Pratyusha Biswas

Bangalore

With 7 years of experience and a drive rooted in determination and resilience, I bring both technical depth and genuine care for people to every project I take on — most recently developing a Real-Time Gesture Recognition System that reflects my passion for purposeful, hands-on innovation. I approach my work with a quiet diligence and structured mindset, staying grounded in practical outcomes while keeping an eye on the bigger picture. Whether collaborating with a team or building independently, I hold myself to a high standard while remaining kind and dependable in everything I do.

Experience

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Real-Time Gesture Recognition System

Personal Project · Feb 2026 – Feb 2026

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• Designed and implemented a real-time hand gesture recognition system using OpenCV and MediaPipe to capture 3D landmark coordinates and translate natural hand movements into programmable interaction commands.
• Built a feature extraction and classification pipeline to accurately map predefined gestures to audio control actions, optimizing processing speed to maintain low latency and stable real-time performance.
• Integrated the recognition framework with a dynamic audio playback engine, ensuring seamless gesture-based control under varying lighting conditions while maintaining robustness and high frame accuracy.

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Overthinking Simulator | Interactive Web Visualization

Personal Project · Dec 2025 – Dec 2025

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• Designed and developed an interactive web-based visualization system that simulates recursive human decision-making patterns by dynamically generating multi-level branching structures using structured JavaScript logic and state-based rendering.
• Implemented advanced node expansion algorithms with adaptive spatial positioning and collision detection mechanisms to prevent visual overlap, ensuring clarity and scalability during continuous recursive growth of complex decision trees.
• Integrated animated transitions, depth-aware traversal logic, and responsive UI rendering techniques to model layered cognitive reasoning processes while maintaining performance efficiency and an intuitive user interaction experience.

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AI-powered Moodboard Generator | Image Processing & Unsupervised Learning

Personal Project · Nov 2025 – Dec 2025

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• Developed an AI-powered moodboard generation system using Python and external image APIs to dynamically curate and assemble themed visual collections based on user-defined keywords and contextual aesthetic preferences.
• Implemented K-Means clustering for dominant color extraction and built an automated layout rendering pipeline to generate visually balanced compositions with structured spatial alignment and color harmony.
• Designed modular backend architecture with robust input validation, exception handling, and optimized processing workflows to ensure scalable performance and consistent high-resolution output generation.

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Event Booking System | Full-Stack (MERN)

Academic Project · Nov 2025 – Nov 2025

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• Designed and developed a full-stack event booking platform using the MERN stack, enabling users to browse events, manage reservations, and securely complete ticket transactions through a responsive and scalable web interface architecture.
• Architected RESTful APIs with JWT-based authentication and role-based access control, ensuring secure session handling, protected route management, and structured communication between distributed frontend and backend components.
• Engineered optimized MongoDB schemas and implemented transactional booking workflows with concurrency control mechanisms to prevent overbooking while maintaining real-time availability updates and database consistency.

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Capstone Project | Data Analysis & Dashboarding (Python, SQL, Cognos)

IBM Data Analyst Professional Certificate · Jul 2025 – Aug 2025

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• Performed end-to-end data analysis including data collection, cleaning (Python/SQL), and exploratory analysis.
• Created visualizations using Matplotlib and Seaborn to extract actionable insights.
• Built interactive dashboards in IBM Cognos Analytics for business reporting.

Data Analyst Professional Certificate

IBM · Jul 2025 – Aug 2025

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• 11-course Specialisation; gained practical experience in Python, SQL, Excel, and Cognos Analytics through real-world projects, involving data cleaning, analysis, visualization, and building interactive dashboards to present insights effectively.
• Learned key concepts of data analytics, roles, and the data lifecycle.
• Applied Excel functions, pivot tables, and charts for basic analysis.
• Built interactive dashboards and reports to present insights.
• Gained programming skills in Python for data manipulation and automation.
• Completed a hands-on project applying Python to analyze and visualize data.
• Used SQL to query, filter, and manage structured datasets.
• Conducted exploratory data analysis and statistical testing using Python libraries.
• Created impactful visualizations with Matplotlib, Seaborn, and Folium.
• Performed end-to-end analysis and dashboarding on a real-world dataset.
• Explored how generative AI can enhance efficiency in analytics.
• Built professional profiles, resumes, and prepared for data analyst interviews.

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Minor Project | Cat breed classification using CNN

KIIT Bhubaneshwar · Dec 2024 – Mar 2025

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• Designed and trained a deep learning-based image classification system using MobileNetV2 with transfer learning to accurately distinguish between multiple cat breeds across diverse real-world image conditions and backgrounds.
• Built a comprehensive preprocessing and optimization pipeline including resizing, normalization, augmentation, and selective layer fine-tuning, improving model generalization, stability, and validation performance.
• Developed a Flask-based RESTful API for secure image upload and real-time inference, integrating backend prediction logic with a responsive frontend interface that displays structured outputs and confidence scores.