1. C 106, SJR Redwoods, Ambalipura
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 560102
Contact: +91-7022833756
nishtha3rai@gmail.com
NISHTHA RAI
CAREER OBJECTIVE Seeking challenging work, particularly in my area of interest so as to be fruitful to my
organization as well as myself.
EDUCATION Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad
Bachelor of Technology (IT) – 2015 Batch
CGPI – 8.91
INTERESTS  Natural Language Processing
 Parallel Computing
 Machine Learning
 Distributed Processing
SKILLS & ABILITIES  Environments: Linux (Major), Android, Windows
 Languages: C, C++, Java, Python, OpenCL
 Hands on experience on web development frameworks (Flask, HTML+CSS+JS)
 Hands on experience with real time distributed processing systems like Kafka and
Apache Storm
WORK EXPERIENCE
AND KEY PROJECTS
SOFTWARE ENGINEER, @WALMARTLABS
August 2015 - Current
 Part of Transportation team handling real time shipment tracking events. Worked
on Apache Storm, Kafka, Zookeeper to simulate sending automated notifications to
interested folks for shipment tracking.
 Part of Next Gen logistics team building web services for automation of Walmart
Distributions Centre’s functioning. Tech stack used included Tomee, CXF, Hazelcast.
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER INTERN, FRROLE
January 2015 - June 2015
 Managed full stack development with experience on handling real time twitter data
using Storm. Tech stack included Apache Storm, Flask, MongoDB, Twitter API.
 Built a complete Social profile for twitter users showing user insights. Also handled
individual users' aggregated results for follower analysis and managed the frontend
as well.
 Contributed in building an autoresponder for BARC which displays BARC's data as
response to users who query for the data via tweets. Also built a test suite for it's
functional testing.
 Built a complete test suite for all of the Frrole APIs with the help of OOPs Concepts.

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OUTREACH INTERN, CEPH
June 2015 - August 2015
 Made contributions to Ceph’s code base. Mainly dealt with UNIX permission checks
and made extensive progress in learning to use git and GitHub.
 Implemented the logic for restricted mount access to Ceph’s file system by any user.
UNDERGRADUATE PROJECTS
Chunker for Hindi language
 Challenge: Combining machine learning and rule-based approach to build an
efficient chunker for hindi language
 Platform: Linux
 Language: C++
 Knowledge requirements: Concepts of Natural Language Processing, Statistical
modeling
OpenCL Draughts Engine
 Challenge: Optimization of serial version of the English draughts game using
parallel computing
 Platform: Linux
 Languages: C++, OpenCL
 Knowledge requirements: Heterogeneous Parallel Computing, Game Trees, Min-
Max algorithm, Alpha-Beta pruning.
Gesture controlled Applications for Windows
 Challenge: Using Kinect motion sensor to simulate a system to control windows
applications by performing predefined gestures
 Platform – Windows, Microsoft Visual C#
 Hardware used: Microsoft’s Kinect motion sensor
 Knowledge requirements: Functioning of Kinect, Information that can be extracted
from the sensor
Others
 Android Application for promotion of women security and depiction of the civil
rights given to women by Government of India using Android SDK. (Learning
purpose)
 Stand alone cinema hall ticket booking system using Java, AWT and Database
system concepts. (Learning purpose)
CULTURAL
ACTIVITIES
 Hosted cultural events at our college and have participated in Dramatics team
 Participated in Placement Committee’s activities
 Been a part of Prayaas, an organization that helps children with low financial
backup to prosper
AWARDS &
ACHIEVEMENTS
 Winner of Most Flipkart Relevant App award in Flipkart Hackathon.
 Secured 5th rank in Hackerearth’s International Women’s Day Hackathon
 Receiver of Merit Incentive Scholarship for academic excellence in HSC.