Kartikey & code.
A cybersecurity student's working notebook — models, commits, love.
About.
Hi, I'm
Kartikey Porwal.
Dual-degree B.Tech–M.Tech in CSE (CyberSecurity) at UP State Forensic Science Lucknow. I like transformers, hyperspectral data, and shipping small useful web things on the side.
~ currently a Research Intern at IIIT Nagpur. Reads papers, writes code, ships side projects — in that order.
Education.
Integrated B.Tech–M.Tech in CSE (CyberSecurity)
2025 – 2030UP State Forensic Science Lucknow
Senior Secondary School (XII)
Passed 2024Gail DAV Public School (CBSE)
Secondary School (X)
Passed 2022Gail DAV Public School (CBSE)
Work history.
IIIT Nagpur
Research Intern — Dr. Swati Hira
Nagpur, India
Assisted on a HSI research project
Contributed to research on a unified hyperspectral image analysis model — pretraining, spectral-spatial attention, and domain adaptation.
Data cleaning & EDA
Performed data cleaning, EDA, and preprocessing on standard hyperspectral benchmark datasets.
Helped with model evaluation
Assisted in evaluating transformer-based and foundation-model architectures for remote-sensing / hyperspectral tasks.
Community work.
Byte Battalion, UPSIFS
Technical Head
Lucknow, India
- Lead technical planning and execution of coding workshops, cybersecurity events, and technical sessions.
- Coordinate technical teams, mentor student members, and oversee club activities.
Nerds Room — Lucknow Chapter
Core Member
Lucknow, India
- Core member of Lucknow chapter, contributing to a 30,000+ nationwide developer community.
- Coordinated workshops, speaker sessions, and community engagement activities for student developers.
Android Lucknow
Core Team — Event Management
Lucknow, India
- Spearheaded coordination and community outreach for a 300+ member developer network.
- Managed end-to-end execution of workshops and meetups.
Matiks & Perplexity AI
Coordinator / Strategist
- Matiks: POC organizing the Matiks League at UPSIFS with 100+ students.
- Perplexity AI: Campus Strategist Partner running on-campus outreach for research tools.
Projects.
Explainable transformer pipeline for soil-property prediction from PIKA NIR hyperspectral imagery. EDA, spectral filtering, PCA, manuscript.
Full-stack roommate & hostel platform. React + TypeScript + Supabase + Firebase auth, real-time listings, onboarding flows.
AI healthcare platform focused on medicine detection and rural-friendly UX for low-literacy, low-connectivity users.
Automated school timetable & teacher-substitution engine. Tracks free periods, generates substitutions in real time on cloud DB.
Field notes.
Explainable Transformer for Soil Chemistry
Co-author (3rd) on a CVIP 2026 submission — spectral attention + physically interpretable wavelength selection for PIKA NIR HSI.
NIT Delhi Summer Research
Selected for the Intelligent Systems & Hardware Security Lab summer research internship at NIT Delhi.
Top 6 at Zen Hack AI, IIIT Manipur
Team finished Top 6 at the Zen Hack AI Hackathon — pitch + build in 36 hours.
DTU × MeitY AI Cyber-Security Audit Tool
Shortlisted for MeitY internship on an AI-assisted cybersecurity audit tool at Delhi Technological University.
Top 8 · BeCon IIT Delhi 2026
Shortlisted from 2800+ teams into the Top 8 at the BeCon regionals hosted at IIT Delhi.
Pitch It Up 2026 & ARIC Finalist
Startup finalist at Pitch It Up 2026 (IIT Patna) and ARIC Pitching (IIIT Gwalior).
Say hello.
Let's build
something.
Open to full-time opportunities, contracts, and interesting projects. Especially if it involves Python, AI, or cyber-security.
✉ kartikeyporwal1106@gmail.com— end of issue №01. thanks for reading. ✎