RAKESH KUMAR A

About

Final-year BCA student with hands-on experience in Power BI, SQL, Excel, data cleaning, validation, reporting, and dashboard development through internships and portfolio projects. Also has strong communication, presentation, and leadership exposure through student leadership, technical training, and robotics competitions.

Experience

• Data Analytics Intern
  Codec Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
  May 2026 – Jun 2026

  Built a data analytics dashboard to summarize and visualize data for reporting and analysis during a one-month internship.

• Hardware & Networking Internship / E-Waste Committee
  DRBCCC Hindu College
  Aug 2025 – Sep 2025

  Tracked computers, laptops, keyboards and other e-waste assets; monitored repair, reuse and scrap status and supported repair-versus-scrap and cost-saving analysis.

• Data Analytics Intern
  Edu Tantr
  Jun 2025 – Aug 2025

  Prepared basic reports and dashboards using Power BI, SQL and Excel; cleaned and transformed datasets and created visual summaries for reporting.

• Robotics Trainer
  ROBOXIA
  Sep 2024 – Feb 2025

  Trained students on micro:bit and introductory robotics through online sessions, strengthening technical communication, mentoring and presentation skills.

Education

• Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA)
  University of Madras - Affiliated College · University of Madras
  Jun 2024 – May 2027
• HSC
  Sevalaya's MKB Hr. Sec. School
  Computer Science · Jun 2022 – May 2024

Skills

Tools / apps / platforms

Projects

• FMCG Sales Analysis Dashboard ↗
  Power BI, Excel, DAX, Power Query

  Developed an interactive Power BI dashboard for sales and customer analysis using Excel source data, Power Query and DAX. Applied MTD/QTD/YTD, YoY analysis, filters, bookmarks and tooltip pages and documented dashboard design and analysis on GitHub.

🏆 Achievements & awards

• 2nd Prize, Line-Following Robot Competition · 2024

  Secured 2nd prize at Robotex International in Shanghai, China with an approximately 28-second run.

• 6th Prize, Entrepreneurship Competition

  Developed a wet/dry waste-sorting concept using moisture and ultrasonic sensors; secured 6th prize among 20+ teams.

• National-Level Paper Presentations · 2026

  Presented papers on Quantum Computing and Bio-Digital Convergence in Agriculture at Christ Arts and Science College.

• Presented Project to Large Audience

  Presented the project before 1,500+ people.

⚽ Extracurricular activities

• President - BCA Department

  Position of responsibility in the BCA department.

• Secretary - Speaking Club

  Position of responsibility in the Speaking Club.