Livein Amaravati· same time zone as you
Open to internships
AI/ML developer and CS student at VIT-AP
Teaching machines to see patterns humans miss.
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A film about one day in my life. Runtime: 24 hours.
Written and coded by Harshit Murarka
Hi, I'm Harshit.
I'm Harshit Murarka, a second-year computer science student at VIT-AP University, from Berhampur, Odisha. Learning Java in class 10 pulled me toward computer science, and since 2025 I've been hooked on AI and ML.
Also on set
PayPal AI Hackathon 2026
Safe PayPal refunds for AI support agents
A gateway that lets an AI support agent refund PayPal customers on its own, without being able to refund the wrong person, the wrong amount, or behind the merchant's back.
Starring Python · FastAPI · MCP · PayPal REST APIs
Runtime 2 months
Read the case studySolo project
Hybrid movie recommender
A movie recommender that blends content-based and collaborative filtering, trained on MovieLens 25M and enriched with TMDB posters and metadata.
Starring Python · scikit-learn · Polars · ONNX Runtime
Runtime 3 months
Read the case studyEngineering Clinics, VIT-AP
Edge-AI eye screening
A low-cost, portable eye-screening device. It photographs a patient's eye, runs a machine-learning model on the device itself, and sends the result to a web dashboard where a doctor reviews it and issues a prescription.
Starring C++ · Arduino · TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers · YOLOv8-Nano
Runtime 3 months
Read the case studyModels on set
The machine-learning work inside my projects, spec sheet first.
Wardlock
LLM support agent
Gemini through an OpenAI-compatible API, picking refund options over MCP
See the projectWardlock
Reason check
A second LLM call that can hold a refund for a person, never approve one
See the projectH-Tech
Content-based scoring
Tag-genome, TF-IDF and sentence embeddings (ONNX Runtime)
See the projectH-Tech
Collaborative filtering
SVD and item-kNN, trained on MovieLens 25M
See the projectH-Tech
Cold-start routing
New users get popularity and content signals
See the projectSmart Vision Screening Device
YOLOv8-Nano
INT8-quantised to ~1.8 MB, TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers on the XIAO ESP32S3 Sense
See the projectPreviously on…
September 2025 – presentClub
Team Next Nexus (TNN)
VIT-AP University, Amaravati
Technical Co-Lead, Technical Team
September 2026 – present
Technical Team Member
September 2025 – August 2026
A tech club at VIT-AP that focuses on AI/ML and blockchain technologies.
September 2026Event
Event Coordinator, V-TAPP 2026
Team Next Nexus (TNN) · VIT-AP University
Student coordinator for Team Next Nexus at V-TAPP 2026, VIT-AP University's annual technical fest, leading two flagship events on consecutive days.
2025 – 2029Education
BTech, Computer Science and Engineering
VIT-AP University · Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh
Currently in my second year. CGPA 8.98/10 (current).
My GitHub, live
Pulled from GitHub whenever the site rebuilds. Recent work only.
Synced with GitHub @Harshit-Murarka
Let's make the sequel.
Email is the fastest way to reach me.
Open to internships
No bugs were harmed in the making of this film. Several were.