Summary
Work History
Education
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Kanika Pai

Kanika Pai

Student
Bengaluru

Summary


Hardworking Student offering part-time work experience and extensive knowledge of core subject matter. Meticulous and detail-oriented with excellent observational, organizational and communication skills.

Work History

Intern

Strand Life Sciences Private
05.2025 - 06.2025

Developed a user-friendly analysis tool to evaluate gene-level coverage metrics from TRQC files, aiding in the interpretation of next-generation sequencing (NGS) data for oncology research Integrated sample-specific coverage insights and visualisations to identify lowcoverage regions in cancer-associated genes Tech Stack: ReactJS, Python, MySQL

Education

Bachelors in Technology - Computer Science And Engineering(Bioinformatics)

Vellore Institute of Technology
Bangalore
04.2001 -

High School Diploma -

Deeksha
Bangalore
04.2001 -

High School Diploma -

Vidya Shilp Academy
Bangalore
04.2001 -

Skills

Teamwork and collaboration

Accomplishments

CodeCortex Hackathon, VIT University Vellore 2024 Finalist CISCE Regional Swimming Competition 2019 2 silvers and Under-19 girls trophy

Verbattle (Debate) Nationals 2019 Runner up

WFUNA (World Federation of United Nations Associations) 2018-Team Leader, contributed to Sustainable Development Goals 4 and 9 of the United Nations by providing educational aid for the deaf and blind at Sri Rakum School for the Blind, supporting quality education and innovation in inclusive learning

Projects and Research work

Voice Assistant (Ongoing) Built a voice-based personal assistant using Python, integrating speech synthesis (ElevenLabs API) for natural, human-like responses. Implemented features like voice input/output, API-driven interactions, and realtime conversation flow. Gained hands-on experience with Python, REST APIs, environment setup, and voice technology. Yet to build frontend for the web app 


Research on consistent hashing for load balancing (Ongoing) Implemented DxHash Algorithm with HAProxy Designed and implemented DxHash, a memory-efficient consistent hashing algorithm, in Python. Integrated with HAProxy to achieve scalable and fault-tolerant load balancing. Optimized Lookup, AddNode, RmNode, and Scale/Shrink operations for performance and memory efficiency

Timeline

Intern

Strand Life Sciences Private
05.2025 - 06.2025

Bachelors in Technology - Computer Science And Engineering(Bioinformatics)

Vellore Institute of Technology
04.2001 -

High School Diploma -

Deeksha
04.2001 -

High School Diploma -

Vidya Shilp Academy
04.2001 -
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