Chairperson & Web lead@Deviators

We didn't had any good college clubs or societies. So me and some of my friends came together to start something of our own, an independent club driven by purpose. While many clubs just existed for namesake, we wanted to genuinely improve the coding culture on campus. That’s how Deviators was born.

During our tenure (2024–2025), we organized multiple events, workshops, and a 36-hour hackathon. I mostly led the tech side, handling offer letters, managing the website, and other infrastructure that kept things running smoothly. It was a massive team effort, and I’m proud of what we built together.

My favorite part was organizing the 36-hour hackathon(View the gallery) . Not only was it fun and full of energy, but it also gave me my first real taste of managing scale. With 350+ participants and 80+ teams signing up through the platform I built, I was responsible for everything, registrations, fee collection, consent forms, user flow, and support. Yes, there were bugs. Yes, it was chaotic. But it worked. And it saved the team from the nightmare of managing all this through Excel.

I still remember hustling to fix issues live while people were signing up, and weirdly enough, I’m thankful to my previous (at that time) YC startup for letting me go. That unexpected turn gave me the time to go all-in on making this work. 🤣

Looking back, Deviators wasn't just a club, it was a startup disguised as a student initiative. It taught me how to build from scratch, lead without authority, manage people and tech under pressure, and most importantly, solve real problems with limited resources. Everything I do today, in some way, traces back to what we sparked back then.

I'm grateful for the lessons I learned and the people I met along the way. It was a wild ride, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.