# Vrishab Nair - Product & Engineering Portfolio > Product Manager and Engineer specializing in AI, RAG pipelines, and Growth. Dual Degree student at BITS Pilani. ## Resume & Experience # Contact Information * **Name:** Vrishab Nair * **Email:** vrishabnair44@gmail.com * **Phone:** +91-9963894342 * **Links:** https://www.linkedin.com/in/vrishab-nair-212769290/ | https://github.com/Dweeb1578 | https://vrishab-portfolio.vercel.app/ # Education ## BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus * **Degree:** Dual Degree in M.Sc. Physics and B.E. Electronics and Electrical Engineering * **Timeline:** Aug 2023 – Present # Professional Experience ## Founders Office Intern at Pinch * **Timeline:** May 2025 – Aug 2025 * Identified product gaps through competitive analysis of 7 networking apps and designed 3 Figma prototypes, leading to roadmap prioritization of 2 high-impact features. * Launched "streaks" gamification feature by coordinating with engineering and design teams, increasing 7-day user retention by 18%. * Revamped company website and implemented SEO strategy, improving organic search ranking. * Built investor pitch deck and sourced 34+ VCs, resulting in 2 investor meetings. * Recruited 2 Marketing Executives through end-to-end hiring process via LinkedIn and Founder's Network. ## Product Operations Intern at Stamp My Visa * **Timeline:** May 2025 – July 2025 * Redesigned website user flow and created UI mockups for main site and 'Automaton' product, reducing user drop-off by streamlining the process from 9 steps to 4 steps. * Produced 3 training videos and onboarding decks for new hires, reducing onboarding time from 2 weeks to 5 days. ## Marketing Intern at Schmooze * **Timeline:** March 2025 – April 2025 * Led a content marketing campaign focused on meme-based user engagement strategies. * Collaborated with the product team to refine in-app engagement features, enhancing user retention during the campaign period. ## Product Marketing Intern at Nam Nam Foods * **Timeline:** Jan 2025 – March 2025 * Designed multi-channel campaign across Instagram, WhatsApp, and email to drive product awareness, increasing sales by 47% over a 2-month period (Valentine's Campaign). * Redesigned packaging based on customer feedback analysis and optimized Instagram content strategy using analytics, growing reach by 83% and followers by 15%. **Portfolio RAG AI** | *Next.js, Pinecone, AI SDK, Groq, Llama 3* * Built an intelligent portfolio assistant that answers recruiter questions in real-time by "reading" resume data. * Engineered a RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipeline using **Pinecone** for vector storage and **Cohere** for semantic embeddings. * Implemented **Llama 3-70b** via Groq for ultra-low latency inference (<1s), ensuring a seamless chat experience. * Designed a responsive, dark-mode UI with **Next.js 14** and Tailwind CSS, featuring mobile-optimized chat widgets. **PM Coach AI** | *Llama 7B, Unsloth, ChromaDB, Python* * Developed a specialized AI mentor for aspiring Product Managers, capable of conducting mock interviews. * Fine-tuned **Llama 7B** using **Unsloth** on a dataset of 3,000+ FAANG product management interview questions. * Built a RAG pipeline with **ChromaDB** to index curated product strategy literature, reducing hallucinations by 40%. * Deployed the model to provide actionable feedback on user responses, mimicking a Senior PM's coaching style. **Shywarma AI** | *Redis, TypeScript, Vercel, RAG* * Engineered a custom multi-layer caching system using **Redis** to reduce repeat query response times by **90%** and significantly lower LLM token usage. * Developed a high-context **RAG pipeline** that retrieves hotel data and dynamically applies business logic to reduce travel package prices by **30-40%**. * Built robust rate-limiting middleware and a centralized content filtering system to prevent API abuse and ensure brand safety. * Refactored frontend state management to enable a seamless "streaming-like" user experience for complex itinerary generation. **Dynamic QR Code Generator** | *Python (Flask), Chart.js, Pillow, CSV/JSON* * Developed a custom **Dynamic QR Code Generator** enabling real-time URL updates without changing the physical QR code. * Engineered an interactive **analytics dashboard** with Chart.js to visualize traffic patterns and categorize scans by device type (iOS, Android, Desktop). * Implemented a "Design Studio" feature using **qrcode** and **Pillow** libraries to generate custom-branded, hex-color customizable QR codes. * Designed a lightweight, file-based persistence layer using JSON and CSV for relational mapping and high-throughput logging. **Resume Optimization Engine** | *Python, LangChain, Pinecone, Gemini, Groq* * Architected a **RAG-based resume optimization engine** reducing hallucination rates by providing LLMs with retrieved high-quality semantic examples. * Implemented a **hybrid multi-LLM pipeline** leveraging Google Gemini for embeddings and Groq (Llama 3) for sub-second inference (<200ms). * Developed a **semantic search system** with cosine similarity to match user experience against top-tier resume bullets, improving recommendation relevance. **VC Outreach Automation** | *n8n, Serper.dev, Groq* * Architected **n8n workflow** to automate lead research on VCs, reducing manual research time by **90%** via **Serper.dev**. * Implemented personalized hook generation using **Groq LLMs** to draft context-rich outreach emails for Seed to Series A founders. * Built a B2B Research & Personalization Engine capable of scalable, automated outreach with high relevance. **Sentiment Auto-Router** | *n8n, NLP, Webhooks, Automation* * Engineered an autonomous workflow to process anonymous student letters for a campus support group. * Integrated **NLP sentiment analysis** to automatically filter toxic content and flag critical messages for human review. * Routed positive messages to digital display boards via Webhooks, boosting operational efficiency by **200%** and eliminating manual moderation bottlenecks. # Leadership & Volunteering ## President at 180 Degrees Consulting (BITS Hyderabad) * **Timeline:** Aug 2025 – Present * Managing a team of 25+ consultants to deliver pro-bono consulting to 8+ non-profits, executing market research, GTM strategies, and pricing analysis projects. * Launched 'Consulting 101' training program covering Automations, Design, Lead Generation, and Data Analytics, up-skilling 130+ students across campus. ## Lead at Student's Anonymous (NSS BITS Hyderabad) * **Timeline:** Aug 2025 – Present * Leading a 22-member peer support team providing confidential counseling for students facing loneliness, harassment, addiction, and depression. * Organized 6 mental health awareness events including human libraries and workshops, reaching 300+ students and establishing a campus-wide support network. ## Social Media Lead at Dept. of Publicity and Public Relations * **Timeline:** Sep 2023 – Feb 2025 * Managed ATMOS 2024 Instagram account (8,000+ followers) as sole content creator, developing social media strategy and content calendar. * Executed influencer partnerships and paid ad campaigns that drove 3M+ reach and generated Rs. 19 Lakhs in ticket sales (78% increase YoY). # Achievements & Certifications * **3rd Place:** ReTHINK IDEATHON, IIIT Hyderabad [2025] * **4th Place:** ProdX, IIT Hyderabad [2025] * **Certification:** 30-Hour Product Management Course, Doremon Den [Feb 2025] * **Certification:** Building Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes, Google [Jan 2025] # Technical Skills * **Product & Design:** Figma, Canva, Wireframing, Low-Fi Prototyping. * **Data & Automation:** Python, n8n (Workflow Automation), Excel. * **Creative Tools:** Photoshop, Premiere Pro. # Featured Product Decks ## ECOX LABS (Agri-Waste Supply Chain) * **Problem:** India faces a dual crisis: 1.6 million deaths annually from air pollution due to crop burning, and a lack of scalable supply chains for industries needing biomass. Startups fail because they cannot reliably source agri-waste. * **Solution:** Built a tech-enabled, decentralized supply chain to aggregate, process, and deliver agri-waste to industries. * **KhetSe App:** Designed a mobile app for farmers to geo-tag locations and schedule waste pickups, digitizing the "first mile" of logistics. * **IoT Warehousing:** Implemented smart inventory systems to monitor moisture levels and stock in real-time, ensuring raw material quality. * **Blockchain Traceability:** Created an immutable ledger to track waste movement from farm to factory, ensuring transparency for ESG investors. * **Commercial Viability:** Modeled positive unit economics with a processing cost of ₹1,800-3,000/ton vs. a market selling price of ₹5,000-7,000/ton for biomass briquettes. * **Launch Strategy:** Focused initial rollout in Ludhiana due to high paddy generation and proximity to bioenergy plants. ## FinEase (Fintech for Gig Economy) * **Problem:** India's 23.5M gig workers struggle with income variability, lack of financial literacy, and debt traps. Existing fintech apps are too complex, English-centric, and require manual data entry, making them unusable for this demographic. * **Solution:** Designed a "Save-Track-Learn" ecosystem tailored specifically for gig workers. * **Automated Tracking:** Built logic to parse SMS/UPI alerts from gig platforms (Zomato/Swiggy) to auto-log income without manual input. * **Gamified Education:** Created a "TikTok for Finance" module delivering short, regional-language video lessons on taxes and savings, incentivized with in-app coins. * **Inclusive UX:** Designed an "Offline-First" architecture and voice-assisted interface to support users with low-end devices and limited literacy. * **Business Model:** B2B2C strategy partnering with platforms like Swiggy/Uber for distribution, monetized via ethical ad revenue, micro-course sales, and anonymized credit scoring data for lenders. * **North Star Metric:** "Financial Confidence Score" — a composite metric tracking active budgeting, savings goal adherence, and educational module completion. ## Blinkit (Churn Prediction & Flexi-Delivery) * **Problem:** Identified high customer churn rates driven by "Billing Delays" (44% weightage) and "Support Calls" (16% weightage). Root cause analysis revealed 65% of support calls stemmed from poor product quality (damaged/missing items). * **Analysis:** Trained a Random Forest ML model on customer datasets to quantify churn factors, identifying that users valued quality reliability over speed in specific segments. * **Solution:** Proposed "Flexi-Delivery," a dual-mode checkout interface: * **Lightning Lane:** Standard 10-minute delivery optimized for proximity. * **Careful Cart:** Quality-prioritized delivery sourced from the highest-rated vendors (ignoring distance), ensuring freshness for sensitive items. * **Vendor Incentive:** Designed a dynamic commission model where vendors with high quality ratings pay lower commissions, gamifying inventory standards. * **Projected Impact:** Targeted a 40% reduction in quality-related support tickets and refund-based billing delays. ## WinZO (Growth & Localization Case Study) * **Problem:** WinZO, India's #1 casual gaming platform, faced a 70.32% bounce rate and an 18% drop in traffic because users from Tier 2-5 cities were forced to navigate an English-first interface. * **User Insight:** The core persona, "Raj" (a junior clerk), felt alienated by the English onboarding and lack of accessible customer support, leading to trust issues and drop-offs before downloading the APK. * **Solution:** Redesigned the onboarding flow to be "Vernacular First." * **Auto-Language Detection:** Proposed a feature to detect browser language settings and auto-switch the UI to one of 12 regional languages (Hindi, Gujarati, etc.). * **Trust Signals:** Added a visible "Customer Support" widget and a larger "20 Crore Active Users" banner to the home page to build credibility immediately. * **Outcome:** Designed to increase the "Visit-to-Download" conversion rate by reducing linguistic friction for the target demographic. ## Style-Pronto (Fashion Q-Commerce Venture) * **Market Opportunity:** Identified a $14 billion gap in the Indian fashion market for "Quick Commerce." While grocery Q-commerce (Blinkit/Zepto) is booming, fashion delivery still takes 24+ hours. * **Strategy:** Proposed "Style-Pronto," a 60-minute fashion delivery service targeting the impulse-buy behavior of Gen Z and millennials. * **Analysis:** Leveraged market data showing the Indian fashion e-commerce sector is growing at 24% CAGR, with a projected user base of 60.6 million for Q-commerce by 2029. * **Competitive Landscape:** Positioned the product against incumbents like Myntra (slow delivery) and Blinkit (limited fashion SKU depth) by focusing purely on high-frequency fashion essentials. ## Purple Pandit (B2B Lead Generation Strategy) * **Objective:** Developed a scalable lead generation framework for a Branding & Packaging Design Agency. * **Methodology:** Built a targeted outreach strategy by identifying key "Buying Signals" such as recent funding rounds, new product launches, or hiring sprees, which indicate a need for rebranding services. * **Execution:** Created a "Decision-Maker Matrix" to identify and contact the right stakeholders (CMOs, Brand Managers) rather than generic contacts. * **Deliverable:** A comprehensive playbook covering market research, competitive analysis, and KPI definitions to streamline the agency's sales pipeline. ## Instagram (Onboarding UX Audit) * **Research Focus:** Conducted a granular "User Journey Mapping" of the Instagram signup process to identify friction points causing drop-offs. * **User Sentiment Analysis:** Mapped user emotions at every step (e.g., "Why do they need my date of birth?" -> *Anxiety/Hesitation*) versus the "Aha Moment" of finding friends. * **Key Findings:** Identified that the request for personal information (DOB, Phone Number) early in the flow creates a "Privacy Barrier" before the user perceives any value from the app. * **Recommendation:** Proposed deferring non-essential data collection until after the user has engaged with their first piece of content to improve activation rates.