MOHD ARIF | CH21B060 | INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS | PR/11/CH/25/060

EDUCATION
Program Institute % / CGPA Year
B. Tech in Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Madras 7.04 2025
Semester Exchange Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal 8.3 2024
Class XII (CBSE) SSP Senior Secondary School, Jaunpur 76.2 2021
Class X (ICSE) St. John’s School Jaunpur 92.3 2019
● Achieved top 6% rank in JEE Advance 2021 and top 3% in JEE Mains 2021, both conducted by IIT Kharagpur
Scholastic ● Secured an impressive AIR 1250 in COMEDK, a competitive exam of Karnataka Professional College Foundation
Achievements ● Led an 8-member delegation to the Parliament of India Delhi, gaining in-hand insights into legislative process
● Selected as a Campus ambassador among 500+ students for the Sonipat Startup Summit2.0 at AIC[1] IIT DELHI
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Exploring the Tsetlin Machine as a potential solution to improve transparency and interpretability in AI models
Research Project
IISC Bangalore ● Researched Tsetlin machines, a cutting-edge ML algorithm that utilizes propositional logic for decision-making
● Evaluated Tsetlin machine accuracy on benchmark data, achieving 6% accuracy increase in pattern recognition
(Aug'23-Dec'23)
● Constructed a transparent AI model, presented at the LSTM Conference 2024, held at Newcastle University
Developed full-stack architecture for an e-commerce platform using React, Node.js, and MongoDB
Software Developer
Online Mandi ● Incorporated RazorPay and Paytm APIs to ensure smooth payment tracking and efficient invoice management
(May'24-July'24)
● Built an impactful merchant app feature with the full-stack integration, yielding the revenue increase by 20%
● Debugged existing middleware and introduced advanced filter options to enhance CMS performance & speed
PROJECT WORK
Developed a Website for a Blood Bank Management system in Rural Areas using Django 3.x framework (CSS)
Blood Bank ● Built a donor registration system with Django's MVT and managing data for 8+ blood types & over 50 locations
Management System ● Managed SQLite using Django ORM, handling CRUD operations for over 1,000 donors with 99% data integrity
● Created a security admin panel using Django,streamlining donor data and blood bank inventory management
Currency Identifier Developed a Currency classification system for visually-impaired individuals with Random Forest & CNN
(Standard Chartered ● Reduced VGG16 trainable parameters by 75% (138M to 34M) with high accuracy 92% using transfer learning
Hackathon) ● Built a <50MB ML pipeline combining Random Forest (100 estimators) and 5-layer CNN for 150x150 images.
● Enabled <0.5s real-time inference and text-to-speech, boosting accessibility for visually impaired users by 76%
Streamlined 3-way interaction between portfolio managers, traders, and brokers in high-frequency trading
High-Frequency ● Built C# .NET app simulating 100+ daily equity trades with ASP.NET Core APIs and SignalR for real-time update
Trading App ● Developed 5 core classes using OOPS principles and integrated SQL Server and MongoDB for data persistence
● Achieved 99.9% order accuracy with 60ms response time and deployed it on Azure Cloud with CI/CD pipeline
Created a maze-solving program using A* & Dijkstra's algorithms, enabling pathfinding & shortest route
Maze Solver ● Implemented A* & Dijkstra's algorithms, achieving a vital 40% reduction in pathfinding time for 50x50 mazes
● Developed a robust comparison framework for analyzing both algorithms across 100 mazes with 98% accuracy
Developed a advance credit risk model that predicts the likelihood of the customer to default a payment
Prediction of
Credit Card Defaulters ● Applied Data pre-processing; Dealt with Skewness, Correlation ,ImbalancedData ,Outliers & implemented PCA
● Ensemble probabilities of models like XgBoost, AdaBoost, Random Forest after tuning their hyperparameters
COURSEWORK & SKILLS
● Introduction to Programming ● Probability & Statistics for ML ● Data Science and ML with Python
Courses ● Principle of Economics ● Introduction to C++ ● Introduction to Data Analytics
● Introduction to Python ● Linear System Optimization ● Deep Learning and Neural Networks
Programming Languages & Frameworks: Python, C, C++, C#, Django, Flask, SQL, Bootstrap, HTML, CSS, FastAPI
Software: MATLAB, Operating System, Android Studio, Jupyter, GitHub, Colab, Latex, PowerBI, AWS[2], Azure
Skills and Tools
Libraries: NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, Keras, Seaborn, Scrapy, Selenium, Beautiful Soup
ML Algorithms: Logit Regression, Decision Tree, Random Forest, XG Boost, and Neural Network: ANN[3] & CNN[4]
Certificates JP Morgan & Chase(Global Finance and Business Management) Accenture(Data Analytics & Visualization)
POSITION OF RESPONSIBILITY
● Led Team Abhyuday for Spaceport America Cup, securing 50 lakh INR in sponsorships & managing the budget
Abhyuday-CFI[5]
● Handled logistics, and accommodation coordination, driving the team to attain a 20th place in global ranking
Project Lead
● Organized the integration of telemetry systems and data analysis tools to enhance flight performance by 10%
● Led a team of 11 people to propose Budget for all the teams of SOC for the Schroeter-Inter Hostel Competition
Finance Head, SOC[6]
● Handled the Money Portal of team; Marketed the SOC merchandise; Handled the Revenue generated by Sales
● Leading a 3-tier team of 18 people with the purpose of fostering a building mindset in the IITM Student Body
NoCode.Club
● Strategized an implementation plan for 3 new initiatives - NoCode.Foundry, NoCode.Camps &Freelance.Hive
Manager
● Building a robust pipeline for insourcing the industrial projects from foreign institutions to the IITM Ecosystem
Shaastra ● Managed Shaastra Exhibitions, coordinating with three companies onboarded handling of over 500 attendees
Events Coordinator ● Directed logistics & execution; providing platform for innovative technology; facilitating industry interactions
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
● Provided academic mentorship to 25+ underprivileged children supported by NGO -The Suvidha Foundation
Social Works ● Guided transformation of 20 tier 3 colleges across the nation in EDD[7] to establish entrepreneurial ecosystem
● Led weekend STEM[8] workshops for over 50 rural students, enhancing digital literacy in nearby remote village
● Won 4 gold medals in individual 100 m and 200 m track events at highly competitive Inter-School Competition
Athletics ● Captained the Inter-School football team to championship victories and volleyball team to runner-up position
● Secured gold medal in 4x400m relay at the inter-school level thereby demonstrating teamwork and leadership
1.Atal Incubation Cell 2.Amazon Web Services 3.Artificial Neural Network 4.Convolutional Neural Network
5.Centre for Innovation 6.Sports Organising Committee 7.Entreprenuership Development Drive 8.Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics