# Nihar Manchikalapudi

Profile facts for Nihar Manchikalapudi: contact, experience, projects, education, and links.

## Identity

- Name: Nihar Manchikalapudi
- Tagline: envisioning monk theories
- Site: https://nihar.si
- Email: nihar.manchikalapudi@gmail.com

## Contact

- Email: nihar.manchikalapudi@gmail.com
- Site: https://nihar.si
- GitHub: https://github.com/niharnm
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nihar-manchikalapudi-3bba1b320
- Calendly: https://calendly.com/nihar-manchikalapudi/30min
- Devpost: https://devpost.com/nihar-manchikalapudi
- Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/niharm

## Experience

### Context VC
- Role: Software Engineer
- Dates: Aug 2026 – Present
- Summary: Building internal tools.
- URL: https://www.contextvc.com/

### Magikid Robotics Lab
- Role: Instructor
- Dates: Oct 2025 – Aug 2026
- Summary: Taught robotics to elementary through high school students.
- URL: https://magikidlab.com/Pleasanton/new/

### PEL Learning Center
- Role: Employee
- Dates: Mar 2025 – Sep 2025
- Summary: Supported students on-site at a learning center.
- URL: https://pellearning.com/san-ramon-tutoring/

## Projects

### Rinkler
- Kind: web app
- Status: live
- Summary: Referral and loyalty rewards for local businesses.
- URL: https://rinkler.app

### Marks
- Kind: iOS · Co-Founder
- Summary: A better Infinite Campus for grades and GPA.
- URL: https://marks.cx/

### Dopa
- Kind: system · opensource
- Summary: Predicts ad CTR from TRIBE v2 cortical response before spend.
- URL: https://itsdopa.vercel.app/

### Soggy Boats
- Kind: web game · Founder
- Summary: Free paper boat game in the browser: 15 levels, drift racing.
- URL: https://www.soggy.boats/

### Semper
- Kind: macOS · opensource
- Summary: Open-source macOS menu bar app for audio, windows and more.
- URL: https://semper.systems

## Education

### Las Positas College
- Dates: 2027 – Present
- Detail: Associate of Science · Computer Science & Mathematics
- URL: https://www.laspositascollege.edu

### California High School
- Dates: 2024 – 2026
- Detail: Dropped out at 16
- URL: https://chs.srvusd.net

## Machine surfaces

- Full profile (Markdown): https://nihar.si/bot.md
- Full profile (same body): https://nihar.si/llms-full.txt
- Index: https://nihar.si/llms.txt
- HTML document (same Markdown body): https://nihar.si/bot
- Human UI (interactive terminal): https://nihar.si/