Safal Shrestha

I'm a guy who has an eye for art but is tech savvy too. I'm a graphic designer & UI/UX designer. Graphic designing is what I specialize in. But, this skill goes in hand with my other passions, that is to build creative solutions using technology. I can write programs for Arduino and also fiddle around Android Studio.

As for experience, I've participated in LOCUS where my team and I built an automatic bot to plough the field and sow the seeds. We even integrated an aspect of IoT as the bot could be initiated by an app 'mero biruwa'. It also gave informaton about weather, moisture of soil and also had a buying-selling model.

I got the taste of hackathon by participating in Yuwa-Aaja Hackathon. In this program, we were given a challenge to fix the unemployment problem. Me and my friend put in 8 to 10 long hours of work to finish our project which was coined as 'ayaan'. We built a distance learning app, keeping the Nepali market and audience in mind. This hackathon truly taught me what to expect and how to face a Hackathon.

In all these projects, I learnt that teamwork and co-operation should be kept in mind while working. The use of multiple brains on a single problem helps to cope it easily. A single person could be a jack of all trades but master of none. So, each project needs a versatile team with people who are good at what they do. So, I'm fortunate enough to be blessed with such experiences which have led me to be a better designer and creative thinker. And, I wish to show it all in this hackathon.