institute CGPA/Marks
2025 [Link](5YR) IIT Kharagpur 8.32 / 10
2020 Class XII KES Junior College of Science, Mumbai 85.38%
2018 Class X Abhyudaya Nagar School, Mumbai 92.6%
INTERNSHIPS
AI/ML Intern | Elucidata Data Consulting Pvt. Ltd. | New Delhi Jan '24 - Jun '24
Extracted biomedical entities - diseases, drugs, genes and their relationships, stored in a Graph DB using RAG techniques for query retrieval
• Utilized Ollama Embeddings and ChromaDB for query retrieval using open-source models like Llama3, Gemma2 and Mistral via Groq API and Ollama
• Created a Knowledge Graph-based retrieval system using Neo4j Graph Database and LangChain by normalizing entities from 3000+ publication papers
• Developed autonomous AI agents using AutoGen and function calling to generate accurate cypher queries, integrating the output to a chainlit chatbot
• Implemented advanced RAG system using GraphRAG with gpt-4o and gemini-1.5 flash, generating over 1 lakh+ nodes & edges, reducing costs by 66%
Data Analytics Intern | EXL Services | New Delhi Jul '24 - Aug '24
Enhanced fraud detection capabilities for UK banking data, focusing on high accuracy and efficient data handling using ML and DL algorithms
• Performed extensive feature engineering with One Hot Encoding on a dataset of 5 lakh+ entries, enhancing the model performance and interpretability
• Applied SMOTE sampling technique and Robust Scaler for normalization, used z-test for feature selection, ensuring robust and reliable model inputs
• Developed the model with XGBoost & ANN, achieving an F1 Score of 0.86, an AUC of 0.92 and improving fraudulent transaction identification by 25%
Data Science Intern | Raymond Limited (Analytics Department) | Mumbai Jul '22 - Aug '22
Designed an end to end machine learning pipeline aimed at enhancing the cross-sell opportunities for trousers to shirt buyers on realtime data
• Engineered 27- dimensional feature vectors on over 1 lakh+ records, improving F2 scores from 0.72 to 0.84, utilizing XGBoost and RandomForest model
• Employed the Cross Validation technique - KFoldCrossValidation and hyperparameter tuning using RandomizedSearchCV to fine-tune the models
• Successfully deployed the model to analytics department, resulting in a increment of 3% response rate from a test on 10,000 customers within 1 week
Research Intern | Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering | IIT Kharagpur Jun '22 - Present
Conducted in-depth analysis on migration rates in Sundarbans, examining impact of economic indicators under the supervision of Prof. Sayak
• Employed Selenium to meticulously extract and merge 630+ features, from the CMIE Database using panel data regression analysis in Stata Software
• Utilized advanced econometric techniques including Hausman, LM test to determine the significant features, resulting in a refined Fixed Effects model
• Collaborating on an extensive research paper, extending the scope of the work to state-level data analysis, with 67.8 lakh datapoints and 772 features

PROJECTS
Research Project | Prof. Dana Anderson | University of Alberta Jun '23 - Jul '23
• Built a random-effects GLS model on 84 observations over 21 years, identifying key metrics significantly affecting crop yields (R² = 35.81%) in Ukraine
• Addressed multi-collinearity in models using the Hausman test, confirming the random-effects approach for optimizing crop strategies across 4 regions
Data Analytics (Bronze) | General Championship 2023 Mar '23 - Apr '23
• Developed a CNN-GRU time series forecasting model for predicting manufacturing unit states based on 25 sensors, achieving an overall 97% accuracy
• Improved inventory management by accurately predicting unit states at 10-minute intervals, achieving 1st position in accuracy and an overall podium

ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCES
Founder & Executive Head | KodeinKGP : Technology Web3.0 Society | IIT Kharagpur Apr '21 - Present
• Founded and led the KodeinKGP : Technology Web3.0 Society, developing a problem-solving web portal utilizing ReactJS for student-related challenges
• Built a talented team of executives in AI, Metaverse, Blockchain and Events facets, raising INR 5 lakh+ amount through sponsorship from 8 companies
• Established and managed a thriving blockchain community with 2500+ participants, consistently sharing weekly blogs and posting relevant opportunities

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

• Awarded the Technology Alumni Association KGP Chapter Scholarship, recognized as the academically best student of 3rd year among 1800+ students
• Secured a department change in first year being among the top 5% out of 1800+ students to switch to the Economics Branch of the Department of HSS

SKILLS AND EXPERTISE

Industry Domain Knowledge: Data Visualization, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, NLP, Deep Learning, Neural Nets, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence
Languages & Frameworks: Python, C++, Llama3, Gemini, OpenAI, AutoGen, Chainlit, Docker, LSTM, GRU, RNN, CNN, Transformer, Langchain, SQL, MySQL
Tools & Technologies: Git, Github, Numpy, ScikitLearn, Tensorflow, Keras, Linux, Nvidia NIM, Ollama, Huggingface, AWS, Neo4j AuraDB, Multimodal RAG
Relevant Courses: Econometric Analysis, File Organization and Database Systems, Probability and Statistics, Programming and Data Structures, Artificial
Intelligence, Operation Research, Corporate Valuation, Financial Institutions and Markets, Machine Learning, AI/ML, Mircroeconomics, Macroeconomics

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Hall President | Vidysagar Hall of Residence | IIT Kharagpur Jul '23 - Apr '24
• Chaired a 3-tier student council of 9 General Secretaries and 19 Secretaries; co-ordinated with the warden, managing 18 lakh+ budget (20% YoY increase)
• Member of Students' Senate, the apex student body at IIT Kharagpur, ideating and executing key decisions catering to 0.17 lakh+ students of the institute
Secretary : Web | Technology Students' Gymkhana | IIT Kharagpur Jul '21 - Jul '22
• Built a Digital Inventory System to manage and record the transactions of the sports inventory of around 6 stores in IIT Kharagpur worth INR 10 crores
• Spearheaded the development of the official Gymkhana website, incorporating certificate generator and notifications features from the ground up

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Sports and Games: Represented Vidyasagar Hall of Residence in the table-tennis team in Interhall Sports Inter Hall Competition 2021-2022, IIT Kharagpur
Adventure: Organized and Participated in Har Ki DunTrek, Uttarakhand and Sar Pass Trek, Himachal Pradesh as Governor, Technology Adventure Society
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