Anoushka Sengupta


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My pronouns are she/her/hers | TechTogether Boston Organizer | Director of Prospective Sponsors @ queer_hack | Harvard WECode'21 Technology Fellow | Computer Science | Rising 4th year @ Mount Holyoke College | Currently looking for Fall 2021 internships and 2022 new grad opportunities :)


Education

Mount Holyoke College

Bachelor of Arts · A.B.
Computer Science

GPA: 3.86

August 2018 - May 2022 (expected)

Loreto House School

High School Dipolma · Science Stream
ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education) 2016 : 93.4%

ISC (Indian School Certificate) 2018 : 92.25%

April 2005 - March 2018

Experience

Technology Project Trainee Intern

ITC Infotech

  • Spearheaded research on the evolution of SAP ERP Software

July 2020 - August 2020

Peer Mentor - Computer Science Department

Mount Holyoke College

  • Mentored students in Introductory Computer Science – Humanities Computing and Artificial Intelligence
  • Was a resource for mentees and kept track of their progress through scheduled meetings, encouraging them to enroll in further computer science courses
  • Performed code reviews for mentees, giving effective feedback including good coding habits as well as possible areas of improvement
  • Maintained interaction logs for each mentee

September 2019 - May 2020

Computer Science Lab Teaching Assistant

Mount Holyoke College

  • Assisted laboratory instruction for a group of 20 students in Introductory Computer Science – Artificial Intelligence
  • Gave effective feedback, answered questions and helped students problem solve during lab hours

January 2020 - May 2020

Statistics Teaching Assistant and Grader

Mount Holyoke College

  • Acted as a liaison between the professors and students
  • Troubleshot and gave constructive feedback to students enrolled in Introductory Statistics courses with R programming, thereby increasing their confidence in statistics and coding
  • Held office hours and graded weekly assignments in RStudio for around 15 students

January 2020 - May 2020

Leadership

Technology Fellow

Harvard WECode: Women Engineers Code Conference

  • Selected as one of 65 Technology Fellows for Harvard WECode: Women Engineers Code Conference, the largest student-run Women in Tech conference in the world
  • Publicized WECode in three core areas - personal outreach, digital communities and local outreach
  • Participated in workshops and sessions on professional development, digital media and peer engagement
  • Cultivated and fostered community among women and non-binary technologists passionate about technology and eager to change the world
  • Received Fellow Leadership Award for demonstrating outstanding leadership as a WECode Technology Fellow

January 2019 - Present

Co-Founder

Girl Up MHC

  • Co-founded the chapter organization of the United Nations GirlUp campaign at Mount Holyoke College
  • Attended leadership summit in New York with a focus on empowering women and non-binary people in STEM
  • Collaborated with various groups on campus such as Mount Holyoke Planned Parenthood Generation Action and the Student Government Organization to form an on campus Menstrual Products Task Force

January 2019 - Present

Secretary · Soprano Section

Chorale

  • Soprano I in Chorale, an auditioned choral ensemble at Mount Holyoke College
  • Helped plan and organize choir events such as Vespers and the Friends and Family Concert

September 2018 - Present

Student Council

Loreto House School

  • Elected to the Student Council as Media and Communication Liasion
  • Attended regular meetings and planned intra-school events

April 2017 - March 2018

Media and Communication Leader

Loreto House School

  • Wrote and edited articles for the school website
  • Editor for the school magazine The Link

April 2017 - March 2018

National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC)

UC Berkeley

  • Invited to attend and represent my school and country at NSLC for Media and Journalism
  • Put in 73 hours including leadership seminars and workshops

August 2017

Pre-College Summer Program

Harvard University

  • Accepted to Harvard's not-for-credit Summer School Program for Young Adult Fiction
  • Lived and studied alongside peers from all over the world

July 2017

Volunteering

International Admission Outreach Volunteer

Mount Holyoke College

  • Reaching out to international students who have been accepted to Mount Holyoke
  • Engaging with them and being a resource for them as well as maintaining open lines of communication
  • Maintaining confidentiality

January 2020 - Present

Mentor

Hack The 6ix

  • Mentored participants of Hack the 6ix, the largest summer student-run digital hackathon in Toronto
  • Answered queries and brainstormed ideas with participants over Discord

July 2020

Mentor (Tech and Non-Tech)

Garuda Hacks 2020

  • Mentored participants (1000+) of Garuda Hacks 2020, Indonesia's premier 36-hour international virtual hackathon event
  • Brainstormed possible project ideas and implementations, and helped out several hackers with troubleshooting and questions related to Java, Python, HTML/CSS and the Unity game engine via a Slack channel

July 2020

Mentor

BridgeHacks 2020

  • Mentored participants of BridgeHacks 2020, a 48-hour online hackathon
  • Was a resource for them on the Discord server, helping to brainstorm possible project ideas and methods of implementation, answering questions and troubleshooting

July 2020

Volunteer

Women of Color Trailblazers Leadership Conference

  • Greeted and checked in presenters and attendees at the door, and handed out swag bags
  • Served food and beverages while keeping track of how much was left
  • Led people to the rooms they were assigned to
  • Helped out with technical difficulties and cleaning up

April 2019

Projects

Instagram Filters

Spark AR Studio · Illustrator · SketchBook · Gimp

  • Created and published filters for instagram using Spark AR Studio
  • Click on any of videos below to try out a filter

Explore Holyoke

Unity · C# · Photoshop · Gimp

  • Made Explore Holyoke with a team for HackHolyoke 2019 and won the Google Prize
  • Created a game in Unity to help prospective students learn more about our college via its ghost stories and folklore

Asteroids

Java · JUnit · Java AWT · Java Swing · Eclipse · UML Software

  • Asteroids is a multidirectional shooter game based on the old arcade game of the same name
  • Worked with a team using Test Driven Development (TDD) and Agile methodology

Manifest COVID

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) · p5.js

  • Worked on Manifest COVID with a partner for Spectra 4.0
  • Visualizes potential presence of airborne virus particles
  • Won the Mercury Track: Best Safety & Security Hack

Connectr

HTML · CSS · JavaScript · Ruby on Rails · Illustrator · GIMP

  • Worked on Connectr with a team for RookieHacks
  • Real time chatting application to increase connection during Covid times

Synesthesiacs

HTML · CSS · JavaScript · Python · Spotipy · Spotify API · Sketchbook

  • Synesthesiacs is a website meant to mimic synesthesia, converting music into art
  • The webpage changes colors based on the notes that are being played by the user vis Spotify
  • Submitted to HobbyHacks for the Music Track


Skills

Programming Languages
  • Java
  • Python
  • R
  • JavaScript
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Lua
  • C
  • MIPS

Industry Knowledge
  • Software Development
  • Software Design
  • Unit Testing
  • Test Driven Development (TDD) Methodologies
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Research Methods
  • ANOVA (Analysis of Variance)
  • Regression Analysis
  • Social Media Management and Outreach

Tools and Technologies
  • Google Workspace (G-Suite)
  • Microsoft Office
  • GitHub
  • Bootstrap Framework
  • Spark AR Studio
  • RStudio
  • MATLAB
  • Eclipse
  • LÖVE2D
  • Figma

Interpersonal Skills
  • Leadership
  • Teamwork
  • Mentoring
  • Teaching
  • Critical Thinking
  • Communication

Languages
  • English · Native Fluency
  • Hindi · Native Fluency
  • Bengali · Full Professional Proficiency
  • Japanese · Limited Working Proficiency
  • Italian · Classroom Proficiency

Interests

I love attending hackathons, both in-person and virtual, because I get to meet new people, learn exciting technologies, and create fun projects - not to mention all the free swag ;) Check out my devpost for some cool stuff!

Apart from that, I enjoy reading, writing, drawing and playing all kinds of sports, especially swimming and badminton. I even represented my school, Loreto House, as part of their swimming, water polo, and football (soccer) teams. I also love music - throughout high school I was a part of the Western Band and the Eastern Band as a singer and a synthesizer player, respectively, and in college I am a part of Chorale, an auditioned choral ensemble, as a Soprano.


Honours & Awards

  • Fellow Leadership Award - Harvard WECode: Women Engineers Code Conference 2021
  • Mercury Track Winner: Best Safety & Security Hack - Spectra 4.0
  • Google Prize - HackHolyoke 2019
  • Gold Medal - English Olympiad 2017
  • Silver Medal - Mathematics Olympiad 2017
  • 2nd Place - Computer Science Olympiad 2017
  • Anima Mukherjee Memorial Trophy for Highest Achievement in English in the ICSE Examination 2016
  • Black Belt in Enshin Karate

Certifications


  • HTML, CSS, and Javascript for Web Developers - Johns Hopkins University · Coursera
  • Intro to Machine Learning · Kaggle
  • Open Source Software Development Methods - The Linux Foundation · Coursera