Mannheim, Germany

Nabin Shrestha

Business Informatics · LLM & AI Engineering

I'm an M.Sc. Business Informatics student at the University of Mannheim, focused on building practical applications with large language models — retrieval-augmented generation, tool-calling agents, and the software engineering that makes them reliable.

LLM applications

  • Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
  • Agents & tool calling
  • Energy-efficient LLMs

Software engineering

  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • React
  • SQLite

Data & enterprise

  • Data mining
  • Power BI
  • Enterprise systems
  • Knowledge management

Selected work

Projects from my studies and my own learning.

M.Sc. team project · University of Mannheim

In progress

OncoMatch-AI

An agent-based system that matches oncology patients to clinical trials. Our team is extending an existing LLM agent that uses tool calling to search and reason over trial criteria.

  • LLM agents
  • Tool calling
  • Python

Systematic literature review · Green Software Engineering

Energy-efficient LLMs

A systematic review of techniques for reducing the energy cost of large language models, presented as part of the Green Software Engineering course in June 2026.

  • Research
  • LLM efficiency

Personal project

Local LLM chat app

A chat interface for running language models locally, built end to end to understand how the request flow, streaming and frontend fit together.

  • FastAPI
  • React
  • Python

Personal project

Loan management web app

A web app for tracking personal loans and repayments, with a lightweight backend and no frontend framework.

  • FastAPI
  • SQLite
  • JavaScript

Data Mining group project · University of Mannheim

Adult income prediction

A group project predicting income brackets from the UCI Adult census dataset, covering preprocessing, model comparison and evaluation.

  • Python
  • Machine learning

Personal project

Planned

Mannheim RAG chatbot

A chatbot that answers questions about life in Mannheim, grounded in local sources using retrieval-augmented generation.

  • RAG
  • LLMs

Background

Before moving to Germany I spent over a decade coordinating projects, events and communication between companies, government bodies and international partners in Nepal. That experience shapes how I build: start from what people actually need, and keep everyone aligned along the way.

Education

  1. 2025 – presentM.Sc. Business InformaticsUniversity of Mannheim, Germany

    Advanced Software Engineering, Data Mining, Enterprise Systems, Corporate Knowledge Management, Marketing Analytics

  2. 2006 – 2010B.Sc. Business Information SystemsKathmandu University (LACM), Nepal

    Software Engineering, Advanced Programming Techniques, Management Information Systems

Languages

  • NepaliNative
  • EnglishFluent (C1)
  • GermanBasic (A2)
  • HindiGood
  • NewariGood

Experience

  1. 2024 – 2025Office ExecutiveNepal German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kathmandu

    Produced presentations, briefings and market research reports; coordinated bilateral trade events and workshops.

  2. 2020 – 2024Project CoordinatorNano Technology Pvt. Ltd., Lalitpur

    Coordinated timelines and communication across international vendors, regulators and internal teams; prepared status reporting for senior stakeholders.

  3. 2011 – 2018Senior Office AssistantFederation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry

    Organised trade fairs, AGMs and B2B events end to end; liaised with government departments and international delegations; maintained membership databases.

Let's talk

I'm open to internships, working-student roles and conversations about LLM applications.

or email sthanabin198@gmail.com