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Name: Poushali Chakraborty

Role: Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering

Institution: NIT Silchar

Coding Experience: 7 years and counting

Current Status: Teaching by day, debugging by night 🌙

🎓 My Journey

Started coding 7 years ago and fell in love with the problem-solving aspect. What began as curiosity turned into a career, and now I get to share that passion with students at NIT Silchar.

I completed my M.Tech in Computer Science (2022-2024) and jumped straight into teaching. Best decision ever! There's something magical about that "aha!" moment when a student finally gets recursion or pointers.

💻 What I'm Good At

Languages

  • Python - My go-to for teaching and ML projects
  • C/C++ - When you need that raw power
  • Java - Object-oriented mastery
  • JavaScript - Full-stack web development

Areas of Interest

  • Machine Learning & Deep Learning
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Data Structures & Algorithms
  • Database Systems
  • Cybersecurity
  • System Design

📚 Teaching Philosophy

Learn by Doing: Theory is important, but you don't really understand something until you've implemented it.

Mistakes are Features: Every bug teaches you something. Embrace the errors!

Stay Curious: Technology changes fast. The best skill is knowing how to learn.

Build Projects: Your GitHub should tell a story of continuous learning.

🎯 Current Focus

Right now, I'm diving deep into:

  • → Transformer architectures and LLMs
  • → Distributed systems design
  • → Rust programming (loving the memory safety!)
  • → Building better teaching resources

🚀 Fun Facts

→ I use Neovim because I enjoy the pain (and the productivity)

→ My debugging rubber duck is actually a tiny Godzilla

→ Coffee consumption directly correlates with code quality

→ I've read "Clean Code" three times and still write messy code

→ Stack Overflow has saved my life more times than I can count

📬 Get In Touch

💼 Professional: poushali.chakraborty.agartala@gmail.com

🐙 GitHub: @yourusername

💼 LinkedIn: /in/yourprofile

🎓 Google Scholar: Publications

💬 Quick Chat: WhatsApp | Telegram

💭 Random Thoughts

"The best way to learn programming is to teach it. Every time a student asks 'why?' I have to really understand the fundamentals myself."

"Imposter syndrome never goes away. I still Google 'how to reverse a string' sometimes. The difference is, I don't let it stop me from trying."

"Code is poetry. Badly written code is... still poetry, just very bad poetry."

🎓 For My Students

If you're one of my students reading this:

  • → Yes, the assignments are supposed to be challenging
  • → No, ChatGPT won't help you in interviews
  • → Office hours exist for a reason - use them!
  • → Stack Overflow is okay, but understand what you copy
  • → Your future self will thank you for commenting your code

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