Yuvraj Verma
AI / ML Engineer · NLP & Computer Vision Researcher
Experience
VLED Lab, IIT Ropar · Remote
Researching and deploying scalable AI/ML pipelines on live open-source repositories targeting critical gaps in India's education ecosystem, with direct commit authorship. Under Dr. Sudarshan Iyengar, Associate Professor, IIT Ropar.
Reaching Sky Foundation · Remote
Built a BERT-based multi-label classifier to detect mental-health disorders from user posts using attention mechanisms. Managed and optimized a responsive website with technical SEO to improve visibility and engagement.
BreakOut AI · Remote
Built an AI-powered tool for data and web insights that processes datasets, performs intelligent web searches, and uses LLMs to extract user-defined information through a streamlined interface.
Codesoft Technologies Pvt. Ltd. · Remote
Performed exploratory data analysis on large datasets to identify patterns and trends, and built machine-learning models for classification and regression problems.
Postman · Remote
Certified Student Expert with experience in API scripting, workflow validation, and test automation using Postman tools.
Projects
Developing a hybrid RNN–Transformer model to enhance language-modeling efficiency in low-resource settings — optimizing parameter use, memory footprint, and inference latency without compromising accuracy.
Fine-tuned Qwen2-VL-2B with 4-bit QLoRA (Unsloth) on IDRiD to grade diabetic retinopathy with structured clinical explanations on a single 6 GB GPU — accuracy 31.1%→66.0%, QWK 0.00→0.76. Released a 2,064-pair VQA dataset and model on Hugging Face with an ACL-format paper. Tech: PyTorch, Unsloth, QLoRA, Gradio.
End-to-end fake-news classifier (TF-IDF + linear models) reaching 0.99 F1 / 0.9995 AUC on a held-out test set — fully reproducible, unit-tested with GitHub Actions CI, Gradio demo, and a source-leakage analysis. Tech: Python, Scikit-learn, Pytest.
AI evaluation system using BERT & SBERT for semantic scoring of descriptive answers, with OCR for handwritten text — reducing manual evaluation time by 70%+. Built under Dr. Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay (REC Kannauj). Tech: Python, TensorFlow, Hugging Face, OpenCV, Flask, Streamlit.
AI-driven system to detect road hazards, lane deviations, and obstacles for biker safety using deep learning and computer vision.
BERT-based multi-label classifier detecting disorders such as anxiety and depression from text using NLP and attention mechanisms.
LLM-powered tool for dataset processing, intelligent web search, and structured information extraction through a clean interface.
YOLOv8 system for vehicle detection, speed estimation, and collision-risk prediction with real-time alerts and object tracking.
CNN-based face-recognition model using OpenCV and FaceNet embeddings for accurate identity verification.
Education
Rajkiya Engineering College, Kannauj
CGPA 7.5. Coursework: Digital Electronics, Microprocessors & Microcontrollers, DSP, Control Systems.
IIT Madras
Mathematics for Data Science, Statistics, Advanced Python, AI & Machine Learning.
Skills
Languages
Python, R, C++, C, Java
ML / DL Frameworks
TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, Scikit-learn, Hugging Face
Computer Vision
OpenCV, YOLOv8, FaceNet, CNNs, Object Detection & Tracking
NLP & LLMs
BERT, SBERT, Transformers, Attention, Multi-label Classification, LLM Integration
MLOps & Tools
MLflow, TensorBoard, JupyterLab, Colab, NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn
Deployment & Databases
Flask, Streamlit, REST APIs, Postman, Neo4j, SQL
Achievements
National Finalist (top 2% of 40,000+ participants) at the GUVI–HCL Buildathon for innovation and AI-driven problem-solving.
Leadership
Training & Placement Coordinator
REC Kannauj · Sep 2024 – May 2026
Google Student Ambassador — Gemini
Google India · Sep 2025 – Jan 2026
Core Member, GDSC
IIT Madras · Jan 2023 – Dec 2024
IEEE Student Member
Branch STB11540 · Jun 2024 – Jun 2025
Certifications
Stanford & DeepLearning.AI — ML Specialization, TensorFlow for AI/ML/DL (2024)
Google — Prompting Essentials (2025), Cloud Foundations (2024)
Neo4j Certified Professional (2025) · Postman API Fundamentals (2024)
LinkedIn Learning — Generative AI (2025) · IBM — Data Science · HackerRank — Python (2023)
Languages
English — Fluent (IELTS B2) · Hindi — Native