I build at the frontier of blockchain infrastructure, privacy, cross-chain systems, and developer communities. I'm an IIT Roorkee engineer with 5+ years in Web3—equally at home shipping prototypes, supporting ecosystems, and helping ambitious teams turn hackathon ideas into real products.
Open to: high-conviction Web3 collaborations, protocol engineering, DevRel, ecosystem growth, and meaningful open source.
- 🏆 8+ global Web3 hackathon wins & grants — including 1st place at TON Open League and ETHIndia 2024
- 💸 $20.5K+ in highlighted prizes and grants across TON, Arbitrum, Stellar, Polkadot, Arweave, ETHGlobal, and ETHIndia
- 🌐 75K+ community audience across X and LinkedIn; 7M+ X impressions in a recent three-month period
- 🇮🇳 India Lead, Midnight Network Nightforce Program
- 🤝 Wormhole Foundation Fellow · Superteam Talent Scout · member of Shipyard
Smart contracts & blockchain apps · Web3 protocol ecosystems · Privacy & ZK-adjacent systems
Solana & EVM community building · Developer relations · Hackathons, workshops & education
| Program | Outcome |
|---|---|
| TON Open League Hackathon | 🥇 1st place — $2,500 |
| Arbitrum Stylus Blitz | Grant winner — $2,500 |
| Stellar Builders Residency & Startup Camp | $10,000 in funding |
| Polkadot Hacker House | 🥈 2nd place — $1,000 |
| ETHIndia 2024 · Privacy Scaling Exploration | 🥇 1st place — $1,000 |
| Arweave Hacker House | 🥉 3rd place — $2,000 |
| ETHGlobal Buenos Aires | 4th place — $1,500 |
- Blockchain Engineer — Skatechain
- Growth Lead, Developer & DevRel — Atheon Labs, San Francisco
- Growth Lead / Social & Community Manager — Turbine Cash
- KOL & Content Creator — Tunnl
- Former ecosystem ambassador for Avalanche, Alchemy, Arbitrum, and Akash Network
- Web3 Maven at Rise In; contributor to community-led Web3 events and hackathons
- Devconnect 2025 Scholar — spent a month connecting with the Ethereum ecosystem in Argentina
I mentor and judge builders at Rise In hackathons, Code Cubicles, Hack the Mountains, and Asset Merkle. I also host events that bring local developer communities closer to global protocols:
- Arbitrum Open House Gather — Delhi
- Akash Accelerate Watch Party — India
- AscendEX Bitcoin Pizza Party — Delhi
- Mathematics & Computer Science engineering background at IIT Roorkee
- School of Solana, Season 7 — Ackee Blockchain
- Genesis cohort — Rektoff Solana Rust Security Bootcamp
- Open-source contributor; participant in Protocol Labs Dev Guild, Timechain Summer of Code, and Social Summer of Code
- PR Manager at Cognizance, IIT Roorkee's technical festival
If you're working on developer tools, privacy, cross-chain infrastructure, or the next great Web3 community, let's connect.