{
"name": "Leona Goel",
"role": "Full-Stack Engineer · ML Enthusiast",
"degree": "B.Tech CS — VIT Bhopal (2024–2028)",
"base": "New Delhi, India",
"focus": ["MERN Stack", "ML pipelines & NLP", "Cloud (AWS · GCP)"],
"sih_2025": { "rank": 75, "of": 950, "result": "National Finalist 🏆" },
"users_served": 200,
"open_source": true,
"email": "leona.goel23@gmail.com"
}$ ./status --now
● Building → Full-stack apps with MERN Stack
● Learning → Cloud Computing (AWS / GCP) & Generative AI
● Open to → ML collaborations — NLP & recommendation systems
● Exploring → API optimisation & database query performanceHi! I'm Leona — a CS undergrad at VIT Bhopal who loves turning ideas into real, deployed software. I care about clean code, good UX, and building things that actually help people.
| 🥇 Achievement | 📋 Details |
|---|---|
| 🇮🇳 Smart India Hackathon 2025 | National Finalist — Top 75 of 950+ teams (Top 8%) |
| 🌍 GirlScript Summer of Code | Open Source Tech Contributor (Aug–Dec 2025) |
| 🎓 VIT Bhopal | B.Tech CS, 2024–2028 |
| 🏗️ Production Systems | Shipped apps serving 200+ real users |
React.js · Node.js · Express · MongoDB · JWT · Cloudinary
A secure, full-featured lost & found platform for VIT Bhopal students, with institutional SSO login, fuzzy search across 5 categories, email match alerts, and Cloudinary image handling — serving 200+ verified users.
Key Features: Brute-force rate limiting · Role-based dashboards (Student / Admin) · Forgot-password flow · Image uploads
Python · FastAPI · Scikit-learn · Supabase · NLP
A dataset-agnostic hybrid recommender combining TF-IDF cosine similarity and matrix factorization for personalized recommendations. Reduced integration time by ~60% via a modular adapter design. Evaluated using precision@k and recall@k metrics.
Key Features: Cold-start NLP engine · FastAPI REST endpoints · Real-time Supabase (PostgreSQL) data layer
Django · ReactJS · PostgreSQL · PostGIS
A full-stack Forest Rights Act monitoring system built for the Government of India during SIH 2025. Geo-spatial tracking of forest rights claims using PostGIS, empowering tribal communities with transparent digital infrastructure.
Languages
Frontend & Frameworks
Databases & Cloud
ML & Data
DevOps & Tools
| 🏅 Certification | 🏛️ Issuer | 📅 Date |
|---|---|---|
| The Bits and Bytes of Computer Networking | Google / Coursera | Dec 2025 |
| Generative AI | LinkedIn Learning | Aug 2025 |
| Cloud Computing | NPTEL — IIT Bombay | Nov 2025 |
| Problem Solving | HackerRank | Apr 2026 |
🐍 Python Developer Intern — Pinnacle Labs India Aug – Sep 2025
Built Python automation tools using OOP — reduced manual workflow effort by 30% through smart scripting and structured error handling.
🏆 National Finalist — Smart India Hackathon 2025 — Government of India Nov – Dec 2025
Ranked in top 75 of 950+ teams (Top 8%) representing VIT Bhopal. Delivered e-FRA Atlas, a geo-spatial forest rights monitoring system.
🌍 Tech Contributor — GirlScript Summer of Code — Open Source Remote Aug – Dec 2025
5-month open source program contributing to Python, AI/ML, and web dev projects — resolving issues, reviewing PRs, and improving CI/CD workflows.
I'm always open to interesting conversations, collaborations, and opportunities!
"The best way to predict the future is to build it."