Prerana Thapa
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PreranaThapa

Computer Science Student & Aspiring Software Engineer

Final-year CS undergrad in Kathmandu who turns messy problems into loud, fast web apps. On the hunt for a summer 2026 software internship.

Kathmandu, Nepal

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  • 3.8 / 4CGPA
  • 8+Projects shipped
  • 5Hackathons
  • 15+Students mentored
Portrait of Prerana Thapa
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About me

A little about me

Namaste! I'm Prerana, a final-year Computer Science student at Tribhuvan University with a soft spot for the web platform and anything that makes software feel instant. My journey started in a crowded computer lab in Patan, debugging my first HTML page until 2 a.m. — and I've been chasing that "it works!" feeling ever since.

These days I build full-stack projects with React, Next.js and Node, mentor first-years at our college coding club, and spend weekends at Kathmandu hackathons fuelled by milk tea. I care about accessible, inclusive interfaces, writing tests I'd trust, and shipping things real people actually use.

I'm hunting for a summer 2026 internship where I can learn from senior engineers, contribute to a real codebase, and grow into a thoughtful software engineer. If that sounds like your team, let's talk.

Education

2022 – 2026 (final year)

B.Sc. Computer Science & Information Technology (CSIT)

Tribhuvan University — Patan Multiple Campus

2020 – 2022

+2 Science (Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Computer)

St. Xavier's College, Maitighar

2024

Meta Front-End Developer Professional Certificate

Coursera (online)

Toolbox

Skills I'm sharpening

JavaScript / TypeScript88%
React & Next.js85%
Node.js & Express78%
Python80%
HTML & CSS / Tailwind90%
PostgreSQL & MongoDB72%
Git & GitHub84%
Data Structures & Algorithms76%
Figma & UI Design68%
REST APIs80%
Projects & coursework

Things I've built

Sajilo Notes — Student Study Hub preview

Sajilo Notes — Student Study Hub

A full-stack notes-sharing platform where TU students upload, search and rate course notes. Built with Next.js, Drizzle and PostgreSQL; supports tagging, full-text search and a karma system. My capstone project, now used by ~300 classmates.

  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • PostgreSQL
  • Capstone
Bagmati Bus — Live Transit Tracker preview

Bagmati Bus — Live Transit Tracker

A React + Leaflet web app that visualises Kathmandu Valley bus routes and crowd-sources live locations. Won 2nd place at KU HackFest 2025. Uses WebSockets for real-time updates and a Node/Express backend.

  • React
  • Node.js
  • WebSockets
  • Maps
Patro Tasks — Nepali Calendar To-Do preview

Patro Tasks — Nepali Calendar To-Do

A bilingual (Nepali/English) task manager themed around the Bikram Sambat calendar, with festival reminders and offline support via a PWA service worker. Built solo over winter break.

  • React
  • PWA
  • i18n
  • IndexedDB
DSA Visualizer (Coursework) preview

DSA Visualizer (Coursework)

An interactive sorting and pathfinding visualiser built for my Algorithms course — animates bubble, merge and quick sort plus Dijkstra and A*. Pure vanilla JS and the Canvas API, no frameworks.

  • JavaScript
  • Canvas
  • Algorithms
Khaja API — Newari Food REST API preview

Khaja API — Newari Food REST API

A documented REST API serving recipes and nutrition for traditional Newari dishes, with rate limiting, Zod validation and OpenAPI docs. A weekend project to practise clean backend design.

  • Node.js
  • Express
  • REST
  • OpenAPI
Portfolio v1 (Coursework) preview

Portfolio v1 (Coursework)

My first responsive portfolio, built in our Web Technologies module to learn semantic HTML, accessibility and CSS Grid from scratch. Lighthouse accessibility score: 100.

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Accessibility
Experience

Where I've been learning

Frontend Developer Intern

Jun 2025 – Aug 2025

Leapfrog Technology (Internship)

Summer intern on a 4-person product team. Shipped reusable React components, fixed 20+ UI bugs, and added keyboard navigation to a customer dashboard. Wrote my first unit tests with Vitest.

Coding Club Mentor

2024 – Present

TU Computer Club

Mentor 15+ first-year students in web fundamentals and Git. Run fortnightly hands-on sessions and a beginner-friendly 'Build Your First Site' workshop each semester.

Volunteer Web Developer

Jan 2024 – May 2024

Sahayata Nepal (NGO)

Rebuilt a local NGO's donation site with Next.js, improving mobile load time and making the form screen-reader accessible. Trained two staff members to update content.

Freelance Landing Pages

2023 – Present

Self-employed

Designed and built small marketing sites for Kathmandu cafes and startups, handling everything from Figma mockups to deployment on Vercel.

Kind words

What people say

Prerana was the most curious intern on our team — she picked up our codebase fast, asked sharp questions, and left the dashboard more accessible than she found it.
Aayush ShresthaEngineering Lead, Leapfrog Technology
One of those rare students who pairs strong fundamentals with genuine craft. Her capstone was the cleanest project I reviewed all year.
Dr. Sunita MaharjanLecturer, Patan Multiple Campus
Calm under pressure and brilliant at the whiteboard. Prerana glued our whole hackathon project together in the final hours.
Bikash GurungTeammate, KU HackFest 2025
Let's connect

Need an intern who'll dive in?

I'm Prerana Thapa, and I'd love to hear about your team. Drop me a line and I'll reply within a day.

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