Priya Nair

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NIT Trichy·B.Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering — Year 2026

ECE at NIT Trichy. Startups > big tech, probably. Writing about building things, internships, and what nobody tells you at orientation.

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Projects

StartInternIn progress

Job boards are full of internships that are glorified data entry. I built a small curated list tool where startup founders and early employees post internships with honest descriptions of what you will actually do. No JD template language. Currently 40 listings. Manually verified each one.

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Warm Intros — NITT Alumni ConnectCompleted

Finding the right alumni at NITT was always who-knows-who. Built a matching tool where students enter their interest area and target companies, and it surfaces alumni who have opted in for 30 minute calls. 200 signups in week one. The matching is simple keyword overlap but it works. Coordinated with the alumni cell to get it officially promoted.

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From CSE Backbencher to SDE at a Top Startup — No CP, No DSA Grind

I built projects instead of solving problems. It worked. Here is the full story.

18 Dec

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My Summer at a 3-Person Startup Changed How I Think About Work

No free food, no fancy office. Just chaos, ownership, and the best learning of my life.

19 Nov

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Being a Girl at an NIT — The Things We Do Not Say at Orientation

The gender ratio is improving, they said. Here is what that actually looks like.

1 Nov1