AADYA UMRAO

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur — B.Tech in Civil Engineering, Minor in Sustainable Energy Engineering (2021–Present)
CGPA: 6.5 (after seven semesters)

XII — Guru Harrai Academy (Grade: 96.25%)

X — Guru Harrai Academy (Grade: 95.0%)

• Ranked among top 1 percentile of 2 million applicants — JEE Mains 2021
• Ranked among top 1 percentile of 0.5 million applicants — JEE Advanced 2021
• Offer letter from University of Birmingham (Postgraduate 2025)
• Gold Medalist & School Topper — IMO (SOF), 2021
• Perfect 100/100 in ICSE Class 10 — Chemistry & Computer Science
• Qualified pre-RMO by Indian Association of Physics Teachers

LULC Analysis using QGIS and NASA Geostress (Aug’24–Nov’24) — Mentor: Prof. Bharat Lohani

• Spectral Reflectance Curve analysis using NASA GeoStress data
• Worked with Landsat, Sentinel, MODIS, Hyperion datasets
• Used FCC for vegetation & land-use classification
• Automated RGB-to-Hex & pixel-selection pipeline
• Developed MATLAB script to process .spectrum files
• Kappa efficiency approx. 97% based on ground truth
• Software used: MATLAB, QGIS, GEE, Planet Labs

Water Quality Analysis of River Ganges Using QUAL2K (Aug’23–Nov’23) — Mentor: Prof. Mukesh Sharma

• Deployed QUAL2K model to assess parameters of Ganges
• Worked with India-WRIS and other databases
• Analyzed water depth, gases and nutrient loads
• Deepened interest in computational modeling

Policy Research on Decarbonisation of Indian Coal Power Plants (Aug’24–Nov’24) — Mentor: Prof. Rajeev Jindal

• Comparative study of global decarbonisation frameworks
• Adapted global strategies to Indian energy sector
• Simulated scenarios with LEAP for emission impacts

Research on Air Quality Index & Pollution Source Analysis (Aug’24–Nov’24) — Mentor: Prof. Anubha Goel

• 5-year dataset analysis across three locations
• Focused on PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2, CO
• Conducted population impact assessment
• Analyzed climate dependencies on pollutant dispersion

Comprehensive Stock Price Forecasting & Economic Analysis (May’24–Aug’24) — Mentor: Prof. Sanjiv Kumar

• ARIMA forecast of Reliance stock prices
• GARCH & LSTM trend modeling
• YOY indicator analysis via VAR model

Translational Neuroscience (Aug’24–Nov’24) — Prof. Pragathi Balasubramani

• Reinforcement learning analysis on 40 participants
• Derived behavior metrics (win-stay, lose-shift)
• K-means clustering on resilience-linked patterns
• 250+ trial simulations with varied RL parameters

Design of Ram Mandir AR/VR Platform (Jan’24–Apr’24) — Prof. Amar Behera

• Developed 3D model in Blender & Unityhub
• Tested on Meta Quest 3 among 50+ users
• Created interactive VR experience

Sustainability Assessment on Anthropogenic Activities (Jan’23–Mar’23)

• Created environmental impact assessment framework
• Developed webpage in HTML + JS
• Hosted during S&T Hackathon

Gender Bias Study on Job Opportunities (Aug’23–Nov’23) — Prof. Esha Chatterjee

• Surveyed 200+ students on career preferences
• Ran regression models to find predictors

Smart Pill Box (May’24–Present) — Design for Industry 4.0

• Developed PIR sensor + load sensor + RTC based tracking
• OLED-based real-time display
• ESP8266 microcontroller integration
• High-accuracy monitoring and modular scalability

Product Development Intern — EHM Consultancy (Jun’24–Aug’24)

• Researched sustainability literacy parameters
• Built India’s first sustainability literacy assessment
• Developed frontend & backend using MongoDB + React

Industry Research Intern — Auxesia Advisors (May’24–Jul’24)

• Researched conversational AI in finance
• Analyzed trends for equity investors
• Developed AI-driven decision support use-cases

Graphic Designing Internship — SMSS Lab (May’23–Aug’24)

• Designed figures for “Advanced Topics in Vibration Control”
• Reviewed 300+ diagrams for accuracy
• Handled layout & communication with authors

Design Coordinator — HAL Camp, SMSS Lab (Jun’24–Aug’24)

• Coordinated 2-month orientation program
• Designed standees & certificates

Head of Design — BanoIAS (Aug’23–Dec’23)

• Designed logos, banners & digital media
• Increased reach by 50% via design strategy

• Programming: Java, C++, HTML, CSS, LATEX, MATLAB, Python, C#
• Software: AutoCAD, Fusion360, Illustrator, Photoshop, Inventor, MS Office, QGIS
• Frameworks: NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, TensorFlow, MySQL

Civil Engineering: Environmental Quality & Pollution, Sustainable Built Environment, Design of Steel Structures, Soil Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Foundation Design, Hydrology, Wastewater Systems

Laboratory Courses: Geoinformatics, Engineering Drawing, Hydraulics, Manufacturing, Electronics, Remote Sensing, Industry 4.0

Electives: Economics, PDEs, Biomaterials, Computational Methods, Social Demography, Biology

Co-ordinator — Society Of Civil Engineers (Jun’23–Jun’24)

• Led team of 40 students & connected with 100+ faculty
• Organised Sankalan’24 with 5000+ footfall

Company Coordinator — SPO, IIT Kanpur (Jun’22–Apr’23)

• Streamlined recruitment of companies like Samsung, Morgan Stanley
• Helped boost PPOs by 33% and international offers by 57%

Events Secretary — Entrepreneurship Cell, IITK (Jun’22–Apr’23)

• Organised events, led PR activities
• Led 25-member team during E-Summit’22

• Myntra WeforShe HackerRamp R1 & R2
• Contingent — Inter IIT Cultural Meet, IIT Madras (2022)
• Flipkart Grid 6.0 — Software Dev Track (2024)
• Completed BCG + PwC Forage Job Simulations

• Secretary — Prakriti (Community Welfare Cell)
• Volunteer — Women’s Cell, IIT Kanpur
• Volunteer — Blanket Drive, Swami Vivekanand Samiti
• Vice-Head — School Cabinet (led 600+ students)