Manas Girdhar

About

B.Tech CSE student at BIT Mesra with hands-on experience building full-stack web applications using React, Node.js, Express, Python, and MongoDB. Strong problem-solving background with competitive programming achievements and experience integrating AI/ML features into web products.

Education

• Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering
  Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
  Computer Science and Engineering · Aug 2024 – Jun 2028

Skills

• SQL
• Computer Networks
• Express.js
• FastAPI
• Bootstrap
• Python
• CSS3
• JavaScript
• Node.js
• React
• Responsive Design
• AWS
• Operating Systems
• PHP
• jQuery
• API Integration Understanding
• CI/CD
• HTML5
• Data Structures and Algorithms
• Oop

Projects

• Smart Cart Optimization Engine ↗
  React.js, Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, REST APIs, Gemini AI

  **Smart Cart Optimization Engine** is a full-stack AI-powered e-commerce recommendation platform built with React.js, Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB. It uses Gemini AI and semantic retrieval to generate personalized product recommendations based on factors such as product similarity, ratings, pricing, and popularity, with fallback and error-handling mechanisms for reliability.

• YelpCamp – Campground Marketplace
  Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, REST APIs, Passport.js

  **YelpCamp** is a full-stack campground marketplace built with Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB. It provides campground, review, and user management through REST APIs and CRUD workflows, with authentication, authorization, role-based access control, and third-party integrations for images and location-based features.

• GridLock AI – Traffic Intelligence Platform ↗
  React.js, Python, FastAPI, REST APIs, XGBoost, AWS

  **GridLock AI** is an AI-powered traffic intelligence platform built with React.js, Python, FastAPI, and REST APIs. It provides traffic prediction, route optimization, and analytics by integrating machine-learning models with real-time data processing and a React-based dashboard.

🏆 Achievements & awards

• LeetCode problem solving and contest performance

  Solved 550+ problems across LeetCode, Codeforces, and GeeksforGeeks, including 350+ Medium/Hard problems; reached peak contest rating of 1788 and top 8% on LeetCode.

• LeetCode Biweekly Contest 184

  Global rank 2,283/35,747 (Top 6.4%).

• LeetCode Biweekly Contest 187

  Global rank 2,943/39,918 (Top 7.3%).

• Academic performance

  Achieved a 9.45 SGPA, ranking among the Top 5% of the B.Tech. CSE cohort at BIT Mesra.

• G. P. Birla Scholarship

  Awarded for outstanding academic performance and merit.

• Flipkart GRIDLOCK Hackathon 2.0 Semi-Finalist

  Selected among the Top 4.7% of 34,600+ registrations.

• Flipkart GRiD 8.0 National Semi-Finalist

  Advanced to Round 3 of India’s premier engineering challenge.