Hey, I'm Anushka Bhatnagar
I'm a Full-Stack and AI Developer
I Innovate through Design
I'm a Graduate Computer Science student at Columbia University, passionate about innovation and design in technology.
I love working at the intersection of Generative AI and Human-Computer Interaction, building accessible and inclusive UI/UX designs, and developing interactive websites and digital experiences.
Skills:
Languages
Java, Python, C, C++, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, R, MATLAB
Frameworks & Libraries
React, Angular, Flask, Node.js, jQuery, SQLAlchemy, LangChain, RAG, MCP
Cloud, Databases & Tools
AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Git, GitHub, Power BI, Adobe, Figma
EDUCATION
New York City, United States
Master of Science in Computer Science
Personalized Track Focused on Human-Computer Interaction, AI, User-Centered Design
Mumbai, India
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Business Systems
Gold Medallist, Batch Rank 1
I live in the 3 best cities of the world:
WORK
Reporting directly to the Founders
Building an intelligent multimodal RAG pipeline on Firebase with Vertex AI, enabling semantic downstream retrieval; Developing an ACL-compliant async cron queue decoupling Vertex AI inference from data with confidence reasoning.
Designing frameworks and visual interfaces that expose developer controls over AI-generated asynchronous interaction parameters and algorithmic logic flows.
Reported directly to the Founder,
Alexis Haber, as a founding engineer
Built the full-stack for the application using React, JavaScript, and Flask, performing API integrations, designing the database schema, and managing users' information; Deployed and secured on AWS through EC2, S3, load balancers, Cognito, Rekognition, and RDS.
Developed dynamic web applications for TCS Events using Angular and NPM, integrating JSON Server to optimize data storage, retrieval, and engagement processes.
PROJECTS
View All Projects on GitHub →
Experience Editor
A system for analyzing, recording, and debugging state machines in AI-generated web applications. The analysis is enhanced with automated interaction recording using Playwright.
Policy Query System
An agentic LLM workflow as a policy query system leveraging AI and MCP integrations for natural language policy search and conflict resolution with respect to Columbia CS PhD policies.
A Closet Full of Clothes
- and Nothing to Wear.
AI applications that help users manage their wardrobe and create outfits using their existing clothes.
LogoMotion
Visually-grounded code synthesis for creating and editing semantically meaningful animations. Integrated VLMs with an interactive React GUI and prompt engineering for optimized outputs.
Wave
A smart journaling application which offers emotion prediction and analysis for your daily journal entries.
MeaLit
A dynamic food recommendation engine offering personalized restaurant and recipe suggestions based on your preferences.
Artisano
A platform to discover unique art pieces, explore the works of talented artists, and experience the beauty of gallery culture.
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Emotion Analysis in Smart Journals: Bridging ML and NLP for Holistic Mental Health Monitoring
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Authors: Soumya Vaidya, Anushka Bhatnagar, Shobhit Patel, Manisha Tiwari, Pragati Khare
Conference: International Conference on Emerging Trends in Networks and Computer Communications (ETNCC), 2024
Publication: IEEE Xplore
Emotion Analysis and Trend Tracking in Smart Journals: A Review
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Authors: Anushka Bhatnagar, Soumya Vaidya, Shobhit Patel, Manisha Tiwari, Pragati Khare
Conference: International Conference on Innovative Computing & Communication (ICICC) 2024
Publication: Elsevier SSRN
Member Of:
Teaching Assistantships:
UI/UX Design, Spring'26 - Professor Celeste Layne, Columbia University (Head TA)
Innovation and Design Lab, Fall'25 - Professor Gary Zamchick, Columbia University
Programming Languages and Translators, Fall'25 - Professor Hubertus Franke, Columbia University
UI/UX Design, Spring'25 - Professor Lydia Chilton, Columbia University
C/C++ Programming Workshop, Spring'22, NMIMS University
LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES
Mentor for Imagine Cup 2024, Judge for Imagine Cup Junior AI for Good Finals 2024, Judge for Imagine Cup Junior Finals 2023, Judge for Ambassador AI Projects 2023, Panelist for Microsoft University Recruiting Panel, Windows Insider, Team Lead for the Ambassador Project, Speaker at various colleges across India, Mentor for MLSA's Mentorship Program, Contributed to the Social Impact Project in the Education domain
Mentored 700 students from around the world learn cloud skills like computing, big data and AI/ML on GCP.
VOLUNTEERING
Head Of Research And Development
August 2021 - April 2023
Initiated and worked on Project Rupaantar, which aims at using coconut shells and coir as well as flower waste to make sustainable and biodegradable products such as cutlery, rugs, pots and incense sticks. We actively partnered with manufacturers and beneficiaries with the belief that dedicated entrepreneurial action can transform and shape lives in a sustainable manner.
Also represented Project Shilpkaar, along with 3 other team members, in the KPMG Ideation Challenge, 2021, and cleared the first two rounds of the same.
Head of Content and Research
July 2021 - July 2023
Led a team of 20+ members, where we together researched and developed agendas pertaining to significant issues to raise awareness, and also created content for our social media channels. I have also participated in donation drives as a field volunteer.
