Monish Kamtikar

Experience

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  Team Pro-Karters

  Mar 2021 - Sept 2021

  Chassis - Member

  • Engaged with Club Prokarters to delve into my passion for Automobiles, immersing myself in the chassis department. Acquired in-depth knowledge about diverse alloys utilized in chassis construction, various chassis types, frame structures, and material standards. Mastered fundamental concepts like triangulation, jacking in a cart, caster, camber, weight transfer, and ride height.• Guided a team during the club's internal hackathon, leading the planning and development of a go-cart within a strict 24-hour window. Acquired expertise in documentation, cost management amid predetermined financial constraints, honing skills to plan and pitch an engineering project from scratch. Demonstrated effective teamwork, problem-solving, and adept people management skills throughout the demanding 24-hour hackathon. Show less

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  Innovation Hub ( Student's Innovation Council MIT WPU)

  Oct 2021 - now

  • Managed multiple exam department projects, serving as both a web developer and a managerial liaison, ensuring seamless project completion. Acted as a crucial link between the institution, team leads, and developer teams, facilitating successful deliveries of various exam department projects.• Led as the frontend web developer for an institutional incubator cell's website. Functioned as a project manager, exerting influence in steering project directions, significantly contributing to its trajectory. • Led a team of over 5 developers as the lead frontend developer for the club's portfolio website. Managed a high-pressure situation, delivering the product within an exceptionally tight schedule of less than a week. This quick turnaround was pivotal for a crucial club meeting, contributing significantly to the growth and advancement of the student-run club.• Orchestrated and Co-Organized technical seminars on Cybersecurity, Software Development Practices, and the significance of Data Structures and Algorithms as well as technical events for the club like the "Innovation Fair" etc. Collaborated with team members to coordinate intra-club and intra-university hackathons, fostering a culture of product and project development among students. • Volunteered as a recruiter, for interviewing new computer science enthusiasts to join the club, offering innovative opportunities for exploration and growth. Show less • Spearheaded the development of the Verification Module, revolutionizing MIT-WPU's exam department by crafting a versatile web portal. Engineered an app, integrating React, Firebase, Python, and Replit Servers, enhancing functionalities like report generation and efficient database maintenance.• Demonstrated leadership in hackathons, securing prizes exceeding Rs. 1L and obtaining substantial research funding. Led multiple successful teams to hackathon penultimate stages, showcasing adept leadership and problem-solving capabilities.• Actively engaged in intra-club seminars, honing skills in Data Structures, Algorithms, and attending workshops on LinkedIn, GitHub, Resume Building, Technical Documentation, Guidance to select domain etc. Show less

  • Mentor

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Core Committee Member

    Jan 2023 - Jun 2023

  • Computer Science Department - Member

    Oct 2021 - Dec 2022

  • Operations Department Member

    Oct 2021 - Sept 2022
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  Kotak Mahindra Bank

  Jun 2022 - Jul 2022

  Data Analyst Intern

  • Analyzed a real world banking dataset of 1 Million+ records using Machine Learning algorithms, for consumer segmentation and clustering for personalized offering of services and products for the consumers using 5+ different features.• Researched different personal finance management concepts and behavioral finance concepts like 25+ types of nudges and 15+ behavioral biases to analyze the cluster and the services that can be offered in depth.

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  Dr.Vishwanath Karad MIT WORLD PEACE UNIVERSITY|PUNE

  Aug 2022 - Apr 2023

  Research Assistant

  • Conducted comprehensive literature reviews and contributed to designing system modules for an innovative patent on an IoT-based health tracking and monitoring systems. aiding in successful completion, filing, and granting.• Played a pivotal role in critical stages of development, verifying results, and managing administrative tasks, including comprehensive documentation, within a laboratory setting, demonstrating proficiency in research, innovation, and project management.

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  HackMIT-WPU

  Jan 2023 - Mar 2023

  Technical Department Head (HackMIT-WPU, 2023)

  • Spearheaded the dynamic development and maintenance of the hackathon website, ensuring real-time updates aligned with event progress.• Analyzed and managed data from 1000+ participants across initial hackathon stages, facilitating informed decision-making.• Efficiently gathered and processed data, culminating in rapid computation of hackathon results for 300+ teams within a record 6-hour timeframe post-event.• Co-led the comprehensive organization of the hackathon over a 3-month period, overseeing student registrations, result computation, and prize allocation. Show less

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  National Informatics Centre, MeitY

  Jan 2023 - Jun 2023

  Engineering Product Intern

  • Partnered with the Indian Ocean Computerized Information System (IOCIS) development team for designing and implementing essentials about Port State Control (PSC) activities, to optimize the system.• Utilized AI and PHP-MySQL skills to improve the efficiency of the ship-search operation for a better user experience. Interpreted the ship inspection codes and the constraints that they have on the IOCIS system and coordinated with the Senior IT Director.

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  Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)

  Oct 2023 - Mar 2024

  NLP Research Intern

  • Explored various pre-trained Large Language Models and optimal prompting methodologies through research. Investigated the significance of neural networks in training diverse generative AI models, analyzing their role in the process.• Assessed pre-trained LLMs for domain-specific tasks and curated textual data for fine-tuning LLMs accordingly.