Nihar Shah
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Nihar Shah

he/him

4rth year undergraduate at IIT Gandhinagar

ACHIEVEMENTS

Awards & Scholarships

  • Asha-Chandrakant-Navarkar Scholarship of Rs. 1,00,000 for strong research caliber and future potential for Academic Year 2024–25.
  • Institute Donor Scholarship of Rs. 1,00,000 for strong research caliber and future potential for Academic Year 2025–26.
  • 1st Position in Computer Vision Challenge at IIT Gandhinagar’s Annual Hackathon HackRush 2026.
  • Awarded the Dean’s List award in Semester II and Academic Citation in semester VI and VII for excellent academic performance and maintaining 9 or 9+ SPI in 5/7 semesters.

University Performance:

  • Felicitated with Dean’s List award in Semester 2 for excellent academic performance, IITGN
  • ML/DataScience: Machine Learning (A- or 9/10), Data Centric Computing (A- or 9/10)
  • Math: Numerical Methods (A or 10/10), Linear Algebra and Single Variable Calculus (A or 10/10), Ordinary Differential Equations (A or 10/10), Matrix Methods(A or 10/10), and Calculus of Several Variables(A- or 9/10)
  • Signals and Systems: Digital Signal Processing(A or 10/10), Signals, Systems and Random Processes (A- or 9/10)
  • DSA: Intro to Computing(A- or 9/10), Data Structures and Algorithms 1 (83/100 and B or 8/10).
  • Computer Architecture: Digital Systems (A or 10/10)
  • Others: Principles and Applications of Electrical Engineering(A or 10/10), World of Engineering(A or 10/10), Intro to Electrodynamics(A or 10/10), Analog & Mixed Signal Circuits(A or 10/10), Design Innovation and Prototyping(A- or 9/10)

Admission Test Rankings:

  • Secured an All India Rank of 3068 in Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Adv.) conducted by IIT Bombay under the guidance Joint Admission Board(JAC).
  • Secured 99.12 percentile in JEE(Joint Entrance Examination) Mains conducted by National Testing Agency(NTA).
  • Scored 314/390 in BITSAT(Birla Institute of Technology and Science Admission Test) examination .
  • Secured 99.85 percentile in MHTCET(Maharashtra Health and Technical Common Entrance Test) examination .
  • Secured an All India Rank of 392 (171/240) in MET(Manipal Entrance Test) .

Skills

  • Programming Languages : Python, C, C++, C#, Verilog
  • Libraries : Streamlit, Tensorflow, Scikit-learn, Pytorch, Seaborn, Matplotlib, OpenCV, Numpy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Sci-Py, TSFEL.
  • Other Tools : Xilinx Vivado, Android Studio, Git(Basic), TinkerCad, Latex, Unity, Autodesk Fusion360, MATLAB.