• Hi.
    I'm Vishal.

    And I love Bold Ideas. I am a proponent of First Principles thinking.

  • Reality is
    negotiable!

    Outside of science and law, all rules can be bent or broken, and it doesn’t require being unethical. - Tim Ferriss

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About Me

Who Am I?

Hi I'm Vishal Raj. I am a 3rd Year undergrad at IIT Kharagpur. My life is built around principles( Sounds aristrocatic? Serious? ), which I refactor with every new experience in the world. Being in Electrical Engineering Dept.( classes average 26hrs/week ) has taught me how to manage tough schedules( Academics ) with things that also matter ( Competitive Programming, Building Stuff, My StartUp Ideas ). Using my principled approach, I have managed to get a C.G. of 9.62 and maintain decent Coding Skill despite the hellish schedule of Department. I strongly believe that Reality is Negotiable and that one needs to be Bold to change the general perception.

Competitive Programming

Software Engineering

Web Development

Machine Learning

Academics

Education

Major in Electrical Engineering Department, C.G. - 9.62 2017-Present

IIT Kharagpur

Bachelor of Technology, Electrical Engineering
Coursework :

  • Signals and Networks
  • Analog Electronic Circuits
  • Digital Electronic Circuits
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Electrical Technology

Higher Secondary Education 2015-2017

Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1 Ichapur

Examination Board : CBSE
Percentage score : 94.3%
Percentile : Within Top 5% of more than 1 million candidates who appeared.

Secondary Education 2003-2015

Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1 Ichapur

Examination Board : CBSE
CGPA : 10/10
Percentile : Topper (Rank 1) among more than 1.3 million candidates.

Academics

Academic Achievements

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  • Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojna (KVPY) : Won the prestigious KVPY scholarship in 2016 from the Government of India for outstanding performance in the field of Science and Mathematics
  • JBNSTS Scholar 2017 : Awarded Rank 2 among all students in Final Camp. This scheme caters to the development of creative undergraduate students studying Basic Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in registered institutions of West Bengal.
My Specialty

My Skills

I have always loved exploring different things and finding out what really sinks in. I have had my hands dirty with competitive programming, web development, machine learning. Hence, I might not be exceptional in any one of them, but am pretty above average for most of the spheres. I am a fast learner, and get a hang of things quite easily.

Frontend

  • React JS
  • Node JS
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Responsive Design

Programming Languages

  • C++
  • Python
  • Javascript
  • C#
  • C

Web Scraping

  • Selenium
  • Beautiful Soup 4
  • Chrome Webdriver
  • Ruby
  • Nokogiri

Machine Learning

  • Tensorflow
  • Keras
  • NumPy
  • Matplotlib
  • SciPy
Campus Size in Acres
Founded In
QS World Ranking
NIRF India Ranking
Experience

Work Experience

Artificial Intelligence Team March 2017 - March 2019

Kharagpur Robosoccer Students’ Research Group

Working on Autonomous Coordinated Soccer Playing SSL Bots using Artificial Intelligence. The research objective of the group is to build and study cooperative multi-agent systems in highly dynamic adversarial environments.

Honors and Awards

Honors and Awards

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With C.G. 9.62, Positioned 4th among 100+ students in Department of Electrical Engineering.

Nominated as the best volunteer of NSS for the year 2018-19 for exceptional contributions to the field of social service and hospitality, among 1000+ volunteers.

Extra-curriculars

Extra-Curricular Activities

My first game Pixel Crash made with Unity and C# garnered 500+ organic download within 1 week of launch.
  • National Service Scheme :
    • Won the Best NSS Volunteer award among more than 1000 volunteers, among 16 units.
    • Raised about Rs 11k charity for Kerala Relief Fund, and got applauded by the Director, IIT Kharagpur.
    • Organized 4+ Book Distribution, Cloth Distribution campaigns in Ayodhyagarh village, Kharagpur.
    • Organized literacy & healthcare rallies in Ayodhyagarh village, Kharagpur, with 100+ footfall.
    • Actively worked as a part of 30+ men crew to build a pitch road in Ayodhyagarh; applauded by NSS Chief.