BITS Goa | CS | CGPA 9.63

Tanay ShethEngineering Experiences That Move Like Worlds

Mumbai, India. CS at BITS Goa. I build high-performance products across real-time systems, AI pipelines, and fest-scale websites. Scroll down to travel chapter by chapter through education, projects, and leadership impact.

CGPA

9.63

JEE Mains Percentile

99.87

MHT-CET Percentile

99.94

BITSAT Score

313

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Education

BITS Goa | B.E. Computer Science

  • CGPA: 9.63
  • SGPA: 9.33 (Sem 1), 9.78 (Sem 2), 9.85 (Sem 3)
  • BITSAT Score: 313
  • Scholarship Holder (BITS Pilani)
Sem 19.33
Sem 29.78
Sem 39.85

Experience

Web Development Coordinator - DevSoc

2026 - Present

  • Lead web development initiatives and define technical direction across all society projects.
  • Manage and develop critical campus platforms: fest gate portal, student registration system, SWD food stall payment portal, and the BITS Goa election portal.
  • Build fest websites from scratch with emphasis on performance, scalability, and user experience.
  • Mentor junior developers and drive client projects to expand the society's real-world impact.
  • Champion engineering culture on campus by establishing coding standards and development workflows.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer - DevSoc

2025 - 2026

  • Developed and scaled high-traffic fest websites (Waves, Spree, Quark) supporting revenues of ₹1-2 crore.
  • Built immersive, interactive frontends using Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and GSAP animations.
  • Delivered bgiies.com as a solo full-stack developer, end-to-end — from architecture to deployment.
  • Implemented authentication systems, role-based access control, admin dashboards, and secure REST APIs.

Experience

Core Placement Committee Member

2025 - 2026

  • Coordinated end-to-end campus recruitment processes with HR teams from 100+ companies.
  • Managed logistics, scheduling, and candidate communications across the full placement cycle.
  • Oversaw drive-day operations — from online assessments through interviews to final offer announcements.
  • Served as the primary liaison between recruiters and students, resolving real-time issues to ensure smooth execution.

Experience

Teaching Assistant - Computer Programming

2025

  • Selected based on top academic performance in the first year to assist course faculty.
  • Taught core programming concepts and problem-solving strategies to first-year undergraduate students.
  • Facilitated live lab sessions — resolving debugging and implementation questions in real time.
  • Strengthened student understanding of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming.

Projects

Production and Research-Oriented Builds

Digital Twin of Solar Panel (DTaaS)

Digital Twin of Solar Panel (DTaaS)

Ongoing | Research project under Prof. Neena Goveas

  • Building a Digital Twin as a Service (DTaaS) platform for real-time solar panel optimization.
  • Designed a four-tier microservices architecture (React frontend, Node.js gateway, Python FMU models, hardware mock) enabling scalable co-simulation with low-latency control loops.
  • Implemented an FMU-based power optimizer (FMI 2.0 compliant) combining adaptive 2D Perturb-and-Observe (MPPT) with radial binary search for precise target-power regulation.
  • Developed event-driven control logic with telemetry-based feedback for stable real-time optimization and dynamic reconfiguration of power targets.
  • Built modular, deployable infrastructure supporting remote lifecycle management, analytics dashboards, and live performance monitoring.

React | Node.js | Python | FMI 2.0

AI-SDR

AI-SDR

Dec 2025

  • Built a vertical AI SaaS platform that automates sales outreach by researching prospects and generating hyper-personalized cold emails.
  • Integrated Google Gemini API via a reasoning-then-drafting pipeline to produce human-quality email outputs.
  • Developed a full-stack system using Next.js, FastAPI, and PostgreSQL (Neon) with Prisma ORM.
  • Implemented secure Google OAuth authentication and protected server-to-server API communication.
  • Built web scraping pipelines with BeautifulSoup to extract company insights and map them to target personas for contextual outreach.
  • Deployed frontend on Vercel and backend via Railway/Docker with a scalable, production-ready architecture.

Next.js | FastAPI | PostgreSQL | Gemini API

Native vs Non-Native Speaker Detection

Native vs Non-Native Speaker Detection

Jan 2026

  • Built an audio-based ML classification system to distinguish native from non-native speakers across a full pipeline — preprocessing, feature extraction, and ensemble inference.
  • Engineered features including MFCCs, spectral characteristics, prosodic signals, and Wav2Vec2 embeddings with VAD and audio segmentation.
  • Implemented stacked ensemble models (Random Forest, SVM, LightGBM, XGBoost, MLP) with meta-learning and probability calibration for reliable predictions.
  • Achieved ~85-92% accuracy through cross-validation, data augmentation, and targeted feature selection to reduce overfitting.

Python | Scikit-learn | Wav2Vec2

Chatty

Chatty

Jul 2025

  • Built a full-stack real-time communication platform as a core DevSoc induction project.
  • Developed using MERN stack (React, Node.js, Express, MongoDB) with Socket.IO for bidirectional messaging.
  • Integrated peer-to-peer video calling via WebRTC (PeerJS) with audio/video controls and session management.
  • Implemented JWT-based authentication with protected routes; managed global state using Zustand.
  • Designed a responsive UI with Tailwind CSS + DaisyUI, including real-time online/offline presence indicators.

MERN | WebRTC | Socket.IO

BGIIES Website

BGIIES Website

2025 - 2026

  • Sole developer for a production-ready client project delivered independently as a DevSoc core member.
  • Built a full-stack application with Next.js and Tailwind CSS, with responsive design and performance optimizations.
  • Implemented role-based access control (RBAC), secure authentication, and protected routing.
  • Designed and built an admin dashboard for content and user management.

Next.js | Tailwind CSS | Auth

Fest Websites

Fest Websites

2025 - 2026

  • Developed high-traffic fest websites using Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and GSAP as part of a collaborative engineering team.
  • Built both the main marketing website and the registration portal, ensuring reliability during peak traffic surges.
  • Delivered the primary digital interface for BITS Goa's largest fests, driving user acquisition and sponsor visibility.

Next.js | GSAP | Tailwind CSS

Languages

C++JavaScriptTypeScriptPython

Frontend

React.jsNext.jsTailwind CSSGSAPHTMLCSS

Backend

Node.jsExpress.jsFastAPI

Databases

MongoDBPostgreSQL

Real-Time

Socket.IOWebRTC

Auth & Security

JWTGoogle OAuthRBACBetterAuth

ML / AI

Scikit-learnLightGBMXGBoostWav2Vec2Gemini API

Tools

GitGitHubDockerVercelRailwayREST APIsPrisma ORM

Core CS

Data Structures & AlgorithmsOOPSystem Design

Achievements

  • 9.63 CGPA (Top of Cohort), 99.87 percentile JEE Mains, 99.94 percentile MHT-CET, BITSAT 313.
  • Merit Scholarship Holder at BITS Pilani.
  • 97.4% in ICSE Board Examinations.
  • Web Development Coordinator at Developer Society (DevSoc).

Positions of Responsibility

  • Web Development Coordinator - DevSoc BITS Goa
  • Senior Software Engineer - DevSoc BITS Goa
  • Core Placement Committee Member - BITS Goa
  • Teaching Assistant - Computer Programming

Interests

Full-Stack Development, Scalable System Design, Real-Time Systems, Engineering Leadership, Applied AI/ML