About Me

I’m a hands-on engineer with a passion for building systems that sit at the intersection of embedded hardware, AI, and distributed software. With 4 years of industry experience and a current Master’s from IIT Kharagpur in Embedded Controls and Software, I specialize in developing intelligent systems, from RL-powered robot navigation and on-device TinyML to full-stack Android apps and scalable backend tools. I’m driven by the urge to solve real-world problems, open-source my learnings, and mentor underrepresented communities in tech. When I’m not coding, I’m probably making my girlfriend laugh or sipping a filter coffee.

Pranith Bhagavatula

Skills & Technologies

Embedded & Hardware

Embedded CESP32TI F28379DCANUARTADC/DACReal-Time Systems

AI & Machine Learning

PythonScikit-LearnTensorFlow LiteTinyMLReinforcement LearningTD(λ)Value Iteration

App & Web Development

React.jsNext.jsAndroid StudioTailwind CSSJavaKotlinHTML/CSS

Backend & Communication

MQTTNode.jsFirebaseWebSocketsREST APIsExpress.js

Dev Tools & OS

GitDockerLinuxShell ScriptingVimJupyterMatplotlib

Research & Soft Skills

Technical WritingMentorshipOpen SourceProject ManagementCommunity Outreach

Professional Experience

Teaching Assistant | Research

IIT Kharagpur • July 2024 - May 2026

Working on CAMARA Operator APIs for federated Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) services. Tested sandbox APIs provided by global telecom operators such as Orange and Vodafone, and developed demo applications showcasing real-world API functionality.

Co-authored a detailed survey paper analyzing API standardization across telecom infrastructure platforms; currently submitted for peer review.

Also created interactive simulator tools to visualize complex networking concepts, which are actively endorsed by professors and used in undergraduate and postgraduate classrooms to simplify abstract technical topics.

Systems Engineer (Cloud Engineering)

Tata Consultancy Services (Client: Deutsche Bank) • Apr 2021 – Jul 2024

Led the cloud onboarding of 10+ Deutsche Bank applications from legacy on-prem infrastructure to a secure, scalable cloud platform.

Worked hands-on with tools like Grafana, Prometheus, ForgeRock, Kubernetes, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services to enable real-time monitoring, authentication, and container orchestration.

Collaborated across teams to automate deployments and improve observability, enhancing system uptime and resilience.

Earned the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer certification, validating hands-on expertise in GCP operations and infrastructure modernization.

Application Developer

Datawise Services Pvt. Ltd. • Oct 2020 – Mar 2021

Rebuilt and relaunched a deprecated internal survey app (dATTAb®) for Android (Java), fully mirroring the web UI and restoring production functionality.

Added support for real-time field data collection with geo-tagged photos, audio, and video, enabling verifiable and authenticated inputs. Integrated with backend via REST APIs, resolved 50+ legacy issues, and ensured compatibility with Android 10+.

Implemented features like unique surveyor/respondent ID tagging, timestamping, and automated data collation. Successfully deployed in 5 months and adopted by 10+ internal teams, improving data accuracy by ~45% and reducing turnaround time by ~60%.