Building sleek apps for the (intern)et @ EY, 3X Hackathon Winner, Founder @ SHISTECH, Active Freelancer. CS | Fullstack

Kavin Sood  • Peerlist

Developed a visually stunning personal portfolio website (kavinsood.com) using the 11ty (made previously using Hugo) static site generator and published over 20,000 words spanning STEM and philosophical topics while managing DNS, SSL, and the full technical stack. 
- Learnt CSS, JS and principles of Front-End Engineering through Project.
- Grew organic site traffic to 25k requests a month

- Volunteered web development expertise to build and support a cost-effective website for a non-profit organization, displaying ability to deliver professional solutions with limited resources.

- Actively freelancing to create landing pages and internal web applications across diverse industries,
continuously honing skills and delivering projects aligned with client requirements.

Web Development Projects

- First-Place Hackathon Winner at LNMHacks 6.0, LNMIIT Jaipur
- Won #1 place out of 50+ teams across the college, received $500 award.
- Built DAO platform that empowers users in the efficient management of investment clubs, opening access to participation in investment funds. Operating on a decentralized and agile platform, it offers various functionalities for individuals involved in these investment clubs like Club Creation, Membership
Management, Proposal Creation and Voting, Contributions to the Pool and Proposal Execution.
- Tech Stack: HTML, CSS, JS, ETH & AEternity Blockchain SDKs.

CHAEN COLLECTIVE

- Second-Place Hackathon Winner at Hack4Purpose, IIT Delhi & 11th Globally at Soonami Venturethon
- Developed a decentralized application called NEXUS SPHERE using React.js, Solidity, Infura, Web3.js,
Truffle, Ganache-cli, and Tailwind CSS. Implemented smart contracts for DAO governance structures,
voting mechanisms, and tokenomics. Demonstrated ability in designing and implementing DAO
governance systems, including proposal creation, evaluation, and strategic decision-making within
decentralized organizations.
- The project was shortlisted across two rounds in the highly competitive Soonami Venturethon,
a global startup launchpad, ranking 11th globally and 2nd at IIT Delhi, highlighting proficiency
in blockchain technology and decentralized applications.

NEXUS SPHERE

SightAi empowers the visually impaired with cutting edge smart glasses using ML driven object detection and action recognition for real time information, enhancing the navigation and interaction process. This project was researched, developed and pitched for our Creativity and Innovation Course.

SightAI

First-Place Hackathon Winner at Ordin@TRIX, Tagore International School, New Delhi
- Spearheaded conceptualization of ShoveAId, a multi-step service business, helps farmers maximize crop
yields by analyzing local environmental data using machine learning models and providing personalized
recommendations via SMS. Leveraged technologies like supervised learning with support vector machines, decision trees, cloud databases, satellite imagery analysis, and IoT (Internet of Things) sensor arrays to collect soil and field data inputs for the AI system.
- Won a hackathon for this impactful agricultural technology aimed at empowering small and medium-scale farmers in India to diversify into higher-value crops through data-driven insights and hyper-local guidance.