Hi there! 👋
I'm Chirag Khairnar.
"On an Adventure."
Builder. Explorer. Curious by default. I pick up new skills, ship real products, and head wherever the next interesting problem takes me. I don't wait to know everything before I start - curiosity is reason enough.
ABOUT
Computer Science undergraduate at SRMIST Chennai with a strong foundation in software development and problem-solving. Skilled in C++, Java, Kotlin, Swift and Python, with hands-on experience across iOS, web, and backend development.
Recognized for leadership in team projects - led a 5-member team as Research Intern at IIT Ropar, ranked Top 20 of 184 interns. Selected among Top 100 from 1000+ applicants for the iOS Student Developer Program by Apple & Infosys.
Passionate about building scalable, user-centric solutions that create real-world impact - recently completed iOS app development at Infosys Mysore and interactive storytelling research at IIT Kharagpur.
My Journey
Journey Timeline
iOS Student Developer @ Apple & Infosys
Jul 2025 - Present
Selected among Top 100 from 1000+ applicants for the iOS Student Developer Program. Collaborated with Apple and Infosys mentors to build production-grade iOS apps using Swift and SwiftUI.
Chennai, India (SRMIST)
iOS Developer Intern @ Infosys
Mar 2026 - Mar 2026
Worked in a 10-member Agile team to build a Retail Store Management System for a luxury store. Contributed across sprint planning, feature development, debugging, code reviews, and sprint demos while improving release quality under tight deadlines.
Mysore, India
Winter Intern @ IIT Kharagpur
Jan 2026 - Mar 2026
Research intern exploring interactive storytelling systems and computational narratives. Working under faculty guidance on cutting-edge interdisciplinary research projects.
Kharagpur, India
Research Intern (Team Lead) @ IIT Ropar
May 2025 - Jul 2025
Led a 5-member team - ranked Top 20 of 184 interns. Built Query2Concept, a semantic analysis tool mapping queries to concepts using LLMs and vector embeddings.
Ropar, Punjab, India
SKILLS
Languages
Web / Frontend
Mobile & Tools
Backend & Systems
Technologies
Relevant Coursework
PROJECTS
Interact App
App StoreDiscover hackathons, build teams, and interact with talent. Organizers can run events with QR check-ins, attendance tracking, and streamlined operations. Interact is a hackathon platform where participants discover events, build teams, and interact with people, while organizers launch and manage events end-to-end.
Swift Student Challenge submission - an interactive jar with physics-based gameplay built using SpriteKit. Explores accessibility-first design in a creative game format.
A research-driven interactive storytelling platform where users construct narratives by manipulating 3D cubes on a dynamic canvas. Each cube has six faces with different story fragments, and users build coherent narratives through spatial arrangement and graph-based connections.
IIT Ropar research project - a semantic analysis tool that maps queries to concepts using LLMs and vector embeddings. Built a full-stack interface for exploring concept relationships.
A real-time farmer-to-buyer platform built for Smart India Hackathon. Enables live price discovery, direct trade, and agricultural advisory via WebSocket and Gemini API.
ACHIEVEMENTS
EDUCATION
M.Tech [Integrated] - CS & Engineering
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, KTR
Specialization: Data Science | CGPA: 9.92 / 10.0
Chennai, India