💼 Ashok – Intern & Volunteer at Swecha

Internship Duration: August 2024 – May 2025
Location: Swecha Foundation
Focus Areas: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, NLP, Backend Development, Open Source Contribution

🔧 Technical Projects & Contributions

1. Telugu Corpus Data Collection App

• Contributed to an open-source app for collecting Telugu language data.
• Aided in building datasets for regional NLP and Telugu LLM development.

2. Telugu LLM Development

• Participated in training and fine-tuning a Large Language Model (LLM) for the Telugu language.
• Focused on language understanding, dataset preparation, and model testing.

3. YouTube Data Extraction

• Developed Python scripts to extract structured data from YouTube content.
• Automated the process to support NLP and ML dataset creation.

4. Streamlit Weather Report App

• Built an interactive weather reporting app using Streamlit.
• Integrated APIs and visualized real-time weather data in a clean UI.

5. N8N Workflow for Server Monitoring

• Set up workflows using N8N to monitor Swecha servers.
• Automated alerts for server uptime/downtime for operational reliability.

🤝 Volunteering & Community Involvement

• AI Yatra Volunteer – Supported awareness events across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
• Medical Camps – Assisted in tech and logistics for local medical camps.
• Swecha Bootcamps – Volunteered in organizing and supporting AI/Backend training camps.
• Developer Days (DevDays) – Helped run Swecha’s internal and public tech meetups.

🛠 Technical Skills

• Languages: Python, JavaScript
• AI/ML: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Frameworks & Tools: Streamlit, N8N, Hugging Face, PyTorch, Scikit-learn
• Backend: REST APIs, FastAPI, Flask
• Automation: Workflow automation, YouTube data scraping
• Languages: Telugu (Fluent), English (Proficient)

🌐 Open Source Involvement

• Contributed to Swecha’s open-source projects with a focus on regional AI.
• Helped create datasets, tools, and language models for Telugu-speaking users.