Shantanu Welling

Skills

Positions Held in University

• Teaching Assistant for the CS Undergraduate Sophomore course CS219/236: Operating Systems/Operating Systems Lab in Spring 2024. Received the Excellence in CSE Teaching Assistantship Award for the same.
  
  
• Teaching Assistant for the Advanced Elective course CS663: Digital Image Processing in Autumn 2024.
  
  
• Teaching Assistant for the Advanced Elective course CS736: Medical Image Computing in Spring 2025.
  
  
• Teaching Assistant for the Undergraduate Freshman course CH107: Physical Chemistry in Spring 2023.
  
  
• Department Academic Mentor in the CSE department as a part of DAMP (Department Academic Mentorship Program 2023-24) to assist my juniors in navigating department specific curriculum.
  
  
• Project Mentor at Institute Technical Summer Projects 2023 organized by Institute Technical Council, IITB where I supervised 2 teams to get acquainted with Natural Language Processing & Reinforcement Learning.
  
  
• Project mentor at Seasons of Code 2023 organized by Web & Coding Club, IITB and guided 15 students towards accomplishment of a project based on Image SuperResolution.
  
  
• Project mentor at FinSearch 2023 organized by Finance Club, IITB and guided 16 mentees on a Reinforcement Learning project to optimise trading strategy for maximum returns.
  
  
• IIT Bombay Energy Club Convener for the 2022-23 tenure.
  
  
• Vice-Chairperson at Entre-MUN, E-Summit '22 & E-Summit '23 hosted by E-Cell, IIT Bombay.
  
  

Languages

• English
• Hindi
• Marathi
• Sanskrit (Awarded 1st prize in Sanskrit recitation competition at district level for 3 consecutive years, 2017-2019)
• Spanish (Achieved A+ grade in Spanish course offered by Skill Development & Vocational Training Institute of India, 2017)

Hobbies

Madh Beach

Worli Seaface

Manori Hills

Cycling

I usually do long distance cycling with 30-50 kms on an avg ride. I used to cycle around 20 kms every weekend since 2017 and everyday during holidays. I loved exploring new places on cycle and enjoy the scenic evening routes with my friends.

Since 2020 December, I started cycling consistently. I cycled 400 kms in December 2020. I completed 5000 kms in 2021, with a lot of consecutive 60+ km rides and some 75 km rides. I broke my own PRs with my fastest 50 kms being at an avg speed of 27.6 kmph. My main interest in cycling is exploring the city and hanging out with friends.

Find the link to my Strava profile below. It has all my rides and the beautiful images that I captured during my rides.

Link to my Strava profile.

International Court of Justice, The Hague

International Relations

My interest in international law and policies started in 2017 through various debate competitions and MUNs. Following which I started researching about international frameworks and read many journals, resolutions and conventions along with timelines and news of world events and crises during my free time.

I visited the International Court of Justice and Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands in 2024 (the pic above :D)

I have received several awards in Summits & MUNs, including Best Delegates, Best Delegation, High Commendations and Special Mentions. I have also adjudicated/chaired several MUNs as a member of the Executive Board across different committees.

Keyboard

I started learning keyboard since 2012 and continued it till 2016. After that I usually played the keyboard and figured out symphonies and music on my own. Some of my recent recordings include Arcade, Fairytale and Bluebird.

my music recordings

Karate

I immersed myself in the traditional Goju-ryu style under the guidance of the All India Karate-Do Federation. Throughout this journey, I proudly earned four belts, each representing a milestone in my martial arts proficiency.