Rahul Ajith Kumar
+91-920-562-0886 | rahul21083@iiitd.ac.in | rahul2042 | okayrahul | New Delhi, IN
Education
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi | New Delhi, IN 2021 – 2025
Bachelors of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering (Minors in Design)
Indian High School | Dubai, UAE 2020 – 2021
Class XII (Central Board of Secondary Education)
Experience
Teaching Assistant - User Experience Design of XR New Delhi, IN
IIIT Delhi Aug 2024 – Dec 2024
• Conducted bi-weekly workshops for 30+ students, significantly enhancing their technical proficiency and XR
development skills.
• Evaluated student projects and examinations, providing detailed feedback and tailored guidance, thereby directly
contributing to their readiness for industry roles.
• Improved student satisfaction ratings by 25% (validated through semester-end feedback surveys).
Software Development Intern Remote
Cornell Tech, New York City May 2023 – August 2023
• Redesigned and optimized backend components of the Represent Bihar website, decreasing API response times by
30% and user engagement through high-fidelity UI prototypes.
• Spearheaded the design and prototyping process for Represent India, an expanded initiative of Represent Bihar,
prioritizing intuitive user experience and increasing user interaction.
• Developed a collaborative map-based visualization tool in partnership with Living Lightly Organization, focusing
on enhancing accessibility and user experience through effective UI/UX principles.
Publications
NavigAR: Enhancing Localized Space Navigation Using Augmented Reality, DOI, May 2024. Built
an interactive AR navigation system leveraging Unity, Blender, and Spline for improved spatial orientation and
campus wayfinding.
Projects
FindReviewer – Automated Reviewer Matching Platform | Project Report
◦ Built a semantic reviewer matching platform leveraging PostgreSQL, FastAPI, and React to automate
reviewer-paper assignments based on actual publication history from the DBLP dataset.
◦ Integrated a large language model (LLM) for structured metadata extraction from uploaded research papers
(PDF/DOI) enabling precise, targeted reviewer searches.
◦ Implemented advanced search functionality using semantic embeddings and JSON-based queries, ensuring
efficient, scalable, and accurate reviewer matching.
Storify - Music Suggestion Application | GitHub
◦ Developed a web application that uses image recognition and a custom-trained ML model to tag emotions in user
photos and integrated Spotify API for emotion-based music recommendations.
◦ Improved emotion recognition accuracy from 40% to 77% by employing CNNs and deep learning with FER-2013
datasets.
Agentec – AI Automation & Agent Management Platform | Pitch Deck
◦ Developed a real-time AI agent management platform, addressing critical industry needs identified through
feedback from managers at Microsoft, Fidelity, and ProactAI.
◦ Enhanced enterprise adoption via centralized dashboard, onboarding flows, and intuitive agent directory.
◦ Conducted extensive usability testing and incorporated peer feedback to refine user interfaces, terminology clarity, and
navigation flows, improving overall user experience and accessibility for both technical and non-technical users.
Skills & Technologies
Languages: Python (3.x), Java, SQL, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, C#
Technologies: PyTorch, Ubuntu/Linux, Git, LATEX, Jupyter Notebook, Unity, OpenCV, Blender
