About

About Me

An Application development associate(MERN stack developer) at Accenture & Open Source advocate

I am Aparna, a Merit Holder MERN stack web developer at Accenture. I am working in UI team and is responsible for developing and analyzing frontend features using modern tech stack such as React JS, JavaScript, Next JS etc. Moreover, I am a Machine learning and Cloud enthusiast. I did some internships on ML, Python and Natural Language Processing. One of my ML project was recognized as a Top project by my internship mentor. Moreover, I have 3+ years of experience in Technical Content writing. Also, currently I am sharing my knowledge on Twitter and LinkedIn. My achievements include a Merit Holder badge by Accenture, Top project badge from Spotle.ai(internship) and 2 research papers on Machine Learning projects. Apart from these, I graduated with a CGPA of 9.12 and was among the top 3 meritorious students in my college. My interests include learning new technologies, contributing to open source and sharing my knowledge with others. I also create awareness about Open source contribution in the form of Twitter threads & I am invited as a speaker by many communities to address tech enthusiasts.

Experience

Work Experience

Aug 2021 - Present

Application Development associate(MERN stack developer)

Accenture

Tech stack: MERN stack(MongoDB, Express, React, Node JS)
Mainly working on developing and analyzing UI (frontend) features for Accenture's Client. Frontend Technologies used in this project: React JS, Next JS, CSS, JavaScript
Recognized by Accenture for being a merit holder in MERN training.

May 2020-Jul 2020

NLP(Natural Language Processing) Intern

Spotle.ai

Created a chatbot using Rasa machine learning framework that is used to address career related queries of people.
Also got recognized for best project because I not only created the chatbot but also connected it with Telegram(social media).

Jun 2019-Jul 2019

Python Developer

Smart IT Services

Created an Object detection machine learning algorithm using Computer vision and Tensorflow.
Also authored a research paper on the same project in 2021 which got published in JITM.

March 2022-Present

Technical content developer & Open source advocate

Self

Working as a technical content writer on Twitter & LinkedIn.
My Open source threads have gone viral many times & also got invited as a speaker by several communities.
I am an active open source contributor & member of several organisations on GitHub, also a helper in Discord communities.

Oct 2019-Dec 2019

Alexa developer (Natural Language Processing developer)

Self

Developed two Alexa skills using Natural Language Processing (NLP) namely "Teddy bear facts" & "Monkey facts" which are used to show some facts related to Teddy bear & Monkeys. Also can simply be tested by saying "Teddy bear/Monkey facts" on Alexa.

Jan 2017-May 2019

Technical Content Developer & Team lead

Noteshub

Created premium technical content on computer science core subjects for B.Tech students & also worked as a Team lead.

Education

Education

2017-2021

B.Tech (Computer Science Engineering)

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

I completed B.Tech in 2021 with an overall CGPA of 9.12 & was among the top 3 meritorious students in my college.
Also gave presentations on various core subjects & helped classmates in understanding concepts by teaching them, as well as sharing notes with them.
Participated in various coding & debate competitions.
Also won 2nd prize in a coding contest & published two research papers on ML algorithms.

2002-2017

School Education

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

I scored an overall CGPA of 10.0 in 10th standard & 78.2% in 12th.
I participated in various co-curricular activities & was part of Eco-club.
Also participated in British Council activities for about 3 years.

Services

Services

Skills

My Skills

JavaScript

85%

React JS

85%

HTML

90%

CSS3

90%

Node JS, Express JS

75%

MongoDB

75%

Machine Learning

80%

Natural Language Processing

85%

Python

85%

Next JS, Vue JS

75%

Computer Vision

85%

Cloud (Azure)

75%

C++, Object Oriented Programming

90%

Git, GitHub

90%

Technical Writing

90%

Leadership & Communication

90%

Projects

Projects

Accenture's Client Project

UI (Frontend web development)

MERN Stack Restaurant application

Full stack web development

Chatting app using React JS

Frontend Web development

Personal Portfolio

Portfolio

Chatbot for career related queries

Rasa Machine learning framework

Publications

Publications, Threads & Blogs

June 11, 2022

Introduction to Open source contribution

What is Open Source project & why should you contribute ?

June 15, 2022

How to find good Open source projects for beginners

This is a thread to help first time open source contributors to find good projects.

June 19, 2022

How to make your first Open Source Contribution

This is a thread to help beginners to create their first Pull request.

June 29, 2022

Some open source projects for beginners

This is a thread with some beginner-friendly open source projects.

July 1, 2022

Invited as a speaker

I was invited by some communities as a speaker to explain about open source to beginners.

March 06, 2022

How to make a chatting app using React

This is a blog to help chat with your friends and family with your own React app in 3 easy steps.

Oct 19, 2021

Gender and Age Classification Enabled Blockchain Security Mechanism for Assisting Mobile Application

I authored this research paper & it got published in IETE Journal of Research in 2021.

Feb 25, 2021

Real Time Object Detection using CNN based Single Shot Detector Model

This research paper was published in JITM (Journal of Information Technology Management) in 2021.

0 Recognitions from Employers
0 Open source contributions in 2022
0 GitHub Achievements badge
0 Audience on Twitter handle

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