CS Engineer · Builder · Cricket Voice

Hi, I'm Amritanshu.
I build software,
commentate cricket &
chase good biryani.

Computer Science engineering student at KIIT Bhubaneswar, originally from the city of nawabs — Lucknow. Founder of DrenZ, deeply curious about AI & Cloud, and forever debugging data structures when time permits.

Black and white portrait of Amritanshu
📍 Lucknow → Bhubaneswar
About

A little about me

Equal parts engineer, storyteller, and explorer. Here's what I'm made of.

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Computer Science @ KIIT Bhubaneswar

Pursuing my engineering degree with a sharp focus on building real, useful software — not just passing exams.

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Curious about Backend

I’m fascinated by how scalable backend systems handle data, concurrency, and real-time communication reliably under load.

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Data Structures, on repeat

Whenever time permits, you'll find me sharpening my fundamentals — because great engineers never stop practising.

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Founder of DrenZ

Built a thrifting platform for college students — turning an everyday campus problem into a product.

Portfolio

Flagship projects

The two products I'm proudest of — designed, built, and shipped live.

DrenZ

DrenZ

Live

A thrifting marketplace for college students to buy, sell & swap pre-loved essentials. Founded, designed & shipped end-to-end.

Founder Marketplace Web App Cloud
TradeKaro

TradeKaro

Live

A live paper-trading platform — trade virtual money on real NSE stock and crypto prices and climb a real-time leaderboard. Built solo, end-to-end.

Solo Build Next.js Real-time Fintech
Code

GitHub & Major Projects

A snapshot of what I'm building and contributing to. Visit my profile for the full check-in history and contribution graph.

GitHub contribution streak

My contribution graph & commit history live on my profile — @AmritanshuPatra85 ↗

Founder · Startup

DrenZ — Thrifting, for college students.

A portal built to help college students buy, sell, and swap pre-loved essentials — from books and gadgets to fashion. Affordable, sustainable, and built around campus communities.

  • Student-first marketplace tailored to college campuses
  • Sustainable thrifting — give items a second life
  • Founded, designed & shipped end-to-end
Solo Build · Live

TradeKaro — Trade live markets, risk-free.

A live paper-trading platform where you get virtual capital and trade real NSE stocks and crypto at real market prices — then see how you stack up on a real-time leaderboard ranked by portfolio P&L.

  • Live NSE prices via ICICI Direct Breeze and crypto via Binance WebSockets
  • Real-time leaderboard and portfolio updates over Socket.IO + Redis
  • Google sign-in or one-click guest mode, load-tested with 500 simulated traders
Beyond the Code

What keeps me curious

Life isn't all semicolons and stack traces. Here's what fuels me off the keyboard.

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Cricket Commentary & Analysis

I live for the game — calling the action and breaking down strategy, stats, and the stories behind every match.

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Indian Politics & IR

An avid follower of Indian politics and international relations — always reading, debating, and connecting the dots.

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Biryani Connoisseur

A true food lover with one non-negotiable rule: biryani without potato, always. Lucknowi roots, refined taste.

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Exploring AI

Endlessly fascinated by where artificial intelligence is heading — and how to build with it responsibly.

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Cloud Computing

Tinkering with cloud platforms to deploy, scale, and architect the things I build.

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Lifelong Learning

Squeezing in data structures, new tools, and ideas whenever time permits — growth is the goal.

Let's build something together

Looking forward to connecting with like-minded folks to team up for hackathons, exchange notes, and trade ideas on tech, cricket & everything in between. Actively exploring internship opportunities — if your company is hiring, let's talk!

🏆 Hackathon teammate 📝 Exchange notes 💼 Open to internships