Lovnish Verma lovnishverma

About Me

class LovnishVerma:
    def __init__(self):
        self.role = "Project Engineer (AI/ML)"
        self.organization = "NIELIT Ropar (Deemed to be University), Punjab, India"
        self.domain = ["AI/ML Engineering", "Research Engineering", "e-Governance AI"]
        self.specialization = [
            "Generative AI & LLMs",
            "Computer Vision & Deep Learning",
            "Full-Stack AI Deployment",
            "Edge AI & IoT",
            "Blockchain Systems"
        ]
        self.tech_stack = {
            "ml_frameworks": ["PyTorch", "TensorFlow", "Keras", "Scikit-learn", "XGBoost"],
            "llm_stack": ["LangChain", "HuggingFace", "Transformers", "RAG", "LoRA/QLoRA"],
            "cv_tools": ["YOLOv8", "OpenCV", "Dlib", "Face Recognition"],
            "backend": ["Flask", "Django", "FastAPI", "Node.js"],
            "frontend": ["React", "Next.js", "Streamlit", "Gradio"],
            "databases": ["MongoDB", "PostgreSQL", "MySQL", "SQLite", "Redis", "ChromaDB"],
            "cloud_edge": ["AWS", "GCP", "Docker", "NVIDIA Jetson", "ESP8266"],
            "blockchain": ["Ethereum", "Solidity", "Web3.js"]
        }
        self.impact = {
            "students_trained": 800,
            "govt_officials_trained": 400,
            "publications": 5,
            "hackathon_rank": "2nd Runner Up (1,552 teams)"
        }
        self.contact = "princelv84@gmail.com"
    
    def current_focus(self):
        return [
            "Production RAG pipelines for institutional knowledge systems",
            "LLM fine-tuning and quantization for edge deployment",
            "MLOps pipelines with model monitoring and A/B testing",
            "Multimodal AI (vision + language) for e-Governance",
            "Agentic AI workflows for autonomous decision systems"
        ]
    
    def collaborate_on(self):
        return [
            "AI/ML Research (papers, experiments, benchmarks)",
            "Open-source ML tools and frameworks",
            "e-Governance AI solutions at scale",
            "Edge AI and embedded intelligence",
            "Blockchain + AI hybrid systems"
        ]

Technical Architecture

AI / ML & Deep Learning

Generative AI & LLMs

Full-Stack Development

Databases & Vector Stores

Cloud, DevOps & Edge

Blockchain & Web3

Programming Languages

Featured Engineering Projects

🧠 Brain Tumor Detection AI

Production CNN-based MRI Analysis System — 95%+ Accuracy

TensorFlow Keras CNN Flask MongoDB Hugging Face Spaces

End-to-end medical imaging pipeline: MRI upload → preprocessing → classification → report generation
CNN architecture optimized for medical imaging with data augmentation and transfer learning
REST API backend with Flask; deployed on Hugging Face Spaces for public access
MongoDB for patient record management and diagnostic history tracking

🤖 NIELIT AI Assistant

Domain-Specific Fine-tuned SLM on Llama-3.2-1B

LLaMA-3.2-1B SFT LoRA Gradio Hugging Face

Full fine-tuning pipeline: institutional data curation → tokenization → LoRA adaptation → evaluation
Eliminates hallucination by grounding responses in verified institutional knowledge base
Lightweight 1B parameter model optimized for CPU inference without GPU dependency
Custom Gradio interface with streaming responses and conversation history

🔗 SecureCert — Blockchain Certificate Verification

Ethereum-based Anti-Forgery Certificate System

Flask Django Ethereum Solidity Web3.js SQLite

Smart contract architecture for immutable certificate storage on Ethereum testnet
Complete DApp: certificate issuance (institution), verification (public), revocation (authority)
Web3.js integration for blockchain interactions; MetaMask wallet authentication
Dual-backend system: Flask for API, Django for admin dashboard and certificate management

🚦 SmartLane AI — Traffic Management

YOLOv8 Dynamic Signal Optimization + Emergency Detection

YOLOv8 CNN OpenCV Streamlit Computer Vision

Real-time 4-way intersection optimization using dynamic signal timing algorithms
Emergency vehicle detection and priority routing with YOLOv8 object classification
Traffic density estimation with vehicle counting and flow analysis
Streamlit dashboard with live video feed processing and analytics visualization

👤 Face & Emotion Attendance System

Real-time Face Recognition + Emotion Detection Pipeline

Python OpenCV Dlib CNN Streamlit SQLite

Multi-face detection and recognition pipeline with anti-spoofing measures
Real-time emotion classification (7 classes) using CNN-based facial expression analysis
SQLite backend with attendance logs, reports, and analytics export
Optimized for classroom-scale deployment with sub-second recognition latency

📚 Intelligent Book Recommender

NLP Sentence Transformers on Large-Scale Goodreads Dataset

Sentence Transformers NLP Semantic Search Gradio Hugging Face

Semantic similarity engine using all-MiniLM-L6-v2 embeddings on 10K+ book corpus
Sub-second plot-based recommendation with vector similarity search
Interactive Gradio UI with filters for genre, rating, and publication year
Hugging Face Spaces deployment with zero infrastructure cost

💉 Diabetes Risk Predictor

Ensemble ML for Early Diabetes Risk Assessment

Scikit-learn Ensemble ML Pandas Streamlit Hugging Face

Stacked ensemble combining Random Forest, XGBoost, and Logistic Regression
Feature engineering pipeline with clinical domain knowledge integration
Risk scoring system with explainability using SHAP values
Production deployment on Hugging Face Spaces with REST API endpoint

📊 NIELIT Training Analytics Dashboard

Live Analytics: FutureSkills PRIME × DTE Punjab

Flask Plotly Folium Hugging Face Pandas

Real-time analytics dashboard tracking 79 faculty across 19+ polytechnic colleges
Interactive Punjab map with Folium markers showing institutional distribution
Dynamic charts for completion rates, performance metrics, and trend analysis
Automated data pipeline from training records to visual insights

🏭 NIELIT Smart Lab — IoT Automation

Production ESP8266 Home Automation with OTA Updates

C++ (Arduino) ESP8266 DHT11 REST API OTA Firmware HTTP Auth

Dual appliance wireless control with relay-based switching and safety mechanisms
Environmental monitoring: temperature, humidity with threshold-based alerting
Over-the-air firmware updates for remote maintenance and feature deployment
HTTP Basic Auth and endpoint protection for production-grade security

📱 SMS Guard — On-Device Fraud Detection

Flutter + XGBoost On-Device ML (ISEA Hackathon 2026 @ IIT Ropar)

Flutter Dart XGBoost On-device ML Feature Engineering

16,000+ dimensional TF-IDF feature extraction from SMS text data
On-device XGBoost inference in Dart — zero server round-trip for privacy
Real-time fraud classification with confidence scoring and explainability
Built at ISEA National Hackathon, IIT Ropar with production-ready architecture

🧬 Face Recognition Attendance — Edge AI

CUDA-Accelerated Real-time Attendance on NVIDIA Jetson

Python Dlib (CUDA) OpenCV (GPU) NVIDIA Jetson Nano/Orin

Edge-optimized face recognition pipeline using Dlib with CUDA acceleration
Real-time face encoding and matching with SQLite-backed attendance records
Hardware-optimized for resource-constrained Jetson Nano with 4GB RAM
GPU-accelerated inference achieving 30+ FPS on edge hardware

🎓 TalentIQ — ATS Resume Scorer

Flask + Gemini AI Resume Scoring with Auto-Shortlisting

Flask Gemini AI Python Pandas SMTP ATS Parsing

ATS-grade resume parsing with structured data extraction (skills, experience, education)
AI-powered scoring using Gemini API with customizable evaluation criteria
Automated candidate shortlisting pipeline with email notifications
Multi-format support: PDF, DOCX parsing with text normalization

Engineering Arsenal

System Architecture Patterns

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    AI/ML PRODUCTION STACK                       │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                 │
│  ┌─────────────┐    ┌─────────────┐    ┌─────────────────────┐ │
│  │   Data      │───▶│   Model     │───▶│   Deployment        │ │
│  │   Layer     │    │   Layer     │    │   Layer             │ │
│  └─────────────┘    └─────────────┘    └─────────────────────┘ │
│         │                  │                       │             │
│  ┌──────▼──────┐    ┌──────▼──────┐    ┌─────────▼──────────┐  │
│  │ • Pandas    │    │ • PyTorch   │    │ • Hugging Face     │  │
│  │ • NumPy     │    │ • TensorFlow│    │   Spaces           │  │
│  │ • OpenCV    │    │ • Scikit-   │    │ • Streamlit Cloud  │  │
│  │ • Spark     │    │   Learn     │    │ • Docker           │  │
│  │ • SQL/NoSQL │    │ • YOLOv8    │    │ • AWS/GCP          │  │
│  │ • ETL Pipes │    │ • Transformers    │ • NVIDIA Jetson    │  │
│  └─────────────┘    └─────────────┘    └─────────────────────┘ │
│                                                                 │
│  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│
│  │              LLM & GENERATIVE AI STACK                      ││
│  ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤│
│  │ • RAG Pipelines (ChromaDB/Pinecone + LangChain)            ││
│  │ • Fine-tuning (LoRA/QLoRA on Llama/Gemma/Mistral)          ││
│  │ • Quantization (GGUF/ONNX for edge)                        ││
│  │ • Prompt Engineering & Chain-of-Thought                    ││
│  │ • Multi-modal (Vision + Language)                          ││
│  └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘│
│                                                                 │
│  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│
│  │              BLOCKCHAIN & WEB3 STACK                        ││
│  ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤│
│  │ • Smart Contract Development (Solidity)                    ││
│  │ • DApp Integration (Web3.js/Ethers.js)                     ││
│  │ • Certificate Verification (Ethereum)                      ││
│  │ • MetaMask Authentication Flow                             ││
│  └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘│
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Research & Publications

#	Research Title	Venue	Year	Status
1	Design and Evaluation of a DID-Based Accountability Framework for Resource-Constrained IoT Devices	Springer LNNS	2026	Accepted
2	Explainable AI for Web and Text Mining	IJDT	Jan 2025	Published
3	Pioneering Advances in AI, Machine Learning, and Big Data Analytics	Springer Book Chapter	2025	Published
4	Blockchain-Based Certificate Verification System: A Decentralized Approach	Springer LNNS	Jul 2024	Published
5	IoT-Based Remote Control and Monitoring of Electrical Appliances	IJDT	2024	Published

Research Profiles: ORCID | ResearchGate | Google Scholar

Engineering Impact & Scale

Metric	Scale	Description
Students Trained	800+	University-level AI/ML under MeitY FutureSkills Prime
Govt. Officials Trained	400+	e-Governance capacity building under Digital India
Live AI Systems	12+	Production deployments on Hugging Face, Streamlit, PythonAnywhere
Research Papers	5	Peer-reviewed publications (Springer + IJDT)
GitHub Projects	150+	Open-source AI/ML tools and applications
Hackathon Performance	Top 3 / 1,552	Paranox 2.0 National Hackathon — 2nd Runner Up
Institutions Served	19+	Govt. Polytechnic Colleges under DTE Punjab

Professional Journey

🏛️ Project Engineer (AI/ML)

NIELIT Ropar (Deemed to be University) | Dec 2024 — Present

Architect and deploy AI-powered systems for national e-Governance initiatives
Design production ML pipelines: data ingestion → training → deployment → monitoring
Build and maintain REST APIs for model serving at institutional scale
Research collaboration with senior scientists on cutting-edge AI applications
Full lifecycle ownership of AI projects from conception to production deployment

💻 Software Developer

Smiling Walls, Chandigarh | Nov 2023 — Aug 2024

Engineered automated Python data pipelines improving operational efficiency by 40%
Developed and tested edge AI solutions on NVIDIA Jetson Nano and Orin platforms
Built analytics dashboards with real-time visualization and reporting
End-to-end feature development from requirements to deployment

🎓 AI/ML Engineer Intern

NIELIT Ropar, Punjab | Apr 2023 — Oct 2023

Developed NLP, computer vision, and predictive analytics models
Integrated ML models into production web interfaces (Flask, Django, Streamlit, Gradio)
Contributed to AI capacity-building workshops aligned with Digital India goals

Education

Degree	Institution	University	Year
B.Tech, Computer Science & Engineering	Green Hills Engineering College	HPTU	2020 — 2023
Diploma, Computer Engineering	Govt. Polytechnic Sundernagar	HPTECH	2017 — 2020

Certifications & Recognition

Certification	Issuer	Date
Smart India Hackathon 2025 — Evaluator	Govt. of India & AICTE	Dec 2025
Paranox 2.0 National Hackathon — 2nd Runner Up (1,552 teams)	TechXNinjas	Nov 2025
Certificate of Competency: AI on Jetson Nano	NVIDIA	Nov 2025
Python Developer (~300 Hours)	freeCodeCamp	Feb 2026
Python Essentials 1	Cisco & OpenEDG	Jan 2026
CyberShikshaa Fundamentals	Microsoft & DSCI	2025

Content & Community

Platform	Handle	Focus
🎥 YouTube	@lovnishverma	AI Engineering deep-dives & tech content
✍️ Medium	@lovnishverma	AI/ML engineering blogs & tutorials
💼 LinkedIn	lovnishverma	Engineering updates & professional network
🤗 Hugging Face	lovnishverma	Model demos & ML Spaces
📊 Kaggle	lovnishverma	Data science notebooks
🌐 Portfolio	lovnishverma.in	Projects, blog & research
⚔️ LeetCode	lovnishverma	Algorithmic problem solving