ArnavAngarkar
GSoC '26 @ FOSSASIA · Speaker · 4x Hackathon Winner
Full-stack engineer and ML researcher. I ship production open source, build autonomous systems, and deploy models that replace million-dollar solutions.
About Me
Arnav Angarkar — CS undergrad at IIIT Dharwad. GSoC '26 at FOSSASIA. ISRO IROC AIR 3. Linux Foundation Scholar. 4x hackathon winner. Published researcher in quantum error correction.
Speaker at FOSSASIA Summit 2026. I build full-stack platforms, deploy ML models that replace commercial solutions, and architect real-time streaming infrastructure.
Education
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Dharwad
B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering
- Focus areas: Machine Learning, Systems Programming, Algorithms.
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Dharwad
Minor in Quantum Information Science & Technology
- Quantum Computing minor covering quantum algorithms, error correction, and quantum information theory.
Loyola High School & Junior College, Pune
SSC
- PASCH Juku Scholarship Alumni (2021 batch) — awarded for German language excellence.
- Member of PASCH – Schulen: Partner der Zukunft, an international network of schools.
Work Experience
May 2026 – Presentvoxbento.com
Google Summer of Code 2026 – FOSSASIA
RemoteGSoC Contributor | VoxBento
- Selected as a GSoC 2026 contributor to architect VoxBento from scratch – a distributed, low-latency multilingual audio platform for conference-scale virtual and hybrid events, deployed and tested on Linux server infrastructure.
- Designed and implemented a concurrent multi-channel audio routing system using WebRTC, Jitsi, and MediaMTX – core multimedia/audio-codec pipeline work; engineered synchronization primitives to coordinate real-time audio streams across parallel language channels without drift or race conditions.
- Built end-to-end horizontally scalable speech pipelines: concurrent Speech-to-Text, translation, subtitle generation, and Text-to-Speech; coordinated via asynchronous event-driven processing with Redis pub/sub for inter-service synchronization.
- Engineered scalable backend microservices with Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and Redis on Linux; designed distributed interpreter management and language-routing logic for conference-scale multilingual audio delivery.
- Presented distributed systems architecture and engineering trade-offs as a speaker at FOSSASIA Summit 2026, and live-demoed VoxBento at Wikimania Paris 2026 to attendees from the global Wikimedia community.
October 2025 – Presentgithub.com/fossasia/eventyay
FOSSASIA
RemoteProject Maintainer | Eventyay
- Maintainer of Eventyay, a 6k+ GitHub star open-source conference management platform used by organizations including Wikimedia, PyCon, and numerous international conferences.
- Showcased Eventyay in person at Wikimania Paris 2026 to multiple conference organizers and community members.
- Led development and maintenance across Django and Jinja codebases on Linux, reviewing contributions, merging pull requests, maintaining production stability, and delivering features spanning ticketing, scheduling, and organizer workflows.
- Invited to FOSSASIA Summit 2026 (Bangkok) to present open-source contribution workflows and platform engineering practices.
June 2025 – July 2025
Poonawalla Fincorp
Pune, On-siteML/AI Intern
- Deployed an ML-powered identity verification system integrated into fraud prevention workflows, replacing a commercial solution valued at ~Rs. 2 Cr/year.
- Built custom self-hosted data infrastructure for high-speed vector operations and streamlined identity verification.
- Optimized algorithmic performance for decision accuracy and inference efficiency at enterprise scale.
June 2025 – Present
QWorld
RemoteQuantum Intern | Project Lead
- Leading a QWorld project (PAQ) to build an interactive, game-based learning platform for quantum computing.
- Designing modules on Bell states, CHSH inequality, quantum tunneling, decoherence, and quantum foundations.
- Managing a cross-functional team of 5 to integrate storytelling, quantum logic, and game mechanics.
February 2025 – December 2025campusdabba0.netlify.app
CampusDabba
DharwadFounder & CEO
- Founded and scaled a pre-incubated campus marketplace startup for students to buy, sell, and exchange goods and services.
- Built the full platform end-to-end — Node.js, TypeScript, Next.js, MongoDB, WebSockets — from first commit to production deployment.
- Managed business operations, user acquisition, and product roadmap while leading technical architecture decisions.
- Won 1st Place at DevHack '25 (IIT Dharwad) competing against 500+ applicants across all years.
June 2025 – December 2025
IISc (Indian Institute of Science) – RIMM Lab
BangaloreML/AI Intern | Smart Mirror Project
- Engineered a hybrid virtual try-on pipeline integrating multiple deep learning models for full-body outfit previews with high photorealism.
- Built real-time CV pipelines with MediaPipe and body landmark detection for live webcam-based garment overlay.
- Explored Neural Anthropometry for 3D body rendering and adaptive garment fitting for personalized digital fashion.
- Designed modular ML APIs and GPU-based inference setups for scalable, high-performance try-on experiences.
November 2024 – Aug 2025
ISRO Grand Challenge – All India Rank 3
IndiaProject Manager | Command & Control Systems Engineer
- Led a team in a 10-month deep-tech initiative to design and deploy a fully autonomous UAV Drone—selected among Top 3 teams from 2000+ nationwide.
- Built a custom MAVLink-based GCS with real-time telemetry dashboards, state-aware mission mode transitions, and 3D flight visualizations using WebSockets and Three.js.
- Integrated edge-AI hardware (Jetson Nano), Pixhawk, LiDAR, and depth cameras for SLAM-based navigation, dynamic path planning, and autonomous obstacle avoidance.
- Developed computer vision pipelines using YOLOv5, Depth Anything, DINOv2, and PyTorch for safe landing zone detection and multi-modal perception.
December 2024 – March 2025
IISc – CPDMed TBI (Aarnaq Project)
BangaloreML/AI Intern
- Fine-tuned YOLOv8 for Automatic Number Plate Recognition on a GoK-DULT funded urban mobility project.
- Built reproducible training pipelines with data versioning, augmentation strategies, and hyperparameter sweeps.
- Optimized inference for edge deployment — ONNX export, FP16 quantization, TensorRT acceleration.
November 2024 – April 2025
Brahmand Exploration
PuneResearch Intern & AI Developer
- Built and deployed an AI-powered conversational bot using NLP for automated customer query resolution on the company website.
- Developed predictive models for internal workflows and contributed to front-end/back-end development with performance optimization.
- Revamped brahmandexploration.com into a dynamic digital encyclopedia with improved UX, content accessibility, and site performance.
2022 – Present
Bug Bounty Programs
RemoteSecurity Researcher
- Active contributor to the Netflix, Cursor, 1Password, Udemy, and Google Bug Bounty programs, successfully identifying and reporting security vulnerabilities.
- Discovered and responsibly disclosed vulnerabilities across web applications, APIs, and authentication flows, earning acknowledgements from security teams.
- Developed deep expertise in OWASP Top 10 attack vectors including XSS, IDOR, CSRF, and authentication bypass techniques.
Achievements
PresenterWikimania Paris 2026
Live-demoed VoxBento and Eventyay to global Wikimedia community members and conference organizers.
GSoC ContributorGoogle Summer of Code 2026
GSoC contributor with FOSSASIA; one of ~1,200 selected globally.
View Project →SpeakerFOSSASIA Summit 2026
Invited speaker at one of Asia's largest open-source tech conferences. Presented on architecting real-time multilingual streaming infrastructure.
AIR 3ISRO IROC Grand Challenge
All India Rank 3 in ISRO's national autonomous UAV challenge. Led team through 10-month initiative competing against 2000+ teams.
1st PlaceHACKMAZE '26 — Telemetry Power Governor RTL
Telemetry-driven Power Governor RTL IP for dynamic power management in SoCs. Hardware FSM for adaptive power state transitions.
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1st PlaceDevHack '25 — CampusDabba
Won first place at DevHack at IIT Dharwad with CampusDabba, competing against 500+ applicants across all years.
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3rd PlaceHAL Aerothon — RagVault
Fully offline, privacy-focused RAG system for secure enterprise knowledge management. Zero external API dependencies.
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FinalistHack2Future '25
Only freshman team to qualify for the final round out of 400+ applicants. Received special mention.
Projects
VoxBento – Distributed Multilingual Streaming Infrastructure
May 2026 – Present🌐 voxbento.comWebRTCJitsiMediaMTX+5 more
- Architected VoxBento from scratch as a GSoC 2026 contributor – a distributed, low-latency multilingual audio platform for conference-scale virtual and hybrid events.
- Designed and implemented a concurrent multi-channel audio routing system using WebRTC, Jitsi, and MediaMTX to coordinate real-time audio streams across parallel language channels without drift.
CerebrumAI – Offline-First Multimodal Healthcare Triage Engine
January 2025 – PresentFlutterReactTypeScript+10 more
- Built a privacy-first, AI-powered triage system enabling early detection of mental and cognitive disorders via multimodal inputs (text, image, behavior, voice).
- Designed modular architecture with quantized LLMs (Phi-2, Bio-Medical LLaMA-3-8B) and singleton pattern for real-time model switching and performance optimization.
CampusDabba
January 2025🌐 campusdabba0.netlify.appNode.jsTypeScriptExpress.js+5 more
- Developed a dynamic campus marketplace for students to buy, sell, and exchange goods/services within the college community.
- Implemented secure user authentication and real-time chat functionality using WebSockets.
IIIT Dharwad Official Website
2025 – Present🌐 iiitdwd.ac.inNext.jsTypeScriptAngular+4 more
- Member of the official IIIT Dharwad Website Team — contributing to development and maintenance of the institute's public-facing website.
- Building and improving pages across academics, campus life, and information sections using modern front-end and back-end frameworks.
RagVault – Offline AI-Powered RAG Knowledge Portal
January 2026PythonFastAPIReact+10 more
- Built a 100% offline, enterprise-grade RAG system delivering GPT-4 level document intelligence with zero data leaving the network — solving the privacy-vs-AI dilemma for 78% of enterprises blocked by data regulations.
- Engineered a hybrid retrieval pipeline combining BM25 keyword search (0.3×) with FAISS semantic vector search (0.7×) plus BGE-Reranker-v2-M3 neural reranking, achieving 87% Precision@5 (+19% over vector-only).
Customer Service Conversation Analyzer
March 2024PythonNLPMachine Learning+4 more
- Developed a sophisticated real-time conversation analysis system for customer service calls.
- Implemented speech-to-text using OpenAI's Whisper and sentiment analysis with BERTweet.
AutoML-MLOps Platform Prototype
October 2024H2O.aiMLflowStreamlit+4 more
- Designed an end-to-end AutoML platform with automated model training, experiment tracking, and task orchestration for machine learning workflows.
- Implemented a user-friendly interface using Streamlit and integrated LLM-based bot features for user guidance.
BMP Image Filter
August 2024CCommand LineMakefile
- Developed a command-line tool that applies various filters (grayscale, sepia, reflection, blur) to BMP image files.
- Implemented algorithms to process image data efficiently, ensuring high-quality output while optimizing for speed.
Dynamic API for NoSQL Query
December 2024MongoDBPyMongoPostman+3 more
- Developed a backend API that performs upsert operations (single and bulk operations) in MongoDB. The API allows users to specify collection name, filter conditions, and update fields.
- Implemented flexible input handling for unstructured data in filter and update operations.
Binary Classification Web App
December 2024StreamlitPythonScikit-learn+2 more
- Built a powerful web application using Streamlit to predict binary outcomes, allowing users to classify data points as belonging to one of two classes.
- The app leverages multiple machine learning classifiers, including Support Vector Machine (SVM), Logistic Regression, and Random Forest, to deliver accurate predictions on any given dataset.
Health Hub 360
September 2024FlaskJinjaHTML+3 more
- Developed a digital platform to assist patients in managing booking appointments, and connecting with healthcare providers.
- Implemented features for automated inventory management of medicines in hospitals and clinics.