Hi, I'm Kevin Shah.

Thanks for stopping by! I'm a Graduate from IIT Gandhinagar, and I'd love for you to take a moment to explore my portfolio. Here, data and coding converge to create meaningful solutions.

Focused on Time series analysis, Deep learning, and NLP, I journey to unlock transformative potentials. Beyond tech, I'm an avid reader and a football enthusiast, finding creativity in books and teamwork on the field.

In the professional landscape, I aspire to be a data scientist, blending passion and creativity. Thriving in problem-solving, my journey goes beyond learning— it's dedicated to creating innovative solutions for business challenges in the dynamic field of data science.


About me

Education

2020 - Present

IIT Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

B.Tech

Dual Minors in Computer Science and Engineering & Artificial Intelligence

Department of Chemical Engineering

CPI : 8.67/10

2019 - 2020

Prakash College of Science, Mumbai

Junior College

HSC Percentage : 90.92%

2017 - 2018

Kapol Vidyanidhi International School, Mumbai

Schooling

SSC Percentage : 96.50%

Positions of Responsibility

January 2024 - April 2024

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UGTA) | Process Analysis & Simulation, IITGN
  • Responsibilities included holding tutorial sessions, one-on-one doubt clearing, designing questions, and checking the assignments.

January 2024 - April 2024

ADH Mentor | Fluid Dynamics, IITGN
  • As an ADH Mentor, I spearheaded personalized one-on-one sessions to clarify doubts, resolve complex problems, and cater to the unique academic needs of students. I guided high-priority individuals to achieve exceptional grades and excel in their coursework.

September 2023 - April 2024

PAL Mentor (Peer-Assisted Learning) | IITGN
  • Mentored 2 mentees to enhance their English speaking and writing skills.

August 2023 - March 2024

Technical Coordinator | Technical Council, IITGN
  • Co-Leading & channelling 5 technical societies by facilitating Industrial connections & outreach

May 2022 - April 2023

Core Committee Member | ML/AI Club, IITGN
  • Team Lead for Mid-Prep Problem Statement CloudPhysician [Inter IIT Tech Meet 11.0]

May 2022 - May 2023

Coordinator Events and Initiatives | EII

Co-Led a team of 20 peers for Ideating, Organizing, and budgeting various Events and Initiatives for EII, the Entrepreneurship Cell at IITGN, with the motive of cultivating entrepreneurial culture and fostering the path of Innovation

Sept 2022 - Feb 2023

VC Fellow | First Cheque
  • Completed a 6-month fellowship at First Cheque, a sector-agnostic VC fund investing at the pre-idea stage. Engaged with multiple tech startups, acquiring a deep understanding of the investment process.
  • Contributed to First Cheque's standard approach, involving a $100K investment at a $2M valuation, showcasing hands-on involvement in shaping the startup ecosystem.

May 2021 - April 2022

Senior Events Executive | Amalthea [Annual Technical Summit, IITGN]
  • Led Amalthea's flagship event, ICon: Innovation Conference, managing a Rs. 1 lakh budget. As the Event Head, networked with 100+ startups & incubation centres, attracting 147 teams, resulting in six teams competing for a total prize of Rs. 50,000.

Extra-curriculars

Beyond the technical realm, I am an avid reader who enjoys penning down thoughts and ideas. On the field, I'm not just a data enthusiast but a sports and fitness aficionado as well.

Football is not just a game; it's an avenue where I channel my energy, stay fit, and embrace the spirit of teamwork. Notably, our team secured 1st position in the IITGN Annual Football League (LFP).

Internships

Here are the internships that I've done and my skills.

Internships


Software Development Intern

Project Speedline (Call Center Process Automation) Analyzed 6 months of AST data to optimize UK call center operations with AI automation opportunities for efficiency. Conducted CXone data analysis to integrate call recordings & addressing billing inaccuracies thereby reducing costs by 35%.

AIRA 360 Member Care (Chat-bot Development) Optimized AIRA 360 for 2 orgs, enhancing IM team's efficiency through pre-checks of customer data using chat-bot. Prompt Testing & feature implementation using Nodejs in backend and implemented Evaluation Log link using React.

Data Science Intern

Optimized the demand forecasting process at category and product type levels across 7 marketplaces. Developed 2 models (LSTM with Bayesian Optimization, Neural Prophet) to enhance forecasting granularity. Deployed using ML Azure Studio, reducing deviation for the FTW category from 70% to less than 15%. Improved the Planning Team's forecasts overall by 24% across all ECOM categories (FTW, APP, ACC).

Machine Learning Intern

Optimized Quality Assurance system for fruits & vegetables using MLP & PLS regression models Performed multi-class classification of Granular Plastics using Random Forest & Logistic Regression (OVR)

Skills & Interests

Languages

Data Science & Analytics

Machine Learning

Deep Learning

NLP & LLM

Development

Projects

Here are some of the projects that I've done.

GenAI


Research Project | LLM Code Similarity

Prof. Shouvick Mondal

Utilized LLMs to generate code from prompts to test their sensitivity & robustness to mutations (Radamsa). Evaluation metric: CodeBERTScore & CrystalBLEU | Tested LLMs: Gemini-pro(001, 1.5), GPT-(3.5 turbo, 4, 4-omni). Poster accepted in A* ACM International Conference on Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE 2024)

Tech Stack : GCloud Console | OpenAI Playground | radamsa | hugging face

User Documentation | Capillary Technologies

Pre-joining Assignment: Before officially joining Capillary Technologies, I was tasked with developing an LLM-based Q&A System to answer questions related to the User Documentation of Capillary Tech. I implemented the bot using Langchain and created a demo with Streamlit.

Tech Stack : Streamlit | LangChain | OpenAI (embeddings) | FAISS

The Data Analytics Academy Q&A System

It is an advanced platform for data-related courses. Leveraged Google Palm LLM, Langchain, Streamlit, Hugging Face Instructor Embeddings, and FAISS for language understanding, UI, contextual analysis, and efficient database operations. Using a real CSV file as a knowledge base, the system supports human staff in providing quick responses to student queries, fostering a dynamic learning environment through an interactive Streamlit UI.

Tech Stack : Google Palm LLM | Langchain | Streamlit | Hugging Face Instructor Embeddings | FAISS

The Financial News Analysis Tool

It is a web application designed for extracting insights from financial news articles. It features URL input for loading articles, LangChain integration for enhanced data understanding, embedding vector construction using OpenAI's embeddings, and FAISS similarity search for efficient information retrieval. Users can interact with ChatGPT for queries and receive answers based on analyzed news articles.

Tech Stack : Streamlit | LangChain | OpenAI (embeddings) | FAISS

ML/DL


Bayesian Structural Time Series

Prof. Nipun Batra

Applied BSTS on generative & weather dataset and compared it with benchmark time series models -ARIMA & SARIMA

Tech Stack : ARIMA | SARIMA | statsmodels

Inter IIT Tech Meet 11.0: Mid-Prep PS

Utilized advanced techniques such as Yolov7 for object detection and EasyOCR for text recognition to create Smart ICU Solutions in the healthcare industry. The pipeline's features included k-means clustering and DBSCAN clustering to improve graph digitization.

Tech Stack: Yolov7 | EasyOCR | k-means clustering | DBSCAN clustering

Stock Market Prediction

Achieved 1st Place in ML Hackrush-23 challenge. Developed a stock price forecasting project for three subsidiaries of TGD - TGD Consultancy, TGD Automobiles, and TGD Power. Utilized AI and advanced algorithms, employing techniques such as hyperparameter-tuned linear regression, ensemble learning, PCA for dimensionality reduction, and LSTM stacking to optimize profit maximization in the stock market.

Tech Stack: Hyperparameter-tuned Linear Regression | ensemble learning | PCA | LSTM stacking

Databases


Placement Managemnet System

Designed and implemented a Placement Management System for IIT Gandhinagar, utilizing Flask, HTML, and CSS. Employed MySQL for efficient backend database management, optimizing the placement process.

Tech Stack: Flask | HTML | CSS | MySQL

Business


Case Study : Spotify

This project delves into a comprehensive case study on Spotify. Employing SWOT analysis and user-centric frameworks, the initiative focuses on refining market positioning and enhancing social features.
The strategic use of RICE models ensures precise prioritization of innovative requirements over a 3-month period, resulting in a compelling solution roadmap with UI/UX concepts. The project concludes with the establishment of measurable success criteria to gauge the effectiveness of proposed changes.

Entrepreneurial Project | Blue Swan

Build a Sales optimization platform for perishable commodities in Indian food and bakery segment Leveraged advanced analytics for trend analysis, supply-demand prediction, and sales forecasting Benefitted 2 bakeries by improving their sales prediction from 40% to 15% deviation from actuals using Transformer-based architecture for time series forecasting.

Tech Stack: Custom Transformer based architecture | PowerBI for Data Visualization

Achievements


Poster Acceptance - FSE 2024

The poster for our one of the course projects under Prof. Shouvick Mondal was accepted at the prestigious A* ACM International Conference on Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE 2024).

Second Runner Up - Aira Forgemasters Hackathon

Achieved third prize amoung 15 teams in the Aira Forgemasters Gen AI Hackathon organized by Capillary Technologies during my internship at the company.

HackRush-23 - ML Hackathon

Secured 1st Position in IITGN's Annual Machine Learning hackathon HackRush

Dean's List

Awarded the prestigious Dean's List award for excellent academic performance in Semesters VI, V, VI, VIII

National Bootcamp at Bangalore

Top 5 finalist at IDE 4.0 National Bootcamp in Bangalore for an authentic Technology-driven Startup Idea


Courses and Certifications

Courses at IITGN

Course Name Course ID Professor
Data Structures and Algorithms ES102 Prof. Manoj Gupta
Operating Systems CS301 Prof. Abhishek Bichhawat
Machine Learning ES654 Prof. Nipun Batra
Databases CS432 Prof. Mayank Singh
Probabilistic Machine Learning ES661 Prof. Nipun Batra
Natural Language Processing ES613 Prof. Mayank Singh
Project Course [Poster] CS499 Prof. Shanmuganathan Raman
Project Course [Poster] CS499-I Prof. Shouvick Mondal
Project Course [Report] CS399 Prof. Shouvick Mondal

Online Certifications

Certification Name University/Platform
Deep Learning Specialization by Andrew Ng DeepLearning.ai
Business Analyst Experience Program Finlatics
Proficiency in Python Technology Rajesh Patkar Institute of Software Engineering
Introduction to Data Science University of Michigan
Applied Machine Learning in Python University of Michigan

Contact Me

Contact me here

In case of any queries, internship or project opportunities, enquiries, etc. contact me here.

Email

: kevin.shah@iitgn.ac.in

Education

: IIT Gandhinagar

Mobile Number

: +91 70457 69850

Languages

: English, Hindi, Gujarati