Achievements & Awards

Awards, academic milestones, publications and conference contributions.

B.Tech degree certificate showing First Division with Distinction, AKTU, 2026
AKTU · Jun 2026

B.Tech – First Division with Distinction (2026)

B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering (Data Science), 2025–26 graduating year.

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Best B.Tech Project Award First Prize certificate, SRMCEM, 2026
SRMCEM · Apr 2026

Best B.Tech Project Award – First Prize with Gold Medal

ECHO – Smart Virtual Eco Herbal Garden, recognising innovation and technical excellence in an AI-enabled herbal knowledge platform.

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Smt. Nirmala Agarwal Memorial Award certificate showing first position and 86.00 percent, 2024–25
SRMCEM · Oct 2025

Smt. Nirmala Agarwal Memorial Award

First Position in B.Tech CSE (Data Science), 3rd year, with an academic score of 86.00% (Session 2024–25).

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Published research paper

“ECHO: Engineering a Context-Aware Herbal Intelligence Platform”, Global Journal of Computer and Engineering Technology; presented at the 2026 UoP–IITR–AIMT International Conference.

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Presenter, IIT Roorkee conference 2025

“Digitization of AYUSH Herbal Knowledge using Modern Web & AI Technologies”.

Pankaj Kumar at Opportunity Open Source Conference 4.0, IIIT Allahabad
IIIT Allahabad · OOSC 4.0

Speaker, Opportunity Open Source Conference 4.0

Delivered the talk “AI Overload: How Careless AI Usage Is Quietly Hurting Pull Request Quality,” exploring responsible AI use without outsourcing understanding. This journey grew from OpenPrinting legacy-driver contributions through research and AI to public speaking, with guidance from Till Kamppeter and Aveek Basu.

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Open source contributor, OpenPrinting

Legacy drivers: researching and preserving historical Linux printer-driver software.

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Showcased at Innovation Festival

Regional Science City, Lucknow.

Pankaj Kumar receiving a certificate of appreciation at the AKTU three-day awareness programme
AKTU · 2025

AKTU Three-Day Health, Environment & Awareness Programme

Participated in a three-day intensive programme on health, pollution, environmental education and safety awareness. Received a certificate of appreciation from the university leadership.