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Hi, I'm Rishi

Rishi
that's me

CS undergrad building production-grade full-stack systems and applied AI products.

About

I build scalable web systems and applied machine learning solutions with a focus on performance and real-world deployment. I’ve worked across SDE and ML roles, optimizing backend latency, building AI-driven learning platforms, and shipping production features used at scale.

Work

where I've shipped things
SDE Intern · Tokyo, Japan

Worked as part of the Crossborder division helping Mercari expand globally. Worked across multiple teams and verticals to deliver user facing features, carried out releases, contributed to various team initiatives.

Mercari ↗
SDE Intern · Remote

Built RSVP Prediction Model, AI Powered Social Sharing Toolkit. Revamped Landing Page and boosted views by 200% (5k views monthly to 10k views). Improved event query performance by 87.5%, cutting load time from 8s to 1s, through query-level index optimization.

DevrelSquad ↗
Machine Learning & Data Science Intern · Kolkata, India

Worked in the Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence, Built an AI-driven adaptive training system for 7,000+ BSK operators across 3,500+ centers. Deployed a multilingual LMS with AI coach, dynamic learning, and analytics.

Webel, Govt. of West Bengal ↗
Frontend Developer Intern · Remote

Built a high-conversion landing page from scratch, generating 8000+ weekly views. Developed a dashboard for an AI-powered CCTV attendance system with employee logs, PDF export, and full backend integration.

Logiclens ↗
Project Admin · Remote

Guided contributors, reviewed PRs, and built community-driven projects. Recognized as Top 3 Project Admins.

Girlscript Summer of Code ↗

Skills

Projects

a few favourites, big and small
Elantika-Premium Bags

Elantika-Premium Bags

Ecommerce Website for buying bags, supports multi-combinations with ability to create and custom personalisations and customisations to products. Includes Admin panel to manage all products, variants, sales, orders, users. Includes User Profile for customers to track their products. Integrated with Razorpay for online payments and Shiprocket for logistics.

NextJS
GSAP
ThreeJS
MongoDB
ExpressJS
Razorpay
ShipRocket
Trustgraph

Trustgraph

TrustGraph is an AI-native trust layer for the internet: a portable, evidence-backed reputation profile that turns real work into a shareable Trust Passport. Instead of asking people to prove themselves through resumes, brand-name schools, or self-written claims, TrustGraph gathers public professional evidence — GitHub projects, LinkedIn history, Stack Overflow answers, hackathon submissions, personal portfolios, publications, talks, and peer recognition — then uses AI to explain what that evidence shows.

NextJS
MongoDB
PineconeDB
Tavily
Firecrawl
Agentic AI
OpenTrace

OpenTrace

A full-stack user analytics application that tracks interactions on a webpage (page views, clicks, rage clicks, scroll depth, etc.) and visualizes them on a comprehensive React dashboard.

React 18
Vite
Tailwind CSS
Lucide Icons
Socket.io-client
Node.js
Express
Socket.io
Mongoose
Zod
UAParser & GeoIP
GitPulse

GitPulse

GitPulse is an AI-powered collaboration layer for GitHub that listens to developer chat, detects potential issues or feature requests, and automatically creates GitHub issues — complete with title, description, and assignees. It integrates Model Context Protocol (MCP) to understand repo context, suggest fixes, and even generate pull requests — making it an actual AI teammate, not just a bot.

NextJS
Appwrite
Github API
Gemini
Axicov
Dhansetu

Dhansetu

Dhansetu is a high fidelity paper cryptocurrency trading platform similar to Binance to teach users how to trade and take better financial decisions, it was built with scalability in mind and can handle upto 100,000 users concurrently and perform trades in <0.30ms

NextJS
MongoDB
Python
LoopIn

LoopIn

LoopIn is the exclusive platform for students. Discover events, exchange skills, and connect with peers—all in one place. Get personalised event suggestions. Has features like event management, group chat, channel based chats, QR checkin, admin management, analytics and much more

NextJS
Firebase
CopilotKit
Gemini

Featured Posts

National Finalist — Smart India Hackathon 2025 @ IIT Roorkee

National Finalist — Smart India Hackathon 2025 @ IIT Roorkee

Our team worked on Problem Statement SIH25267 from the Welfare Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India: Designing a low-cost, portable jute ribboning machine to reduce manual labour and improve farm productivity . A real problem. Real impact.

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WebVerse 1.0 — Lead Organizer, GDG on Campus

WebVerse 1.0 — Lead Organizer, GDG on Campus

My first offline event as Lead Organizer, and it set the bar high — packed hall, high engagement, and a community eager to build. WebVerse 1.0 explored the modern web stack and AI-driven development, with sessions on core internet fundamentals, rapid AI-powered prototyping, Web3, and real-world career paths. The event featured industry speakers, hands-on workshops using Gemini and Firebase, and practical guidance on internships and freelancing. Strong turnout, sharp questions, and real learning outcomes made this a defining milestone for GDG on Campus RCCIIT. This was just the beginning.

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GDG Leads Assemble 2026 — Speaker & Community Leader

GDG Leads Assemble 2026 — Speaker & Community Leader

Invited by Machine Learning Kolkata to speak at GDG Leads Assemble, sharing experiences from leading GDG on Campus RCCIIT and discussing community growth, leadership, and developer engagement with fellow campus leaders across West Bengal.

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Leading RCCIIT's Largest TechKotha Yet

Leading RCCIIT's Largest TechKotha Yet

40 days of planning, 575+ registrations, and 200 attendees from 25+ institutions. As Lead Organizer, I coordinated speakers, sponsors, logistics, volunteers, and operations to deliver the largest TechKotha edition yet despite severe weather challenges.

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Hackathons

7+ weekends of no sleep
  • S

    Smart India Hackathon'25

    IIT Roorkee

    Grand Finalist out of 1,40,000+ teams
  • H

    Hackspire'25

    FIEM, Kolkata

    Winner (Axicov Track). #1 Community Partner.
  • W

    Webify'25

    Winner.
  • A

    Appify'25

    Winner.
  • A

    ACM Kolkata UG Hackathon'25

    Kolkata

    Winner.
  • B

    Binary'25

    KGEC, Kalyani

    2nd Runner Up.
  • Q

    Quira Quest #20

    Remote

    2nd Runner-up.

Blog

occasional thoughts on code & life

psst: drag things, tap photos, poke stickers

arrived!! 🇯🇵
arrived!! 🇯🇵
SIH '25 grand finale squad
SIH '25 grand finale squad
late night wander, Tokyo
late night wander, Tokyo
demo day nerves
demo day nerves
the Gundam is real
the Gundam is real
IIT Roorkee at sunrise
IIT Roorkee at sunrise
Akihabara brain rot
Akihabara brain rot
Binary '25, 2nd place 🏆
Binary '25, 2nd place 🏆
day one at Mercari
day one at Mercari
shipping TrustGraph live
shipping TrustGraph live
Shinjuku sensory overload
Shinjuku sensory overload
main character energy
main character energy
the whole gang
the whole gang
desk with a view
desk with a view
certificates & chaos
certificates & chaos
Noborito, my stop
Noborito, my stop
yakiniku > everything
yakiniku > everything
found a hut. no wifi.
found a hut. no wifi.
Tochō at night
Tochō at night
not my car (yet)
not my car (yet)
window seat, always
window seat, always
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