Interested in the full depth of information technology — embedded systems, robotics, and full-stack web development. Comfortable moving between low-level firmware and production web systems.

• Production-grade volunteer recruitment platform with Zero-Direct-Access security architecture
• Frontend decoupled from database — all operations routed through serverless API endpoints with strict server-side authentication
• CV uploads secured via magic-byte verification, private Supabase Storage, and signed URL downloads
• Anti-abuse: Cloudflare Turnstile bot protection and Upstash Redis IP-based rate limiting
• Dynamic admin panel with real-time deadline control and synchronized countdown timer
• 40+ successful application submissions with ongoing registrations

• Developing an autonomous maze-solving micromouse robot under Team-EdgeRunners organisation
• Responsible for embedded firmware development on STM32 Blue Pill microcontroller
• Implementing maze-solving algorithms and real-time motor control logic

• Autonomous document-delivery robot capable of climbing stairs between floors
• Designed rocker-bogie-inspired chassis for continuous wheel contact on stair edges
• Implemented motor control firmware with ultrasonic-sensor-triggered stair detection

• Modelled a textile manufacturing company covering inventory, orders, production, shipping, and finance
• Applied linked lists, hash maps, and priority queues to real business access patterns
• Published on GitHub; forked 3 times

• Full-stack help-desk platform for university IT support with role-based access control
• REST API with Prisma ORM and PostgreSQL; Next.js App Router frontend
• Real-time ticket status tracking with department-based routing

• Interactive digital pandal celebrating the Vesak Festival
• Live at akashgandhawa.github.io/thorana