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Founding Engineer @ Cultz.
CSE @ NIT Calicut.
Data Science @ IIT Madras.
Things I have built
SELECTED WORK / 12 REPOSITORIES
Experiments, team builds, and things that made it out of the notebook.
Architected and built an end-to-end platform for evaluating the fairness, transparency, and compliance of machine learning models.
Architected and built an end-to-end platform for evaluating the fairness, transparency, and compliance of machine learning models.
Implemented sensitive attribute detection, disparate impact measurement, proxy feature identification, and fairness metric computation.
Google AI Solution Challenge
Contributed to a full-stack hyperlocal e-commerce platform supporting vendor onboarding, order management, AI-powered search, Razorpay payments, refunds, and inventory management.
Contributed to a full-stack hyperlocal e-commerce platform supporting vendor onboarding, order management, AI-powered search, Razorpay payments, refunds, and inventory management.
Collaborated in a four-member team on separate buyer, vendor, and admin portals.
DevFusion 2.0 · IIT Bombay
Built the desktop GUI and implemented WebSocket/REST connectivity for a Docker-based distributed computing platform supporting remote code execution across worker nodes.
Built the desktop GUI and implemented WebSocket/REST connectivity for a Docker-based distributed computing platform supporting remote code execution across worker nodes.
CODEinit 2026 · NIT Calicut
Chrome extension for intelligent email management and inbox organization, focused on automated categorization and workflow assistance for high-volume inboxes.
Chrome extension for intelligent email management and inbox organization, focused on automated categorization and workflow assistance for high-volume inboxes.
AZ Chrome Extension Hackathon
Computational tool for exploring biological data and extracting insights from gene-related datasets, built to examine the overlap between biology and data analysis.
Computational tool for exploring biological data and extracting insights from gene-related datasets, built to examine the overlap between biology and data analysis.
ChangeMaker Hackathon
AI-assisted healthcare tracking concept focused on organizing and monitoring patient data, developed during Convolve 4.0 and shortlisted for the second round.
AI-assisted healthcare tracking concept focused on organizing and monitoring patient data, developed during Convolve 4.0 and shortlisted for the second round.
Collaborative Bengaluru emergency-simulation project with interactive road-network exploration, traffic scenarios, and hospital/fire-service access analysis.
Collaborative Bengaluru emergency-simulation project with interactive road-network exploration, traffic scenarios, and hospital/fire-service access analysis.
Python · CustomTkinter · OpenStreetMap
Led Team DedSec’s geospatial prototype for reviewing thermal anomalies with NASA FIRMS observations, industrial context, map-based evidence, and analyst-approved owner alerts.
Led Team DedSec’s geospatial prototype for reviewing thermal anomalies with NASA FIRMS observations, industrial context, map-based evidence, and analyst-approved owner alerts.
Python · FastAPI · React · TypeScript · PostGIS · MapLibre. Functional prototype, not a validated fire alarm.
Extended a CHIP-8 emulator with LAN multiplayer Pong, host/join menus, networking, and automated network/UI tests.
Extended a CHIP-8 emulator with LAN multiplayer Pong, host/join menus, networking, and automated network/UI tests.
C++ · SDL2 · TCP. Built on the TatHack-Tathva CHIP-8 starter.
Team-built VS Code extension for codebase health reports, dependency visualization, AI-assisted review, documentation, and security findings. Contributed deployment, backend configuration, and integration fixes.
Team-built VS Code extension for codebase health reports, dependency visualization, AI-assisted review, documentation, and security findings. Contributed deployment, backend configuration, and integration fixes.
TypeScript · Python · FastAPI · D3.js · IBM watsonx. IBM Bob Hackathon 2026.
Streamlit application for exploring uploaded server-log CSVs, visualizing page views and status codes, and analyzing website traffic.
Streamlit application for exploring uploaded server-log CSVs, visualizing page views and status codes, and analyzing website traffic.
Python · Streamlit · pandas · Plotly · statsmodels
Interactive dashboard for exploring a Zomato restaurant dataset by country, city, and rating, with restaurant counts and visual comparisons.
Interactive dashboard for exploring a Zomato restaurant dataset by country, city, and rating, with restaurant counts and visual comparisons.
Python · Dash · Plotly · pandas
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Python · SQL · Qdrant
Model fairness · Data analysis · AI-assisted workflows
React · Swift / iOS · Python backends
Docker · Git · MySQL · REST · WebSocket
C · Python · JavaScript · SQL
Algorithms · Data structures · Statistics · Linear algebra
Languages, tools, and foundations
Swift (iOS), React, Python backends, Docker, WebSocket, and REST connectivity.
Official Curriculum: NIT Calicut Course Structure
Official Curriculum: IIT Madras BS Degree Academics
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Siddharth Madhavan / Engineer & student
Founding Engineer at Cultz, building a production college event registration platform across iOS, web, and backend services.
Studying Computer Science and Engineering at NIT Calicut and Data Science and Applications at IIT Madras (Online).
My work spans distributed computing, AI fairness, and full-stack platforms. I also lead AI-focused student initiatives as the OpenAI Student Collective Campus Lead at NIT Calicut.
Explore my projects, engineering work, and leadership experience.
Kozhikode, Kerala
Develop and maintain a production event registration platform used by colleges, building features across Swift (iOS), React, and a Python backend.
Implement new functionality and resolve production issues across mobile clients and backend services, working with a cross-platform engineering team to design, test, and deploy updates.
Selected as 1 of 100 Campus Leads across India for the inaugural cohort. Serve as Campus Lead at NIT Calicut, organizing AI-focused workshops, community sessions, and student initiatives.
Student Executive Council · IIT Madras BS
Managed the end-to-end House Council election process, coordinating nominations, vetting, campaigning, voting, and result declaration through the institute’s election portal.
Oversaw election administration supporting 147 nominations, 67 accepted candidates, and 3,242 votes, while resolving candidate queries and communicating procedures and timelines.
National Institute of Technology Calicut
Started August 2025 · Expected August 2029
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Online)
Started May 2025 · Expected December 2029
Independent fan-inspired portfolio, inspired by Persona 3 Reload and deltea’s pause-menu recreation. Background music: Color Your Night, supplied by the owner. Interface sounds supplied by the owner.
Character illustrations based on my photos. Complete classic portfolio ↗
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