The people building Hackyard.

Shyamol Konwar

Co-Founder

Assam, India

Shyamol started building from a small village in Assam with no startup ecosystem, no local founder network, and very little access to the resources available in major tech hubs. Before Hackyard, he grew social media communities reaching hundreds of thousands of people, worked with startups on growth and product strategy, and built multiple ventures from the ground up. Today he is building Rivtor, an AI-powered system focused on helping companies identify and recover lost revenue opportunities. Hackyard started from a simple observation he kept seeing again and again: talented builders exist everywhere, but finding each other is still surprisingly hard.

Utpal Kalita

Co-Founder, Engineer

Tezpur, Assam, India

Utpal is a Software Engineering Fellow at MLH Fellowship and a multiple-time international hackathon winner. He taught himself programming while studying Food Engineering and went on to win global competitions, including the AI Track at the Midnight Summit Hackathon in London. He has worked across AI, full-stack development, blockchain, and privacy technologies. His journey from a hostel room in Assam to international hackathon stages embodies the spirit Hackyard was created for.

Prantik Pratim Medhi

Co-Founder, Community Lead

Assam, India

Prantik started learning technology from scratch while growing up in Assam and quickly became obsessed with building practical software that solves real problems. At Hackyard, he spends much of his time talking to members, onboarding builders, collecting feedback, and understanding what people actually need from a builder network. Many of the conversations that shape Hackyard's direction come directly from his daily interactions with the community.

Ankita Bhagawati

Co-Founder, Growth & Systems

Assam, India

Ankita is a software engineer with experience building large-scale products and enterprise applications. She recently created Jabor, a civic-tech platform helping citizens across Assam report garbage issues and improve accountability through public data and transparency. At Hackyard, she brings strong engineering experience together with a belief that builders should use technology to improve the communities around them.

Sarthak Gupta

Co-Founder, Product & Growth

Delhi, India

Sarthak is a Product Analyst and student at Delhi Technological University who enjoys understanding how products grow, why users stay, and how communities create value. His experience spans product strategy, startup validation, business operations, and customer discovery. He has worked with startups in both India and the United States and is particularly interested in how great products are shaped through conversations with users.

Sumitabh Shyamal

Co-Founder

Assam, India

Sumitabh works across product engineering, platform development, and system architecture. He focuses on turning ideas into reliable products and helping ensure that Hackyard remains fast, scalable, and easy to use as the community grows. He believes great communities are built on strong foundations, both technical and human.