Amit Kumar

AI Researcher and Team Lead with a strong history of leading multidisciplinary teams to success in national hackathons. Specializes in deep learning model development, LLM fine-tuning, and creating FastAPI endpoints, resulting in significant advancements in predictive modeling. Committed to fostering collaboration and innovation, emphasizing data-driven decision-making and impactful AI solutions.

Call Analyzer, Runner-up project, GitHub Repo: Our solution processes call audio through an AI pipeline that transcribes English conversations, identifies speakers, and analyzes key metrics like sentiment, hold time, and overtalk. The modular architecture uses fine-tuned open-source models for accuracy and easy scalability to other Indian languages., GitHub Project, 2025, White Blood Cell Classifier, Deep Learning Model Development, GitHub Repo: Developed a WBC classifier using MobileNetV2 with custom SK and CAB blocks; achieved 99.46% accuracy on the PBC dataset., GitHub Project, 2024, Plant Disease Prediction, Computer Vision in Agriculture, GitHub Repo: Utilized sequential attention blocks on the PlantVillage dataset for accurate classification of diseases in 38 plant types, with custom filters and kernel tuning., GitHub Project, 2024

• Runner-Up – NIT Rourkela Hackathons
• Hackathon Recognition
• Secured runner-up in two consecutive national-level hackathons at NIT Rourkela. Led AI-centric problem-solving efforts, consistently delivering practical solutions to real-world challenges. Participated in over 10+ hackathons.
• Cohorts: March & April
• 2024 – 2025
• Research Publication (In Review)
• DM-FNet: Novel Deep Learning Architecture
• Achieved state-of-the-art accuracy (99.62%) on PBC and Rabbin datasets for WBC classification. Paper currently under review and expected to publish by June 10, 2025.
• Academic Achievement
• 2024

Founder & Vice President Health and Wellness Leadership Founded and currently lead Fitcon Club to promote health, fitness, and personal well-being among students. Actively mentor peers and organize community wellness initiatives. Fitcon Club, SAC NIT Rourkela Dec 2022 – Present

• I had established the FITCON club under SAC NIT Rourkela, on 3 Sep 2023, with two other members
• this is the official fitness club of NIT Rourkela
• We had conducted two big competitions during my leadership, the NITR powerlifting championship on February 16 and Mr. & Mrs. Fit NITR on March 6, both are successful events with huge sponsorship of 60,000 rupees
• I am the leading member of the Sponsor team