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Ananya Penumudi

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Serious engineering, silly mascots

I'm a B.Tech CSE (IoT) student at VNRVJIET. I live somewhere between a soldering iron and a Python notebook.

I trained at BHEL Bengaluru, wrote a thesis on KAVACH, India's Automatic Train Protection system, and built Elementium with my team, a 3D chemistry lab with an AI tutor and its own mascot.

I like serious problems where a wrong answer has consequences, and I like solving them in a way that feels warm and human. Careful architecture on the inside, a little bit of fun on the outside.

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Find me

Hyderabad, India
ananyapenumudi@gmail.com github.com/ananyapenumudi-ops in/ananya-penumudi

Systems-first

I start with requirements, failure modes and safety margins, then write code. KAVACH taught me that the boring parts are what keep people safe.

Hardware that thinks

My happy place is where sensors meet models: an ESP32 reading the world, a model deciding what to do about it.

Serious, but make it fun

Calm and structured on the inside, playful on the outside. My chemistry lab has a mascot, and I think more engineering should.

selected work

Things I've built

Things I'm proud of: keeping trains apart, making chemistry click, a photo booth that prints strips, and making data truly disappear.

01
Virtual chemistry lab · 3D + AI · team project

Elementium AI

An intelligent virtual chemistry lab I built with my team. Explore a 360° 3D lab, drag apparatus onto the bench and run a real-time titration with colour-change chemistry, guided by Elio, a Gemini-powered tutor who catches your mistakes.

A rule-based engine enforces safe experimental order, an observation notebook records every reading, and results such as water hardness are calculated automatically at the endpoint. Built for a whole class at once.

React Three FiberThree.jsFastAPIMongoDB AtlasGemini AI
2026
GitHub
02
KAVACH · research thesis

Beyond Collision Prevention

A systems-engineering analysis of KAVACH, India’s indigenous Automatic Train Protection system: architecture, operational modes, communication framework and functional safety, written under industry guidance from BHEL Bengaluru.

It comes with an interactive simulator of KAVACH’s modes of operation and a digital twin.

Functional SafetySystem ArchitectureV&VRequirements Traceability
Jun 2026
Thesis report Mode simulator Digital twin
03
KAVACH test-bench digital twin · in progress

SignalSafe

A browser-based digital twin of the KAVACH Generic Test Bench. Build a yard, run onboard and stationary KAVACH through it, inject the faults the field throws at them, and get a clause-by-clause verdict on what the system did and why.

Grounded in RDSO’s KAVACH System Requirements Specification, with a deterministic simulation engine, causal event logs and a scroll-driven 3D landing page. Weeks 1–3 of an 8-week plan are done.

TypeScriptReactthree.jsWeb WorkersZodVitest
Oct 2026
GitHub Documentation
04
Retro photo booth · web

Capture Factory

A retro photo booth that runs in your browser: strike a pose, get a 3-2-1 countdown and walk away with a printed-style photo strip and an “Admit One” ticket stub.

40 original stickers, 12 frames, filters written as pixel maths so they work on iPhone Safari, and undo/redo. Everything stays on your device: no uploads, no accounts.

React 19TypeScriptKonvaZustandCanvasCamera API
Oct 2026
GitHub
05
AI + cybersecurity · collaboration

AI-Enhanced Secure Data Wiping

A data-sanitisation platform I built with a teammate: upload any number of files and folders and they are binary-overwritten so they cannot be recovered. Every wipe comes with cryptographic proof, and AI-based anomaly detection flags anything that looks off.

Cryptographic verificationAnomaly detectionBinary overwriteTeam project
Nov 2025
GitHub (collab)
06
Backend API

Bulk Certificate Generator

A FastAPI backend that takes a list of recipients as JSON or CSV, generates a PDF certificate for each one in the background, and lets you track progress and download them one by one or as a ZIP.

PythonFastAPISQLAlchemy 2ReportLabpytestGitHub Actions
Oct 2026
GitHub

Also on the bench

A bigger idea I'm still designing. It's labelled honestly so you know it isn't built yet.

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Wearable wellness · concept

Auralyn

A wearable emotional-wellness ecosystem: biometric sensing on an ESP32-S3, BLE to apps for the wearer, their therapist and their family, with AI mood analysis in between.

ESP32-S3BLEBiometricsMood AI
Designing
the idea board

Things I want to build next

Ten unrelated things I'd love to make: half hardware, half software, all a little silly. Hover (or tap) a strip to peek.

# 01 · software

Desk Duck

A VS Code rubber duck that asks you questions while you explain your bug

Duck mascot
Cat with chai mascot
Sock on a museum pedestal
Grumpy plant mascot
Tomato chef mascot
Printer mascot
Daisy mascot
E-ink badge mascot
Vinyl record mascot
Pencil mascot
the resume, but nicer

Boring-but-important bits

Experience

Jun – Jul 2026

Industrial Trainee

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Bengaluru

Industrial training at the BHEL Solar Business Division: manufacturing, production workflows and large-scale engineering systems.

Certificate ↗
Jan 2026

Software Engineering Intern · Position Tracker

Alfago

Implemented tax-lot based PnL calculations for transaction- and portfolio-level profit & loss tracking.

Certificate ↗
Jan – Apr 2025

Operations Intern

Kartgen Infotech LLP

Supported business development, process coordination and stakeholder communication (remote).

Letter of recommendation ↗

Education

2023 – now

VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering & Technology

B.Tech, CSE (IoT)
CGPA 8.92 / 10
2021 – 23

Sri Chaitanya Junior College

Intermediate, Telangana State Board
97.4%
2021

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Public School

High School, CBSE
GPA 9.38 / 10

Toolbox

ArduinoESP32SPI · I2C · PWMBLEGPS · GSMSensor fusionCC++PythonJavaJavaScriptRSQLComputer visionEdge inferenceAnomaly detectionFunctional safetyRequirementsV&VSystem architectureMongoDBMySQLAWSDevOps / CITableauFigmaAutoCADStarUML

Hackathons & clubs

2025

Smart India Hackathon

Solution design, prototyping & documentation

2025

24-hour Hackathon · Convergence

VNRVJIET

Certificate ↗
2025

National Conclave

CBIT

Certificate ↗
2024

24-hour Hackathon · DEMUX

BVRIT

Certificate ↗
2023

IDEATHON, 2nd Prize

VNRVJIET

Certificate ↗
Now

Computer Society of India

VNRVJIET chapter: workshops, coding events, competitions

Now

Art of Living Cultural Club

Event organising & volunteering

Certificates

2025

DevOps with Real-Time Practical Exposure

Brainovision · AICTE approved

2024

Tableau Certified Data Analyst Training

Udemy · 59 hours

Certificate ↗
2023

RoboJAM Robotics Workshop

VNRVJIET · Convergence 2K23

I speak

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Illustrated duck saying hi
let's talk

Internships, collaborations, a project idea, or just to swap chai recommendations. My inbox is open.

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