Ishfaq Mir

Ishfaq MIr

Multidisciplinary AI Agent Developer

Résumé

US College Scholarship Offers

Global Wildcats Award

University of Arizona

Provost's International Scholarship

Missouri University of Science & Technology

Panther Fund International Scholarship

Florida Institute of Technology

International (Tuition + Housing) Scholarship Award

Illinois Institute of Technology

Pre-College Scholarship

Georgetown University

Education

University of Kashmir

2023 – 2027

Bachelor of Computer Applications (Honours)

Memberships

IAENG Society of Computer Science

2025 – Present

Member

Data Visualization Society

2025 – Present

Member

American Physical Society (DCOMP)

2024 – Present

Student Member

Int'l Society for Data Science & Analytics

2024 – 2024

Student Member

American Society for Microbiology

2024 – Present

Global Outreach Member

Royal Statistical Society

2023 – Present

Student Member

European Microscopy Society

2024 – Present

Member

Royal Microsopical Society

2024 – Present

Member

Royal Society of Chemistry

2024 – 2024

Student Member

Institute of Mathematical Statistics

2024 – Present

Member

Activities

Student Coordinator

2025 – Present

Al-Khwarizmi Computer Science Club

Responsible for coordinating club activities, leading student engagement and tech events. Initiated TechTalks, a weekly tech speaker series.

Summer Intern

2025 – 2025

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Una

Worked on the “Quantum Simulation of Molecular Hamiltonians” using the Variational Quantum Eigensolver in Pennylane under the supervision of Dr. Naman Garg.

Womanium Global Quantum Scholar

2024 – 2024

Womanium Quantum

Awarded a full scholarship to attend Womanium Quantum Computing + AI Program’24

Aspire Leaders Program Fellow

2024 – 2024

Aspire Institute

Selected for the Aspire Leaders Program’24, focusing on leadership development and global collaboration.

Participant

2023 – 2023

Qiskit Global Summer School

The Qiskit Global Summer School 2023 is a two-week intensive summer program designed by IBM Quantum to empower quantum researchers and developers.

Kectil Fellow

2023 – 2024

Knowles Educational and Charitable Trust for Int'l Leadership

I've been accepted to the Kectil Leadership Program'23! The Program works in three parts: a one-year Web-based Program, the Developing Youth Leadership Conference in Atlanta, and the Alumni Network.

Qubit X Qubit Scholar

2022 – 2023

IBM Quantum

Have been awarded a full scholarship to attend 'Introduction to Quantum Computing' a 2-semester, credit-bearing program sponsored by IBM Quantum, and taught by MIT Researchers at The Coding School. Secured a 100% score in both semesters.

Volunteering & Workshops

Report Writer

2025 – 2025

IIT Bombay e-Yantra Robotics Workshop

Responsible for compiling the technical report for the 2-day e-Yantra Robotics Workshop

Workshop Participant

2025 – 2025

Atfaal Innovations Pvt Ltd

Attended a 2-day workshop on embedded systems

NSS Volunteer

2023 – Present

National Service Scheme

Selected as volunteer at NSS Unit III

Volunteer

2022 – Present

YOUNGO

Volunteer/Member of the Youth Constituency of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Awards & Honours

Highest CGPA

2025

Department of Computer Applications

Secured the highest CGPA in the class across all academic years

Samarthan Internship Awardee

2025

All India Council for Technical Education

I was the only student selected from our college for the AICTE-Sponsored Samarthan Summer’25 Internship Program.

APS DCOMP Image Competition Selectee

2024

American Physical Society

My illustration on quantum cryptography was selected to be displayed at the APS Summit 2025.

Admissions Merit List Rank 1

2023

J&K Higher Education Department

Ranked 1 in the Admissions Merit List for computer science programs wherever I applied

Medals of Zonal Distinction

High School

Science Olympiad Foundation

Won 3 Medals of Zonal Distinction one in each National Science Olympiad (NSO), International English Olympiad (IEO), & International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) for securing Ranks 16, 6, and 25 respectively in the zone. (Zone: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, & Ladakh)

Top 20 Performers

High School

Jammu & Kashmir Board of School Education

Secured Rank 18 (among 50,000+ students) in the Valley-wide Higher Secondary School Examination (XII), with distinction in PCMB subjects.

Commendation Award

High School

Republic Day Awards, Gov’t of J&K

Received Certificate of Commendation along with a cash prize on the eve of the Republic Day from the H'onable Deputy Commissioner, District Baramulla for my performance in the state-wide Secondary School Examination.

Silver Medalist

High School

Science Olympiad Foundation

Won 2 Silver Medals one in each National Science Olympiad (NSO) & International English Olympiad (IEO) for securing rank 2 (in each).

Top 10 Performers

High School

Jammu & Kashmir Board of School Education

Secured Rank 5 (among 55,000+ students) in the Valley-wide Secondary School Examination (X).

Merit Scholarship Winner

High School

Talent Search Test

Won full year scholarship by securing Rank 5 in the State-level Talent Search Test. I was also the district topper.

LEAD Fellow

High School

Leadership Exploration and Development Program

1 of the 60 students to win a full scholarship to attend LEAD: a state-level three-day leadership exploration program designed to inculcate leadership competencies in high-achieving Kashmiri high school students

Skills

Programming

Qiskit

PennyLane

NumPy

Pandas

Matplotlib

Streamlit

Biopython

NGLView

LangChain

Design & Animation

Procreate

Figma

Adobe Creative Cloud Pro

Jitter

Spline3D

Stay kind!

Résumé

US College Scholarship Offers

Global Wildcats Award

University of Arizona

Provost's International Scholarship

Missouri University of Science & Technology

Panther Fund International Scholarship

Florida Institute of Technology

International (Tuition + Housing) Scholarship Award

Illinois Institute of Technology

Pre-College Scholarship

Georgetown University

Education

University of Kashmir

2023 – 2027

Bachelor of Computer Applications (Honours)

Memberships

IAENG Society of Computer Science

2025 – Present

Member

Data Visualization Society

2025 – Present

Member

American Physical Society (DCOMP)

2024 – Present

Student Member

Int'l Society for Data Science & Analytics

2024 – 2024

Student Member

American Society for Microbiology

2024 – Present

Global Outreach Member

Royal Statistical Society

2023 – Present

Student Member

European Microscopy Society

2024 – Present

Member

Royal Microsopical Society

2024 – Present

Member

Royal Society of Chemistry

2024 – 2024

Student Member

Institute of Mathematical Statistics

2024 – Present

Member

Activities

Student Coordinator

2025 – Present

Al-Khwarizmi Computer Science Club

Responsible for coordinating club activities, leading student engagement and tech events. Initiated TechTalks, a weekly tech speaker series.

Summer Intern

2025 – 2025

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Una

Worked on the “Quantum Simulation of Molecular Hamiltonians” using the Variational Quantum Eigensolver in Pennylane under the supervision of Dr. Naman Garg.

Womanium Global Quantum Scholar

2024 – 2024

Womanium Quantum

Awarded a full scholarship to attend Womanium Quantum Computing + AI Program’24

Aspire Leaders Program Fellow

2024 – 2024

Aspire Institute

Selected for the Aspire Leaders Program’24, focusing on leadership development and global collaboration.

Participant

2023 – 2023

Qiskit Global Summer School

The Qiskit Global Summer School 2023 is a two-week intensive summer program designed by IBM Quantum to empower quantum researchers and developers.

Kectil Fellow

2023 – 2024

Knowles Educational and Charitable Trust for Int'l Leadership

I've been accepted to the Kectil Leadership Program'23! The Program works in three parts: a one-year Web-based Program, the Developing Youth Leadership Conference in Atlanta, and the Alumni Network.

Qubit X Qubit Scholar

2022 – 2023

IBM Quantum

Have been awarded a full scholarship to attend 'Introduction to Quantum Computing' a 2-semester, credit-bearing program sponsored by IBM Quantum, and taught by MIT Researchers at The Coding School. Secured a 100% score in both semesters.

Volunteering & Workshops

Report Writer

2025 – 2025

IIT Bombay e-Yantra Robotics Workshop

Responsible for compiling the technical report for the 2-day e-Yantra Robotics Workshop

Workshop Participant

2025 – 2025

Atfaal Innovations Pvt Ltd

Attended a 2-day workshop on embedded systems

NSS Volunteer

2023 – Present

National Service Scheme

Selected as volunteer at NSS Unit III

Volunteer

2022 – Present

YOUNGO

Volunteer/Member of the Youth Constituency of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Awards & Honours

Highest CGPA

2025

Department of Computer Applications

Secured the highest CGPA in the class across all academic years

Samarthan Internship Awardee

2025

All India Council for Technical Education

I was the only student selected from our college for the AICTE-Sponsored Samarthan Summer’25 Internship Program.

APS DCOMP Image Competition Selectee

2024

American Physical Society

My illustration on quantum cryptography was selected to be displayed at the APS Summit 2025.

Admissions Merit List Rank 1

2023

J&K Higher Education Department

Ranked 1 in the Admissions Merit List for computer science programs wherever I applied

Medals of Zonal Distinction

High School

Science Olympiad Foundation

Won 3 Medals of Zonal Distinction one in each National Science Olympiad (NSO), International English Olympiad (IEO), & International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) for securing Ranks 16, 6, and 25 respectively in the zone. (Zone: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, & Ladakh)

Top 20 Performers

High School

Jammu & Kashmir Board of School Education

Secured Rank 18 (among 50,000+ students) in the Valley-wide Higher Secondary School Examination (XII), with distinction in PCMB subjects.

Commendation Award

High School

Republic Day Awards, Gov’t of J&K

Received Certificate of Commendation along with a cash prize on the eve of the Republic Day from the H'onable Deputy Commissioner, District Baramulla for my performance in the state-wide Secondary School Examination.

Silver Medalist

High School

Science Olympiad Foundation

Won 2 Silver Medals one in each National Science Olympiad (NSO) & International English Olympiad (IEO) for securing rank 2 (in each).

Top 10 Performers

High School

Jammu & Kashmir Board of School Education

Secured Rank 5 (among 55,000+ students) in the Valley-wide Secondary School Examination (X).

Merit Scholarship Winner

High School

Talent Search Test

Won full year scholarship by securing Rank 5 in the State-level Talent Search Test. I was also the district topper.

LEAD Fellow

High School

Leadership Exploration and Development Program

1 of the 60 students to win a full scholarship to attend LEAD: a state-level three-day leadership exploration program designed to inculcate leadership competencies in high-achieving Kashmiri high school students

Skills

Programming

Qiskit

PennyLane

NumPy

Pandas

Matplotlib

Streamlit

Biopython

NGLView

LangChain

Design & Animation

Procreate

Figma

Adobe Creative Cloud Pro

Jitter

Spline3D

Stay kind!