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AI Engineer — Punya Mittal

VIT Chennai · Machine Learning · Systems that Ship

Punya Mittal is an AI Engineer and Computer Science student at VIT Chennai. His work covers AutoML, RAG, LLM security, emotion-aware agents, and agri-AI research — with evaluation and deployment as first-class goals.

Punya Mittal is a currently studying B.Tech CSE student at VIT Chennai (batch 2024–2028) and AI Engineer with documented results: Code Red 1st place (ACM-W VIT Chennai), 4th place at ANNAM.AI Hackathon 2025 (IIT Ropar / Ministry of Education CoE), NPTEL Top 1% (IIT Kanpur), MSME Idea Hackathon Top 40, SRIP research selection, and founder of Y-SoC.

AI projects

REHAB

REHAB (सीखो और बढ़ो) tackles engagement gaps in rehab programs for underaged children. Piloted at SPYM Rehabilitation Centre, Daryaganj under MY Bharat. Emotion feedback shifted from Confused → Happy; verified by the centre and supported by the District Youth Officer, Central Delhi.

  • EdTech
  • Voice UI
  • Emotion AI
  • Hindi-first

AUTO ML PIPELINE

Context-aware problem canonicalization, multi-gate ethics/feasibility checks, semantic dataset discovery, AutoML (RF / LightGBM / XGBoost), and automated code generation. Evaluated on 33 problems: Acc/R² 0.690, F1 0.746, ~5 min E2E, 85% unsafe-task filtering. Research paper in prep with Garv Bansal & Vaibhav Raj.

  • LLMs
  • AutoML
  • Python
  • Responsible AI

GEAR LAB PRO

Constrained multi-objective gear-ratio optimization with traction limits, event simulation (Accel / Skidpad / Autocross), voice commands, offline fallback, mobile trackside UI, and RPM-driven engine sound synthesis. A digital race engineer for FS teams.

  • React
  • Optimization
  • AI
  • Motorsport

HOSPITAL RAG

Worked with hospital IT on digital pen / dot-paper digitization of handwritten records, vendor workflows, and AI/ML training for handwriting. Built a RAG chatbot over hospital docs and researched private open-source LLM deployment for healthcare privacy.

  • RAG
  • LLMs
  • Healthcare IT
  • Knowledge Base

KAI

Kai simulates emotions, long-term memory, personality, and regulation — designed to feel less like a chatbot and more like a digital personality. Explores human-centric applied AI research.

  • LLMs
  • Python
  • Memory Systems
  • Ethics

LLM GUARD

Defense-in-depth: ML detector on 100k+ prompts, rule filters, benign whitelisting, confidence escalation. ~99–100% recall, <2% FN, >50% FP reduction. Hybrid verdict engine for agent/tool safety.

  • ML
  • LLM Security
  • Python
  • Cybersecurity

CRISPROOTS

Redesigning Indian agriculture with AI-powered precision: gene-editing insights + real-time digital twin ecosystems for sustainable farming. Built for ANNAM.AI Hackathon 2025 (4th place) at IIT Ropar — CoE of the Ministry of Education.

  • AgriTech
  • AI
  • Digital Twins
  • Sustainability

Related placements

Competition placements, certifications, and programs — listed as recorded, not ranked claims.

  • CODE RED #1

    1st place — ACM-W VIT Chennai hackathon

  • ANNAM.AI 4TH PLACE

    4th place — ANNAM.AI Hackathon 2025 · CoE of Ministry of Education @ IIT Ropar

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  • NPTEL TOP 1%

    Conservation Economics · 100% · Top 1% of 5240 (IIT Kanpur)

  • MSME TOP 40

    MSME Idea Hackathon 5.0 — Top 40 nationwide (VIT Chennai)

  • GENAI FINALIST

    Top 30 / 400+ · ML Mumbai GenAI Hackathon · FinTech build

  • HACKRONYX 35

    Top 35 / 8000+ · National finals with HackWithIndia

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