Available for opportunities

Varsha
Sherla

AI/ML Engineer · M.Sc. Artificial Intelligence at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany. I build end-to-end intelligent systems — from deep learning models to production-ready web apps. Specialising in Computer Vision, NLP, and Generative AI.

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6+
ML Projects
3+
Internships
99%
Model Accuracy
6+
Certifications
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Deepfake Detection
99.94% confidence · Xception + Grad-CAM
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Vehicle Plate Detection
Real-time · YOLOv8 + EasyOCR + SORT
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AI Fraud Detection
Tech Mahindra · XGBoost + SHAP
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SPALC · Smart India Hackathon
Autonomous lake cleaner · YOLOv8
Work History

Where I've worked

Machine Learning Intern
Tech Mahindra · Hyderabad, India (Hybrid)
Apr – Jun 2025
Built an end-to-end ML pipeline for real-time application monitoring (AppVital) with load forecasting, anomaly detection, and automated dashboards. Delivered SHAP-explainable reports for non-technical stakeholders across international teams.
PythonXGBoostSHAPOpenAI APIReal-Time DashboardsML Pipelines
NLP & AI Research Intern
Swecha Telangana · Remote
May – Jun 2024
Contributed to building a Telugu Large Language Model (LLM) — data curation, corpus management, and TTS model development for a low-resource language. Coordinated data workflows across a distributed international team.
LLMsNLPTTSCorpus ManagementTelugu AI
Generative AI Intern
CSRBOX / IBM SkillsBuild · Remote
Feb – Mar 2024
Explored generative AI techniques and applied foundation models to structured data and text tasks. Hands-on experience with prompt engineering and responsible AI usage.
Generative AIFoundation ModelsPrompt EngineeringResponsible AI
Portfolio

Things I've built

01 · COMPUTER VISION
Deepfake Image Detection System
Binary classification of real vs. AI-manipulated faces using Xception transfer learning. Deployed as a Django web app with Grad-CAM heatmaps showing exactly what the model "looked at".
99.94% confidence Django App
TensorFlowXceptionGrad-CAMDjangoOpenCV
02 · COMPUTER VISION · AUTOMATION
Real-Time Vehicle Plate Detection
End-to-end automated system for detecting moving vehicles, localising license plates, and extracting text from live video streams. SORT tracker maintains stable vehicle IDs across frames.
Real-Time Multi-Object Tracking
YOLOv8EasyOCROpenCVSORTTensorFlow
03 · ML ENGINEERING · XAI
AI Fraud Detection Pipeline
Production-ready fraud detection system built at Tech Mahindra. Features SHAP explainability for audit-ready reports, OpenAI-powered dashboard narratives, and automated anomaly alerting.
Internship Project Explainable AI
XGBoostSHAPOpenAI APIStreamlit
04 · NLP · GENERATIVE AI
LSTM Text Generation Model
Sequence-to-sequence generative language model demonstrating core LLM principles — autoregressive token prediction, sequence modelling, adaptive learning rate control, and model checkpointing.
LLM Foundations
LSTMTensorFlowKerasNLTK
05 · ROBOTICS · EMBEDDED AI
SPALC – Autonomous Lake Cleaner
Smart India Hackathon 2023 — solar-powered autonomous robot that detects and classifies floating debris using YOLOv8. Detection outputs feed autonomous navigation logic for debris collection.
Hackathon 2023 Autonomous Systems
YOLOv8Embedded AIObject DetectionAutonomous Control
06 · GENERATIVE AI · RESEARCH
Scaling GANs for Text-to-Image
Research on scaling GAN architectures for text-to-image synthesis — exploring how architectural choices and training strategies affect generation quality at scale.
Research
PyTorchGANsText-to-Image
Capabilities

What I know

AI & Machine Learning
Deep Learning Computer Vision NLP Generative AI Transfer Learning CNNs / LSTMs XGBoost Anomaly Detection
Frameworks & Libraries
TensorFlow Keras PyTorch scikit-learn OpenCV YOLOv8 SHAP Streamlit Django NLTK Pandas NumPy
Programming & Tools
Python (Advanced) SQL Git OpenAI API Jupyter Google Colab CI/CD concepts
Languages
English — C1 German — A2 Telugu — Native Hindi — Native


Credentials

Certifications

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Prompt Engineering & Programming with OpenAI
Columbia+ · 2025
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Mastering Data with Machine Learning
IBM SkillsBuild · 2024
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Generative AI Micro-Internship
IBM SkillsBuild · 2024
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Deep Learning
IIT Ropar / NPTEL · 2023
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Joy of Computing using Python
IIT Ropar / NPTEL · 2023
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Privacy & Security in Online Social Media
IIIT Hyderabad / NPTEL
Let's talk

Open to opportunities

Looking for internships and full-time roles in ML Engineering, Data Science, and AI. Based in Cottbus, Germany — open to remote and relocation.

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