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Full-stack apps, Linux systems and the hardware they run on.

  1. Personal project

    This portfolio

    Next.js · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS

    The site you are on: one door for each side of my work, designed and built end to end.

    • Built with Next.js (App Router), React and TypeScript, styled with Tailwind CSS
    • Doors drawn in CSS and SVG, with animated walks between pages and light and dark themes
    • Scores 98 to 100 on Lighthouse for performance, accessibility, best practices and SEO on mobile
    • Checks its own content at build time, so private details never reach the site

    GitHub (opens in a new tab)

    The home page of this portfolio in dark theme: the greeting, the role calendar and a black and white portrait
  2. B.Tech major project

    MediIndex

    Grew out of PharmaManage Pro, which won 1st place at Cogni-Sphere 2025 HackSphere

    A pharmacy platform for inventory, billing and expiry tracking, with an Android app that keeps working offline.

    • REST API in Node.js; SQLite for local development, PostgreSQL on Neon in production
    • Batch-wise stock, FEFO billing, expiry alerts, demand forecasting and QR identification
    • Role-based access, audited stock movements and idempotent stock operations
    • React Native and Expo app with QR scanning, an offline queue and automatic sync; deployed on Vercel

    Live site (opens in a new tab)GitHub (opens in a new tab)PharmaManage Pro (HackSphere winner) (opens in a new tab)LinkedIn: project completed (opens in a new tab)

    MediIndex dashboard with total medicines, units in stock, expired batches, expiring-soon and low-stock countsMediIndex expiry alerts list showing an expired batch and batches close to expiry, each with an Acknowledge button
  3. Project

    TeraPlay: Video Streaming and Downloader

    Node.js · Express.js · JavaScript

    A web application for streaming and downloading video.

    • Developed the web application with Node.js and Express.js
    • Implemented the backend for video handling and streaming workflows
    • Built with an AI-assisted development workflow for rapid prototyping

    GitHub (opens in a new tab)

    TeraPlay logo: a play button beside the name, with the words Video Streaming under it
  4. Freelance project

    Shop Management System

    Full-stack web development

    A management system for a client's core shop operations and business workflows.

    • Developed the full-stack web application to the client's requirements
    • Supports core shop operations and business workflows
    Shop Management System logo: an orange shop awning over a shop front with a shopping cart, on black
  5. Project

    CanteenGo: College Canteen Pre-Order System

    HTML · CSS · JavaScript · Node.js · Express.js · MongoDB

    A working MVP that lets students pre-order from the canteen menu and skip the queue.

    • Students browse the menu, filter by category, fill a cart and check out with just a name
    • Every order gets a unique Order ID and a live status: placed, preparing, ready, collected
    • A kitchen dashboard shows new orders as they arrive and updates their status in one click
    • Back end in Node.js and Express.js with MongoDB (Mongoose); a responsive vanilla JavaScript front end

    GitHub (opens in a new tab)

    CanteenGo logo: an orange fork and spoon inside a rounded square, on black
  6. Multi-disciplinary minor (MDM) project

    AgriSenseAI: Crop Recommendation System

    Python · Streamlit · scikit-learn

    Recommends the best crop for a field from soil and climate data.

    • Random Forest model trained on 2,200 soil and climate samples covering 22 crops
    • Farmer Mode needs no soil test; Expert Mode takes exact values for N, P, K, pH, temperature, humidity and rainfall
    • Pulls live weather through the Open-Meteo and Nominatim APIs
    • Shows the recommended crop, a confidence score and the top alternative crops

    GitHub (opens in a new tab)LinkedIn: Post (opens in a new tab)

    AgriSenseAI Farmer Mode: simple questions about soil, last crop and fertiliser, with live weather for the chosen placeAgriSenseAI Expert Mode: entry fields for nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, pH, temperature, humidity and rainfall
  7. Hackathon prototype

    Clinical Handoff Risk Intelligence

    React · Vite · FastAPI · Python

    An offline decision-support tool that flags risky gaps when a hospital shift hands over its patients.

    • Works entirely offline, with no internet or outside APIs
    • A rule-based engine surfaces risks such as low oxygen saturation, missed medication and unconfirmed lab results
    • Separate nurse and doctor roles for entering and confirming data
    • Reads medical reports (PDF and images) with local OCR and graphs heart rate, oxygen and temperature trends

    GitHub (opens in a new tab)LinkedIn: Post (opens in a new tab)

    Emblem for Clinical Handoff Risk Intelligence: a heartbeat line inside a screen
  8. In early development

    Cadriva: Campus Recruitment and Career Management Platform

    Next.js · NestJS · PostgreSQL · Docker

    A platform to run campus recruitment and career management, planned as a pilot at MIT CSN.

    • Wrote the product blueprint and confirmed the first scope: a pilot at MIT CSN with nine features
    • Built and tested the foundation: a Next.js web app, a NestJS API with a background worker and shared contracts
    • Local Docker setup for PostgreSQL, with secret scanning on every commit
    Cadriva logo: an orange interlocking C mark beside the name
  9. Personal project

    Internpath: Internship Guidance Agent

    React · Vite · FastAPI · Python · MongoDB

    Helps students find internships, match them to their profile and keep track of applications.

    • A catalogue of internship listings linked to their sources, with filters for role, company, skill, location and work mode
    • Ranks openings against a student's degree, year, skills and location
    • An AI assistant that answers career questions, with a built-in demo mode when no API key is set
    • An application tracker for status, deadlines and follow-ups, plus resume upload and checks
    • JWT sign-in and 80 automated tests with pytest

    GitHub (opens in a new tab)

    Internpath logo: a person reaching toward an orange arrow, beside the name
  10. Personal project

    Momentum Tracker: Habit Tracking

    Next.js · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS · Recharts

    A habit tracker that turns daily consistency into streaks and a score.

    • A daily dashboard of the habits you have completed
    • Active streaks and a Momentum Score graded from your consistency
    • Seven-day trend charts built with Recharts
    • Card-based interface using shadcn/ui, set up with Google Genkit for future insights

    GitHub (opens in a new tab)

    Momentum Tracker logo: an orange rising arrow over grey bars, on black
  11. Learning project

    Decentralized Blog on Stacks

    Clarity smart contract · Stacks blockchain

    A minimal blogging contract where post details live on the blockchain.

    • Stores each post's metadata and hash on-chain
    • Lets anyone publish and read posts without a central platform
    • Written as a first Clarity smart contract, with a roadmap for editing, voting and IPFS storage

    GitHub (opens in a new tab)LinkedIn: Stacks bootcamp (opens in a new tab)

    Logo for the Decentralized Blog: three stacked layers with a chain link on the top one, in orange on black

  1. Industrial training and internship

    Trainee Developer, Python Full Stack

    Kiran Academy · Completion certificate, 27 Aug 2026

    Worked as a Trainee Developer on an industrial project.

    • Developed an industrial project under the guidance of Kiran Academy's expert technical team
    • Technology: Python Full Stack

    LinkedIn: Post (opens in a new tab)

    Kiran Academy, IT Training Institute
  2. Internship

    Hardware and Software Technician Intern

    New Technical World, Jalna · Jun 2025; Nov – Dec 2025

    Hands-on servicing for customers' machines, from diagnosis to repair.

    • Diagnosed and fixed desktop, laptop, printer and networking faults
    • Installed, configured and maintained Windows and essential software
    • Performed preventive maintenance and hardware replacement
    Emblem for the Hardware and Software Technician internship at New Technical World, Jalna: a computer screen with a gear

  1. Finalist

    Central India Hackathon 3.0

    SwasthyaSetu · Team Future

    Reached the finals of an SDG hackathon with a secure healthcare interoperability platform.

    • Finalist among 800+ teams
    • Led Team Future as the builder and pitcher
    • SwasthyaSetu brings fragmented hospital records into one consent-driven view, with limited emergency access

    GitHub (opens in a new tab)LinkedIn: Post (opens in a new tab)LinkedIn: Top 100 (opens in a new tab)LinkedIn: Round 2 (opens in a new tab)LinkedIn: system flow (opens in a new tab)

    Title slide of Central India Hackathon, Chapter 3, a UN Sustainable Development Goals initiative, with the SDG colour wheel in the lettering
  2. Hackathon

    IDEATHON 9.0

    ANKURGECA Incubation Centre, Government College of Engineering, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar · Apr 2026

    Presented the medicine inventory and expiry system with demand prediction at an incubation centre's ideathon.

    • Aimed at reducing medicine wastage and improving pharmacy efficiency through smart tracking and alerts
    • Team Future: Mahesh as builder and pitcher, Aarpita Kalyankar as UI/UX designer and co-pitcher

    LinkedIn: Post (opens in a new tab)

    Mahesh and his teammate Aarpita Kalyankar standing beside the Ankurgeca Incubation Centre Foundation plaque at Government College of Engineering, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
  3. Hackathon

    Hack For Impact: AI Hackathon

    Technophilia 2K26, MIT CSN · 11 Apr 2026

    Took part in a national-level AI hackathon organised by the CSE department.

    • Competed with Team Future in the offline prototyping round
    • Built an offline clinical handoff risk tool (see Projects)

    LinkedIn: Post (opens in a new tab)

    Certificate of participation for Mahesh Namdev Khandebharad in the Hack For Impact: AI Hackathon, Technophilia 2K26, MIT CSN
  4. Hackathon

    Build For Bharat 2026: National Innovation Hackathon

    MIT CSN · Apr 2026

    Qualified Round 1 of a national innovation hackathon organised by the college's electronics and computer departments.

    • Round 1 was an online idea presentation; the offline round was held at MIT CSN on 25 Apr 2026
    • Organised by the Department of Emerging Science and Technology and the Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering

    LinkedIn: Post (opens in a new tab)

    Four participants in front of the Build For Bharat 2026 National Innovation Hackathon screen, 25 April 2026
  5. Presented

    Aavishkar 2026, District Level

    MIT CSN · 29 Sep 2026

    Presented a working model of a medicine inventory and expiry management system.

    • Entered the Engineering and Technology category
    • Medicine Inventory and Expiry Management System with Demand Prediction for Medical Stores

    LinkedIn: Post (opens in a new tab)

    Invitation to the inauguration of Aavishkar 2026, the district-level research convention, MIT Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, 29 September 2026

  1. Technical Coordinator

    Kalavihangam 2K23

    MIT CSN · 24 – 28 Feb 2025

    Ran the technical arrangements for a campus event.

    • Technical Coordinator for the CSE department at the annual cultural fest, an event with 1,000+ attendees
    • Recorded sound, edited video and gave backstage technical support for the department's Maharashtra-theme night performance

    LinkedIn: Post (opens in a new tab)

    Emblem for Kalavihangam 2K23: a stage light with three beams. 1,000+ event attendees
  2. Workshop speaker

    Engineering Toolkit: Skills Beyond the Syllabus

    AlumniOS CSE Cell, MIT CSN · 21 Aug 2026

    Co-delivered a workshop on the tools engineers use beyond the syllabus.

    • Covered Git and GitHub, projects and AI tools
    • Explained LLMs, prompting, hallucinations, context engineering and responsible AI

    LinkedIn: Post (opens in a new tab)

    Opening slide of the Engineering Toolkit workshop: Skills Beyond the Syllabus, organised by AlumniOS, CSE Cell, MIT CSN

  1. Cloud and systems

    Linux, cloud and DevOps

    2025 – 2026

    Linux administration, cloud foundations and hands-on labs.

    • Red Hat System Administration training, completed; RHCSA exam pending
    • Certified Linux Administrator, Linux Academy Australia (through Unnati Development and Training Centre)
    • KuCL (DevOps), Unnati Development and Training Centre
    • Linux Administrator for Datacenter, Silver (NASSCOM)
    • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Certified Foundations Associate
    • AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials, AWS IoT Foundations and AWS SimuLearn: Cloud Practitioner
    • AWS Solutions Architecture job simulation (Forage, Jul 2025)

    LinkedIn: Linux Silver certificate (opens in a new tab)LinkedIn: Docker training (opens in a new tab)LinkedIn: Google Cloud Arcade (opens in a new tab)

    • Oracle
    • nasscom IT-ITeS Sector Skill Council
    • Unnati Development and Training Centre Pvt Ltd: A Step Towards Success

    and 64+ Google Cloud skill badges

  2. Programming, AI and data

    Code, AI and data

    2024 – 2026

    Languages, generative AI and data science, from university courses and industry programmes.

    • Programming in Java (NPTEL, IIT Kharagpur)
    • Artificial Intelligence in Industrial and Management Engineering (NPTEL, IIT Kanpur)
    • Building LLM Applications with Prompt Engineering (NVIDIA)
    • Career Essentials in Generative AI (Microsoft and LinkedIn Learning); Introduction to Vibe Coding (Microsoft Learn)
    • Foundational C# with Microsoft (freeCodeCamp); Introduction to Data Science and Introduction to IoT (Cisco Networking Academy)
    • Programming in C and C++ (Disha Computer Institute)

    LinkedIn: NPTEL AI course (opens in a new tab)LinkedIn: C and C++ (opens in a new tab)LinkedIn: vibe coding badge (opens in a new tab)

    Cisco Networking Academy
  3. Security and digital skills

    Cybersecurity and digital skills

    Workshops and courses

    Security foundations, digital forensics and everyday digital skills.

    • Cyber Security Foundation and an Ethical Hacking workshop (Cyber Sanskar)
    • Advanced Digital Forensics Techniques (Belkasoft)
    • MS-CIT (Maharashtra State Certificate in Information Technology)
    • Basics of Social Media and Digital Marketing (NIELIT)

    LinkedIn: Ethical Hacking workshop (opens in a new tab)LinkedIn: digital forensics (opens in a new tab)LinkedIn: digital marketing (opens in a new tab)

    • Cyber Sanskar: aware, educate, secure
    • Belkasoft: forensics made easier

    and digital marketing (NIELIT)

  4. Workshops and meetups

    Workshops and community

    2023 – 2026

    Hands-on workshops and community events beyond the syllabus.

    • Build With AI hands-on workshop (GDG Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar)
    • LaunchLab: Code Beyond the Basics
    • CNCF CSN May Meetup, certificate of appreciation (24 May 2026)
    • Google Cloud Study Jam, Google Developer Student Clubs MIT (Dec 2023)
    • 6-day Student Workshop on Universal Human Values (AICTE, Mar – Apr 2026)

    LinkedIn: Build With AI (opens in a new tab)LinkedIn: LaunchLab (opens in a new tab)LinkedIn: CNCF meetup (opens in a new tab)LinkedIn: Universal Human Values (opens in a new tab)LinkedIn: RGSTC lecture (opens in a new tab)LinkedIn: AWS User Group (opens in a new tab)

    Google Developer Groups certificate of participation for Mahesh Namdev Khandebharad: Build With AI, Hands-On Workshop