About me

Hi, I’m Nishchit Bhandari, an aspiring software developer from Nepal passionate about building solutions that make life easier.

I enjoy coding AI-powered tools, exploring competitive programming, and researching the intersection of AI, music, and mental health. With a knack for problem-solving and a love for learning, I’m always looking for ways to grow, whether through deploying web applications or digging into the mathematics behind AI. When I’m not coding, you can find me playing guitar, helping friends, or preparing for my next challnges.

What i'm doing

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    AI/Deep Learning

    Exploring AI’s potential in healthcare and mental health, while understanding the mathematical principles behind deep learning algorithms.

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    Backend Web Development

    Building scalable web applications using FastAPI, Flask, PostgreSQL, and deploying them on platforms like Google Cloud and Railway

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    DSA/OOP

    Practicing object-oriented programming and data structures through competitive programming to enhance problem-solving skills.

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    Instrumental/Vocal Music

    Expressing creativity through guitar and vocal performances, blending years of practice with a passion for musical storytelling.

Resume

Education

  1. Dakota State University

    Aug 2025 - Aug 2029

    BS in Computer Science (GPA: 4.00/4.00)
    Courseworks: Computer Science I/II, Networking I, Intro to Discrete Math, Intro to Statistics, DSA, Assembly Language

Experience

  1. Junior Software Engineer (AI/ML)

    September 2024 — July 2025

    Xuno.co - Kathmandu, Nepal
    • Collected/analyzed competitors’ data to help fin-ops optimize FX rate and fee, maximizing profit & customer satisfaction.
    • Upgraded existing data-storage methods using Postgres and MongoDB, improving DB transaction speed by 30%.
    • Evaluated FAQs to build an AI agent chatbot (UI/API) that works with payment, authentication, and competitor-analyzer microservices for hands-free app use and personalized customer support, improving customer-support efficiency by 25%.
    • Developed a unified notification broker using Kafka that sends notifications on event-triggers, supporting multi-platform

  2. Volunteer Tech Lead

    December 2024 - August 2025

    Institute for Rural Development - Kathmandu, Nepal
    • Led a team of 12 developers, assigning tasks, conducting peer code reviews, and ensuring adherence to development standards and timeline to build a fully dynamic, responsive website aimed at promoting rural development initiatives.
    • Architected and developed backend services using FastAPI, MongoDB, Redis and OAuth2 to integrate user authentication, content management systems, and real-time data visualization feature, ensuring scalable and secure data management.
    • Designed CI/CD pipeline to automate the build and deployment of frontend and backend services in Azure VM eliminating 80% manual build/deployment task.
    • Reconfigured and maintained the infra to reduce the infra cost by 33%, reducing downtimes and increasing IOPS by 15%.

Publications

  1. SUBIINA: Stress and Unhappiness Behavioural Identification using Intelligent Artificial Neural Networks and Analysis

    IEEE CICTN 2025 | 10.1109/CICTN64563.2025.10932427

Projects

  1. Farmbuddy

    github.com/nishchitbh/nsa2024 | Tools: Python, FastAPI, Tensorflow, Numpy

    • Built an interactive webapp for farmers that recommends suitable crops analyzing data like NPK and pH value of soil, rainfall, and temperature with drought and wetting alert system.
    • Got nominated globally on NASA Space Apps Challenge 2024, top 6% globally among 15000+ teams.

  2. Firesurf

    github.com/nishchitbh/nsa2024 | Tools: Python, Langchain, Google Gemini API, Qdrant

    • Developed a CLI AI agent that performs file operations (create, read, update, delete on PDFs, Word documents, codes, images, etc.), internet search and web-scraping for documentation, etc. to assist in code generation and editing.

Skills

  1. Languages

    Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, C

  2. Frameworks/Libraries

    Django, FastAPI, Flask, Numpy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Tensorflow, Pytorch, Beautifulsoup, Playwright, Alembic, SQLAlchemy, Langchain, ReactJS

  3. Databases

    PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Qdrant, ChromaDB, Weaviate

  4. Tools/DevOps

    Git, Github, Github Actions, Docker, Kafka, Firebase Cloud Messaging.

  5. Cloud/OS

    Azure, GCP, Google AI Studio, Linux (Arch and Debian distros).

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