🌟 Celebrating the Achievements of Ojasva Goyal! 🌟

📢 We are thrilled to highlight the outstanding accomplishments of Ojasva Goyal (BITS ID: 2021A2PS2378P) in research, innovation, and competitive excellence. His remarkable contributions across multiple domains stand as a testament to academic brilliance and technological innovation. 🚀

🏆 Research Publications 📚

1️⃣ Deep Learning for Wheat Rust Detection

🔹 Paper Title: Integrating Deep Learning for Visual Question Answering in Agricultural Disease Diagnostics: Case Study of Wheat Rust
📍 Journal: Scientific Reports (Nature)
📅 Date: 15 November 2024
🔗 Read Here

🔍 Key Highlights:
✅ Developed WheatRustDL2024 & WheatRustVQA datasets with 9,798 images
✅ Achieved 97.69% accuracy using ResNet + BLIP
✅ Enabled real-time, expert-free disease detection using federated learning

2️⃣ ML-Powered Water Treatment Research

🔹 Paper Title: Efficacy of Biochar as a Catalyst for a Fenton-like Reaction: Experimental, Statistical, and Mathematical Modeling Analysis
📍 Journal: Journal of Water Process Engineering (Elsevier)
📅 Date: 01 February 2025
🔗 Read Here

🔍 Key Highlights:
✅ Applied ML models (RF, SVM, KNN, ANFIS) for reaction optimization
✅ Enhanced biochar-based acetaminophen (ACT) degradation efficiency
✅ Paved the way for scalable, cost-effective water treatment solutions

🚀 Innovation & Hackathons

🏅 Selected for Prototyping Stage - ThingQbator Cohort 7

📍 Program: NASSCOM Foundation & Cisco ThingQbator
📅 Date: 13 September 2024

🔍 Project: Automated Plastic Sorting
✅ Selected among 125 teams from 1,700+ applicants
✅ Uses AI, computer vision & NIR spectroscopy for automated plastic waste sorting
✅ Focused on CNN training, reinforcement learning & real-world adaptability

🏆 Winner - ThingQbator Hackathon 7.0

📍 Organizer: NASSCOM Foundation & Cisco ThingQbator
📅 Date: 02 December 2024

🏅 1st Place among 125 teams in AI-driven plastic waste sorting innovation
💰 Prize: INR 5,000

🌍 Amazon ML Challenge 2024 - Global Rank 166

📅 Date: 16 September 2024
📍 Competition: Amazon ML Challenge 2024
🥇 Secured Rank 166 out of 75,000 participants

🏆 Awards & Recognitions

🏅 Mantra Awards 2024-2025 - Innovator of the Year

📍 Organized by: BITSAA & Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL)
📅 Date: 30 January 2025
🔗 Award Page
🔗 Results Announcement

🏆 Certificate signed by the Vice-Chancellor of BITS Pilani
💰 $2,000 cash award shared among winners

🏆 Winner - ASCE CISSC-2025 UG Competition

📍 Organizer: ASCE India Section Northern Region (ASCE IS NR) & Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh
📅 Date: 08 February 2025

🎉 Kudos to Ojasva Goyal for these stellar achievements! Your dedication, innovation, and research excellence inspire us all. 🚀💡👏

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