Utkarsha Salunke

Full-stack software engineer (MCA – Specialization in Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking) with hands-on experience building production-style, end-to-end web applications and applied machine learning systems. Experienced across the full development lifecycle — architecture, coding, testing, containerization, and CI/CD-driven deployment — with a security-conscious approach to authentication, payments, and data protection. Comfortable working independently across the stack, from database design to cloud deployment.

Software and Cyber Intern at C-ISFCR and C-IoT, PES University (2026-02 – 2026-07)

• Built components of a deepfake video detection pipeline (AUC 0.70) integrating computer vision models (RetinaFace, MediaPipe) for facial landmark extraction, under the guidance of Dr. Sapna V M.
• Designed a 3-layer Spatio-Temporal Graph Attention Network (ST-GAT) with temporal convolution (TCN) and DiffPool hierarchical graph pooling to classify real vs. fake faces.
• Developed and executed unit and functional test suites using JUnit, TestNG, and Selenium; contributed to CI/CD-supported test workflows and structured technical documentation.
• Applied data preprocessing, SQL querying, and correlation-based analysis to clean and validate research datasets, manually reviewing results to reduce false positives.

Master of Computer Applications (MCA) in Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking – PES University (2026)

Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) – Jain College of BBA, BCA and Commerce (2024)

12th PUC – KLE Independent PU College (2020)