Started as a hackathon project. Pitched at my own college. Now building it as a real product.
Every college society runs on fragmented systems — overloaded WhatsApp groups, manual recruitment drives, zero structured communication, and no real management tool.
I noticed this firsthand. Built a solution for a hackathon, pitched it at my own college, and realized this problem is bigger than just one institution.
Now I'm building Soc-Connect as a full product — an all-in-one operational system for student organizations.
A centralized platform that modernizes how college societies operate — bringing recruitment, member management, events, announcements, and real-time communication into one unified system.
- 🔐 Role-based authentication — Admin, Interviewer, Member
- 📋 Recruitment pipeline — applications, review, voting, selection
- 👥 Member management & internal operations
- 📅 Event & announcement management
- 💬 Real-time updates & notifications via Socket.io
- 📊 Dashboard synchronization
- 📁 Media & file handling via Cloudinary
- 📤 Export & report generation
| Layer | Tech |
|---|---|
| Frontend | React.js |
| Backend | Node.js, Express.js |
| Database | MongoDB + Mongoose |
| Real-time | Socket.io |
| Auth | JWT + RBAC |
| Media | Cloudinary |
| API Testing | Postman |
| Old Way | Soc-Connect |
|---|---|
| WhatsApp group chaos | Structured communication |
| Manual recruitment | Recruitment pipeline with voting |
| No member tracking | Role-based member management |
| Scattered events info | Centralized event system |
| No reporting | Export & report generation |
🔨 Actively building — started as hackathon, now scaling as a product with real users in mind.