Kunal Upadhyay
AI/ML Engineer, Full-Stack Developer, and UAV Forensics Researcher based in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Building practical systems at the intersection of intelligence and hardware.
01 // About & Education
I am a philomath and resilient optimist passionate about learning, constructive debate, and leading teams toward practical solutions. My academic and professional work spans artificial intelligence, reinforcement learning, full-stack mobile development, and security forensics on embedded UAV systems.
I currently serve as a Research Assistant working on drone forensics under a SERB funded project, and recently completed an internship at the Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Jodhpur developing drone swarm coordination algorithms.
I enjoy building highly optimized architectures, reverse-engineering files, and developing stealthy agents. When I am not coding, I help lead student development initiatives at college as the founder of the AI/ML Club GitHub Organization.
Govt. Engineering College Ajmer
Affiliated with Bikaner Technical University (BTU)
02 // Expertise
Languages
AI/ML & Forensics
Development
DevOps & Tools
03 // Experience
DRDO AI/ML Intern
Drone Obscuration Project
- Engineered drone swarm technology for radar suppression and concealment of friendly assets in a defense program.
- Successfully developed and trained a reinforcement learning model that enables a swarm of drones to autonomously coordinate and navigate complex, pre-defined flight patterns essential to the obscuration mission.
GEC Ajmer (SERB Funded) Research Assistant
UAV Forensics Project
- Currently reverse engineering the AES-128 encryption of recently generated DJI Mavic 3 ".DAT" flight log files.
- Successfully mapped the new file structure, achieving a key project breakthrough by identifying critical metadata like header sizes, payload lengths, and data chunk blocks.
- Researched and developed Python scripts to parse large-scale legacy ".DAT" files (700MB-7GB), integrating retrieved keychains from the DJI API to establish a baseline for analyzing new encrypted formats.
Captain A1 Security Web Dev Intern
Platform Optimization
- Developed and optimized responsive digital platforms using core web languages in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
- Collaborated closely with client and design teams to deliver required products systematically.
04 // Selected Projects
AgriFlow
Designed a scalable backend with a serverless caching solution projected to reduce API calls by over 70%. Built an interactive mobile app from scratch using React Native with Firebase connectivity for user registration and database management. Developed within 24 hours in a 4-member team.
Multi-Node VPN Gateway
Developed an intelligent, multi-hop SOCKS5 routing gateway over WireGuard. Implemented custom TCP Handshake Racing with SOCKS5 RTT Compensation for dynamic route optimization. Built a Node.js daemon for background proxy management and a Vite/React glassmorphic dashboard for monitoring.
Autonomous Job Agent
Built a production-grade Python system featuring independent per-platform agents (LinkedIn, Wellfound, Naukri, Indeed) for autonomous job discovery and structured data extraction. Engineered a local CPU-optimized RAG pipeline using Sentence-Transformers and ChromaDB for vector storage, alongside stealthy scraping mechanisms with dual-mode authentication.
AI/ML Club Org
Founded and managed a GitHub organization for the college AI/ML club, onboarding and coordinating 30+ student contributors across multiple collaborative repositories. Led project management including tracking submissions, evaluating deliverables, and implementing an automated grading infrastructure.
05 // Certifications
CodeWar 2.0
Govt. Engineering College, Ajmer
Cyber Security, Threat Intelligence & Forensics
MANIT, Bhopal (STTP)
React Certification
HackerRank
Java (Basic)
HackerRank
SQL Certification
HackerRank
2D Animation & Illustration
Govt. Engineering College, Ajmer
CSS (Basic)
HackerRank
HTML Basics
W3docs
Problem Solving (Basic)
HackerRank
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