I'm Prince Kumar, a digital humanist and web developer blending TEI/XML workflows with modern front-end development. I build accessible, data-driven web applications for cultural heritage projects and automate document processing pipelines. With masters' studies in rare books and French literature, I bridge humanities research with hands-on software skills. I’ve collaborated across Europe and India on educational and nonprofit initiatives, translating complex data into usable tools and sharing knowledge openly through code and documentation.

Prince Kumar

I'm Prince Kumar, a digital humanist and web developer blending TEI/XML workflows with modern front-end development. I build accessible, data-driven web applications for cultural heritage projects and automate document processing pipelines. With masters' studies in rare books and French literature, I bridge humanities research with hands-on software skills. I’ve collaborated across Europe and India on educational and nonprofit initiatives, translating complex data into usable tools and sharing knowledge openly through code and documentation.

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I’m Prince Kumar, a digital humanist and web developer blending TEI/XML workflows with modern front-end development. I build accessible, data-driven web applications for cultural heritage projects and automate document processing pipelines.

With masters’ studies in rare books and French literature, I bridge humanities research with hands-on software skills. I’ve collaborated across Europe and India on educational and nonprofit initiatives, translating complex data into usable tools and sharing knowledge openly through code and documentation.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
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Intermediate
Intermediate
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Language

Hindi
Fluent
English
Advanced
French
Advanced
Latin
Intermediate
German
Intermediate

Work Experience

Master's Internship at IRHT, CNRS/Biblissima, Aubervilliers-Paris, France
May 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
Collaborated on digitization and metadata encoding for manuscript projects. Co-developed a IIIF-compliant workflow to digitally reconstruct manuscripts, trained a YOLO object-detection model to identify decorative elements, and encoded metadata using XML-TEI. Prepared and presented a demo for the team.
Master's Internship at Ghent CDH / KBR, Ghent, Belgium
May 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024
Performed Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) of 19th-century documents using eScriptorium; contributed to transcription workflows and data organization; assisted with relational data modeling and documentation.
Investigation Specialist (FR) at International Human Rights Organisation
April 1, 2022 - March 31, 2023
Carried out investigations, translated and transcribed materials, and supported research and reporting efforts.
at Amazon Development Centre, Hyderabad, India
August 1, 2019 - March 31, 2022
Software development role in a large tech environment; contributed to web development and workflow automation across teams.
at Amazon Development Centre
August 1, 2019 - March 1, 2022
Contributed to software development and data processing tasks, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver features for web applications using JavaScript/Node.js; helped build data pipelines and web tools.
Master’s Internship at Ghent CDH/KBR
May 1, 2024 - June 1, 2024
Performed handwritten text recognition (HTR) on 19th-century manuscripts using eScriptorium; contributed to transcription/relational data workflows and related tasks.
Master’s Internship at IRHT, CNRS / Biblissima+, Aubervilliers-Paris
May 1, 2025 - August 1, 2025
Coordinated work to develop IIIF-compliant tooling to digitally reconstruct manuscripts; trained YOLO-based object detection to identify decorative elements; encoded metadata using TEI/XML and prepared demonstrations.
Master’s Internship at IRHT, CNRS / Biblissima
May 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
Co-led IIIF-compliant demonstration development; trained YOLO object detection to identify decorative elements in Chartres manuscripts; encoded and prepared XML-TEI descriptions; contributed to a team demonstration.
Investigation Specialist (FR) at International Human Rights Organisation (Remote)
April 1, 2022 - March 31, 2023
Supported FR-language investigations by reviewing documents, translating content, and performing analysis to support case development.

Education

MA in Rare Book and Manuscripts at Université de Franche-Comté
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2025
MA in French at Jawaharlal Nehru University
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2019
BA in French at Jawaharlal Nehru University
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2017
BA in French at Jawaharlal Nehru University
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2017
MA in French at Jawaharlal Nehru University
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2019
MA in Rare Book and Manuscripts at Université de Franche-Comté
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2025
Master of Arts in Rare Books and Manuscripts at Università di Franche-Comté
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2025
Master of Arts in French at Jawaharlal Nehru University
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2019
Bachelor of Arts in French at Jawaharlal Nehru University
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2017

Qualifications

CS50 Certificate
January 1, 2022 - April 3, 2026
Charpak Masters Scholarship
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2025
UGC-NET (India)
March 1, 2022 - April 3, 2026
Coursera Responsive Web Design
January 1, 2020 - April 3, 2026
freeCodeCamp
January 1, 2020 - April 3, 2026
Charpak Masters Scholarship
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2025
CS50 Certificate
January 1, 2022 - April 3, 2026
UGC-NET (India)
March 1, 2022 - April 3, 2026
CS50 Certificate
January 1, 2022 - April 3, 2026
Python Data Structures
January 1, 2021 - April 3, 2026
Responsive Web Design (Coursera)
January 1, 2020 - April 3, 2026
Charpak Masters Scholarship
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2025
UGC-NET (India)
March 1, 2022 - April 3, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Education, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Non-Profit Organization