Harshit Agrawal

I am a Software Engineer at Google India working for the Google Workspace Platform. I graduated in 2022 from NIT Trichy and as a web development, machine learning, and deep learning enthusiast, I love developing projects involving computer vision, NLP, and various regression problems. Being a part of Spider R&D (Machine Learning and Algorithms) Club of NIT Trichy, I was surrounded by like-minded people. Together we went through many research papers and work on projects such as Self Driving Car(prototype), Accident Alert, Vein analysis, and many more. Apart from that, I love algorithmic programming and solving complex problems through code.

I participated in the Pragyan Hackathon 2019, conducted in Bangalore. Our Team secured the 2nd Prize with our web application Safe Lanes, which aims to provide the safest route to our users based on past data and by crowdsourcing data through our review system. We also displayed potential crimes and added emergency buttons for quick help.

I participated in Hackverse NITK Surathkal and had a fantastic learning experience there as well. I created a hot word detection model for "help" and emergency services along with multi-feature safety app.

I am intrigued by the fact that a few lines of code have the power to solve numerous problems and make the world a better place to live. The development in the field of Artificial Intelligence drives me to use my skills to work for the betterment of society, especially for healthcare and sustainable development.

The most complex project that I have worked on so far is called DarkSight which won the Sangam Hackathon 2021 under the Defence topic, where we aimed to create a better night vision model using the U-Net model. We worked on creating a computer vision model that can process the input of dark images and converting them through deep learning and image segmentation techniques to convert into brighter and better images. It made me work on my image processing skills, and also we are reading a few research papers to gain better insight into it.

I have a strong desire to work towards my interests and help society in some way with my skills. So, given a chance in this hackathon, I will be able to get much exposure and a fantastic platform to put forth my ideas. Also, I will be able to work on my hack and get to understand the intricacies involved in putting it into production.