UniVerge is a full-stack web platform that connects students and alumni for mentorship, networking, and career guidance. The platform integrates modern backend technologies, dual databases, blockchain, and machine learning to create a secure and intelligent academic networking system.
UniVerge bridges the gap between students and alumni by enabling:
- Mentor–mentee connections
- Career guidance and professional networking
- Secure credential verification using blockchain
- Smart matching powered by machine learning
Built as a hackathon-ready, scalable full-stack application.
- ✅ Student & Alumni registration and profile management
- ✅ Smart mentor–student matching using ML
- ✅ Real-time messaging system
- ✅ Community forum for discussions
- ✅ Blockchain-based credential storage & verification
- ✅ Analytics-ready backend architecture
- Flask 2.3.3
- Python 3.8+
- PostgreSQL – User data & profiles
- MongoDB – Chat & messaging data
- Web3.py
- IPFS – Credential verification
- Scikit-learn – Intelligent user matching
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
UniVerge/ ├── app.py # Main Flask application ├── requirements.txt # Project dependencies ├── static/ # CSS, JavaScript, images ├── templates/ # HTML templates ├── models/ # Database models └── services/ # Business logic & services
git clone https://github.com/iamkrishna27/UniVerge-mackathon1.0.git cd UniVerge-mackathon1.0 pip install -r requirements.txt
PostgreSQL: CREATE DATABASE univerge_db;
MongoDB: mongod --dbpath ./data
python app.py
Access the application at: http://localhost:5000
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:password@localhost/univerge_db MONGO_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/univerge_chat SECRET_KEY=your-secret-key BLOCKCHAIN_RPC_URL=https://your.rpc.node
POST /auth/register – User registration POST /auth/login – User login GET /api/alumni – Fetch alumni list POST /chat/send – Send chat message GET /forum/posts – Retrieve forum posts
This project demonstrates:
- Full-stack development skills
- Dual-database architecture (SQL + NoSQL)
- Blockchain integration for secure credentials
- Machine learning for smart matching
- Scalable backend design
GitHub: https://github.com/iamkrishna27/UniVerge-mackathon1.0
Hackathon: UniVerge Mackathon 1.0 Submission