Aheli Poddar

Undergrad in Electrical Engineering [at] IEM Kolkata




Aheli Poddar

Undergrad in Electrical Engineering [at] IEM Kolkata


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Aheli Poddar

Undergrad in Electrical Engineering [at] IEM Kolkata






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*Latest updates: *
[May 2025] Started as a Summer Intern under Dr. Priyesh Shukla at IIITH! On QuantumLLMs

[May 2025] Selected as McKinsey NGWL 2025!

[July 2024] Completed a research internship at IIT Roorkee, developing BiLSTM models for economic nowcasting. here

[March 2024] Presented my work on metaheuristic optimization for weather forecasting at PJMT AI for Climate Change Conference-received Best Paper Award! link

About me

Hi, I’m Aheli (my name literally translates to “Grace” )!
I’m currently a pre-final year undergrad in Electrical Engineering at the Institute of Engineering & Management, Kolkata. My interests lie at the intersection of machine learning, data science and their applications in sustainability, healthcare and economic forecasting.
I’ve interned at IIT Roorkee, Acencore, IEM Labs, KIT Germany where I worked on projects ranging from economic growth nowcasting, recommendation systems, Quantum Optimization Algorithms to IoT-ML in medical diagnostics. I enjoy building and optimizing AI models that solve real-world problems, and I’m always looking for opportunities to learn and collaborate! 
When I’m not building models or diving into data, you’ll probably find me doing something creative or competitive. I used to be an inter-district swimmer and I still get a thrill from staying up late to catch Euro league matches (sleep schedule who?). Music is a big part of my life. I’m trained in Hindustani classical and Rabindra Sangeet and nothing beats unwinding with a good raga or Tagore song (check out my Spotify).
I love painting and writing and I’m always hunting for the next great film (avid cinephile alert! check out my letterboxd
For more on my research, projects please check out my Github and Project page! 

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