Hardik Gupta

Collaborating at the intersection of business strategy, hardware engineering, and data science to drive the product lifecycle : - 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚-𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: Designing frameworks to gather, clean, and analyze pilot test results, hardware performance logs, and qualitative customer feedback to guide design iterations. - 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩: Bridging communication gaps between hardware, software, and business teams to align milestones, build product requirements (PRDs), and define user stories. - 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Managing direct synchronization with technical and production teams in Vietnam 🇻🇳 to ensure seamless international product alignment. - 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Monitoring competitor products and clean-tech industry trends to validate product-market fit and support strategic product roadmaps.

Stoxra is an Indian AI-powered paper trading and financial education platform designed to let users practice trading the stock market using virtual capital. It provides real-time data for the NSE and BSE, focusing heavily on NIFTY and BANKNIFTY options, while using proprietary AI to analyze trading psychology and strategy

Stakeholder Management: Secured around 9 Lakhs in corporate sponsorships (including an 8 Lakh Title Sponsorship) for Entrepreneurship Summit 2026 (North India's largest student-led summit). Product Operations: Managed end-to-end outreach, on-ground logistics, and cross-functional operations across 50+ external corporate contacts to maximize response and conversion rates.

Formulated a end-to-end digital-first InsurTech strategy as the Capstone Project for Product Matter 6.0 (by E-Cell IIT Guwahati in collaboration with Fintech PM & IndusInd Bank). - Product Vision & Strategy: Formulated IndusShield, a mobile-first digital platform designed to transform traditional general insurance from a one-off annual purchase into an active, proactive protection ecosystem. - User Research & Journey Mapping: Identified critical UX friction points across the customer lifecycle (discovery, policy management, claims, and renewals) to drive user retention, cross-sell, and renewal rates. - Prioritization & Metrics: Applied RICE prioritization to build the product roadmap, established core North Star metrics, and mapped workflows for AI-powered policy summaries and automated claims tracking. - Ecosystem Integration & Prototyping: Integrated value-added protection services (24/7 Roadside Assistance, Telemedicine, Emergency Support) into interactive Figma prototypes and delivered a 15-slide product pitch deck.

AI Agent Vibe coding Intensive 𝐊𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐱 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞 - 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬: Selected for an intensive training framework with Google engineers to master natural language software orchestration, translating complex business logic into high-utility, autonomous AI agents. - 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐊𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐂𝐇 (𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞):Designed and deployed a secure, multi-agent healthcare coordination platform (KAVACH) utilizing Google's Agent Development Kit (ADK), establishing a least-privilege root orchestrator (Kavach Prime) to eliminate prompt injection risks across 5 domain-specific sub-agents. - 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬:Built and integrated a custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enforced tokenized data minimization and isolated tool scopes at the client connection boundary, ensuring autonomous agents could not execute high-stakes actions without structural authorization. - 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐢𝐭-𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬: Coded operational safety guardrails using execution interceptors (before_tool_callback) to halt, log, and route high-privilege tool calls (e.g., emergency alerts or bulk transactions) to a human-in-the-loop verification dashboard. - 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬: Diagnosed and mitigated complex multi-agent conversational loops and argument drifts by transitioning execution states from dynamic callbacks to immutable payloads and deploying strict canonicalization steps inside core tools.

Acted as a data consultant during an intensive management consulting and strategy program organized by the Consulting & Analytics Club (C&A), IIT Guwahati. Transformed unstructured, large-scale enterprise datasets into boardroom-ready diagnostic frameworks and executive recommendations: - 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠): Conducted a granular diagnostic review of multi-layer risk vectors and asset distribution topologies using Python to engineer an optimal portfolio allocation framework for digital lending platforms, successfully balancing asset yield maximization against localized default probabilities. - 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 (𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠): Formulated an end-to-end data-driven customer retention framework using advanced SQL queries to isolate high-risk churn indicators, segmenting multi-market customer cohorts to advise on targeted, high-margin consumer engagement initiatives. Key Contributions & Deliverables: - Data Extraction & Modeling: Engineered optimized SQL queries to extract, clean, and segment large-scale relational datasets, isolating key performance indicators (KPIs) and operational bottlenecks. - Advanced Analytics: Built predictive/statistical models using Python to analyze data trends, customer behaviors, and systemic variables relevant to the project theme. - Business Intelligence (BI): Designed and deployed an interactive Power BI dashboard to visualize complex data layers, enabling panel evaluators to easily track metrics and strategic whitespace. - Strategic Synthesis: Translated technical data models into a boardroom-ready business strategy deck, presenting actionable, data-backed solutions to a panel of mentors. Awarded an official Certificate of Completion by C&A Club, IIT Guwahati, upon successful evaluation.

𝐄-𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐈𝐈𝐓 𝐆𝐮𝐰𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐢 𝐱 𝐀𝐢 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 Project Analyst | Summer Projects Cohort Executed an intensive product and data strategy program organized by E-Cell, IIT Guwahati in partnership with Ai Palette, delivering analytical solutions and framework designs for complex B2B SaaS and FMCG scaling scenarios: - 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐏𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐞 (𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲): Formulated a multi-market SaaS localization matrix, feature-tiering logic, and monetization strategy to balance global expansion with regional operational overhead. - 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 (𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭): Designed UX system workflows, persona intelligence criteria, and competitive whitespace architecture for an AI-driven product differentiation engine. - 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 (𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬):Engineered advanced SQL scripts to perform transactional price bucketing, demand distribution mapping, and consumer segment sensitivity analysis. - 𝐑𝐎𝐈 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐬 (𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞): Developed a Python-based multi-touch probabilistic attribution model (Markov Chains/Shapley Value) to programmatic filter bot traffic and optimize a simulated ₹100Cr marketing portfolio.

Investigated forensic data discrepancies across business datasets, applying analytics techniques to surface anomalies and present findings in structured business reports Simulated the full analytics workflow — data cleaning, visualization, and insight communication — replicating a real Big4 engagement environment

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