Pushkal Vashist

Pushkal Vashist

AI Enthusiast | Full Stack Developer | Learner
Diploma in Applied AI & Analytics @ Nanyang Polytechnic

About & Education

Turning rapid learning into shipped systems and competition wins.

2025 — Present
Diploma in Applied AI & Analytics (DAAA)

Nanyang Polytechnic • Year 1 • Sem 2

GPA 4.0
Full-time AI & Analytics
2021 — 2024
Ngee Ann Secondary School
CCA: Chess Club O-Level Net 7 Conduct: Excellent
  • Leadership: Vice-Chairperson & Social Studies Rep (Sec 4); VIA Chairperson & Social Studies Rep (Sec 3); Literature Rep (Sec 2)
  • Distinction in all subjects
2015 — 2020
Edgefield Primary School
CCA: Infocomm Club PSLE: 245
  • Leadership: Junior Environmental Champion (P1–P2); Class Ambassador (P4–P5); Cyberwellness Ambassador (P5–P6)
Primary Domains
Artificial Intelligence & ML Full-Stack Engineering Cloud Computing AI for Public Sector

Why I Build

I specialize in connecting complex AI models to real operational workflows. From optimising maritime logistics to empowering civic engagement, I build systems that don't just "work" but solve critical problems.

My journey is defined by rapid learning—converting zero knowledge into national innovation wins within months. I am comfortable speaking to engineers, executives, and government stakeholders alike.

Hobbies & Interests

I split my time between building things in Python, HTML/CSS, and C++, and staying active with Taekwondo (black belt), football, cricket, and chess. Patience, creativity, and steady improvement keep me moving.

Experience


Dec 2024 — Jan 2025 epitxed

Retail Associate

Front-of-house operations & customer experience

  • Handled high-footfall retail shifts while maintaining service quality.
  • Managed POS, inventory checks, and customer queries under time pressure.
Customer Ops POS Inventory
Jun 2025 — Present Digital & Intelligence Service (DIS)

Sentinel Programme Apprentice

Applied systems thinking in secure environments

  • Built Python solutions with a focus on cybersecurity and secure coding.
  • Practiced structured problem-solving in high-assurance contexts.
Python Secure Coding Cyber
Dec 2025 — Present AMZTech.ai

AI Developer Intern

ML pipelines, cloud integration, and delivery

  • Delivered production-minded ML workflows and data pipelines.
  • Integrated cloud services to ship features reliably.
MLOps Cloud Pipelines

Featured Projects


DockyAI optimization dashboard

DockyAI

Champion
MaritimeONE Case Summit 2025

AI platform that optimizes port operations with anchorage recommendations, A* routing, and reinforcement learning.

Machine Learning A* Routing Reinforcement Learning
SGResolve demo

SGResolve

Silver
National AI Student Challenge 2025

AI-Powered Civic Issue Platform. Auto-classifies citizen reports, extracts info, and routes to agencies using NLP & CV.

Flask Gemini API NLP
AuraSentinel platform

AuraSentinel

Top 5
HacX 2025 (AI & Cyber Track)

AI Incident Response Platform. Detects anomalies in system logs and generates incident reports using Azure & GPT-4o-mini.

Azure Isolation Forest CI/CD
AI Learning System

AI Learning System

Deployed
EdTech Innovation

Helps students master Networking. Features "Explain Like I'm 5", instant AI grading, and community questions.

Firebase Gemini API Automatic Grading

Awards & Recognition


MaritimeONE summit
2025 Champion
MaritimeONE Case Summit

Youngest champions in summit history

Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore
National AI Student Challenge
2025 Silver
National AI Student Challenge

1st Runner-Up | Silver Medal

National AI Student Challenge
HacX 2025
2025 Top 5
HacX (AI & Cyber Track)

Top 5 finalist in cybersecurity & AI

HacX 2025
2024–2025 Other Competitions
Additional Highlights
SCDF–Dell Lifesavers’ Challenge Top 11
Huawei Tech4City Semi-Finalist

Skills & Certifications


Core Arsenal

AI & Machine Learning
Modeling, optimization, and deployment
NLP Computer Vision Reinforcement Learning PyTorch TensorFlow Scikit-Learn
Full-Stack Engineering
APIs, automation, and UI delivery
Python C# Flask JavaScript HTML/CSS Firebase Selenium
Cloud & DevOps
Reliable delivery and observability
AWS Azure Snowflake CI/CD Docker

Certifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Well-Architected, IAM, cost optimisation
SnowPro Associate
Data warehousing, ELT, performance tuning
AI Singapore: AI4I® & AI4E®
Applied ML lifecycle & deployment
IBM Web & UX Fundamentals
Accessible UI, usability heuristics

Leadership & Service

Campus Leadership
NYP AI & Cloud
Workshops
  • Subcommittee member for NYP AI and NYP Cloud Computing; support workshops and peer enablement.
  • Led the NYP Cloud "Web Hosting Fundamentals" session: AWS EC2 + NGINX deployment, Linux basics, GitHub cloning, SSH setup, and AWS Learner Lab cleanup.
  • Volunteered at NYP Open House, teaching visitors how to ship sites fast with AWS Amplify.
AWS NGINX Linux Amplify
Volunteer Work (VIA)
Chairperson
Inclusion

Served as VIA Chairperson in 2023, working with students from St. Andrew’s Autism School over 5–6 months.

Hosted their National Day visit as a buddy, practicing patience, empathy, and inclusion while building meaningful connections.

Empathy Events Community

Ready to Innovate?


I'm always looking for the next challenging problem to solve.

Get in Touch