CredLink
Top 15 of ~200One digital credential that moves with you across education, jobs, banking and healthcare. Built as a full-stack app in eight hours at the XIE-CSI hackathon.
निरुपम गुप्ता
NirupamGupta
I build AI systems and the products around them. Founder of Dharmasthan, AI engineering intern at DeployProAI, and a computer engineering student at SPIT, Mumbai.
- AI engineer
- Founder
- Building since 2018
- 3× paper presentation winner
- Mastercard Code for Change ’26 finalist
On stage at SIESGraduate School of Technology, Navi Mumbai
Since May 2026
AI engineering, DeployProAI
Production AI agents and backends, with the founder.
Since Aug 2026
Vice-Chairperson, SP Consulting Group
Consulting projects for 7+ corporate clients.
2025 to 2028
B.Tech, SPIT Mumbai
Computer engineering, with a Barclays minor in banking technology.
A few numbers I’m proud of
Each one came from shipping something real, or from standing up and explaining it.
3
national first prizes for Dharmasthan in 2026
2,000+
people used Dharmasthan in its first 45 days
10.0
CGPA in the Barclays banking technology minor
40%
less manual work from automations I built at IGT
Where I’ve worked
From a gold trading firm’s website to production AI agents, and now my own company.
- Sep 2026 to now
Founder
Dharmasthan
Started it after years inside our local mandals. I lead product, onboarding, growth and operations, and build alongside my co-founder Jay Patil.
- Aug 2026 to now
Vice-Chairperson
Sardar Patel Consulting Group
Lead the committee across research, finance and technology work for 7+ corporate clients.
- May 2026 to now
AI Engineering Intern
DeployProAI
Build AI-native apps, autonomous agents and secure backends for live enterprise clients, test-first, working directly with the founder.
- Sep 2023 to Feb 2026
Technology & Automation Associate
IGT India Gold Trading
Made the website 35% faster, built 10 automations that cut manual work by 40%, and pipelines behind 2,000+ qualified leads.
- Oct 2022 to Jan 2023
Head of Events & Engagement
Maker Mela, riidl Somaiya
Led 100+ volunteers running speaker sessions, main-stage events and startup showcases.
What I’m building
The problem I grew up with, turned into a product.
Dharmasthan keeps a whole room on the same verse.
At every aarti in ShivSai Mitra Mandal, people read from different books and the room lost its place. On Dharmasthan the host moves the stanza and every phone follows. Mandals also get a free website, and festival contests sit in one directory.
- 2,000+people served since launch
- 196aartis and bhajans in 5 languages
- 3national first prizes
Three national first prizes, 2026
Other things I’ve built
AI, fintech, security and hardware, alone and in teams. Plenty more are closed source.
Volunteer feedback platform
Mastercard finalistFeedback and experience tracking for Seva Sahayog Foundation, with AI-generated insights. I led the frontend and integration.
Lumina
SE Hack ’26 winnerAn AI student assistant: OCR timetables, attendance forecasts, and private on-device search with a tiny language model.
FraudShield
FintechReal-time fraud scoring for Indian banking with Gemini explanations for investigators. 10K+ simulated transactions a minute, 55+ tests.
MediHaven
HealthA medical records vault with a four-model ML risk ensemble and one-tap sharing. I built the ML pipeline.
VERA
HardwareA multilingual voice assistant across two ESP32 boards, with speech in and out running in parallel and replies under 300 ms.
Romora
SecurityEncrypted, signed messages hidden inside images. I built the receiver: ECDH, RSA-OAEP decryption and LSB extraction.
AskMyNotes
AIA study assistant that answers only from your own notes, and quizzes you on them.
On stage this year
Hackathons, finals and paper presentations, from my LinkedIn posts.
Wins and writing
Startup competitions, hackathons, papers and a merit scholarship.
- 20261st Prize, VentureFestSRM University, Chennai, for Dharmasthan
- 2026Grand Prix, IncubexMIT-WPU, Pune, for Dharmasthan
- 20261st Prize, Shark TankFr. CRCE, Mumbai, for Dharmasthan. ₹35,000 prize
- 2026Finalist, Mastercard Code for Change 3.0Team of 8, for Seva Sahayog Foundation
- 2026Winner, Equinox iGNITEState-level project competition, K.K. Wagh, Nashik
- 2026Best in App Development, SE Hack24-hour hackathon, SPIT, for Lumina
- 20262nd Runner-up, national paper presentationMaharashtra Innovation Festival, VJTI
- 2026Top 15 of ~200, XIE-CSI hackathonFor CredLink
- 20265th, CODEVERSE 2.0DJ Sanghvi College of Engineering
- 2026Top 5, Zerodha Varsity zonal roundZerodha
- 20252nd Runner-up, KBK 3.0 technical quizV.E.S. Polytechnic, Mumbai
- 20241st Runner-up, TechKnow paper presentationGovernment Polytechnic, Mumbai
- 2024Honourable Mention, AR HackathonMeta Developer Circle and XDG Mumbai
- 20231st Runner-up, Tech Fair paper presentationSBMP, Mumbai
- SPITSameer Tanna Foundation scholarshipOne of 25 chosen from 500 students
ChatGPT: From Natural Language Processing to Responsible AI
Lead author. Implications, challenges and future developments.
Read the paperArtificial Intelligence: evolution, architectures, autonomous agents, governance, and the road to general intelligence
2nd runner-up at a national-level paper presentation competition.
Certifications
- Claude Code in Action, Anthropic
- Building with the Claude API, Anthropic
- Fortinet NSE 1
- Fortinet NSE 2
- Fortinet NSE 3
Tools I reach for
- Python
- C++
- TypeScript
- FastAPI
- Next.js
- Node.js
- Flutter
- Supabase
- Docker
- Claude Code
School, and the rest of me
Diploma first, then a B.Tech, and a few things off the laptop.
B.Tech, Computer Engineering
9.0Sardar Patel Institute of Technology, 2025 to 2028. CGPA, semester 4.Minor in Banking Technology
10.0Barclays industry program at SPIT, 2026 to 2028.Diploma, Computer Engineering
94.7%K.J. Somaiya Polytechnic, 2022 to 2025.Class 10
94%St. Mary’s High School, Navi Mumbai.
“Don’t forget to enjoy the journey.”
- Languages: Hindi, English and Marathi. Some Sanskrit and German.
- Volunteering: ISKCON Chowpatty, 2025.
- Programs: Campus to Founder and E-Summit at SP-TBI; Art of Living YES+.