I like the layer under the layer: cryptography on an FPGA, a race condition in an IPC handler, a modular reduction in a hot loop.
Winner of the Ollama special track at the Gemma 4 Good Hackathon (Kaggle and Google DeepMind), 2nd place at MLH Hackbyte 4.0, and 300+ competitive programming problems solved. Currently: a B.Tech in Computer Science at IIIT Jabalpur.
Implemented and benchmarked 5 NIST PQC algorithms (Kyber, Mayo, PQOV, HQC, SQIsign) on ARM-FPGA platforms using AMD Vitis.
Optimized 5,000+ lines of C/C++ cryptographic code for ARM Cortex-A9, resolving memory alignment and hardware compilation issues.
Validated correctness using NIST KAT (Known Answer Test) files with multiple test vectors per algorithm; used AMD Vitis to cross-compile and debug on FPGA boards.
An offline AI diagnostic assistant for histopathology that runs on a laptop through Ollama, with no GPU. Winner of the Ollama special track at the Gemma 4 Good Hackathon.
A cross-platform desktop AI assistant with taskbar companions and a central dashboard for managing agents. A group project that took 2nd place overall at MLH Hackbyte 4.0 and won the Armour IQ sponsored track.
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# Shantanu Kharwar, Software Engineer
Source: https://profile-website.shsuasud.workers.dev | Shantanu Kharwar | Software Engineer
Ship it, then prove it.
I build post-quantum cryptography, desktop AI agents and open-source tooling.
## Identity
- Role: Software Engineer, third-year
- Location: Jabalpur, India
- Studying: B.Tech Computer Science
- Institute: IIIT Jabalpur, 2028
- GitHub: ByteKnight28
- Email: shantanukharwar.work@gmail.com
- Phone: +91 9109653806
- Local time zone: Asia/Kolkata
## Experience
### Summer Intern, Post-Quantum Cryptography, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
- Internship | Kanpur, India | On-site
- 05.2025 - 06.2025 (2m)
- Stack: C, C++, AMD Vitis, PYNQ FPGA, ARM Cortex-A9
- Letter of Certification: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GHQFn9nkEbjxNgGy56wM2x3cM2eip7UA/view
- Implemented and benchmarked 5 NIST PQC algorithms (Kyber, Mayo, PQOV, HQC, SQIsign) on ARM-FPGA platforms using AMD Vitis.
- Optimized 5,000+ lines of C/C++ cryptographic code for ARM Cortex-A9, resolving memory alignment and hardware compilation issues.
- Validated correctness using NIST KAT (Known Answer Test) files with multiple test vectors per algorithm; used AMD Vitis to cross-compile and debug on FPGA boards.
### Open Source Contributor, stdlib-js/stdlib
- Volunteer | Remote | Remote
- 08.2025 - ∞ (1y 3m)
- Stack: C, C++, Fortran, JavaScript
- PR #9822: implemented single-precision sincosdf via C math bindings; passed full CI/CD, linting, and static analysis.
- PR #9849: extended BLAS with complex Givens rotation bindings across C, Fortran, and JavaScript.
### Open Source Contributor, Peersky Browser
- Volunteer | Remote | Remote
- 08.2025 - ∞ (1y 3m)
- Stack: JavaScript, Electron, Node.js
- PR #148: fixed a race condition in IPC handler registration via a lazy getter; added a toast notification.
- PR #152: created a one-click bookmark shortcut on the browser home page; addressed maintainer CSS feedback to reach merge.
## Systems (5)
## PathOS
- Status: shipped
- Active: 04.2026 - ∞ (7m)
- Outcome: An offline AI diagnostic assistant for histopathology that runs on a laptop through Ollama, with no GPU. Winner of the Ollama special track at the Gemma 4 Good Hackathon.
- Measurement: 19.5K SFT training examples, measured on H&E histopathology, Gemma 4 E2B, GRPO on 150 samples
- Stack: Gemma 4, Ollama, llama.cpp, GGUF, GRPO, Docker
- Evidence: Source (repo) https://github.com/dhairya-pandya/PathOS-Gemma4; Ollama model (model) https://ollama.com/dhairyapandya/pathos; GGUF on Hugging Face (model) https://huggingface.co/dhairyapandya/pathos-gemma4-distilled-GGUF
Detail:
- Team project. A Gemma 4 E2B model fine-tuned for H&E histopathology: supervised fine-tuning on 19.5K examples, then GRPO with format and accuracy rewards.
- Quantized to GGUF (Q8_0 and 4-bit Q4_K_M) so it runs through Ollama and llama.cpp on ordinary hardware.
- Constrained decoding keeps answers inside answer tags, and an agentic mode writes multi-paragraph pathology reports.
- Slide images go in through an API, and the model and adapters are published on Hugging Face and the Ollama registry.
## MessChain 2.0
- Status: prototype
- Active: 05.2026 - ∞ (6m)
- Outcome: A blockchain-based hostel mess system for subscriptions, rebates and voting, on a private Hyperledger Besu network.
- Measurement: 3 role dashboards, measured on Admin, Student and Staff, on a private Besu QBFT network
- Stack: Solidity, Hyperledger Besu, Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, IPFS, Docker
- Evidence: Source (repo) https://github.com/ByteKnight28/MessChain2.0
Detail:
- Solidity contracts (Hardhat Ignition) cover ERC20 tokens, governance, rebates, mess changes, a timelock and tender rates, on a private Besu QBFT network.
- A Node.js and Express backend with Ethers.js and Prisma, PostgreSQL, IPFS for files, and encrypted user wallets.
- Role-based React dashboards for Admin, Student and Staff.
- A midnight cron job deducts daily meal charges, checks approved rebates and applies approved mess changes.
## Udte-Bhawre
- Status: prototype
- Active: 01.2026 - ∞ (10m)
- Outcome: A cross-platform desktop AI assistant with taskbar companions and a central dashboard for managing agents. A group project that took 2nd place overall at MLH Hackbyte 4.0 and won the Armour IQ sponsored track.
- Measurement: MCP tool execution layer, measured on Gemini API agents, multi-terminal sessions, MongoDB store
- Stack: Electron, Node.js, MongoDB, Gemini API, MCP
- Evidence: Source (repo) https://github.com/rounak-agl/Udte-Bhawre
Detail:
- Group project, 2nd place overall at MLH Hackbyte 4.0 and winner of the Armour IQ sponsored track.
- Built on Electron and Node.js, with interactive taskbar AI companions and a centralized dashboard for agent management.
- An AI integration layer on the Google Gemini API and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) handles secure tool execution and multi-terminal sessions, backed by MongoDB.
## Huntestellar
- Status: deployed
- Active: 09.2025 - ∞ (1y 2m)
- Outcome: A full-stack treasure hunt platform that scaled to 450+ concurrent users and lifted participation by 50%.
- Measurement: 450+ concurrent users, measured on 12+ checkpoints, 100+ registered teams, 3 serverless APIs
- Stack: React, JavaScript, Node.js, Google Cloud Functions, Sheets API
- Evidence: Source (repo) https://github.com/ByteKnight28/Huntestellar
Detail:
- Led a 5-member team building the platform end to end.
- Built 3 serverless REST APIs on Google Cloud for real-time clue delivery across 12+ checkpoints.
- Automated 100+ team registrations via the Sheets API.
## KEM JS
- Status: shipped
- Active: 02.2026 - ∞ (9m)
- Outcome: FIPS 203 ML-KEM (CRYSTALS-Kyber) in pure JavaScript: no native bindings, no WebAssembly.
- Measurement: ~600ms for 100K NTT round trips, measured on forward and inverse transforms, pure JavaScript
- Stack: JavaScript, Node.js, ML-KEM, NTT, @stdlib/ndarray
- Evidence: Source (repo) https://github.com/ByteKnight28/KemJS
Detail:
- Supports the ML-KEM-512, ML-KEM-768 and ML-KEM-1024 parameter sets.
- An NTT butterfly engine with Barrett and Montgomery modular reductions, on flat Int32Array layouts via @stdlib/ndarray.
- Runs 100K forward and inverse transforms in about 600ms.
## Stack
- Languages: JavaScript, C, C++, Rust, Python, Java, Solidity, HTML, CSS
- Frameworks: React, Node.js, Electron, FastAPI, REST APIs
- Cloud and data: Google Cloud Functions, MongoDB, SQL, Redis
- Tools: Linux, Git, Docker
- Hardware: AMD Vitis, PYNQ FPGA
## Writing
## Elsewhere
- GitHub: https://github.com/ByteKnight28 (stdlib-js and Peersky contributor)
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/shantanu-kharwar (Open to internships)
- X: https://x.com/Shaan864 (Profile)
- CodeChef: https://www.codechef.com/users/byte_knight07 (1549, 2-Star)
- Codeforces: https://codeforces.com/profile/Byte_knight28 (1242, Pupil)
- LeetCode: https://leetcode.com/u/ZdXnJgFvtB/ (1,510)
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Contact: shantanukharwar.work@gmail.com | Jabalpur, India | Open to internships
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