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title: "Harshavardhan P - Graduate Engineering Trainee in Vishakhapatnam | Tal"
description: "Meet Harshavardhan P, Ola Electric | IIT Madras’24 based in Vishakhapatnam. AI stack includes claude code, deepseek, and langchain."
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# Harshavardhan P on Tal

## Headline

Ola Electric \| IIT Madras’24

## About

I am interested in solving complex business and engineering problems through artificial intelligence, automation, and strategic execution\. My background in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras and experience at Ola Electric has given me a strong foundation in systems thinking, operations, and product development\. Currently, I enjoy building AI applications that improve decision\-making, automate workflows, and translate emerging technologies into practical solutions\. Alongside engineering, I am equally interested in strategy, product thinking, and operational excellence\. I aspire to contribute to teams where technology and strategy come together to create lasting impact\.

## Location

Vishakhapatnam

## AI stack

claude code

deepseek

langchain

langgraph

obsidian

ollama

## Work experience

Graduate Engineering Trainee at Ola Electric, Jul 2024 \- Present · 2 yrs 2 mos, Krishnagiri, Worked across the end\-to\-end manufacturing strategy and operations for industrializing battery pack manufacturing for three EV products, including India's first 4680\-cell battery pack, taking each from prototype to mass production\.

Research Consultant at WorldQuant, Jul 2023 \- May 2024 · 11 mos, Remote

Undergraduate Researcher at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, May 2023 \- Nov 2023 · 7 mos, Chennai, Heat Transfer and Thermal Power Lab Undergraduate Research Project, Guided by: Prof\. C\. Balaji Formalized findings from thermal cooling research, presenting DOE\-based insights on geometry\-performance correlations for triple\-jet impingement cooling of heavy electronic chips

Research Intern at International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad \(IIITH\), May 2023 \- Jul 2023 · 3 mos, Hyderabad, Robotics Research Center Guided by: Prof\. Spandan Roy\. Worked on a Python\-based simulation pipeline for soft\-body actuators, using model order reduction to speed up product prototyping and debugging\.

Inter IIT Robotics \| Automotive Contingent at Inter IIT Tech Meet 11\.0, Jan 2023 \- Apr 2023 · 4 mos, Worked on an autonomous docking robot for EV charging, building the object detection system for charging port localization\.

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \- Mechanical Engineering, Minor in AI & Machine Learning, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

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