# Abhiyan Khanal

> Abhiyan Khanal is a full-stack developer and computer engineering student at Pulchowk Campus (Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University) in Lalitpur, Nepal. Abhiyan builds web and mobile apps end to end and is an AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate.

I'm a computer engineering student in Lalitpur who got hooked on building things that people actually use. Most of my work is JavaScript and TypeScript on the web, Flutter on mobile, and PostgreSQL underneath. I care about code that's easy for the next person to read, and apps that don't make users think too hard.

- Website: https://abhiyankhanal1.com.np/
- Full profile (plain HTML): https://abhiyankhanal1.com.np/about/
- Resume (PDF): https://abhiyankhanal1.com.np/resume.pdf
- Blog: https://blogs.abhiyankhanal1.com.np
- GitHub: https://github.com/Abhiyan31415
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhiyan-khanal-4406b2248/
- Email: abhiyankhanal7@gmail.com

## Experience

- Instructor, Software Fellowship, LOCUS 2027, Pulchowk Campus (2026): Taught a session in the Software Fellowship at LOCUS, Pulchowk Campus's national technological festival, and received a Certificate of Appreciation as an instructor.
- Event Manager, IT Club, Pulchowk Campus (Jun 2025 – May 2026): Helped run technical events and learning sessions for the campus IT club.
- Backend and Platform Intern, Ninja Infosys (Sep 2025 – Nov 2025): Three-month hybrid internship in Kathmandu working on back-end web development and DevOps.
- Freelance full-stack developer, Self-employed (Present): I take on client projects across the whole stack: React and Next.js on the front, Node.js, Express and Supabase on the back, PostgreSQL for data, and Flutter when it needs to be a phone app. I usually own a feature from the first sketch to deployment.

## Projects

- [Gantabya](https://abhiyankhanal1.com.np/projects/gantabya/): A travel companion for group trips and treks in Nepal. People publish trails with a start, a destination and checkpoints, browse them on a map, organise trips and talk to the people on a trip in a live chat room.
- [Janakpur Fish House](https://abhiyankhanal1.com.np/projects/janakpur-fish-house/): The website for Janakpur Fish House, a Mithila-style fish restaurant in Naxal, Kathmandu founded by BBC MasterChef finalist Chef Santosh Shah. It has a public site that presents the restaurant's story, menu, photos and press, and a login-protected admin site where the team uploads gallery photos and publishes news and press stories without touching code.
- [CogniCare](https://abhiyankhanal1.com.np/projects/cognicare/): A mobile app that helps people living with dementia and the people caring for them get through the day more safely. Caretakers manage medicines, appointments, notes and a safe zone around home; patients get a simple home screen, one-tap emergency contacts and a friendly voice companion to talk to.
- [Kanun Sathi](https://abhiyankhanal1.com.np/projects/kanun-sathi/): We built an AI legal companion for Nepali citizens. You ask a legal question in Nepali or English and get an answer grounded in the actual legal documents, with the source cited down to the page so you can check it yourself. Lawyers get their own dashboard to upload documents and research across them.
- [Evolutionary Creatures](https://abhiyankhanal1.com.np/projects/evolutionary-creatures/): A simulation written in C++ where virtual creatures with small neural-network brains reproduce, mutate and compete. Leave it running and new species with different brain wiring appear, get protected for a while so they can improve, and either take over or die out.
- [Hamro Bus](https://abhiyankhanal1.com.np/projects/hamro-bus/): An intercity bus booking site for Nepal. Passengers search for buses by origin, destination and travel date and pick seats on a seat map; bus operators get an admin area to register, add buses and watch ticket numbers on a dashboard.
- [DDA Drug Registration Portal](https://abhiyankhanal1.com.np/projects/dda-drug-portal/): A portal for filing and reviewing drug registration dossiers with Nepal's Department of Drug Administration. Applicants file a dossier split into the five modules of the ICH Common Technical Document, reviewers assess each module and raise queries, and a lead reviewer assigns the work and makes the final decision. We built it as team Char Devs at the hackathon of the 4th National Telemedicine & 1st National Digital Health Conference, where it placed 1st runner-up.

## Awards

- Winner, Tech Auction, COESIS (2026): Won first place with a team in a tech-bidding competition.
- 1st Runner-Up, Telemedicine hackathon, 4th National Telemedicine & 1st National Digital Health Conference (2026): Built the DDA Drug Registration Portal, a CTD dossier filing and review system for Nepal's Department of Drug Administration, as part of a four-person team.
- Nepal-US Hackathon, Nepali Leaders Network (2026): Built MindTune, a system that pairs wearable-device data with self-reported questionnaires to classify stress levels and recommend music.
- KU HackFest 2024, Kathmandu University (2024): Built Gantabya, a hiking and trekking platform for Nepal, in 48 hours.

## Certifications

- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, Amazon Web Services (2025)
- Advanced Learning Algorithms, DeepLearning.AI (2025)
- Supervised Machine Learning: Regression and Classification, DeepLearning.AI, Stanford University (2023)
- Annual Nepal AI School, AI Nepal (2024)
- Developing Backend Apps with Node.js & Express, IBM / Coursera (2023)

## Skills

- Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, C++, Dart, SQL, Go (learning)
- Frontend: React, Next.js, Vite, React Router, Tailwind CSS, Material UI
- Backend & APIs: Node.js, Express, FastAPI, Django REST Framework, Supabase, REST APIs, Socket.IO / WebSockets, JWT auth, Redis
- Databases: PostgreSQL, pgvector, MongoDB
- AI & data: RAG / LLM APIs, Embeddings & vector search, Speech-to-text (Deepgram), Machine learning, Genetic algorithms
- Cloud & DevOps: AWS, Docker & Compose, Linux, Netlify, VM deployment & Nginx, Git & GitHub
- Mobile & maps: Flutter, Firebase, Mapbox GL, OpenStreetMap
- Design & collaboration: Figma, Canva, Teaching & mentoring, Event & team management