Hi, I'm Kasturi 👋 I'm a B.Tech CSE (Core) student at GITAM School of Technology, Visakhapatnam (CGPA 8.17/10, graduating July 2028). I like building backend-heavy apps and turning messy workflows into clean, secure APIs.
- 💼 Associate Product Engineering Intern @ Baatasari (May to Jul 2026)
- 🛡️ Secretary, GitHub Community GITAM
- 📣 Social Media Lead, AeroGitam Club
- 🌱 Learning DSA, DBMS and system design
Associate Product Engineering Intern, Baatasari · May to Jul 2026
- Built the backend for a campus events platform: Google OAuth login, college and club management, event creation, and ticketing/payment flows
- REST APIs in TypeScript and Express for auth, admin, ambassador, club and college modules, with PostgreSQL and Prisma for data modeling and Redis for session and event caching
- Shipped hashed session tokens, role-based approval workflows for ambassadors and clubs, Zod input validation and rate limiting; Razorpay ticketing in progress
| Project | What it does | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| KAPS MedTech | Healthcare management system with automated scheduling and RBAC between Doctor and Student roles; prototype deployed within 24 hours at Gitathon | Node.js, PostgreSQL, RBAC |
| TripSync | Travel coordination platform with a scalable REST API for authentication and real-time itinerary data; built for the SIH 2025 internal round in 24 hours | Node.js, Express.js, REST APIs |
| Fake Social Media Account Detection | Multi-dataset pipeline with feature engineering and an XGBoost classifier, with SHAP for explainability; cleared the SIH 2026 internal round | Python, XGBoost, SHAP |
| Streakly | Full-stack habit and goal tracker deployed on Vercel | React 19, Express 5, MongoDB Atlas |
| Expense Tracker | Expense tracker for Indian users: income, expenses, accounts, budgets and insights |
Core CS: Data Structures & Algorithms · OOP · DBMS · Memory Management
- Smart India Hackathon: cleared the 2026 internal round (fake account detection); built TripSync in the 2025 internal round within a 24-hour deadline
- Gitathon: deployed the KAPS MedTech prototype within 24 hours
- HackerRank Certified: Problem Solving (Basic), Nov 2025
