Puranjay Gambhir

Frontend Developer · AI & ML Enthusiast
Auckland, New Zealand University of Auckland
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Puranjay Gambhir
01.

About Me

Computer Science student at the University of Auckland with full-stack, machine learning, and Web3 experience. I’ve won 2 hackathons, serve as Technical Executive at a Google-backed community of 180+ members, and previously worked as Digital & Design Executive at Capital Media Partners. I like building projects that turn messy problems into useful tools.

Hackathon & Contest Wins
  • 1st Place
    DEVS x SESA 2026 Beginners Hackathon StarGaze
  • Dual Sponsor Wins
    WEB3UOA Hackathon · Avalanche & NewMoney L2Earn
  • Contest Win
    Youth Solves for India · IIT Mandi × Masai Civic Connect
  • 24h Build
    Hackathon Team Lead · IIT Mandi × Masai Route Continuity Gap Detector
Roles
Technical Executive Mar 2026 – Present
Google Developer Groups on Campus, UoA Leading workshops & hackathons for a 180+ member community
Digital & Design Executive Nov 2025 – Mar 2026
Capital Media Partners Ltd. 535+ posts in 3 months, Wall Planners for 4 Auckland regions, noSo UI improvements
8.7/9.0 GPA at Massey (A+)
2x Hackathon Winner (DEVS x SESA, WEB3UOA)
535+ Posts in 3 months
02.

Education

March 2026 - Expected: May 2028 Auckland, NZ

University of Auckland

Bachelor of Science: Computer Science (2nd Year)

Relevant Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms, Object-Oriented Programming, Software Methodologies, Discrete Math

Awards & Activities: 1st Place in DEVS x SESA 2026 Beginners Hackathon, Dual Sponsor Track Winner (Avalanche & NewMoney) in WEB3UOA Hackathon, Class Representative

Current Computer Science Hackathon Winner Class Representative
Feb 2025 - Nov 2025 Auckland, NZ

Massey University

Diploma in Science and Technology: DipScTech

GPA: 8.7 / 9.0  (A+ Average)

Relevant Coursework: Calculus, Linear Algebra, Introduction to Programming, Statistical Foundations

Awards & Activities: Most Studious Student 2025, "Excelling" Academic Progress (both semesters), Class Representative, Resident Representative

8.7/9.0 GPA Class Rep Most Studious Student 2025
Aug 2025 - Expected: May 2026 India (Online)

IIT Mandi × Masai School

Minor in Artificial Intelligence & Data Science

Relevant Coursework: Machine Learning Fundamentals, Python for Data Science, Applied Statistics

Youth Solves for India Contest Winner; served as Hackathon Team Lead for 2 consecutive hackathons

15-Credit Minor Pioneer Batch Hackathon Lead
03.

Experience

Work Experience

Nov 2025 - Mar 2026

Digital & Design Executive

Capital Media Partners Limited  ·  NZ Startup  ·  Part-time, Hybrid  ·  Auckland, NZ

  • Built the website using HTML5, Tailwind CSS, and JavaScript for a startup serving 300+ NZ businesses, improving frontend architecture and user flows across client-facing dashboards.
  • Automated Excel data sync using Python for 300+ business records across 15+ industries and 60+ categories, saving 40+ hours of manual data entry.
  • Led digital marketing strategies scaling to 535+ posts across platforms and designed regional Wall Planners delivering 365-day brand visibility.
React TypeScript Tailwind CSS Adobe InDesign JavaScript

Volunteering & Leadership

Mar 2026 - Present

Technical Executive

Google Developer Groups on Campus, University of Auckland  ·  Part-time, Hybrid  ·  Auckland, NZ

  • Leading technical workshops and hackathons for a 180+ member Google-backed student developer community, designing event content across AI, web development, and Google technologies, mentoring members and contributing to the club website development
  • Serving as lead organiser for ALLUNI 2026, an international programming contest spanning 23 clubs across 9 cities, and as a technical speaker at workshops and hackathons, delivering an NFC workshop to 40+ attendees, receiving excellent feedback
Leadership Mentoring Workshops Hackathons
Aug 2025 - Present

TalkCampus Ambassador

TalkLife  ·  Freelance, Remote  ·  Auckland, NZ

  • Drive mental health platform adoption among university students through targeted marketing campaigns and peer support as a Certified TalkCampus Buddy, increasing platform awareness across campus
Mental Health Marketing Peer Support
04.

Projects

Things I've built: from Web3 learn-to-earn apps and stargazing tools to AI civic platforms and geospatial ML. Most of them came out of hackathons. Turns out I work better under pressure.

L2Earn project screenshot
Web3 DApp  ·  Dual Sponsor Winner  |  Hackathon

L2Earn

Secured Dual Sponsor Track wins (Avalanche & NewMoney) at WEB3UOA Hackathon by building a learn-to-earn platform where humans and AI agents earn NFT credentials and settle dNZD stablecoin rewards on Base Sepolia.

Integrated MetaMask authentication, ENS identity resolution, and EAS attestation certificates, eliminating traditional intermediaries and shipping a production-ready Web3 dApp within hackathon constraints.

Next.js React TypeScript Tailwind CSS wagmi viem ENS EAS
StarGaze project screenshot
Web App  ·  1st Place Winner

StarGaze

Won 1st Place at the DEVS x SESA 2026 Beginners Hackathon by unifying cloud cover, light pollution, and live ISS tracking into a single stargazing planning app.

Delivered a fully functional product within a 48-hour sprint by integrating Open-Meteo, wheretheiss.at, and OpenStreetMap Nominatim while keeping the UI responsive across devices.

React TypeScript Vite Tailwind CSS Framer Motion Open-Meteo API wheretheiss.at API
Civic Connect project screenshot
AI Platform  ·  🏆 Contest Winner  |  Hackathon

Civic Connect

Won the Youth Solves for India Contest by building an AI-powered civic platform, auto-categorising issues using Gemini API and visualising them live via Google Maps API.

Prototyped and shipped end-to-end within a 48-hour hackathon sprint with user auth, issue tracking, interactive maps, and admin dashboards.

TypeScript React Vite Gemini API Google Maps API
Route Continuity Gap Detector screenshot
Geospatial ML Tool  |  Hackathon

Route Continuity Gap Detector

Built a geospatial Quality Assurance tool by detecting road-network endpoint gaps via Shapely geometry checks and an unsupervised ML model (IsolationForest), eliminating manual map inspection.

Delivered instant road network auditing within a 24-hour hackathon sprint through automated error reports and interactive map visualizations.

Python Streamlit Shapely Scikit-learn Folium
Full-Stack Web App

noso Company Platform

Engineered the frontend of a full-stack web app by implementing secure auth, bookings & payments system, and admin/partner dashboards, delivering a production-ready UI.

React TypeScript Vite FastAPI MongoDB
Capital Media Partners website screenshot
Company Website

Capital Media Partners Website

Developed a responsive company website with a booking modal, automating Excel data sync for 300+ business records and saving 40+ hours of manual data entry across 15+ industries and 60+ categories.

HTML5 Tailwind CSS JavaScript Python
Community Wall Planner design
Design & Print

Community Wall Planners

Managed end-to-end design and production of 2025-2026 Wall Planners for 4 Auckland regions using Adobe InDesign & Photoshop. Engineered interactive features (custom mazes, crosswords) and a layout delivering 365-day brand visibility for advertising partners.

Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop Canva
Flying High Digital Magazine screenshot
Web Development  ·  Jul 2021 - Nov 2021

Flying High Digital Magazine

We built the first ever digital magazine of our school — over 20,000 lines of code, written from scratch as a team over 400+ hours of development.

HTML CSS Web Development
Yatree tourism app screenshot
UI/UX & Front-End  ·  Apr 2021 - Jun 2021

Yatree - Tourism App Concept

Co-created a curated tourism application demo that advanced to the Grand Finale of Toycathon 2021, a national innovation competition by the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India. Contributed to frontend design and content development to deliver a highly interactive user experience.

Front-End Design UI/UX
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05.

Awards & Leadership

Feb 2026

Youth Solves for India Contest Winner

Masai School × IIT Mandi

Won the course-internal competition by developing Civic Connect; recognised as the standout submission by IIT Mandi × Masai School faculty.

Apr 2026

1st Place: DEVS x SESA 2026 Beginners Hackathon

University of Auckland

Won 1st place by building StarGaze, a stargazing planning app unifying cloud cover, light pollution, and live ISS tracking into a single tool. Led frontend development and delivered within a 48-hour sprint.

Apr 2026

Dual Sponsor Track Winner: WEB3UOA Hackathon

University of Auckland (Avalanche & NewMoney tracks)

Won both the Avalanche and NewMoney sponsor tracks by building L2Earn, a learn-to-earn Web3 platform where humans and AI agents earn NFT credentials and settle dNZD stablecoin rewards on Base Sepolia.

Apr 2021

Regional Finalist: Wharton Global High School Investment Competition

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Ranked Top 10 in Region 2 out of 972 global teams as Team "Financial Miners". Developed a data-driven long-term investment portfolio with sector analysis and risk-adjusted projections.

Jun 2022

Harvard Model United Nations Dubai 2022

Legal Committee · HMUN Dubai

Represented Algeria in the Legal Committee. Strengthened public speaking, diplomacy, and resolution-drafting at a 4-day international conference.

Jun 2021

Grand Finale Qualifier: Toycathon 2021

Ministry of Education, Govt. of India

Advanced to the national finals of a government-led innovation competition by co-developing Yatree, an interactive tourism app demo promoting local travel.

Oct 2021

HTML Coding Camp: Co-Organiser & Mentor

School Initiative

Co-organized and hosted an interactive coding camp to teach HTML and CSS basics to 30+ students, receiving excellent feedback from faculty.

Certifications

Supervised Machine Learning

DeepLearning.AI  ·  Coursera  ·  2025

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Advanced Learning Algorithms

DeepLearning.AI  ·  Coursera  ·  2025

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Certified Game Developer

WhiteHat Jr  ·  2021

View Certificate  
06.

Skills & Technologies

Languages
Python Java JavaScript TypeScript C C++ SQL R HTML CSS
Frameworks & Libraries
React Next.js Vite Tailwind CSS FastAPI Streamlit Pandas NumPy Scikit-learn TensorFlow Shapely Folium
AI & Machine Learning
Supervised Learning Unsupervised Learning Neural Networks Ensemble Methods Anomaly Detection Decision Trees Random Forests XGBoost Transfer Learning Model Evaluation
Databases & Cloud
MongoDB PostgreSQL Firebase Supabase Google Cloud
Developer Tools & APIs
Git GitHub Agile/Scrum Jupyter Notebook Google Maps API Gemini API Anthropic API
Blockchain & Web3
ENS EAS MetaMask NFT Minting On-chain Credentials Stablecoin Integration wagmi viem Base/Sepolia
Design & Productivity
Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop Canva Microsoft Office Suite
07.

Get In Touch

Got a project in mind, or just want to talk about something? Reach out. I'm pretty quick to respond.

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