VAISHNAVI SUSHIL TALNIKAR
Software Engineer .NET Developer
*********************@*****.*** +91-967******* Pune, Maharashtra
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Software Engineer with hands-on experience in .NET development, currently building enterprise pharma sales management software at ReliSoft Technologies. Background spans full-stack web development, cloud computing, AI/ML research (deep learning, computer vision, human activity recognition), and robotics. M.Tech candidate in Robotics & Artificial Intelligence with a strong foundation in data structures, software architecture, and rapid technology adoption.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
.NET & Web Development: C#, ASP.NET Core MVC, ASP.NET Web Forms, .NET 10, Entity Framework, REST APIs, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript
Programming & Data: Python, Data Structures, Data Modeling, NumPy, MATLAB, SQL
AI / ML & Data Science: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data Science, Big Data Analysis, Prompt Engineering
Cloud & Tools: Cloud Computing, Git, Visual Studio, Arduino IDE, ROS2
Practices: Object-Oriented Design, MVC Architecture, Agile collaboration, Technical documentation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Software Engineer, ReliSoft Technologies Aug 2026 - Present
•Working on a .NET-based enterprise pharma sales management application (Contour), part of a multi-module sales and analytics product suite.
•Migrating a legacy ASP.NET Web Forms application to ASP.NET Core MVC on .NET 10, modernizing a layered architecture spanning UI, business logic, and data access.
•Building hands-on proficiency in C#, ASP.NET Core MVC, and Entity Framework while contributing to a live production codebase.
Web Developer Intern, SoftHRD Network Aug 2025 - Jul 2026
•Built a Student Fees Management System to automate fee collection, payment tracking, and receipt generation for educational institutions.
•Developed responsive front-end interfaces for student registration and payment status; contributed to backend logic for record management and real-time fee updates.
AI/ML Intern, DRDO Aug 2024 - Jun 2025
•Built a Human Activity Recognition model using a hybrid 1D CNN-LSTM architecture to classify activities (walking, sitting, running) from accelerometer and gyroscope sensor data.
•Handled data preprocessing and evaluated model performance using accuracy and confusion matrix metrics.
Intern, iTech Robotics and Automation Pvt. Ltd. Dec 2023
•Gained exposure to manufacturing of robotics and automation systems, jigs, and fixtures at a professionally managed engineering firm.
PROJECTS
Age and Gender Detection using Python May 2021 - Mar 2022
•Built a real-time computer vision application using OpenCV and pre-trained CNN-based Caffe models to detect faces and predict age range and gender via webcam or static images.
PUBLICATIONS
“Comparative Study of Deep Learning Models for Human Activity Recognition” — Vaishnavi Talnikar, Girish Lakhekar, Hrishikesh Jadhav (Jul 2025)
EDUCATION
M.Tech, Robotics & Artificial Intelligence — COEP Technological University, Pune 2025
CGPA: 7.29
B.E., Instrumentation Engineering — Vivekanand Education Society's Institute of Technology, Mumbai 2022
CGPA: 7.57 Mumbai University
HSC — Mauli Junior College of Science, Akola 2018
72.15% Maharashtra State Board
SSC — Nishu Nursery and Kothari Convent, Akola 2016
87% Maharashtra State Board
CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
•Automation Workshop, organized by Barclays (Feb 2022) — 3-day workshop on automation using Barclay's GTIS cloud platform.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
•Scholarship: Mukul Madhav Foundation Scholarship (Jan 2024). Volunteer: Aspire — Group Leader of Volunteers, Education cause (Mar-Apr 2017). Achievements: Winner, inter-college Badminton competition; participated in handwriting, drawing, and Sanskrit Shlok Pathan competitions. Languages: Hindi, Marathi, English.