# Pratham Nagpal

> Pratham Nagpal is a third-year computer science student at BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus (Dubai, UAE, graduating 2028) who works on infrastructure, devops and backend.

CS student at BITS Pilani Dubai. I build self-hosted infrastructure, backend services, and the automation that ties them together.
I run my own hardware, a Raspberry Pi and a home server, and I prefer building the real thing over reading about it.

## Education
- BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus: computer science, 3rd year, graduating 2028 (2024 to 28)
- G.D. Goenka, The Flagship School, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi: class of 2024 (2024)

## Experience
- software development and automation at Inter Event Management Services Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, jun 2026 to jul 2026
  - built IEMS ONE, the company's ERP: FastAPI backend, Celery workers, Postgres, Redis, MinIO and a Streamlit staff UI, all in Docker behind Caddy
  - redesigned the company website (live on a temporary address for now)

## Projects
- [homelab-infrastructure](https://www.prathlabs.com/projects/homelab): multi-node self-hosted stack (active; Docker, Debian, Tailscale, Coolify, Homepage, Dozzle, Uptime Kuma, Grafana, Prometheus, n8n). Source: https://github.com/Pratham71/homelab-infrastructure
- [Vessel](https://www.prathlabs.com/projects/vessel): minimal interactive java notebook (shipped; Java, JavaFX, JShell, Maven). Source: https://github.com/Pratham71/Vessel
- [medical-appointment-system](https://www.prathlabs.com/projects/infirmary): college infirmary booking and records (shipped; FastAPI, MySQL, raw SQL, JWT, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind). Source: https://github.com/Pratham71/medical-appointment-system
- [yt-downloader](https://www.prathlabs.com/projects/ytdl): youtube video and mp3 from the terminal (shipped; Python, uv, yt-dlp, FFmpeg). Source: https://github.com/Pratham71/YtDownloader

## Skills
- build: Python, Java, TypeScript, FastAPI, Next.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
- run: Docker, Debian, Tailscale, Coolify, Grafana, Prometheus, n8n, Bash

## Awards
- Roll of Honour in Computer Science (2023, G.D. Goenka)
- Certificate of Achievement, ADOBE AI-THON inter-school hackathon (2023, G.D. Goenka)
- Certificates of Appreciation: Goenkan Tech Week, Goenkan Tech Fest, Saviors Foundation (2023, G.D. Goenka)

## Hobbies
- gaming: gta, fortnite, minecraft; the dock's theme button has all three
- gym: lifting most mornings; rest days are part of the program
- homelab: tinkering with the raspberry pi and the home server, self-hosting whatever looks fun

## Contact
- Email: pn.prathamnagpal@gmail.com (replies usually within 24 to 48 hours, GST, UTC+4)
- GitHub: https://github.com/Pratham71

## Easter eggs
- The site has a terminal (press ":" or Ctrl+K). It hides 48 easter eggs; "eggs" shows how many a visitor has found and "hint" gives a clue.

## Optional
- [Full text](https://www.prathlabs.com/llms-full.txt): everything above plus each project's write-up