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AKSHAY GOVIND S
(+91) 944-560-4248
me22b102@smail.iitm.ac.in
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Education
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras
Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, 2022–2026 (expected)
- GPA: 9.72/10.00; Dept. Rank: 1/227
- Perfect 10 GPA in 3rd & 5th semesters
- JEE Mains Rank 1424; JEE Advanced Rank 1849
Publications
- Akshay Govind Srinivasan, Ryan George et al., “Enhancing Financial RAG using Agentic AI and Multi-HyDE: A Novel Approach to Information Retrieval and Hallucination Reduction,” Conf. on Language Modelling (Under Review), 2025.
- Santhosh G S, Akshay Govind Srinivasan et al., “IndiCASA: A Dataset and Bias Evaluation Framework for LLMs Using Contrastive Embedding Similarity in the Indian Context,” AAAI/ACM Conf. on AI, Ethics, & Society (Under Review), 2025. Advisor: Prof. Balaraman Ravindran, Dept. of Data Science & AI, IIT Madras
- Sahil Girhepuje, Siva Sankar Sajeev, Akshay Govind Srinivasan et al., “RE-GAINS & EnChAnT: Intelligent Tool Manipulation Systems for Enhanced Query Responses,” Under Review at ∗CL Conference, 2024.
Patents
- Ruthwik Chivukula, Akshay Govind Srinivasan et al., “Gradient-based Regularisation for Inverse Design of Airfoils Using Deep Learning,” Application No. 202441093218, 2024.
- Akshay Govind Srinivasan, Ryan Jacob George et al., “Systems and Methods for Agentic-Based Retrieval-Augmented Generation,” Application No. 202541024879, 2025.
- Sahil Girhepuje, Siva Sankar Sajeev, Akshay Govind Srinivasan et al., “Data Generation Techniques for Tool-Based LLM Applications,” Application No. 202441079904, 2024.
Professional Experience
Media and Data Science Research Intern, Adobe Inc., Noida, India
May 2025 – Present
- Developing scalable agentic pipelines for video extraction
- Exploring behavior simulation in video extraction
AI Engineering Intern, Sarvam.AI, Chennai, India
Jun 2024 – Jul 2024
- Built scalable agentic QA pipelines for healthcare
- Developed multi-agent systems for conversation data generation
- Conducted red-teaming against data-poisoning threats
- Delivered a PoC pipeline to 500+ users
Awards and Prizes
- Mrs Jayashree Ananth Prize (Best Academic Record Sem 3 & 4), 2025
- Kiran Award (Best Academic Student), Indian Soc. of Non-Destructive Testing, 2024
- Sakura Science Fellowship, JST Japan, 2024
Projects
- High-Speed Depth Prediction in Low-Light Scenes, SPAD imaging (Ongoing under Prof. Kaushik Mitra), May 2025–Present
- Meta-Lens Defect Characterization, Data-driven (Ongoing under Prof. Prabhu Rajagopal), Jan 2025–Present
- Stable Diffusion XL Inference Framework, Feb 2025–May 2025
- GeoAwareGPT, Geo-spatial data for India (Top 30/3,464 at BAH 2024), May 2024
- OntoLLM, NL interface for ontology reasoning (Apr 2024–Jun 2024)
- PolyGapFormer, Polymer band-gap prediction (Top 3, ML for Band Gap), Feb 2024
- PrecisionCredit, Tree-based risk model (Top 10% at Convolve 2024), Nov 2023
- Process Optimization for Aspherical Lens, Course Project ME2300, Apr 2024
Courses Taken
Advanced Topics in AI, Modern Computer Vision, Reinforcement Learning, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Computational Heat & Fluid Flow, Control Systems, Automation in Manufacturing, Heat Transfer, Energy Conversion Systems, Foundations of Fluid Dynamics
Technical Skills
- Programming: Python, C++, MATLAB, FORTRAN, Bash
- Tools & Frameworks: scikit-learn, pandas, PyTorch, TensorFlow/Keras, ONNX, Docker, AWS, GCP
Volunteering
- Led 16 students at InterIIT Tech Meet 13.0
- Led UDAAN campaign for agro-entrepreneurship in rural Tamil Nadu
- Organized Heal-Thy campaign on carbon-credit awareness