Daksh Kumar

Threshold

FastAPI, Next.js, SQLite, Groq, Survival Analysis

Job search for international students that checks every employer can sponsor a visa.

RV-ML

Python, PyTorch, scikit-learn, Conformal Prediction

Conformal prediction for exoplanet orbits, calibrated on simulated stars.

Sakha

FastAPI, Gemini, FAISS, Web Speech API

A voice first companion grounded in the Bhagavad Gita, with safety built in.

Agents of Deception

Python, Ollama, HuggingFace, TransformerLens, FastAPI, Docker

Eight language model agents in a Traitors style house, and whether trust and betrayal show up inside the model.

Reclaim

React, Flask, PostgreSQL, Tailwind

Gamified habit tracking with XP, levels, streaks and leaderboards.

Visual Work

Photoshop, Canva, Premiere Pro

Posters, thumbnails and one consistent look for a student society.

NextRound

Founding Product Engineer · Oct 2026 to present

• One of the first engineers at an early stage startup building evidence based hiring, working directly with the CEO on the core product.
• Improving the portal and the candidate assessment experience, using feedback from early users to decide what to build first.
• Helping shape the product roadmap as the platform takes on more clients.

Insanity Radio 103.2FM

Host · Oct 2026 to present

• Host Artificial Insanity, a live weekly show every Monday from 11am to 12pm on how AI already shapes everyday life, for people who think it has nothing to do with them.
• Bring on Royal Holloway academics and people from industry as guests to talk about where AI is heading.

Royal Holloway

Hall Life Assistant · Sep 2026 to present

• Support residents across halls, running kitchen and flat meetings to check in on wellbeing and catch problems early.
• Mediate between flatmates and point residents to the right university support when something serious happens.

Royal Holloway

Student Ambassador · Sep 2026 to present

• Talk with prospective students and their families at open days and campus tours, and adapt how I present the university to each visitor.

Royal Holloway

Research Assistant · May 2026 to Aug 2026

• Built an ML model that estimates exoplanet orbits in milliseconds, where Bayesian methods take hours.
• Built the synthetic data pipeline behind it, simulating planet signals from Kepler's equations with real noise taken from NASA telescope observations.

International Society, RHUL

President · May 2026 to present

• I run the society now. The year before, I was social media manager. I grew the Instagram by 112%, planned events, designed the posters and reels, and kept the content calendar going.

Higherin

Campus Ambassador · Feb 2026 to May 2026

• Represented Higherin, the UK's leading student careers platform, at Royal Holloway as part of a national network of more than 1,500 ambassadors.
• Ran campus campaigns, in person and online, that reached 50+ students every week.

J D Wetherspoon

Bar Associate · Feb 2026 to present

• Work bar and floor service at a large three floor pub in Windsor with a team of around 80, handling complaints calmly under pressure.

Palmy

Marketing Coordinator · Aug 2025 to Oct 2025

• Edited podcast episodes and cut trailers and shorts for YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.
• Ran SEO across platforms and designed the branding and thumbnails.

BSc Computer Science

Royal Holloway, University of London · Jan 2025 to Jun 2027

69.5% in second year. Predicted First Class.

City School and College

Pano Aqil, Pakistan · 2011 to 2024