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  {
    "slug": "gsmc.md",
    "path": "projects/2012/gsmc.md",
    "source": "https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/projects/blob/main/projects/2012/gsmc.md",
    "title": "Global School of Media Crafting",
    "date": "2012-05-25T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "(GSMC), a \"new-age media school\" in New Delhi. This was my first internship, and I designed a new brand identity for the institute, including a logo, website, and marketing materials like banners, posters, and brochures. I also learned video editing, film production, and screen design techniques and worked directly under celebrated media personality Kanupriya.",
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      "title": "Global School of Media Crafting",
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      "intro": "Designed branding and marketing material and learnt video editing during internship at new-age media school",
      "date": "2012-05-25T00:00:00.000Z",
      "work": [
        "Branding"
      ],
      "collaborators": [
        "akshat-srivastava"
      ],
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      "style": "cover",
      "img_src": "/assets/gsmc/cover",
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        "Photoshop",
        "Illustrator"
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      "icon_bg": true
    },
    "emoji": "🎓🎨🎥",
    "caption": "Designed branding and marketing material and learnt video editing during internship at new-age media school\n🏷️ Branding\n🔧 Photoshop, Illustrator\n👥 akshat-srivastava"
  },
  {
    "slug": "pickquick.md",
    "path": "projects/2012/pickquick.md",
    "source": "https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/projects/blob/main/projects/2012/pickquick.md",
    "title": "PickQuick",
    "date": "2012-07-05T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "as my first startup, because we didn't figure out a business plan and my role was limited to design and engineering, but it was one of my first end-to-end PHP/MySQL platform development projects.",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "PickQuick",
      "tags": "projects",
      "intro": "Branding, ecommerce platform for university students to buy, sell, and barter old books",
      "date": "2012-07-05T00:00:00.000Z",
      "work": [
        "Web",
        "Branding"
      ],
      "collaborators": [
        "akshat-srivastava"
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      "style": "cover",
      "img_src": "/assets/pickquick/cover",
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        "Photoshop",
        "Illustrator"
      ],
      "icon": "/assets/pickquick/icon.png"
    },
    "emoji": "🚀💻🎨",
    "caption": "Branding, ecommerce platform for university students to buy, sell, and barter old books\n🏷️ Web, Branding\n🔧 Photoshop, Illustrator\n💻 PHP\n👥 akshat-srivastava"
  },
  {
    "slug": "internet.org.md",
    "path": "projects/2013/internet.org.md",
    "source": "https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/projects/blob/main/projects/2013/internet.org.md",
    "title": "Internet.org",
    "date": "2013-10-11T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "'s homepage and logo. The content had to remain the same, but the design was to be completely new. The website was required to be responsive, and good in code-quality and aesthetics, without the use of any external code. The logo was marked for creativity and execution. Here's what I designed in five hours. And why. Read the article on Medium →",
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      "title": "Internet.org",
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      "subcategory": "Branding",
      "intro": "Redesigned brand identity of Internet.org for an event in five hours. Made a trustworthy, user-centric brand.",
      "date": "2013-10-11T00:00:00.000Z",
      "work": [
        "Branding",
        "Web"
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      "bg": "#a03c0c",
      "style": "padded",
      "img_src": "/assets/internetorg/internet.org_2x",
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      "icon": "/assets/internetorg/icon.png",
      "tools": [
        "Photoshop",
        "Illustrator"
      ]
    },
    "emoji": "🌐🎨🖥️",
    "caption": "Redesigned brand identity of Internet.org for an event in five hours. Made a trustworthy, user-centric brand.\n🏷️ Branding, Web\n🔧 Photoshop, Illustrator"
  },
  {
    "slug": "classrebels.md",
    "path": "projects/2014/classrebels.md",
    "source": "https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/projects/blob/main/projects/2014/classrebels.md",
    "title": "ClassRebels",
    "date": "2014-01-15T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "didn't start with the simple idea of making teachers and students connect in a way they've never connected before. It started with an idea to bring about a reform, a change, and a revolution. In India, this change was long needed. The society is evolving, and our education system needs to catch up. We believe that the whole idea of education is taken in the wrong sense.",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "ClassRebels",
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      "subcategory": "Startup",
      "intro": "Education-technology startup trying to break classroom barriers, products include virtual library and collaborative e-classroom.",
      "date": "2014-01-15T00:00:00.000Z",
      "work": [
        "Branding",
        "Web",
        "Startup"
      ],
      "timeline": "1 year",
      "img_src": "/assets/classrebels/cover",
      "img_type": "png",
      "style": "cover",
      "stack": [
        "PHP",
        "Python",
        "JavaScript"
      ],
      "tools": [
        "Photoshop",
        "Illustrator"
      ],
      "icon": "/assets/classrebels/icon.png",
      "icon_bg": true
    },
    "emoji": "🎓🤝🚀",
    "caption": "Education-technology startup trying to break classroom barriers, products include virtual library and collaborative e-classroom.\n🏷️ Branding, Web, Startup\n🔧 Photoshop, Illustrator\n💻 PHP, Python, JavaScript"
  },
  {
    "slug": "made-with-love-in-india.md",
    "path": "projects/2014/made-with-love-in-india.md",
    "source": "https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/projects/blob/main/projects/2014/made-with-love-in-india.md",
    "title": "Made with Love in India",
    "date": "2014-04-21T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "is a platform to celebrate, promote, and build a brand --- India. Over 75 organizations use the Made with Love in India badge and hundreds of users use the platform. Visit Made with Love in India →",
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      "title": "Made with Love in India",
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      "subcategory": "App",
      "intro": "Platform to celebrate, promote, and build a brand — India. Over 75 organizations use the Made with Love in India badge.",
      "date": "2014-04-21T00:00:00.000Z",
      "icon": "/assets/mwlii/icon.png",
      "icon_bg": true,
      "work": [
        "Web",
        "Branding"
      ],
      "bg": "#f10032",
      "style": "cover",
      "img_src": "/assets/mwlii/cover",
      "img_type": "png",
      "stack": [
        "PHP"
      ]
    },
    "emoji": "🇮🇳❤️🏷️",
    "caption": "Platform to celebrate, promote, and build a brand — India. Over 75 organizations use the Made with Love in India badge.\n🏷️ Web, Branding\n💻 PHP"
  },
  {
    "slug": "unifiers.md",
    "path": "projects/2014/unifiers.md",
    "source": "https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/projects/blob/main/projects/2014/unifiers.md",
    "title": "Unifiers",
    "date": "2014-05-27T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "Social Ventures Pvt. Ltd., a leading social infrastructure company, and worked on a variety of projects. SkillsTrainer\n\nI lead the development on SkillsTrainer, India's first online train-the-trainer platform built in collaboration with government agencies and large corporations. Using SkillsTrainer, people could complete entire skilling programs online, get certified,",
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      "title": "Unifiers",
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      "intro": "India's first online training platform, built in collaboration with government agencies and large corporates.",
      "date": "2014-05-27T00:00:00.000Z",
      "work": [
        "Web"
      ],
      "bg": "#d7eed0",
      "client": "Unifiers",
      "timeline": "2 months",
      "style": "padded",
      "img_src": "/assets/unifiers/unifiers_2x",
      "img_type": "png",
      "stack": [
        "PHP",
        "JavaScript"
      ],
      "icon": "/assets/unifiers/icon.png"
    },
    "emoji": "🤝🎓🚀",
    "caption": "India's first online training platform, built in collaboration with government agencies and large corporates.\n🏷️ Web\n💻 PHP, JavaScript"
  },
  {
    "slug": "cyankart.md",
    "path": "projects/2014/cyankart.md",
    "source": "https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/projects/blob/main/projects/2014/cyankart.md",
    "title": "Cyankart",
    "date": "2014-06-21T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": ".com is India's most popular online fashion store for phone cases and apparel items. They were looking to expand their mobile reach and increase conversions, so I was hired to redesign their ecommerce website and provide logistics-related backend solutions.",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "Cyankart",
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      "subcategory": "Ecommerce",
      "intro": "Branding, UI/UX, and A/B-tested Shopify theme development for one of India's most popular online fashion stores.",
      "date": "2014-06-21T00:00:00.000Z",
      "icon": "/assets/cyankart/icon.png",
      "client": "Cyankart",
      "timeline": "2 months",
      "work": [
        "Web",
        "Branding"
      ],
      "img_src": "/assets/cyankart/cyankart_2x",
      "img_type": "png",
      "style": "cover",
      "tools": [
        "Shopify",
        "Photoshop"
      ]
    },
    "emoji": "👗📱⚡",
    "caption": "Branding, UI/UX, and A/B-tested Shopify theme development for one of India's most popular online fashion stores.\n🏷️ Web, Branding\n🔧 Shopify, Photoshop"
  },
  {
    "slug": "project-blue.md",
    "path": "projects/2014/project-blue.md",
    "source": "https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/projects/blob/main/projects/2014/project-blue.md",
    "title": "Project Blue",
    "date": "2014-07-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": ", originally standing for 'Bottles, Linkages, and their Underlining Ergonomics,' is my first (and only) industrial design project in which I conducted a research and redesigned the plastic bottle. I understood that polyethene terephthalate, a plastic resin and the most common type of polyester, is the material which makes the popular 'PET' bottles. According to the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR), the gross water bottle recycling rate was only 38.6% last year.",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "Project Blue",
      "tags": "projects",
      "subcategory": "Industrial Design",
      "intro": "Plastic bottle industrial redesign project using AutoDesk and SolidWorks for IDII to reduce environmental impact.",
      "date": "2014-07-01T00:00:00.000Z",
      "work": [
        "Branding",
        "Industrial Design"
      ],
      "style": "cover",
      "timeline": "1 month",
      "client": "IDII",
      "img_src": "/assets/project-blue/project-blue_2x",
      "img_type": "png",
      "tools": [
        "Photoshop"
      ],
      "icon": "/assets/project-blue/icon.png"
    },
    "emoji": "♻️🚰🔺",
    "caption": "Plastic bottle industrial redesign project using AutoDesk and SolidWorks for IDII to reduce environmental impact.\n🏷️ Branding, Industrial Design\n🔧 Photoshop"
  },
  {
    "slug": "justice-adda.md",
    "path": "projects/2014/justice-adda.md",
    "source": "https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/projects/blob/main/projects/2014/justice-adda.md",
    "title": "Justice Adda",
    "date": "2014-08-24T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": ", a startup part of Cambridge Social Ventures in the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. I designed their early website and webapps like Intolerance Tracker. I also worked on their branding, and this is a small Paul Rand-inspired magazine I designed to showcase the new brand.",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "Justice Adda",
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      "subcategory": "Startup",
      "intro": "Branding and web design for Cambridge Social Ventures (University of Cambridge) startup trying to break barriers in justice.",
      "date": "2014-08-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "work": [
        "Branding",
        "Web"
      ],
      "icon": "/assets/justice-adda/icon.png",
      "bg": "#e4e4e4",
      "client": "Justice Adda",
      "style": "padded",
      "timeline": "14 months",
      "img_src": "/assets/justice-adda/justice-adda_2x",
      "img_type": "png",
      "tools": [
        "WordPress",
        "InDesign"
      ]
    },
    "emoji": "⚖️💻🎨",
    "caption": "Branding and web design for Cambridge Social Ventures (University of Cambridge) startup trying to break barriers in justice.\n🏷️ Branding, Web\n🔧 WordPress, InDesign"
  },
  {
    "slug": "saga-music.md",
    "path": "projects/2015/saga-music.md",
    "source": "https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/projects/blob/main/projects/2015/saga-music.md",
    "title": "Saga Music",
    "date": "2015-05-31T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "→](https://anandchowdhary.github.io/saga-music)\n\nView source on Github →",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "Saga Music",
      "tags": "projects",
      "subcategory": "Web",
      "intro": "Free music downloading and sharing app for Android and the web. Over 100,000 downloads. Shut down in 2016.",
      "date": "2015-05-31T00:00:00.000Z",
      "icon": "/assets/saga-music/icon.png",
      "icon_bg": true,
      "bg": "#00c1d7",
      "timeline": "2 months",
      "work": [
        "App",
        "Branding",
        "Web"
      ],
      "img_src": "/assets/saga-music/saga-music_2x",
      "img_type": "png",
      "style": "padded",
      "stack": [
        "PHP",
        "JavaScript",
        "Java"
      ],
      "tools": [
        "Android"
      ]
    },
    "emoji": "🎵📱🎶",
    "caption": "Free music downloading and sharing app for Android and the web. Over 100,000 downloads. Shut down in 2016.\n🏷️ App, Branding, Web\n🔧 Android\n💻 PHP, JavaScript, Java"
  },
  {
    "slug": "sixteeninches.md",
    "path": "projects/2015/sixteeninches.md",
    "source": "https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/projects/blob/main/projects/2015/sixteeninches.md",
    "title": "SixteenInches",
    "date": "2015-09-12T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": ".com is one of the fastest-growing online supplement stores. It was built on a foundation of authenticity and quality-control, both of which the healthcare industry currently lacks. I was hired to design the SixteenInches' brand identity, including logo and social media design, and a responsive ecommerce website on the WordPress platform using Woocommerce, to convey their mission. I chose red as the primary brand color because it represents power and passion.",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "SixteenInches",
      "tags": "projects",
      "subcategory": "Ecommerce",
      "intro": "Branding and Shopify theme customization for one of the fastest-growing online supplement storess in India.",
      "date": "2015-09-12T00:00:00.000Z",
      "icon": "/assets/sixteeninches/icon.png",
      "bg": "#f30f40",
      "work": [
        "App",
        "Branding",
        "Web"
      ],
      "timeline": "2 weeks",
      "style": "padded",
      "client": "SixteenInches",
      "img_src": "/assets/sixteeninches/sixteeninches_2x",
      "img_type": "png",
      "tools": [
        "Shopify",
        "Photoshop",
        "Illustrator"
      ]
    },
    "emoji": "💊🔥🛒",
    "caption": "Branding and Shopify theme customization for one of the fastest-growing online supplement storess in India.\n🏷️ App, Branding, Web\n🔧 Shopify, Photoshop, Illustrator"
  },
  {
    "slug": "crink-jewel.md",
    "path": "projects/2015/crink-jewel.md",
    "source": "https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/projects/blob/main/projects/2015/crink-jewel.md",
    "title": "Crink Jewel",
    "date": "2015-10-20T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": ", a precious jewelry company based in New Delhi, India. I tried to portray elegance, simplicity, and timelessness.",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "Crink Jewel",
      "tags": "projects",
      "subcategory": "Ecommerce",
      "intro": "Branding and mobile-first Shopify website for one of the fastest-growing precious jewelry companies.",
      "date": "2015-10-20T00:00:00.000Z",
      "icon": "/assets/crink-jewel/icon.png",
      "icon_bg": true,
      "work": [
        "Branding",
        "Web"
      ],
      "client": "Crink Jewel",
      "timeline": "2 months",
      "style": "cover",
      "img_src": "/assets/crink-jewel/crink-jewel_2x",
      "img_type": "png",
      "tools": [
        "Photoshop",
        "Illustrator"
      ]
    },
    "emoji": "💎✨🇮🇳",
    "caption": "Branding and mobile-first Shopify website for one of the fastest-growing precious jewelry companies.\n🏷️ Branding, Web\n🔧 Photoshop, Illustrator"
  },
  {
    "slug": "baymax.md",
    "path": "projects/2015/baymax.md",
    "source": "https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/projects/blob/main/projects/2015/baymax.md",
    "title": "Baymax",
    "date": "2015-12-11T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "will tell you how to make the swelling go away and will help you get well by providing a treatment. If that doesn't work, Baymax will connect you to your doctor and schedule an appointment with her. He's a companion who's always there. Read the article on Medium →\n\nView GitHub repo →",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "Baymax",
      "tags": "projects",
      "subcategory": "App",
      "intro": "End-to-end healthcare companion that diagnoses illnesses and helps you recover, along with scheduling and appointments.",
      "date": "2015-12-11T00:00:00.000Z",
      "icon": "/assets/baymax/icon.png",
      "work": [
        "App",
        "Branding"
      ],
      "bg": "#de9945",
      "timeline": "24 hours",
      "img_src": "/assets/baymax/baymax_2x",
      "img_type": "png",
      "style": "padded",
      "collaborators": [
        "nishant-gadihoke"
      ],
      "tools": [
        "Photoshop"
      ]
    },
    "emoji": "🤖🩺💊",
    "caption": "End-to-end healthcare companion that diagnoses illnesses and helps you recover, along with scheduling and appointments.\n🏷️ App, Branding\n🔧 Photoshop\n👥 nishant-gadihoke"
  },
  {
    "slug": "keeep.md",
    "path": "projects/2016/keeep.md",
    "source": "https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/projects/blob/main/projects/2016/keeep.md",
    "title": "Keeep",
    "date": "2016-01-24T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "is a lightweight password management and encryption utility for Windows. It stores all usernames, passwords, credit cards, free-form notes, and more, in a securely encrypted file, protected by a single master password. Keeep is written in C++ in Code::Blocks. Visit GitHub repo →\n\nHow it works\n\nUser creates an account, a binary data file is created as .dat\nUser enters a password, which is encrypted using the algorithm, and stored as the first",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "Keeep",
      "tags": "projects",
      "subcategory": "App",
      "intro": "Encryption engine and password manager in C/C++ built for my highschool Computer Science class.",
      "date": "2016-01-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "bg": "#8d9ba6",
      "work": [
        "App"
      ],
      "timeline": "4 days",
      "img_src": "/assets/keeep/keeep_2x",
      "img_type": "png",
      "style": "padded",
      "stack": [
        "C++"
      ],
      "icon": "/assets/keeep/icon.png"
    },
    "emoji": "🔐💾🛡️",
    "caption": "Encryption engine and password manager in C/C++ built for my highschool Computer Science class.\n🏷️ App\n💻 C++"
  },
  {
    "slug": "firangana.md",
    "path": "projects/2016/firangana.md",
    "source": "https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/projects/blob/main/projects/2016/firangana.md",
    "title": "Firangana",
    "date": "2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "In mid-2016, my girlfriend Sukriti Kapoor and I conceptualized a fashion brand that combines western clothing with ethnic Indian designs. She worked on fabric and fashion design while I designed the brand identity and website.",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "Firangana",
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      "subcategory": "Ecommerce",
      "intro": "Branding and web design for fashion brand that combines western clothing with ethnic Indian designs.",
      "date": "2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z",
      "icon": "/assets/firangana/icon.png",
      "work": [
        "Branding",
        "Web",
        "Startup"
      ],
      "style": "cover",
      "timeline": "2 months",
      "img_src": "/assets/firangana/firangana_2x",
      "img_type": "png",
      "stack": [
        "PHP"
      ],
      "tools": [
        "Photoshop",
        "WordPress",
        "Woocommerce"
      ]
    },
    "emoji": "👗🌏🎨",
    "caption": "Branding and web design for fashion brand that combines western clothing with ethnic Indian designs.\n🏷️ Branding, Web, Startup\n🔧 Photoshop, WordPress, Woocommerce\n💻 PHP"
  },
  {
    "slug": "delhi-government.md",
    "path": "projects/2016/delhi-government.md",
    "source": "https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/projects/blob/main/projects/2016/delhi-government.md",
    "title": "Delhi Government",
    "date": "2016-04-26T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "In April and May, 2016, I worked with a small team at the Government of Delhi's Directorate of Education to try and streamline the process of communication between state schools and the Directorate. Today, if a school principal has a problem, she has to report a grievance, wait for a response, get redirected to the correct department, find someone, address the problem, and it keeps going on and on. We redesigned this process from the ground up for efficient, two-way communication.",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "Delhi Government",
      "tags": "projects",
      "subcategory": "App",
      "intro": "Material design UI/UX for the Government of Delhi's program for state schools, School Management Committee (SMC).",
      "date": "2016-04-26T00:00:00.000Z",
      "work": [
        "App"
      ],
      "bg": "#00a48d",
      "timeline": "6 weeks",
      "client": "GNCTD",
      "img_src": "/assets/delhi-government/delhi-government_2x",
      "img_type": "png",
      "style": "padded",
      "icon": "/assets/delhi-government/icon.png",
      "icon_bg": true,
      "tools": [
        "Illustrator",
        "Photoshop"
      ]
    },
    "emoji": "🏫📱🤝",
    "caption": "Material design UI/UX for the Government of Delhi's program for state schools, School Management Committee (SMC).\n🏷️ App\n🔧 Illustrator, Photoshop"
  },
  {
    "slug": "valmiki.md",
    "path": "projects/2016/valmiki.md",
    "source": "https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/projects/blob/main/projects/2016/valmiki.md",
    "title": "Valmiki",
    "date": "2016-06-11T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "In June 2016, I had the idea of developing a browser extension for users with dyslexia which could redesign webpages to make them easier to read. Nishant and I built the extension during a weekend hackathon, AngelHack Delhi 2016, where we won the Code4Impact Challenge. The duo decided to learn more about web accessibility features for people with dyslexia and learning disabilities, discussed suitable colours and fonts, and finally came up with Oswald in June this year.",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "Valmiki",
      "tags": "projects",
      "intro": "Browser extension for easy reading and web customization for people with dyslexia",
      "date": "2016-06-11T00:00:00.000Z",
      "work": [
        "Web",
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      "collaborators": [
        "nishant-gadihoke"
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    },
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    "caption": "Browser extension for easy reading and web customization for people with dyslexia\n🏷️ Web, Oswald Labs\n💻 JavaScript\n👥 nishant-gadihoke"
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    "slug": "naari.md",
    "path": "projects/2016/naari.md",
    "source": "https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/projects/blob/main/projects/2016/naari.md",
    "title": "Naari",
    "date": "2016-10-16T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "(meaning woman in Hindi) is the end-to-end period healthcare companion---from giving you personalized tampon recommendations using P&G's survey data and HPE's machine learning APIs---to getting those products delivered to your doorstep via Amazon. Great use of machine learning to drive a benefit for women.",
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    "caption": "Period and sexual health companion for women that gives personalized tampon recommendations and access to self-help resources.\n🏷️ App, AI\n💻 JavaScript\n👥 nishant-gadihoke"
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    "slug": "melangebox.md",
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    "title": "Melangebox",
    "date": "2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": ", a fashion ecommerce startup. I designed the brand identity and developed a mobile-first Shopify store, and Mahendra handled the production, inventory, and shipping. In mid-2018, we had grown to over ₹50,000 ($750) in revenue every day and continue to grow. Visit Melangebox →",
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      "collaborators": [
        "mahendra-singh-raghuwanshi"
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    },
    "emoji": "👗🛒📈",
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    "title": "BharatHacks",
    "date": "2017-07-18T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": ", a hackathon for solving India-specific problems. Programmers, designers, engineers, and entrepreneurs came together to build products to make lives better. Organized in collaboration with Facebook Developer Circle Delhi-NCR, BharatHacks helped hundreds take their idea forward, from hacking to raising investment and launching their products in the market. BharatHacks was free for both entrepreneurs and hackers, to join hands and work towards a better India.",
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        "Web"
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    "title": "Agastya",
    "date": "2017-08-25T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "is a web accessibility plugin for websites. It has over 20 features, such as dyslexia-friendly reading mode, blind-friendly read aloud, and user customizations features for contrast, font size, etc. I built Agastya as Oswald Labs' first revenue-generating product with a monthly subscription. Companies can whitelabel Agastya with their branding (colors, logo, etc.) when they incorporate it on their websites.",
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        "mahendra-singh-raghuwanshi"
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  {
    "slug": "facematch.md",
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    "title": "FaceMatch",
    "date": "2017-09-23T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": ", a mobile app that uses deep learning-based facial detection, and displays the results in an augmented reality heads-up display. I ended up winning the hackathon's grand prize of €1,000 along with VIP tickets for StartupFest Europe. View GitHub repo →\n\nThe idea is simple — if you enter a large conference or a room full of people, you want to know who you should network with. FaceMatch uses AI to understand faces, and finds their relevant info from",
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      "intro": "Face recognition Augmented Reality app for business events, built at the AWS Hackathon for StartupFest Europe.",
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    "slug": "capella.md",
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    "title": "Capella",
    "date": "2017-10-21T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "in 24 hours, a Progressive Web App that lets you find your friends in concerts using location sharing. You can also make new friends based on similar music taste and discover venue heat-maps. The app was built using HTML5 with a PHP backend integrated with some machine learning and music tagging APIs. The Spotify-inspired dark UI was also designed, along with a beautiful app icon. View GitHub repo →",
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      "intro": "Location-based offline friend discovery and music matching app built for Amsterdam Dance Event in 24 hours.",
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      "collaborators": [
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    "emoji": "🎵📍🤝",
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    "slug": "refuserve.md",
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    "title": "RefuServe",
    "date": "2017-11-19T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "is a chatbot app that helps you develop your skills by recommending videos and translating them into your native language, along with automatically generating resumes for you in multiple languages. No matter where you're from, RefuServe will help you find a job in Europe. View GitHub repo →",
    "attributes": {
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      "intro": "Elearning platform, job recommendation engine, and resume generator chatbot for Trivago in 24 hours.",
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      "collaborators": [
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    "title": "Blueboard",
    "date": "2018-01-23T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "BlueBoard is a Bluetooth-powered smart billboard that actually cares about you. Privacy-first and context-aware, it connects with your smartphone via Bluetooth and shows you relevant advertisements and information. Users can open the BlueBoard app and set their preferences by assigning points from 0 to 10 to everything they like — from technology and fashion to food and the weather. BlueBoard listens to the app and securely transfers their preference data.",
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      "title": "Blueboard",
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      "intro": "Bluetooth-powered smart billboard that shows relevant advertisements and information based on who's passing by it.",
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    "emoji": "📱🔵📊",
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  },
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    "title": "CSUnite",
    "date": "2018-03-11T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "is an app for hyperlocal on-demand cleaning services, along with a built-in training and communication platform for employees. The Progressive Web App was built using Vue.js and Vuetify.js (a material design framework) in 24 hours. It also featured accessibility settings and user ratings, and our pitch included concepts of VR training using Google Cardboard and an Apple Watch app. View GitHub repo →",
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      "intro": "Hyperlocal on-demand cleaning and employee training app for the Netherlands' second-largest cleaning service provider.",
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    "slug": "drillmaps.md",
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    "title": "DrillMaps",
    "date": "2018-03-11T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": ", a horizontal directional drilling startup based in Seattle, WA. I designed and developed their new website, along with coherent icons for their products. The website was built using Vue.js and included Firebase's authentication and real-time database for mapping and visualization. It also integrated with Chargebee and Stripe for billing and subscriptions. Visit DrillMaps →\n\nA few months later, I also did a complete brand redesign, including a new logo, type, and media:",
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      "intro": "Platform for Seattle-based horizontal directional drilling company built using Vue.js and integrated with Stripe and Firebase.",
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    "title": "IBM IoT Escape Room",
    "date": "2018-04-12T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "From February to April 2018, my project group and I worked with IBM on building an escape room using—and to teach players about—the IoT. Using Wemoses and Arduinos as the basic building blocks, combined with Firebase's real-time database and a custom-built Vue.js app, we built a proof-of-concept with five connected puzzles.",
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    "emoji": "🧩🤖🚪",
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    "slug": "wendy.md",
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    "title": "Wendy",
    "date": "2018-05-27T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": ", a smartphone-based home security system with real-time face detection and a chatbot interface. Instead of a €200 Nest device, Wendy uses a €30 smartphone mounted as a doorbell. As soon as someone approaches your door, Wendy checks their face against your trusted contacts and lets you know in case she doesn't recognize them. She also checks the entire Netherlands' Police database of missing or wanted persons and alerts the authorities in case a match is found. View GitHub repo →",
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        "mohit-ahuja"
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    "slug": "shravan-apps.md",
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    "title": "Shravan Apps",
    "date": "2018-10-18T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "are a set of smartphones apps for Android and iOS devices for people with disabilities. I envisioned a suite of apps for living with a specific disability. Shravan Apps include Augmenta11y, Visib11y, Wikibility, and Live Subtitles.",
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      "intro": "Suite of free smartphone apps for people with disabilities like dyslexia, blindness, and deafness",
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        "Oswald Labs"
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      "icon": "/assets/oswald-labs/shravan/icon.png",
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      "collaborators": [
        "mahendra-singh-raghuwanshi"
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    "slug": "clshare.md",
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    "source": "https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/projects/blob/main/projects/2018/clshare.md",
    "title": "CLShare",
    "date": "2018-11-17T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": ", an app to help CLS Group with employee engagement. The app was the winner of the CLS Engagement App Challenge in London and uses a combination of an AI chatbot with employee-to-employee communication to foster engagement. View GitHub repo →\n\nThe product was a progressive web app built using Vue/Nuxt.js powered by Firebase. Employers and HR staff could visualize emotions of their employees' conversations using sentimental analysis (without sharing the contents of said chats) and also rec",
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      "intro": "AI-powered employee engagement and chat platform with HR automation and analytics for CLS Group",
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      "award_position": 1,
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        "Vue.js"
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      "collaborators": [
        "alex-imbrea"
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    "emoji": "🤖💬🏆",
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    "slug": "aristotle.md",
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    "source": "https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/projects/blob/main/projects/2018/aristotle.md",
    "title": "Aristotle",
    "date": "2018-11-30T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": ", an AI-powered e-learning platform for the schools of Limburg. The app was the winner of the Education category at Brighthack in Heerlen. For students, it automatically finds the best content from a variety of sources (like Khan Academy, Wikipedia, study material websites, etc.), and offers gamification and quizzes to better understand the syllabus. For teachers, it offers actionable analytics such as per-student performance.",
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      "intro": "E-learning platform for Limburg's schools with personalized content recommendations and actionable analytics",
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      "icon": "/assets/aristotle/icon.png",
      "timeline": "48 hours",
      "work": [
        "Web",
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      ],
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      "client_link": "https://www.limburg.nl",
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    "source": "https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/projects/blob/main/projects/2019/staart.md",
    "title": "Staart",
    "date": "2019-09-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "is a set of starter templates to build a SaaS (software-as-a-service) startup using Node.js and TypeScript. It has built-in authentication (with 2FA and OAuth2 connect), team management with roles and invites, recurring payments with Stripe, an API gateway with rate limiting and billing, and more. Staart UI is built with Vue.js and is the frontend project, while Staart API is the backend project. Staart UI also contains feature and landing pages, like pricing and policies.",
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    "title": "Type with Tobias",
    "date": "2019-12-09T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "From September to December 2019, I studied Typography at Santa Clara University in California as part of my minor semester abroad. One of the projects I designed was a brochure, ticket, and design system for a typography event featuring iconic designer Tobias Frere-Jones. Because there were very few high-resolution photos of Tobias, I used this vectorized image style with bright colors.",
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        "Print"
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    "slug": "uppload.md",
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    "title": "Uppload",
    "date": "2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "is a JavaScript file uploading widget I designed and developed. I initially built the plugin in April 2018, and then built the second version in late 2019 and released it in early 2020. Uppload v2 has 20+ ways to select files, and 10+ ways to edit images before uploading them. For example, users can import pictures from popular free image repositories like Unsplash and Pexels without having to worry about the license.",
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        "TypeScript"
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      "award": "Product Hunt #1"
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    "title": "Pabio.com",
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    "excerpt": "In May 2021, my team and I rebranded from Koj to Pabio. As part of this, we designed new branding along with a new marketing website with our friends at Cleverclip. Homepage above the fold\n\nWe noticed that some customers only wanted to furnish a part of their homes, so we added a \"Shop by room\" feature to the homepage. This allows customers to select a room and get started with furnishing it right away. Shop by room\n\nTo help customers understand the value of Pabio, we added a \"Compare",
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        "Tailwind CSS"
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    "title": "Onboarding on Pabio.com",
    "date": "2021-12-22T00:00:00.000Z",
    "excerpt": "On the Pabio website, we designed a new onboarding flow to help users get started with the service and better qualify leads. The flow starts with a style quiz, which asks users to select their preferred interior design styles from a set of images. The quiz is followed by a short form to collect contact information and a few more questions about the user's needs.",
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    "slug": "pabio-proposal.md",
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    "excerpt": "After a customer completes the onboarding flow and has as interior design consulting call, we generate a personalized proposal for them. The proposal includes a list of furniture items, a 3D photorealistic rendering of their furnished apartment, and a price breakdown. Dashboard\n\nThe customer logs in to their account on Pabio.com to view their proposal. From their dashboard, they can also manage deliveries, view and pay invoices, claim insurance,",
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    "excerpt": "is Pabio's internal operating system. It's a web-based ERP, CRM, CMS, and inventory management system that we use to manage our sales pipeline, inventory, deliveries, billing, and everything else. The sales pipeline is the real-time dashboard of all our customers and their proposals. We can see the status of each proposal and track it as it moves down from sign up to sending the proposal to the customer to signing the contract to delivering the furniture.",
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    "excerpt": "Before you can run campaigns or handle actions, you need an audience — and not just any list, but one that's been enriched, filtered, and qualified so every contact is worth emailing. The primary way to build an audience is through our Apollo.io integration. Apollo has over 100 million contacts, and we built a prospecting tool that lets you search through them without leaving FirstQuadrant.",
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