Computer Engineering · Purdue University · Class of 2028

Saachika
Yadav

Building at the intersection of data science, full-stack development, and machine learning. From NLP pipelines at BASF to mobile apps used by 2,000+ employees at Power Grid Corp India.

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At a Glance

3

Classes TA'd

3

Projects Built

3

Internships

2^nd

Year at Purdue

Qualcomm Scholar Open to Work West Lafayette, IN

Professional Experience

Where I've Worked

Aug – Dec 2025

BASF Corporation

Remote

Undergraduate Data Science Researcher

Collected and analyzed 1,000+ high-engagement tweets on U.S. pesticide regulations using Twitter RapidAPI.
Integrated data from multiple APIs with de-duplication and NLP preprocessing, refining to ~1,000 unique tweets.
Applied DistilBERT for sentiment classification and KeyBERT for keyword extraction.
Performed customer segmentation and behavior analysis across regions using ML and data visualization.

May – Jul 2025

Power Grid Corp. India

New Delhi, India

Summer ERP & IT Intern

Contributed to PG-DARPAN mobile app used by 2,000+ employees, building modular UI components for Android and iOS.
Reduced page load times by 25% through optimized React Native components and reusable structures.
Configured and tested apps using React Native CLI and Expo; troubleshot build and runtime issues.
Observed power system operations and SCADA workflows including substation networking.

Jan 2025 – Present

Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

Guided 120+ first-year students in developing problem-solving strategies and engineering concepts.
Provided technical support in MATLAB, Excel, and LaTeX across College of Engineering and Physics & Astronomy.

Technical Projects

Things I've Built

001

ReVal — Career Fair Prep

ReactTypeScriptFirebasePythonClaude API

Full-stack web app with Firestore caching that cuts scraping calls by 60%. LLM prompt pipelines using Claude generate personalized talking points, recruiter questions, and outreach messages. TypeScript resume parser extracts 100+ keywords matched against scraped company data.

002

Personal Portfolio Website

HTMLCSSJavaScriptTailwind

Responsive portfolio with dynamic section-based navigation and an AI-driven chat feature using structured prompt engineering. Accessible, secure frontend with scalable architecture.

003

Handwritten Digit Classifier

Pythonscikit-learnKernel PCA

Compared GNB, KNN, and MLP classifiers on 1,797 digit images across 10 classes — reaching 95.46% accuracy. Applied Kernel PCA denoising on poisoned training data to recover up to 26% lost accuracy.

Technical Skills

My Toolkit

Languages

PythonCJavaScriptTypeScriptHTML/CSS

Frameworks

ReactReact NativeNode.jsExpress.jsPlaywrightBeautifulSoup

Databases

MySQLPostgreSQLMongoDBFirebaseFirestore

ML / NLP

DistilBERTKeyBERTscikit-learnKernel PCAOpenCVpandasNumPyMatplotlib

Tools

Git/GitHubDockerVS CodeViteJupyterEclipse

Protocols

TCP/IPTLSHTTPWebSocketsRESTSocket.io

About & Recognition

Education & Awards

Education

B.E. Computer Engineering

Purdue University, College of Engineering

West Lafayette, IN · August 2024 – May 2028

Studying at one of the nation's top engineering schools, focusing on computer architecture, embedded systems, software engineering, and applied machine learning.

Scholarship

🏆 Qualcomm Inclusion Scholarship

Awarded a $1,000 scholarship for the 2025–2026 academic year by the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University.

Leadership

🔬 Head of Fundraising

Semiconductor Student Alliance — Purdue Chapter. Leading fundraising strategy and outreach initiatives for the campus organization focused on semiconductor education.

Get in Touch

Let's Connect

I'm always open to new opportunities, collaborations, or just a friendly chat!

✉️Emailyadav104@purdue.edu 📞Phone765-543-5974 💼LinkedInsaachika-yadav 🐙GitHubsaachikayadav

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