EXP-01Published in JIEE, Nov 2025
CNN-LSTM hybrid classifying over-the-air signal modulations, with a Software-Defined Radio as transceiver.
PyTorch · CNN-LSTM · SDR (over-the-air capture)
Signals, machine learning & systems, from radio waveforms and speech to brains and neural nets.
Engineering undergrad (Year IV) at Thapathali Campus, IOE. Building reliable systems and applied ML for signals, speech, and the brain-adjacent.
- hackathon wins
- 2022 to 2025
- publications
- JIEE ×2 · KJSE
- projects
- catalogued
- academic mean
- 8 semesters
plate I · pyramidal cell
01/ about
Signals as a throughline across radios, speech, brains, and models.
forward pass · live
Electronics, Communication & Information Engineering graduate from Thapathali Campus, IOE, with strengths in signal processing, networks, and AI / ML. Experienced backend developer and former ECAST president, focused on reliable systems and applied machine learning that survives contact with the real world.
The throughline is signals: radio waveforms classified over the air, speech isolated from a cocktail party, MRI volumes triaged, hand gestures decoded from magnetic fields, different sensors, same discipline.
fields of interest
- AI & Machine Learning
- Signal Processing
- Communication Systems
- Networking
- Backend Engineering
- Embedded Systems
02/ projects
Fifteen catalogued builds, grouped by series. Methods and results as noted.
series A
Signals & ML
EXP-02Winner, KU Hackfest 2025 · paper accepted, JIEE
Multimodal cocktail-party solver: spatial audio from a 4-microphone array fused with visual face cues to isolate a chosen speaker.
Deep multimodal net · 4-mic beamforming · audio-visual fusion
EXP-03
Four-class MRI triage (glioma, meningioma, pituitary, none) comparing a custom CNN, ResNet-18 from scratch, and DenseNet-121 transfer.
CNN · ResNet-18 · DenseNet-121 (ImageNet)
EXP-04
Defended image classifiers by deflecting pixels and denoising in the wavelet domain, preserving accuracy with zero retraining.
Wavelet-domain denoising · adversarial robustness
EXP-05
Self-supervised model that learns normal driving dynamics from dashcam video and flags risk via epistemic uncertainty, with no crash data needed.
Self-supervised video ML · epistemic uncertainty
EXP-06Fusemachines Microdegree capstone
Fine-tuned CodeLlama to translate natural-language prompts into ready-to-render Manim animation scenes.
CodeLlama fine-tune · Manim
EXP-15
★ Awarded one of the Best Departmental Projects · 2026
NSGA-II multi-objective scheduler with DQN/PPO agents as a hyper-heuristic selecting repair strategies each generation, timetabling 444 courses, 181 instructors and 67 rooms at Thapathali Campus. Greedy repair pipeline cuts hard violations 92 to 94% in one generation.
NSGA-II · DQN & PPO hyper-heuristic · vectorized eval (5 to 6.5×)
series B
Platforms
EXP-07In production at Thapathali Campus
Backend for a campus-wide timetable platform: multi-role access, real-time sync, conflict detection, workload tracking, analytics.
Django REST Framework · PostgreSQL
EXP-08Live at tcioe.edu.np
Backend API for the official campus website, built and maintained with a team of developers and designers.
Django · DRF
series C
Hardware & Assistive
EXP-091st place, Vertex Hacks 2023 & Locus 2023 · published in KJSE
Sign-language-to-voice glove sensing hand gestures through Hall-effect magnetic fields.
Hall-effect sensors · embedded C · speech synthesis
EXP-101st place, Asian Hack 2022
Wearable for the visually impaired: ultrasonic obstacle ranging plus camera-based object detection.
Ultrasonic sensors · camera CV · embedded
series D
Freelance & Systems
EXP-11Report published on ResearchGate
Library management system emulating blockchain from scratch in C++ for tamper-evident, transparent records.
C++ · custom blockchain
EXP-12
Backend for a mental-health support platform with healthcare-specific APIs.
Django · DRF
EXP-13
Social platform for developers to share projects and ideas.
Django · full-stack
EXP-1445★ on GitHub · MIT
One command, any language: a CLI that auto-detects the project's test framework across 11 languages and renders beautiful, unified output.
Rust · framework auto-detection · single static binary
03/ experience
Roles and society work, 2021 to present, as a raster of activity.
May 2025 to present
Self-directed
- Independent research in AI/ML with a focus on LLM planning and inference
- Two peer-reviewed publications (JIEE 2025, KJSE 2026); IsoNet accepted at JIEE 2026; further manuscripts under peer review
May 2024 to Apr 2026
Thapathali Campus, Kathmandu
- Designed the DRF backend with multi-role access (super admin, admin, teacher, student)
- Real-time sync, intelligent conflict detection, workload tracking, and analytics across departments
Apr 2023 to Apr 2026
Thapathali Campus, Kathmandu
- Built and maintained the official campus website backend (Django & DRF)
- Integrated front-end and back-end with a team of developers and designers
2021 to 2022
Fiverr
- E-commerce backends with Django/DRF
- Python automation tasks
May 2022 to May 2025
ECAST, Thapathali Campus
Electronics & Computer Students Amidst Students of Thapathali
- Led the departmental society fostering innovation through workshops and technical events
- Organized Yathartha Tech Fest (2080 & 2081) with all departmental societies
- Ran Dataverse, Clash of Code, ML Workshop, Django Workshop, and online seminars
04/ training
Degrees, fellowships, and the academic record.
academic record
mean · 8 sem
peak 92.64% · 3 times IOE topper
sem Isem VIII
May 2022 to present · Year IV
Thapathali Campus, IOE · Kathmandu, Nepal
- IOE Topper in 4th semester; Department Topper (Electronics & Computer) in 5th & 6th
- Major project on hyper-heuristic course timetabling (RL + GA), awarded one of the best departmental projects
- Coursework: DSP, Image Processing, AI, Computer Networks, Communication Systems, Wireless Communications, Probability & Statistics, DSA, DBMS, Softwarization of Next-Gen Networks
Mar 2024 to Jan 2025
Fusemachines AI Fellowship · Kathmandu, Nepal
- Neural networks, CNN, RNN, LSTM, GAN, hands-on
- Capstone: Text-to-Manim synthesizer by fine-tuning CodeLlama
May 2025 to present
NPLCoder · Kathmandu, Nepal
- Selected from a competitive national pool for the inaugural cohort
- Team-based development of practical software with modern AI tooling
2019 to 2021
Orchid Science College · Nepal
- GPA 3.73 / 4, college merit student
05/ papers
Peer-reviewed and accepted publications, reverse chronological.
- [1]
Padhya, D., Maharjan, S., Adhikari, B., & Pokharel, I. R. (2026). “IsoNet: Spatially-aware audio-visual target speech extraction in complex acoustic environments.” Journal of Innovations in Engineering Education (JIEE), accepted · arXiv May 2026.
- [2]
Padhya, D., Pant, J., Acharya, K., Maharjan, S., & Thakur, S. K. (2026). “Design and Implementation of a Multi-Purpose Low-Cost Hall-Effect Sensor Glove for Sign Language Recognition.” KEC Journal of Science and Engineering (KJSE), 10(1), 96 to 102, May 2026.
- [3]
Padhya, D. et al. (2025). “CNN-LSTM Hybrid Architecture for Over-the-Air Automatic Modulation Classification Using SDR.” Journal of Innovations in Engineering Education (JIEE), 8(1), November 2025.
06/ stack
Languages, frameworks and tools, with bar height denoting depth of practice.
Languages
8 ch97Python
86C
84C++
62Go
68JavaScript
72Bash
45x86 asm
80LaTeX
Frameworks
8 ch90PyTorch
95Django
93DRF
78FastAPI
70Flask
60React
88NumPy
82Pandas
Tools
5 ch94Linux
90Git
80Docker
76Vim
85Jupyter
Data
3 ch85PostgreSQL
80SQLite
70MySQL
Embedded
3 ch82ESP32
85Arduino
80Raspberry Pi
spoken · Nepali (native) · English (fluent) · Hindi (fluent)
07/ honors
Competitive results and recognitions, reverse chronological.
Thapathali Campus, IOE
Hyper-heuristic university course timetabling using RL (DQN/PPO) and genetic algorithms
Kathmandu University
IsoNet: multimodal audio-visual target speech extraction
China
Represented Nepal; workshops on global technology trends and leadership
Pulchowk Campus
Universal Hand Gesture Decoder, project demonstration
Thapathali Campus
Hall-effect sign-language-to-voice glove
Asian College
Blind Guidance System: ultrasonic ranging + object detection
08/ contact
Open to research, collaborations, and good problems.
- phone
- +977-9824274331
- github
- github.com/whoisdinanath
- linkedin.com/in/whoisdinanath
- location
- Jwagal, Lalitpur, Nepal