ACHIEVEMENTS & JOURNEY

By Likhith Kumar Mankala

Building ideas, solving problems, and growing through every experience.

A collection of competitions, leadership experiences, research, and continuous learning that have shaped my journey as an engineer.

01 — HACKATHONS & COMPETITIONS

Building Under Pressure

  • Hackathons have been some of the most intense parts of my journey — bringing together problem-solving, technology, teamwork, and the ability to turn an idea into something tangible within limited time.

🏆 TOP 5 FINALIST

AP Quantum Valley Internal Hackathon
July 2025 · 20+ Teams
ClimateChain
Focus
AI Blockchain Quantum Computing

🇮🇳 SMART INDIA HACKATHON 2025

Participant
August 2025
  • Worked with a multidisciplinary team to develop an offline Retrieval-Augmented Generation system and AI healthcare assistant aimed at improving access to intelligent healthcare support in low-connectivity environments.
  • Architected offline AI pipelines ensuring zero continuous cloud dependency.
  • Implemented Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) for localized healthcare intelligence.
  • Designed for constrained and low-bandwidth rural clinical environments.
RAG LLMs Healthcare AI Social Impact

⭐ TOP 15 TEAM

Miracle Citizen Hackathon
December 2025
  • Collaborated with a multidisciplinary team to transform an initial problem statement into a working solution under tight deadlines.
  • Strengthened agility moving quickly from ideation → prototyping → solution development → presentation.
  • Finished among the Top 15 teams across all competing tracks.
Rapid Prototyping Product Design Teamwork
Miracle Digital Summit 2025
Miracle Summit 2025

⚡ GENAI 24-HOUR HACKATHON

Participant
December 2025
  • Participated in an intensive 24-hour development sprint focused on practical applications of generative AI.
  • Worked with Large Language Models, automation workflows, and rapid AI application development.
  • Turned concepts into functioning prototypes within a highly compressed timeframe.
Generative AI LLMs Automation Rapid Development

🚀 RTIH FUTURE FOUNDERS PROGRAM

Project Selected
2026
  • Our AI innovation project was selected for the RTIH Future Founders Program, providing direct mentorship from startup founders and venture builders.
  • Expanded perspective beyond pure development into product validation, market thinking, startup strategy, and deployment planning.
  • Focused on end-to-end AI product development and market rollout strategies.
AI Product Strategy Innovation Entrepreneurship

02 — LEADERSHIP & COMMUNITY

Creating With Others

  • My journey has also been about taking responsibility, working with teams, mentoring others, and helping create technical communities around me.

UNIVERSITY STUDENT SPOC & LEAD ORGANIZER

Smart India Hackathon (SIH 2026) · Internal Hackathon
JNTU-GV College of Engineering Vizianagaram · 2026
  • Appointed as the official University Student Single Point of Contact (SPOC) & Lead Coordinator for the Smart India Hackathon (SIH 2026) at JNTU-GV.
  • Organized and executed the university-wide SIH Internal Screening Hackathon at JNTU-GV CEV, mobilizing, coordinating, and mentoring nearly 18 competing student teams across all engineering departments.
  • Mentored teams through problem-statement selection, architecture validation, and prototype readiness reviews before final evaluation.
  • Awarded the Coordinator Recognition Certificate on the Gurajada Kalavedika stage by university dignitaries and faculty for successful organization and execution.
  • Administered campus-wide shortlisting and official nominations on the national SIH portal.
SIH University SPOC 18+ Teams Organized Coordinator Certificate Gurajada Kalavedika
SIH 2026 Internal Hackathon Coordinator Certificate Ceremony on Gurajada Kalavedika stage at JNTU-GV
SIH Coordinator Certificate Ceremony

MENTOR & ADVISER

Qubitedge Global Services
2026
  • Mentored 250+ students through AI bootcamps and internship programs.
  • Guided 10+ AI project teams from initial ideation through development and production deployment.
  • Designed and delivered practical learning experiences covering LLMs, Computer Vision, Full-Stack AI, and applied AI development.

TECH COORDINATOR

ITYukta 2K26
2026
  • Coordinated the technical development team for one of the college's premier technical symposiums.
  • Led a 12-member development team, overseeing the creation of 6+ official event websites, registration systems, and digital event infrastructure.
  • Organized and coordinated the CodeCrack Programming Challenge, engaging 500+ participants.
Team Agli & Dev Squad
Yukta Dev Squad & Team Agli

TECH LEAD

Yukta Dev Squad
2025
  • Led an 8-member engineering team responsible for developing and maintaining 5+ production applications.
  • Worked closely with developers on architecture, code reviews, technical problem-solving, and hands-on workshops.
  • Streamlined development workflows and established continuous delivery practices.

CAMPUS AMBASSADOR

Harvinn Technologies
2025
  • Represented Harvinn Technologies within the university campus community.
  • Connected students with technical opportunities, workshops, and innovation initiatives.
  • Contributed to expanding awareness and student participation in cutting-edge tech programs.

03 — RESEARCH & TECHNICAL WORK

From Ideas to Research

  • Beyond competitions, some projects became opportunities to explore technology more deeply and communicate those ideas through technical research.

CLIMATECHAIN

A Quantum-Secured Blockchain Architecture for Immutable Environmental Monitoring

  • ClimateChain explores how Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and Quantum Computing can be combined to create a more secure and trustworthy architecture for environmental monitoring.
  • Originated during the AP Quantum Valley Internal Hackathon, where it was selected among the Top 5 finalist teams.
  • Published as a research paper in IJSREM Journal: Read Paper on IJSREM →
Technologies
Artificial Intelligence Blockchain Quantum Computing

OFFLINE AI HEALTHCARE ASSISTANT

  • An AI healthcare concept designed for environments where reliable internet connectivity cannot be assumed.
  • Explored an offline RAG architecture capable of providing intelligent assistance while eliminating dependence on continuous cloud connectivity.
  • Optimized local embeddings and lightweight inference for low-resource hardware.
RAG LLMs Offline AI Healthcare Technology
AI Health Core Presentation
AI Health Core & Offline RAG

AI & FULL-STACK DEVELOPMENT

  • A growing collection of applications and experiments combining modern software engineering with artificial intelligence.
  • Projects explore areas including AI agents, LLM applications, automation, computer vision, APIs, and full-stack web development.
AI Engineering Full Stack Automation Computer Vision

04 — CERTIFICATIONS & CONTINUOUS LEARNING

Always Learning

  • Technology moves quickly, and continuous learning has remained an important part of my development as an engineer.

NPTEL CERTIFIED

  • Social Networks — Graph Theory & Network Algorithms
  • Explored graph-based systems, network structures, and algorithmic approaches to analyzing social networks.

GREAT LEARNING

  • Artificial Intelligence · Machine Learning · Python
  • Focused on the fundamentals of AI, machine learning concepts, and Python-based development.

SCALER CERTIFIED

  • Data Science · JavaScript · React.js · ML Engineering
  • Expanded knowledge across software development, data science, frontend engineering, and machine-learning workflows.

LEETCODE ACHIEVEMENTS

  • SQL · React · Python
  • Completed skill assessments across multiple technical domains and maintained 50-Day and 100-Day coding streak achievements.

LINKEDIN LEARNING

  • Introduction to Career Skills in Data Analytics (by Robin Hunt)
  • Focused on foundational skills for working with data and analytics.

HP LIFE & edX

  • AI for Beginners (HP LIFE) · Python Basics (edX)
  • Built foundational knowledge in artificial intelligence and Python programming through structured online learning.

05 — BEHIND THE WORK

The People & Moments

Community & Mentorship Gathering
Community, Mentorship & Student Builders
  • Every achievement has a story behind it — the workshops, late-night development sessions, mentoring conversations, hackathons, team discussions, and people who made the experience meaningful.
  • Empowering 250+ student developers across bootcamps, community hackathons, and engineering collectives.