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Aahwaan Khullar · Selected portfolio
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Cashify

1–21 December 2025 · Gurugram

Data Analytics Intern · Tech Team

I studied pricing and demand in India’s refurbished smartphone market. I cleaned and analysed anonymised transaction data in Python, SQL and Excel, conducted exploratory data analysis and built visualisations.

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Regression models in R and Python examined device model, condition, region and promotional periods. I compared regional and seasonal patterns and presented pricing and regional-strategy recommendations to the Tech Team in a final report.

PythonRSQLExcel
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EchoShield

2024–2025 · Shiv Nadar School

Team Lead · School Capstone Innovation Competition

I led a 5-member multidisciplinary team building a sound-dampening face mask for voice privacy in public. We used Arduino microcontrollers for active noise reduction.

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Multiple prototypes in Fusion 360 tested acoustic foams and 3D-printed TPU and PLA for insulation, fit and comfort. This is where I learned Fusion 360. Semi-Finalist, Shiv Nadar School Cross-Campus Colloquium (2024). A field visit to Amrita Hospital formed part of the project’s on-ground exploration.

The EchoShield team during a field visit with Amrita Hospital staff
Field visit to Amrita Hospital · EchoShield
Inside a 3D printer: a curved black printed shell held up by tree supports, beside a small light-grey printed piece
Acoustic shell on the print bed · EchoShield prototype
A 3D printer build plate from above: a light-grey printed piece with an embedded sound-wave graphic, and a curved black shell resting on tree supports
Sound-wave motif piece and shell iteration · EchoShield
Fusion 360ArduinoAcoustic design
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Seema Mittal Foundation

2025–2026

Technology & Digital Initiatives Contributor

I contributed an AI chatbot using IBM Watsonx and Dialogflow to automate information delivery, and worked on an accessibility review and website restructure with the Foundation’s tech manager.

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The restructure focused on donations, initiatives and events. I also delivered digital literacy workshops for community beneficiaries.

IBM WatsonxDialogflowAccessibility
Community work
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NYAS Junior Academy

Member since 2025 · Challenge September–November 2025

Selected Member & International Team Lead

Following competitive selection, I led a team from India, Russia, Ukraine and the USA in the Fall 2025 Solar Power Innovation Challenge.

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Our AI-Powered Smart Grid Balancer forecast solar generation and demand from weather, consumption and grid data, redistributing energy via smart inverters, automated switches and battery storage. I coordinated across time zones. We completed all 4 milestones, including the results worksheet, executive summary and final presentation.

Machine learningEnergyInternational collaboration
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Innovation Incubators Club

2024–2025

Founder & President

I founded the school’s first entrepreneurship club and grew it to 50 Grade 10 members.

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We ran 25+ peer-led sessions on startup fundamentals, pitching, early-stage investing and business innovation.

EntrepreneurshipPeer learningLeadership
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An index of curiosities
HomeData science, economics, and building for people.AboutThe questions, interests and education behind the work.WorkProducts, research and ventures built around real questions.GroovAbilityA sensory-friendly fitness app for neurodiverse children.Syncora WearablesA discreet SOS wearable and app for women’s safety.Swachh BharatOne sanitation policy, two questions: stakeholder framing and declared versus measured outcomes.ResearchFinTech cybersecurity, adaptive interventions and policy research.More workCashify, EchoShield, Seema Mittal Foundation, NYAS and Innovation Incubators.ExperienceInternships at EY, Cashify and AIS, and academic programs.AchievementsAcademic honors, research recognition and entrepreneurship awards.WritingElysian and Surprise Success: editing and writing about entrepreneurship.RésuméEducation, honors, research, projects, experience and skills.ContactResearch collaborations, GroovAbility partnerships and conversations.CommunityGroovAbility partnerships, digital literacy and peer-led entrepreneurship.Data-Driven Cybersecurity Risk Assessment in FinTech: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Breach Patterns, Vulnerability Factors and Financial Impact, 2008–2025Accepted · Princeton Journal of Pre-Collegiate ResearchData Breaches and Cybersecurity in Fintech — A Comprehensive AnalysisPublished · IJISRT · April 2025From Accessibility to Prediction: A Data-Driven Framework for Designing Adaptive Digital Interventions for Neurodiverse ChildrenResearch paper · CREST Gold Award 2026GroovAbility: A Visual-Guided Fitness System to Improve Motor Skills in Neurodiverse ChildrenPilot study paper · 2025–2026A Computational Text Analysis of Stakeholder Framing in the Swachh Bharat MissionUnder review · Journal of Emerging Investigators (JEI)Declared vs. Measured: ODF Declarations and NFHS-5 Sanitation Outcomes across 704 Indian DistrictsWorking paper · In developmentCREST Gold AwardSwachh Bharat Mission research: an NLP pipeline with VADER, TF-IDF and LDA on a 55-document corpus, with EY mentorship.CREST Gold AwardGroovAbility: a sensory-friendly fitness app integrating adaptive digital interventions and real-world pilot testing.Accepted · Princeton Journal of Pre-Collegiate ResearchData-Driven Cybersecurity Risk Assessment in FinTech: a mixed-methods analysis of breach patterns, vulnerability factors and financial impact, 2008–2025.Academic Excellence · Grade 9Mathematics Excellence — 91%+ in both terms.Academic Excellence · Grade 10CBSE 96.8% overall; Subject Topper in German.Academic Excellence · Grade 11Mathematics Excellence (A1, 91%); Subject Topper in Physics and German, batch of 100.Grade 12 Predicted Scores · 97%Predicted Class XII aggregate of 97% for the 2027 graduation, CBSE.Semi-Finalist · ARSSDCAsian Regional Space Settlement Design Competition, Bangkok; one of 31 Indian school teams. Finance & Business Development Lead.24th Rank · HUSO IndiaHarvard Undergraduate Science Olympiad; Top 50 in Round 1.HKIMO · Silver & Merit AwardsSilver Award in National Heats (60th percentile+, qualified for International Finals); Merit Award in International Finals (20th percentile+).75% Merit ScholarshipShiv Nadar School, Grades 11–12.SAT · 1550Math 800 · EBRW 750.TYE · Delhi 1st, National 1st, Global Top 6Syncora: Global Top 6 of 400+ teams across 30+ chapters.Semi-Finalist · Cross-Campus ColloquiumEchoShield · Shiv Nadar School.State-level chess playerChess is a longstanding personal interest alongside mathematics.