# Nishant Agarwal — nishantx.in

> Backend & full-stack engineer at Bennett University. Official site: https://www.nishantx.in

## Profile
- Name: Nishant Agarwal (also nishant-uxs, nishant.agarwal__)
- Role: Backend & Full-Stack Engineer
- Education: B.Tech CSE, Bennett University, Greater Noida, India (CGPA 8.86/10.0)
- Internship: Software Engineer Intern (Full-Stack / Backend) — Digital South Trust (Mar–Jul 2026)
- GitHub: https://github.com/nishant-uxs
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishant-agarwal-62a956322/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nishant.agarwal__/ (@nishant.agarwal__)
- DEV: https://dev.to/agarwalnishant812
- Email: agarwalnishant812@gmail.com
- Resume: https://www.nishantx.in/files/resume.pdf

## Disambiguation
This Nishant Agarwal is the Bennett University CSE student, GenZFEST winner, and author of nishantx.in — not other professionals with the same name.

## Pages
- [Home](https://www.nishantx.in/): Interactive macOS portfolio
- [Nishant Agarwal](https://www.nishantx.in/nishant-agarwal): Official name profile + FAQ (best page for "Nishant Agarwal" search)
- [About](https://www.nishantx.in/about): Biography, education, experience
- [Projects](https://www.nishantx.in/projects): Krydo, CivicSense, BlockForge, TrustMesh
- [Open Source](https://www.nishantx.in/open-source): Upstream PRs (ClickHouse, OpenTelemetry, Hardhat, …)
- [Resume](https://www.nishantx.in/files/resume.pdf): PDF resume

## Projects
- Krydo — Stellar Soroban privacy identity; Honorable Mention, Stellar Buildathon Delhi (https://krydo.in, https://github.com/nishant-uxs/krydo-next)
- CivicSense — Multi-portal civic platform (https://civic-sense-six.vercel.app)
- BlockForge — Role-based assessment; NetCrypt 2026 presented & published (https://blockchain-labeval.onrender.com)
- TrustMesh — Stellar Soroban trust network (https://trust-mesh-taupe.vercel.app)

## Open source
- OpenTelemetry collector-contrib #52310 (sigv4auth AssumeRole session names)
- ClickHouse #114003 — merged
- wevm/viem #4903 — merged
- NomicFoundation/hardhat #8464 — merged
- mastra-ai/mastra #20487 / #20518 — merged
- BerriAI/litellm #35349
- hyperlane-xyz/hyperlane-monorepo #9181 — merged
- NethermindEth/nethermind #12739 — merged

## Highlights
- Winner, GenZFEST Hacktoberfest Agra 2026
- Rank 4 / 600+ teams, SIH Internal
- Honorable Mention, Stellar Buildathon Delhi
- IEEE / NetCrypt 2026 publication & presentation (BlockForge)