Prashanth Vaidya R

Problem solver and maker of products. An ambitious geek. Full-time learner. Teacher. Occasional writer.

Gratitude Genie— a conversational Gratitude Journal

A mobile application launched to improve the mental health of our community through a ritual of gratitude journaling, mood tracking, daily inspiration, curated self-help posts and more. It has 900+ downloads across Android + iOS with an avg. rating 4.6 stars till date.

Technologies used— React Native, Redux Persist, wit.ai, Async Storage

Classroom Attendance 2.0

A real-time event creation and attendance management web application that can be deployed in university classrooms/ labs which brings the effective attendance-taking duration for a class down to less than a minute .

Technologies used— Near Sound Data Transfer, Keystroke Dynamics, React + Next.js, Material-UI, and Firebase

Study Notes Quiz App

An application that generates a questions + answers in real time when you upload your study notes, to help you revise more efficiently.

Technologies used— NLP and DL, ReactJS/ React Native, Redux Persist, spaCy, HuggingFace.

Smart Campus HelpDesk using Amazon's Alexa

An Alexa Skill that helps college freshers find their way around campus and helps them with their day-to-day class activities.

Technologies used— Node.js, Alexa Skills Kit, and AWS Lambda.

Highlights

Here's everything you need to know about me—

Product maker by passion

Passionate about building applications and creating an impact through technology. My gratitude journaling app has 800+ downloads till date with an average rating of 4.6 stars.

Masters in CS at IIT Hyderabad

Currently pursuing my Masters in Computer Science at Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, working under Dr. Subrahmanyam Kalyanasundaram .

Have completed my Bachelors in Information Technology from SRM Institute of Science & Technology with 88.86%.

Reliance Foundation Scholarship

Was among the top 40 PG students in the country to be offered the Reliance Foundation Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science.

4 stars on CodeChef + CCDSAP Certified

Have a max. rating of 4 stars on CodeChef. Have a best ranking of #121 out of 15000 participants in CodeChef October 2019 Long Challenge. Also completed CodeChef Certified Data Structure & Algorithms Programme ( Foundation )

Problem solving

Have solved 1000+ problems from LeetCode, CodeChef, CodeForces, Hackerrank, SPOJ, InterviewBit etc. Also used to participate in competitive programming in my UG days.

Teaching

I'm passionate about teaching topics from CS through my YouTube channel. I have also volunteered to teach English to underprivileged kids for 9+ months in Chennai/ Sri Lanka through U&I and AIESEC.

Get in touch

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