I'm Bhavesh Kerkar, a Full Stack MERN Developer and aspiring Software Engineer with a B.Sc. in Information Technology.
- 🚀 Building and deploying full-stack applications with the MERN stack (Vercel, Render)
- 🔐 Hands-on cybersecurity experience — penetration testing internship at Digisuraksha Parhari Foundation
- 🧩 Solving DSA problems on LeetCode daily, focused on Java
- 🤖 Built AI/ML projects spanning phishing detection, sign language recognition, and demand forecasting
Cybersecurity Intern — Digisuraksha Parhari Foundation | Apr 2025 – May 2025 Conducted security assessments using OWASP Top 10 methodology, performed penetration testing with Burp Suite, Nmap & OWASP ZAP, and authored technical risk reports covering severity, root cause, and mitigation.
| Area | Focus |
|---|---|
| Full Stack Development | Building MERN stack apps with clean, scalable architecture |
| Backend | Express.js, REST APIs, authentication & middleware design |
| DSA | Daily LeetCode practice in Java |
| Security | Vulnerability assessment & penetration testing fundamentals |
| Code Quality | Writing clean, maintainable, reusable code |
| Project | Description | Tech Stack | Repository |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krishna Restaurant MERN Platform | Full-stack restaurant ordering platform with JWT auth, role-based access control, real-time cart state & order tracking | React.js, Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, Tailwind CSS | - |
| PhishGuard — AI Phishing Email Detector | Ensemble ML pipeline that detects phishing emails, served through a FastAPI backend | Python, FastAPI, scikit-learn | GitHub |
| Real-Time Sign Language Detection | Real-time ASL recognition using MediaPipe hand-landmarks + a custom TensorFlow classifier — 95%+ accuracy across 26 alphabets | Python, TensorFlow, MediaPipe, OpenCV | - |
| DecodeX 2026 — Load Forecasting | Cost-sensitive electricity load forecasting model under Maharashtra's ABT regulatory framework; cut total financial penalty by 60% | Python, XGBoost | - |
| Metric | Current Stat |
|---|---|
| Total Problems Solved | 95 / 4013 |
| Easy | 48 / 958 |
| Medium | 35 / 2095 |
| Hard | 12 / 960 |
| Global Rank | 1,692,989 |
| Badges | 2 |
| Submissions in Past Year | 248 |
| Total Active Days | 137 |
| Max Streak | 90 |
- The Complete Full-Stack Web Development Bootcamp — Udemy
- Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) — IBM, Coursera
- Algorithmic Toolbox — Coursera
- Java Bootcamp — Udemy
- Introduction to Software Engineering — IBM, Coursera
- Hackathon Finalist — DecodeX 2026, XGBoost-based electricity load forecasting model (60% reduction in financial penalty)
- Research Presentation — Sign Language Detection system presented under PTVA's Sathaye College Fledgeling Research Program
- Cybersecurity Internship — Digisuraksha Parhari Foundation, penetration testing & vulnerability assessment
- 90-day LeetCode streak, including Hard-level Dynamic Programming problems
| Platform | Link |
|---|---|
| GitHub | github.com/bhaveshkerkar |
| linkedin.com/in/bhavesh-kerkar-52587928a | |
| LeetCode | leetcode.com/u/1zRIMMdSP3 |
| Portfolio | bhaveshkerkar.vercel.app |
