Computer Science at UNC Charlotte

Welcome, I am Pratik!

A passionate and driven third year student studying Computer Science and Economics at UNC Charlotte. My journey in these dynamic fields began long before my university days, fueled by a curiosity and passion that have only deepened with time. I’m especially interested in applying technical and analytical skills to solve real world problems and create efficient solutions.

VanguardApplication Engineering
UNC CharlotteAI Research + Teaching
Class of '26Computer Science
AGENTIC AI FULL STACK ENGINEERING RAG SYSTEMS PRODUCT THINKING CLOUD SERVICES HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN

01 / Selected work

Selected Projects

Three projects that show how I research, design, build, and ship from the first system diagram to the live experience.

01Founder project · Full stack product

VIVAHA

Wedding planning that makes room for every tradition.

Vivaha brings guests, budgets, vendors, ceremonies, and trip planning into one calm workspace built especially for modern and interfaith weddings.

11 stepguided product tour
One hubfor the full wedding journey
  • Personalized onboarding and dashboard
  • AI assisted planning and local vendor discovery
  • Shareable guest information and event timelines
ReactTypeScriptNode.jsMongoDB
Explore the live product ↗
vivahaplan.com
Vivaha wedding planning product landing page
Built for real celebrationsProduct strategy · UX · Engineering
02Undergraduate research · Applied AI

HEAIR READINESS PLATFORM

From an assessment score to a practical AI roadmap.

A role adaptive readiness platform for higher education, developed through UNC Charlotte research and the CRA UR2PhD program under Dr. Sri Yash Tadimalla.

60role specific questions
5stakeholder perspectives
4readiness dimensions
  • Role aware assessment logic and scoring
  • RAG grounded, personalized AI coaching
  • Secure results, storage, and visualization pipeline
PythonRAGLLM APIsPostgreSQL
HEAIR readiness assessment
HEAIR Readiness Platform assessment landing page
03Community platform · Leadership

UNC CHARLOTTE COLLEGIATE DECA

A digital home for a chapter I built from the ground up.

I cofounded UNC Charlotte Collegiate DECA, grew it into an active student community, and built the public platform that turns curiosity into membership and competition readiness.

100+active members
70%of first team placed Top 10 internationally
  • Multipage recruitment and event experience
  • ICDC travel guides, recaps, and chapter roadmap
  • Responsive visual system and member pathways
HTMLCSSJavaScriptProduct leadership

02 / Experience

Experience

01

JAN 2026 TO JUL 2026 · CHARLOTTE

Application Engineer Intern

Vanguard

Developed Java RESTful microservices for a multi agent retirement planning platform. Increased AI retrieval accuracy by more than 75 percent using semantic chunking with AWS Bedrock and Amazon ECS.

JavaAWSBedrockAmazon ECS
02

JUN 2025 TO AUG 2025 · RALEIGH

Software Engineer I Intern

Cisco Systems

Engineered an agentic AI platform using LangChain and Model Context Protocol to process more than one million customer support records. Built Python and Java backend services across cloud, embedded, and security teams.

PythonJavaLangChainMCP
03

AUG 2024 TO DEC 2024 · CHARLOTTE

Business Development Intern

BrandSymbol

Conducted market research and maintained CRM data across more than 200 client accounts. Supported more than 10 client pitches and project kickoffs through research and client engagement.

Market researchCRMClient strategy
04

JUN 2026 TO AUG 2026 · CHARLOTTE

Undergraduate Research Scholar

CRA UR2PhD Program · UNC Charlotte

Developed role based assessment logic, scoring algorithms, and automated feedback for higher education. Built an AI readiness platform using Python, RAG, and LLM APIs under Dr. Sri Yash Tadimalla.

PythonRAGLLM APIsResearch

03 / About

My strongest work lives between disciplines. Computer science gives me the tools to build, economics helps me reason about incentives and tradeoffs, and leadership keeps the human outcome in view.

At UNC Charlotte, I have served as a student ambassador, founded Collegiate DECA, and conducted applied AI research.

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UNC Charlotte logoEducationB.S. Computer Science

UNC Charlotte · Expected 2026

Python, Java, Angular, and AWS technology symbolsCore toolkitPython · Java · Angular

RAG · LangChain · AWS · REST APIs

PRODUCT WALKTHROUGH

How Vivaha moves from questions to a plan.

01Understand the celebration

Role, date, location, traditions, guest count, style, and budget shape the experience.

02Create a living dashboard

One workspace organizes the ceremony timeline, guests, budget, vendors, and trips.

03Guide the next decision

Vivaha AI uses the couple's context to suggest practical next steps instead of generic advice.

04Keep everyone aligned

Shareable wedding information stays current while plans change.

Open Vivaha ↗

SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

Research framework, engineered into a working loop.

HEAIR platform system architecture

The platform connects role specific assessment data to deterministic scoring, secure storage, RAG backed research context, and LLM generated coaching so every recommendation stays grounded in the HEAIR framework.