// THE STORY

Butwal Hacks started as one approved email.

It became Rupandehi's first student-led tech ecosystem — a game jam, a hackathon, partnerships with Google and MLH, organized entirely by teenagers in a city most tech companies have never heard of.

Outside of that, I maintain GNOME Nepal as a top-5 contributor and volunteered at UbuCon Asia 2025. I work entirely from a smartphone, proving that access to high-end hardware isn't the bottleneck for the next generation of builders.

I believe open-source infrastructure is how you build equitable access to technology — not just conferences about it.

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// CORE VALUES

Privacy-first

Digital sovereignty is a human right, not a feature.

Open Source

Build in public, share the logic, invite the world.

Build in Public

The process is as valuable as the product.

Community over Competition

We grow faster when we grow together.

// FULL TIMELINE

Founder & Community Lead

Mar 2025 — Present
Butwal Hacks• Self-employed

Founded Rupandehi's first student-led tech ecosystem. Daydream Butwal (40 teens, 24hr game jam) and HackDay Butwal (50 university students, MLH + Google Gemini).

Open-Source Maintainer

Aug 2024 — Present
GNOME Nepal• Volunteer · Part-time

Top-5 contributor. Manage community platforms, co-host city events in Butwal, volunteered at UbuCon Asia 2025 in Kathmandu.

Founder

Feb 2022 — Present
NextEra Development• Self-employed

Independent OSS studio. Current projects: MisterTube (browser extension), Tiger-Bot (Discord automation).

Club President & Founder

Apr 2025 — Sep 2025
Hack Club Butwal• Part-time

Established and led student developer community. Ran Boba, Swirl, HackCraft workshops. Seeded Butwal Hacks.

Web Developer & Student Mentor

Aug 2024 — Jul 2025
ICT Club of Kalika• Part-time

Built school website for annual fest. Mentored Grade IX students on web development fundamentals.