Pre-final year CSE @ KCT. I build during the day and break at night. HackX CTF 2025 — 2nd place. The butterfly is a tribute. Currently making HTB CPTS happen.
> STATUS ........... SOLVING HTB CPTS
> OPEN TO .......... INTERNSHIPS · FREELANCE · CTF TEAMS
> LOCATION ......... CHENNAI, IN
> AVAILABLE ........ [YES]
Pre-final year CSE student living at the intersection of building real-world software products and breaking / securing them. Both halves feed each other every day.
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Pre-final year CSE @ KCT. I ship web and mobile apps, break things in CTFs, and chase problems where code and security actually meet.
HackX 2nd · Cipher Chase Top 10 · Yukthi Top 33
Web · Mobile · AI · AppSec
CNSP · CAP · HTB CPTS
Pre-final year B.E. CSE @ KCT
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) – Computer Science and Engineering
Kumaraguru College of Technology
2023 – 2027 · Pre-final Year Student
No fake scoring. Just the stack I use daily, what I have shipped, and the tools I reach for during security work and CTF rounds.
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Production apps, hackathon builds, AI experiments and security tools. Every card links straight to the source on GitHub.
Real-time road accident detection system using surveillance cameras and AI. Automatically detects accidents and sends alerts to 108 emergency services and nearby ambulance drivers through a Flutter-based dashboard.
A full-stack food ordering and management platform designed for college canteens, enabling students to place orders online while providing admins with real-time order and menu management.
A comprehensive digital platform built to modernize metro rail operations using real-time monitoring, digital twin technology, IoT integration, and AI-driven analytics. Designed to support fleet optimization, predictive maintenance, and passenger services.
An end-to-end AI-powered web application that helps users draft, refine, and export Indian RTI (Right to Information) applications. The system guides users through missing information and generates legally structured RTI drafts.
An AI-driven web application that automatically forms optimal student teams using clustering algorithms based on skills, performance, and compatibility. Intended for educational institutions and project-based courses.
A modern web application to calculate SGPA and CGPA for students of Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT), Computer Science & Engineering department, based on the official curriculum.
From the Aeromodelling Club workbench to live AI/safety projects, and a Play-Store-published mobile app — here's the run history.
@ Aeromodelling Club
@ UYIR Road Safety Project
@ RedGoldCrew
Real, public competitions. Real, public scoreboards. Specialties: Reverse Engineering, Web Exploitation, Forensics, OSINT, Crypto, AI/ML security.
HackX · 2025
Secured 2nd place in HackX CTF 2025, a competitive cybersecurity contest focused on practical offensive and defensive security skills across multiple domains.
IIT Madras · 2025
Participated in the CTF competition conducted during Tamil Nadu Hackathon 2025 at IIT Madras. First exposure to a large-scale national-level academic CTF event.
IIIT Bangalore | Unstop · 2025
Achieved a Top 10 ranking in the Cipher Chase 24-hour CTF organized by IIIT Bangalore as part of Synergy '25. One of the most challenging endurance-based CTFs participated in.
Tamil Nadu Police Cyber Talent Hunt · 2025
Participated in Yukthi CTF 2.0, organized by the Tamil Nadu Police. Successfully advanced through prelims and reached the offline finals.
Hackerverse · 2024
Participated in Hackerverse CTF as my first formal Capture The Flag competition, marking the beginning of my hands-on cybersecurity journey.
Industry credentials I've earned (and one I'm actively earning right now).
SecOps Group · 2025
Validates foundational knowledge of network security concepts, protocols, and common attack surfaces across enterprise environments.
SecOps Group · 2025
Validates foundational understanding of application security principles, common web vulnerabilities, and secure coding practices aligned with OWASP.
Hack The Box · 2025
A highly practical, industry-focused penetration testing certification. Emphasizes real-world attack simulation, vulnerability chaining, and professional-grade reporting.
Where I think out loud and where I document the CTF challenges I've solved. Both are kept raw and honest.
Reflections on freelancing, building, and the developer mindset.
CTF notes after midnight
Most of my best CTF solves happen between 11 PM and 2 AM. This is how I run those sessions without burning out.
How I scope side projects so they actually ship
I stopped planning side projects like startup launches. This is the lightweight scope template that helped me ship faster.
What broken deploys taught me about calm debugging
When a deploy fails in public, panic is easy. These are the habits that helped me debug faster and with less chaos.
Challenges I've cracked, end-to-end attack chains, written so you can replay them.
Browse all writeupsFresh push logs from GitHub so this section never goes stale.
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Open to internships, freelance work, security research, hackathons, and Friday-night project pings. Drop a line — I read everything.
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Location
Madurai · Coimbatore · Chennai, India
Open to relocation · Remote-friendly
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