Founder / CEO
Building something special — an Affordable Hearing Care Platform (AHCP) for Indians using sovereign on-device voice AI. No audio ever leaves the device.
Founder · Engineer · Investor
Harshit
Kaushik
Founder/CEO @ Dhvana · Sr. Engineer @ Nykaa · Systems Thinker
"One Battle At A Time."
✓ Open to Collaboration
Affordable Hearing Care · AHCP
Active Investor · Zerodha
Gurugram, Haryana, India
10+ Years Experience
10+Years Engineering
3+Companies Founded
3yrAt Nykaa (SnR)
3+Years Investing
~0msNykaa Rec Latency
README.md
About //
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Seasoned software engineer and entrepreneur with 10+ years building scalable platforms across consumer-tech, fintech, and AI. Currently Founder/CEO of Dhvana — building an Affordable Hearing Care Platform (AHCP) for millions of hearing-impaired Indians, powered by sovereign on-device AI.
Previously Senior Software Engineer at Nykaa (Search & Recommendations Platform), where I built and maintained the Recommendation microservice powering single-digit millisecond product discovery for millions of customers across the Nykaa ecosystem.
Previously led engineering teams at O.C. Tanner / Kwench, built ML pipelines at Fintify (Open Banking, London), and founded Shabdcast — a blockchain-based decentralised review platform on Ethereum/Polygon. Also an active long-term investor managing a diversified personal portfolio in Indian markets.
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experience.log
Work History
Full-Time Investor
Learning and increasing activity in long-term professional-grade investing, day trading, and maintaining a diversified personal portfolio in Indian markets.
- Active equity portfolio management on Indian exchanges
- Day trading, options, and momentum investing strategies
- Custom portfolio tooling and analytics in personal code
Senior Software Engineer
Search & Recommendations Platform (SnR) — the core engine powering product discovery for millions of Nykaa customers via PLP, PDP, SLP, and recommendation widgets.
- Built and maintained the Recommendation microservice with single-digit millisecond latency
- Developed the Discovery Platform powering content search across all Nykaa surfaces
- Applied ML & statistical models for personalised product discovery
- Worked across Elasticsearch infrastructure for search relevance and ranking
Founder
Conceptualised a decentralised review system on Ethereum/Polygon Layer 2 — reviews minted as unique NFT-like elements, owned by real users, governed by smart contracts, and moderated by a Stack Overflow-style community.
- Blockchain-based distributed ledger ensuring review tamper-resistance
- Smart contracts on Ethereum for code-governed platform moderation
- Community-led curation removing centralised corporate control
Lead Technology Specialist
Open Banking startup bringing financial data solutions to Indian and international markets. Built the ML transaction metadata prediction engine from PoC to production pipeline.
- Built CI pipeline for transaction metadata prediction engine (ML proof-of-concept)
- Experience with Django, MLflow, TensorFlow, and server operations
Software Engineering Team Lead
Led engineering at Thanks.com (thanks.com) employee engagement SaaS post-acquisition of Kwench by O.C. Tanner. Worked within a team of 20 engineers across a global enterprise product.
- Led engineering team post-acquisition, driving delivery across global SaaS platform
- Designed, migrated, and supported large codebases with cross-functional teams
- Experience interfacing with enterprise clients and multi-team coordination
Software Engineer → Technical Lead
myPerks (myperks.in) — India's leading employee engagement and Rewards & Recognition platform. Progressed from Software Engineer to Technical Lead in a high-performance team.
- Led R&R platform development — mentoring, code reviews, product design, scaling
- Built the internal communication system for automated emails & SMS
- Fixed broken legacy Pre-ES5 JavaScript powering certificate generation (used by thousands daily)
- Built Dropwizard and Spring services; full-stack from Postgres to frontend
Software Engineer Intern → SWE
Jun 2016 – Apr 2018
Built the frontend for the internal communication platform. Joined as intern and transitioned to full-time Software Engineer building out the Kwench reward & recognition ecosystem.
projects/
Featured Builds
▶ Current · On-Device AI · Hearing Care
AHCP — Affordable Hearing Care Platform
Sovereign on-device voice AI designed as a real-time hearing aid for hearing-impaired Indian users. Zero audio sent to external servers — full privacy by design. Built at Dhvana.
▶ Production · ML · Recommendations · Low-Latency
Nykaa SnR Platform
Search & Recommendations powering product discovery for millions of customers. Single-digit millisecond service latency recommendation microservice across all Nykaa platforms.
- Recommendation microservice — single-digit ms latency at scale
- Elasticsearch-powered discovery across PDP/PLP/SLP surfaces
- ML & statistical models for personalised product ranking
▶ Founder · Blockchain · Web3 · Ethereum
Shabdcast — Decentralised Review System
A blockchain-based review platform where reviews are minted as unique elements on Ethereum/Polygon Layer 2, giving real ownership to users. Smart-contract governance replaces corporate control.
- Reviews as unique on-chain elements — tamper-resistant distributed ledger
- Smart contracts on Ethereum for self-governing platform rules
- Community-led moderation model (Stack Overflow-style)
▶ ML · Open Banking · Fintech · London
Fintify ML Pipeline
Transaction metadata prediction engine for an Open Banking startup, built from ML proof-of-concept to a full production CI pipeline. Enables intelligent financial data categorisation.
portfolio.json
Investing & Markets
Active investor in Indian equity markets since 2023. Focused on long-term professional-grade investing, day trading, and options — backed by custom portfolio tooling and data-driven research.
Long-Term
Primary Strategy
Professional-grade long-term equity investing with fundamental analysis discipline. Building a diversified portfolio in Indian markets.
Day Trading
Active Activity
Intraday equity and derivatives trading. Momentum-driven approach with disciplined risk management on Zerodha.
Options
Derivatives
Options trading and momentum investing strategy. Building understanding of option chain dynamics and IV behaviour.
Custom Code
Tooling
Self-built portfolio analytics and tracking tools. Zerodha, Tickertape, ET Markets, Perplexity, and Coin integrated into a custom workflow.
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Technical Stack
Backend & Systems
JavaSpring BootSpring 3/4/5
DropwizardMicroservicesREST APIs
Low-Latency Systems
AI / ML
On-Device InferenceTensorFlowMLflow
ML RecommendationsTransaction Prediction
OpenCVNLP
Frontend
JavaScript (ES6+)AngularNode.js
jQueryJSPHTML/CSSPHP
Data & Search
ElasticsearchPostgreSQLDjango
Data PipelinesCI/CD
Blockchain / Web3
EthereumPolygon (Layer 2)
Smart ContractsSolidityDeFi
Investing & Finance
Day TradingOptions Trading
Momentum InvestingFundamental Analysis
Portfolio Management
awards.log
Honors & Recognition
★ Star Of The Month
Awarded Star of the Month for outstanding performance and delivery.
★ Star Of The Quarter
Recognised as Star of the Quarter across the engineering organisation.
★ Sizzling Squad Award
Team excellence award for high-impact engineering squad performance.
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Education //
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University
Bachelor's Degree — Computer Science
Apr 2012 – Mar 2016
Nehru World School
Intermediate Diploma (Class XII)
Apr 2011 – Mar 2012
Nehru World School
High School Diploma (Class X)
Apr 2009 – Mar 2010
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Get in Touch
Open to meaningful collaborations, startup conversations, and connecting with fellow engineers and investors.
