Hello, I'm

Arjun Pulivarthi

AI/ML Developer. Entrepreneur.

Bengaluru, India

About me

Highly motivated and solutions-driven Computer Science undergraduate specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Proven expertise in building real-world applications across financial forecasting, cybersecurity, recommendation systems, and IoT-based payment solutions. Co-founder of a student-focused edtech startup, with demonstrated leadership in ideating, developing, and pitching scalable digital products. Adept in Python, Flask, SQL, and ML libraries, with experience in Explainable AI (XAI), time series modeling, and NLP. Passionate about solving impactful problems through innovation, with a strong portfolio of hackathon-winning projects and client- facing prototypes.

PythonJavaUI/UXMachine LearningDeep LearningComputer Vision Natural Language ProcessingTime-Series ForecastingExplainable AI Backend APIsSQLPrompt EngineeringGit

Experience

Research Intern — NIT Puducherry

May 2025 – Present

AI/ML systems for heavy-vehicle contexts; literature review, data pipelines, and model implementation.

CTO & Engineering Lead — UniGrid

Jan 2025 – Present

Backend architecture (Flask, MongoDB/SQLite), parent/teacher/student apps, RBAC, pilot deployments.

Web Developer Intern — Mast Mobile Media

Jan 2023 – Jun 2023

Modernized responsive pages, SEO tweaks, and interactive features across the web stack.

Projects

UniGrid – RFID/NFC Campus ID & Payments

Full-stack student ID + cashless payments: RBAC dashboards, Razorpay top-up, Twilio SMS alerts, receipt printing, ERP sync; pilot-ready.

Stock Market Price Predictor

Short-term stock forecasting with engineered indicators, XGBoost + LSTM; Streamlit UI.

AI Defect Detection — Polymer Welding (NDE)

SEM image processing with texture features (GLCM/LBP), filters & thresholding; ~93% defect classification.

Deepfake Detection Software

CNN-based deepfake detector with explanation heatmaps; Flask demo for interactive testing.

Network Threat Identifier (Real-time)

Three-node, fault-tolerant design; CNN-based packet behavior classification + live dashboards.

Gesture Articulation & Recognition

Real-time static + dynamic hand-gesture recognition using MediaPipe landmarks and DL.

Urban Forge — AI Toolkit for Urban Planning

Floor-plan generation, plot price prediction, and a negotiation chatbot with maps-driven features.

AI IPL Win Predictor (Realtime)

Ball-by-ball win probability with engineered features; Streamlit app for live match insights.

IoT-Based AI Farming System

Crop recommendations + automated drip irrigation; voice chatbot; weather-aware scheduling.

Insight Flow — Virtual Meeting Analysis

Six-Thinking-Hats role detection with a custom RoBERTa (“HatBERT”) and live WebSocket tracking.

Sakhi Samriddhi — Menstrual Health AI + Chatbot

Cycle prediction and guidance chatbot; 1st place at KLE GirlGeekHack 2023.

Café Management System (GUI)

Tkinter + MySQL desktop app for menu/order management with tax-inclusive billing and receipts.

Timetable Maker — Auto Class Scheduler

Python tool to auto-generate weekly school timetables with constraint-based logic.

Leadership

Chairperson — IEEE Student Branch

Jan 2024 – Jan 2025

Built university-wide community; ran conferences, workshops, and ML events.

Chairperson — IEEE CIS Chapter

Dec 2023 – Apr 2024

Organized AI/ML workshops, coding comps, and expert lectures.

Organizational Lead — ICIQ-24 (DSU × LeTourneau)

Mar 2024

Core organizing team for a 30-hour international hackathon (60+ teams, 200+ stakeholders).