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title: "Naveen Kumar Varadharajan - AI/ML Virtual Intern · IBM SkillsBuild in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Naveen Kumar Varadharajan, Software Engineer | Python · SQL · GenAI · NLP · Full-Stack | Computer Science 2025 | Entry-Level SDE | AI/ML Engineer based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, cursor, and langchain."
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# Naveen Kumar Varadharajan on Tal

## Headline

Software Engineer \| Python · SQL · GenAI · NLP · Full\-Stack \| Computer Science 2025 \| Entry\-Level SDE \| AI/ML Engineer

## About

Computer Science graduate with hands\-on experience building ML and NLP applications such as an NLP\-to\-SQL system and a GenAI movie recommender\. Strong in Python, SQL, and full\-stack basics\. I’m actively looking for entry\-level Software or AI/ML opportunities where I can grow as an engineer, contribute to meaningful products, and learn from experienced teams\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

cursor

langchain

openai

## Work experience

AI/ML Virtual Intern · IBM SkillsBuild at IBM, Jun 2025 \- Aug 2025 · 3 mos, Remote, • Built and evaluated multiple machine learning models in Python using Scikit\-learn as part of IBM's industry\-aligned AI/ML program, focusing on classification and regression use cases • Executed end\-to\-end ML pipelines covering data preprocessing, feature selection, model training, and performance evaluation — mirroring production\-style ML workflows • Completed IBM's structured AI/ML curriculum, gaining certification in applied machine learning and practical exposure to industry ML standards Tech: Python · Scikit\-learn · Machine Learning · Data Preprocessing · Feature Engineering · Jupyter

Student Intern at MeRLIN, Aug 2023 \- Oct 2023 · 3 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, • Designed and implemented an NLP\-powered chatbot integrated with SQL databases, enabling non\-technical users to retrieve structured information through natural language queries across multiple relational tables • Tested and validated chatbot\-generated SQL against 30\+ real\-world scenarios, improving response consistency and reducing incorrect query generation through iterative debugging and prompt optimisation • Gained hands\-on experience with production software development workflows including version control, code review, and agile sprint cycles Tech: Python · NLP · SQL · MySQL · · Git

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Computer Science, Vellore Institute of Technology \(VIT\)

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