Portrait of Geethika Rao Gouravelli

Geethika Rao Gouravelli

NYU Computer Engineering graduate student with notable courses including Machine Learning, AI&ML for Network Analysis, Big Data, MLOps, and Deep Learning. Experienced as a Systems Engineer at TCS (Apple, SBI) and Course Assistant at NYU.

I enjoy building scalable and reliable systems that merge machine learning with production. My journey spans academia, industry projects, and teaching — blending data-driven decision making with clean, user-focused design.

Education

New York University

M.S. in Computer Engineering (Expected 2026)

GPA: 3.89/4.0

Relevant Coursework: Machine Learning, MLOps, Deep Learning, Big Data.

VNR VJIET

B.Tech in Computer Science (2018–2022)

GPA: 3.78/4.0

Member, Computer Society of India.

Skills

Programming

Java, Python, C, C++, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL

Frameworks & Tools

Bootstrap, Git, MySQL, Power BI, Tableau

Cloud & Data

Snowflake, Microsoft Azure, Hadoop, Hive, Pig

AI/ML

Machine Learning, Neural Networks, NumPy

Experience

Teaching Assistant • NYU — Aug 2025 – Present
  • Assisted in evaluating assignments, exams, and projects with fairness and consistency.
  • Provided timely and constructive feedback to improve student outcomes.
  • Held office hours to clarify course concepts and support student queries.
  • Collaborated with faculty to enhance learning materials and student engagement.
Systems Engineer • TCS (Apple, SBI, JD Williams) — Aug 2022 – Aug 2024
  • Developed, validated, and maintained cloud/web applications for global clients.
  • Implemented and optimized data warehouse solutions for high performance.
  • Served as ETL Developer for Apple, managing large datasets using SQL and ensuring reliability.
  • Built “Courier” module for SBI, resolving 100+ production issues in 24 hours with SLA compliance.
  • Reduced post-implementation defects with 100% SLA-timed resolution.
  • Collaborated within Agile teams, achieving a 4.23/5 performance rating.
Web Development & Analytics Intern • VisCommerce — Jun 2021 – Oct 2021
  • Designed responsive web pages using HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap.
  • Improved cross-device compatibility and overall system performance.
  • Increased delivery speed by 25% through 20+ collaborative development sessions.
Web Development Intern • Surens Infotek — Jun 2020 – Jul 2020
  • Developed websites using HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap with clean, responsive design.
  • Summarized large datasets for improved data processing speed and accessibility.

Projects

Research Paper Summarization

Fine-tuned BART on arXiv data for abstractive summarization; evaluated with ROUGE/BLEU. Deployed as a Flask API with monitoring via Prometheus/Grafana. CI/CD built with GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and Terraform.

Fake Currency Detection

Created OpenCV + Python–based system analyzing variance and entropy to detect counterfeit currency with 95.36% accuracy. Software-based replacement for costly hardware authentication devices.

Heart Attack Prediction (PySpark + AWS)

Built distributed ML pipeline using PySpark on Amazon S3. Trained Logistic Regression, Random Forest, and ANN models (~80% accuracy). Deployed via Flask for near real-time predictions.

Achievements

Guinness World Record Holder

Recognized as part of a Guinness World Record achievement, demonstrating collaboration and excellence at scale.

Grace Hopper Celebration 2025

Awarded a fully funded sponsorship by NYU to represent the university at Grace Hopper Celebration 2025, the premier global conference for women technologists.

Contact

Email: gg2879@nyu.edu

Phone: +1 (929) 724-6236

Location: Brooklyn, NY

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/geethika-rao-gouravelli