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/ləkʃɪtˈʋəɾma/

noun: developer, ctf player, student

hi! i'm a 3rd year student at manipal institute of technology.

currently interested in cybersecurity, digital forensics and incident response.

also passionate about software and building things in general.

currently playing ctf with cryptonite (#3 ctf team in india) as its forensics head.

former OSS intern at code for govtech's mentoring program over summer 2025.

looking for summer 2026 and winter 2025 internships in the above fields (and more!)

experience

code for govtech (c4gt)
student software developer with dhwani ris may 2025 - august 2025
developed with angular, mongodb, next.js and python for easier access and creation of their forms.
cryptonite
team member & forensics head jan 2024 - present
lots of things, primarily capture the flag (ctf), digital forensics, hackathons, and training/recruitment. we're currently the #3 ctf team in all of india!
acm student chapter, mit manipal
core committee member nov 2023 - oct 2024
worked on ml workshops and contests.

achievements

aug 2025
astronomy-themed hackathon hosted by the astronomy club at manipal
the astronomy club at manipal
5,000 INR
may 2025
capture the flag competition organized by git belagavi and iit bombay
kls gogte institute of technology, belagavi
25,000 INR
apr 2025
fintech-focused hackathon at mit manipal innovation centre
mit manipal innovation centre
10,000 INR
feb 2025
capture the flag cybersecurity competition
k.j. somaiya college of engineering
15,000 INR
dec 2024
national-level hackathon organized by the government of india
indian institute of technology jammu
1,00,000 INR

projects

aug 2025
real-time orbital collision prediction for 12,000+ satellites using ensemble ml, lstm/gru networks, and three.js 3d viz.
pythonflaskthree.js
may 2025
ai travel assistant with gemini api, irctc integration, and backtracking route optimization.
reactnext.jsgemini api
mar - apr 2025
des cryptosystem with 16-round feistel network and optimized combinational logic for fpga.
verilogcryptographyfpga
oct 2024 - jul 2025
btrfs/xfs file recovery tool with low-level parsing, pyqt gui, and ai-driven dfir analysis.
pythonbtrfsxfspyqt
aug 2024
react native meditation app with convaai integration and semantic journal analysis.
react nativeexpotypescript
jul - dec 2024
8-bit vm in c with nor gate-based xor encryption for nitectf 2024 reverse engineering challenges.
cassemblyreverse engineering
apr 2024
penetration-testing browser extension for cookie extraction and webhook-based logging.
javascripthtmlcss

education & skills

manipal institute of technology
bachelor of technology, electrical engineering
expected july 2027
kendriya vidyalya jnu campus
cbse - pcm with cs
june 2022
Languages
PythonCC++JavaScriptTypeScriptBashHTML/CSSVerilogAssemblyLaTeXSQL
Frameworks & Libraries
ReactNext.jsReact NativeFlaskFastAPIAngularPyQtThree.jsNode.jsExpress.jsExpoMaterial UITailwind CSS
Technologies & Domains
GitDockerMongoDBREST APIsJSONFPGAMachine LearningPyTorchXGBoostLightGBMCatBoostLSTM/GRUMake/CMake
Relevant Coursework
Computer ArchitectureFPGA DesignVerilogMicrocontrollersEmbedded SystemsSignal Processing
Cybersecurity & DFIR
IDA ProGhidraWiresharkVolatilityGDBEnCaseSleuthkitFTK ImagerBTRFSXFSReverse EngineeringCryptography
interested? let's connect.
discord: @vei1e online