EXPERIENCE, LEADERSHIP & VOLUNTEERING

Journey, Roles & Contributions

A comprehensive record of project engineering, on-ground national hackathon volunteering, team mentorship, and community leadership.

Volunteering / Hackathon ExperienceAugust 2026

POD Volunteer

MIT India Hackathon 2026

August 2026Pune, Maharashtra

Worked as a dedicated POD Volunteer during the MIT India Hackathon 2026, taking end-to-end ownership of supporting assigned hackathon teams, coordinating on-ground logistics, resolving technical friction, and facilitating smooth judge evaluations in a fast-paced national hackathon environment.

"Being a POD Volunteer was more than just managing teams. It gave me the opportunity to interact with students from different colleges, cities, and states, build new friendships, understand different perspectives, and learn directly from experienced jury members. The experience strengthened my communication, coordination, leadership, and problem-solving skills."

Key Takeaways & Competencies

Leadership & Responsibility

Team Coordination

Communication

Problem Solving

Event Management

Networking

Collaboration

Working Under Pressure

Core Responsibilities & Execution

Managed and supported assigned hackathon teams throughout the intensive 24-48h hackathon sprint.

Helped teams with their real-time requirements and resolved on-ground technical and operational issues promptly.

Coordinated essential requirements related to breakfast, goodies, Wi-Fi access, evaluations, and team support.

Actively communicated with participants from diverse colleges, cities, and states across India.

Created a smooth, organized, and encouraging environment for all participating developer teams.

Interacted directly with jury members, absorbing valuable feedback, project evaluations, and industry insights.

Collaborated closely with the core organizing committee and volunteer team under tight schedules.

Skills:Team CoordinationEvent LogisticsCrisis ManagementPublic CommunicationJudge & Mentor Relations

Full Stack & IoT Developer (Project Lead)

Present

CircuitBotz & BinaryBotz Ecosystem

2025 - PresentPune, India

Leading architectural design and full-stack development for student electronics learning and hardware commerce platforms.

Key Takeaways & Competencies

Full Stack Architecture

Product Leadership

AI Prompt Grounding

Database Scaling

Core Responsibilities & Execution

Architected and deployed responsive full-stack applications using React, JavaScript, Node.js, and MongoDB.

Engineered an AI-assisted circuit debugging assistant integrating Gemini AI SDK with schema grounding to prevent hardware hallucination.

Designed RESTful APIs, JWT authentication, and secure checkout webhooks with payment gateways for robotics hardware enthusiasts.

Mentored fellow engineering students on component selection, microcontroller pinouts, and git workflows.

Key Impact & Deliverables

Grew developer user testing group to 500+ student hardware builders.
Reduced average circuit debugging inquiry resolution time from 2 hours to under 30 seconds.

Skills:ReactJavaScriptNode.jsExpressMongoDBGemini AITailwind CSSESP32

Web Development & Technical Team Member

College Technical Club / Student Council

2024 - 2025MITAOE, Pune

Developed university departmental platforms and led workshops for junior developer cohorts.

Key Takeaways & Competencies

Developer Mentorship

Workshop Delivery

Team Collaboration

Core Responsibilities & Execution

Collaborated on departmental web portals, student registration systems, and digital event landing pages.

Built responsive UI components adhering to modern accessibility and performance standards.

Conducted technical hands-on workshops on Git/GitHub fundamentals, Web Development basics, and Arduino IoT prototyping for junior students.

Key Impact & Deliverables

Engineered event registration platform handling 1,500+ participants during annual college tech symposium.
Awarded Certificate of Technical Contribution for club web initiatives.

Skills:JavaScriptHTML5/CSS3ReactGitTailwind CSSFirebase

Open Source Contributor & Hardware Builder

Present

Open Source Developer Community

2023 - PresentRemote

Active contributor to open-source developer tooling and embedded systems starter kits.

Key Takeaways & Competencies

Open Source Standards

Code Reviews

Public Documentation

Core Responsibilities & Execution

Contributed documentation fixes, component refactoring, and bug patches to community open-source repositories.

Published open-source hardware templates and ESP32 telemetry starter code for student makers.

Participated in Hacktoberfest and global open-source sprints.

Key Impact & Deliverables

Authored 10+ public GitHub repositories with clean documentation, star ratings, and MIT licenses.

Skills:C++PythonJavaScriptArduino IDEGitHub Actions