Comprehensive Digital Solutions for Swaminarayan Gurukul Rajkot Sansthan (SGRS)

Role: Full-Stack Developer & DevOps Engineer

Introduction

The Swaminarayan Gurukul Rajkot Sansthan (SGRS) is a renowned educational and spiritual organization. To streamline their digital operations, I developed multiple web platforms, admin portals, mobile applications, and backend systems to enhance management, accessibility, and user engagement. This case study highlights the various digital solutions built for SGRS, their impact, and the technologies used.

Platform Components:

SGRS SUPERADMIN: A centralized platform for branch management, authentication, and access control with SSO and RBAC.
SGRS SUPERADMIN Backend: Handles authentication, access control, and real-time data processing for SGRS SUPERADMIN.
SGRS Bhramvidya Admin: An admin portal for managing courses, educators, student progress, and certifications.
SGRS Bhramvidya User: A learning platform for students to access courses, submit assignments, and earn certifications.
SGRS Bhramvidya Backend: Powers Bhramvidya Admin and User portals, managing courses, student records, and secure APIs.
SGRS Education Admin: A portal for managing academic policies, circulars, faculty coordination, and student tracking.
SGRS Education User: A portal for students and faculty to access study materials, updates, and academic records.
SGRS Education Backend: Supports Education Admin and User portals with academic data management and communication.
SGRS Gurukul ERP: Manages data for a single branch, including devotees, karyakar activities, events, and branch communication.
SGRS SPMK Bhramvidya ERP: A ERP for the Bhramvidya department, overseeing devotee engagement, course tracking, events, and multi-branch management.
SGRS Satsangi App: A mobile app for devotees to access spiritual content, event updates, modules can be shared and assigned tasks from the ERP system
SGRS Bhutpurva App: A mobile app for SGRS Gurukul alumni to update records and manage registrations via dedicated admin modules.
SGRS SPMK Backend: Manages Gurukul ERP, SPMK Bhramvidya ERP, and Satsangi App with authentication and secure data exchange.

Technology Stack

Frontend Technologies:

React.js: Used for building responsive, dynamic, and fast-loading interfaces.
Bootstrap: Enhanced UI/UX with a modern and responsive styling framework.
HTML, CSS, JavaScript: Core web technologies for structuring, styling, and scripting applications.

Backend Technologies:

Node.js & Express.js: Developed scalable and high-performance APIs and backend services.
PostgreSQL: Reliable relational database management for structured data.
Sequelize ORM: Simplifies database queries and interactions with PostgreSQL.

DevOps & Infrastructure:

Docker: Containerization for consistent and efficient application deployment.
Jenkins & CI/CD Pipelines: Automated build, testing, and deployment workflows for continuous integration and delivery.

Detailed Breakdown:

SGRS SUPERADMIN

SGRS SUPERADMIN is a centralized platform for authentication, access control, and multi-branch administration across all SGRS applications. It features Single Sign-On (SSO), role-based access, automated reminders, and real-time monitoring. The Superadmin can create admins, branches, and users, manage reminders, control connected portals, and log in to any portal via SSO. Built with Node.js, Express.js, PostgreSQL, and Sequelize, it ensures security and scalability, with Docker and Jenkins CI/CD enabling seamless deployment and integration.

Technologies Used: React.js, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, CI/CD

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SGRS SuperAdmin Backend

A robust API infrastructure designed for secure authentication, access control, and managing multiple branches efficiently. Built with Node.js, Express.js, and PostgreSQL, it ensures smooth user management, real-time monitoring, and seamless data synchronization. Sequelize simplifies database operations, while Docker and Jenkins CI/CD automate deployments for better performance and scalability.

Technologies Used: Node.js, Express.js, PostgreSQL, Sequelize, Docker, Jenkins, CI/CD

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SGRS Bhramvidya Admin

SGRS Bhramvidya Admin is a comprehensive learning management system designed to help faculty efficiently manage and deliver educational content. Educators can create and organize courses, structure lesson plans, and publish assignments, quizzes, and exams to assess student understanding. The platform allows seamless uploading of study materials, including books, PDFs, video tutorials, and presentations, ensuring students have access to all necessary resources. With an intuitive interface and a robust backend, SGRS Bhramvidya Admin simplifies education management, making learning more structured and accessible

Technologies Used: React.js, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, CI/CD

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SGRS Bhramvidya User

SGRS Bhramvidya User is a student-focused learning platform that provides seamless access to educational content. Students can view and download study materials, including books, PDFs, and video tutorials, allowing them to learn at their own pace. The platform enables students to submit assignments, take quizzes, and track their progress through real-time dashboards. Additionally, students can engage in interactive learning experiences through discussion forums and assessments, making it a comprehensive solution for structured and efficient learning.

Technologies Used: React.js, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, CI/CD

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SGRS Bhramvidya Backend

SGRS Education Admin is an academic management system that streamlines institutional operations. It allows administrators and faculty to publish circulars, manage policies, and oversee academic workflows efficiently. The platform includes a support ticketing system for resolving student and staff issues and ensures seamless faculty coordination. With tools for policy enforcement and report generation, it provides a structured and collaborative environment for institutions of all sizes

Technologies Used: Node.js, Express.js, PostgreSQL, Sequelize

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SGRS Education Admin

SGRS Education Admin is a comprehensive academic management system designed to enhance the efficiency of educational institutions. Administrators and faculty can publish circulars, manage policies (hostel, school, and education), and oversee academic workflows seamlessly. The platform enables faculty to issue and track important notices.Additionally, it provides a support ticketing system, allowing administrators to review, manage, and resolve issues raised by students and staff.

Technologies Used: React.js, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, CI/CD

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SGRS Education User

SGRS Education User is a user-friendly platform that gives students and faculty easy access to academic resources, circulars, and policies. Students can view assignments, track progress, download policies and educational materials, and stay updated on institutional guidelines. The platform also allows studentsto raise support tickets for academic or administrative concerns, ensuring quick resolution by the administration. With a focus on accessibility and engagement, the platform fosters seamless communication between educators, students, and administrators, enhancing the overall learning experience.

Technologies Used: React.js, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, CI/CD

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SGRS Education Backend

The SGRS Education Backend is a secure and scalable API built with Node.js, Express.js, and PostgreSQL to streamline academic management. It enables user authentication, role-based access, circular and policy management, assignment tracking, and a support ticket system for resolving student and faculty concerns

Technologies Used: Node.js, Express.js, PostgreSQL, Sequelize

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SGRS Gurukul ERP

SGRS Gurukul ERP is a branch-specific system for managing devotees, karyakars, and organizational activities. It integrates with Superadmin for authentication and SPMK Backend for operations, ensuring seamless branch-wise management. Administrators can track devotee analytics, manage Mandals and Dhun Mandals, assign roles, and oversee attendance and events. The system also supports zone, area, and vistar management, event planning, and a ticketing system for devotee concerns. With branch-switching functionality, users can efficiently manage multiple branches.

Technologies Used: React.js, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, CI/CD

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Spmk Bhramvidya ERP

SPMK Bhramvidya ERP is a multi-branch enterprise system designed to provide centralized management and insights across all branches. Built with multi-backend integration, it ensures seamless access to devotee data, events, and content management. The system enables administrators to monitor and track devotee activities, manage large-scale events, and coordinate across multiple branches while ensuring real-time data synchronization. With robust devotee and karyakar management tools, administrators can analyze engagement levels, assign roles, and oversee participation in different activities. The ERP also supports event planning, content dissemination, and real-time analytics, ensuring that all branches operate cohesively. By offering centralized insights, SPMK Bhramvidya ERP helps maintain organizational efficiency, strengthens communication, and ensures timely execution of branch-wide activities. .

Technologies Used: React.js, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, CI/CD

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SGRS Satsangi App

The SGRS Satsangi App is a mobile platform that connects devotees with spiritual resources, events, and community activities. It includes modules for Satsang Mandal, Dhun Mandal, Zonal MIS, Mandal MIS, Notes Management, and Event Attendance. Devotees can be granted access through SGRS Gurukul ERP to perform organizational tasks, manage events, track attendance, and engage with community activities. With real-time updates, push notifications, and an intuitive interface, the app ensures seamless spiritual and organizational participation.

Technologies Used: React js, Node js, Bootsrap, Apache Cordova, CI/CD

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SGRS Bhutpurva App

The SGRS Bhutpurva App is a mobile platform designed for SGRS Gurukul alumni to update personal records like passing year, branch, and more. With dedicated batch and group admin modules for verifying alumni registrations, the app streamlines engagement and fosters a connected community.

Technologies Used: React js, Node js, Bootstrap, Apache Cordova, CI/CD

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SGRS Spmk Backend

The SPMK Backend is a centralized system powering SGRS Gurukul ERP, SPMK Bhramvidya ERP, and SGRS Satsangi App. It manages authentication, devotee records, event coordination, educational content, and multi-branch operations. Integrated with Superadmin Backend, it ensures secure access control and seamless data synchronization. The backend supports role-based permissions, organizational task management, and real-time updates, enabling efficient administration across all branches. Built with Node.js, Express.js, PostgreSQL, Docker, and CI/CD, it delivers scalability, security, and reliability.

Technologies Used: Node.js, Express.js, PostgreSQL, Sequelize, Docker, Jenkins, CI/CD

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My Role

Full-Stack Development: Designed and developed scalable frontend and backend solutions, ensuring a seamless user experience, optimized performance, and efficient data flow across all platforms.
DevOps & Infrastructure: Engineered cloud-based deployment pipelines with Docker and CI/CD automation, ensuring high availability, security, and seamless scalability.
Database Design & API Development: Architected and optimized relational databases with PostgreSQL, ensuring efficient queries and data integrity while developing robust, secure, and high-performance RESTful APIs.

Challenges & Solutions

Challenge 1: Ensuring Secure User Authentication & Access Control

Solution: Implemented robust JWT-based authentication, OAuth integration, and granular role-based access control to enhance security and user management.

Challenge 2: Scalability of Backend Systems

Solution: Designed a microservices-based architecture with efficient load balancing, database sharding, and Redis caching to handle high traffic and large datasets seamlessly.

Challenge 3: Optimizing Performance for Large User Base

Solution: Implemented query optimization, indexing, caching (Redis), and lazy loading strategies to improve response times and enhance application performance.

Challenge 4: Seamless CI/CD & Deployment Automation

Solution: Automated the deployment process using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, ensuring zero-downtime releases with blue-green deployment strategies.

Challenge 5: Data Consistency Across Multiple Services

Solution: Implemented event-driven architecture using Kafka and ensured database consistency through ACID-compliant transactions and distributed locking mechanisms.

Challenge 6: Real-Time Updates & Notifications

Solution: Integrated and Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) to enable real-time notifications and live updates for users.

Challenge 7: Enhancing Frontend Performance

Solution: Used lazy loading, code splitting, and image optimization techniques to enhance load times and improve user experience on the frontend.

Lessons Learned

Mastering DevOps & CI/CD: Refined expertise in Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth automated deployments and high availability of applications.
Scalable API & Database Architecture: Enhanced skills in designing scalable RESTful APIs, database normalization, and optimizing SQL queries for handling large volumes of concurrent user requests efficiently.
Building Seamless User Experiences: Developed a deeper understanding of UI/UX principles, real-time data synchronization, and accessibility-focused design to enhance user engagement and satisfaction.
Effective Error Handling & Monitoring: Integrated tools like Sentry, Prometheus, and Grafana to track application errors and performance, ensuring quick debugging and proactive issue resolution.
Optimizing Server Costs & Cloud Infrastructure: Learned best practices for managing cloud resources efficiently, including autoscaling, serverless computing, and cost-effective database management.
Advanced Security Best Practices: Implemented security measures like rate limiting, input validation, encryption, and penetration testing to safeguard applications against cyber threats.
Cross-Platform Compatibility & Mobile Optimization: Gained experience in optimizing applications for mobile users, ensuring responsiveness and performance consistency across various devices.
Team Collaboration & Agile Development: Developed strong collaboration skills by working with cross-functional teams, following Agile methodologies, and improving workflow efficiency through Scrum practices.

Conclusion

The SGRS project was a transformative initiative aimed at digitizing and optimizing the operations of Swaminarayan Gurukul Rajkot Sansthan. From centralized admin panels to mobile applications and a secure backend infrastructure, these solutions have significantly improved management, accessibility, and engagement for devotees, students, and staff. This journey not only strengthened my expertise in full-stack development, DevOps, and cloud technologies but also provided valuable insights into scalable architectures, secure authentication, and real-time data processing. The project was a testament to innovation, efficiency, and digital transformation, marking a pivotal milestone in my career. 🚀