🎓 Student Saathi

One-Stop Digital Guide for Student Empowerment

🌐 Live Demo: StudentSaathi

Student Saathi is a full-stack platform built to simplify how students deal with ID documents, certificates, government schemes, internships, and academic resources. Instead of searching scattered government websites, students get step-by-step guides, live search, and an AI chatbot — all in one place.

✨ Features

🔐 Authentication

• Secure JWT-based authentication
• User registration and login
• Hashed passwords (bcrypt)
• Protected routes

🗂 Categorized Dashboard

• ID & Document Help
• Certification Help Desk
• Government Schemes Hub
• Skill & Internship Support
• APAAR ID & Academic Results
• Content pulled live from MongoDB

📄 Document Detail Pages

• Description, fees, processing time
• Eligibility & required documents
• Step-by-step guide
• Official links

🚨 Emergency Help

• Mental health helplines
• Women's safety helplines
• Cybercrime reporting
• Anti-ragging helpline

🔍 Live Search

• Instant keyword-based search across all documents/schemes

🤖 AI Chatbot

• Gemini-powered floating assistant
• Answers using both the Student Saathi database and general knowledge

🛠 Tech Stack

Frontend

• React.js
• Vite
• Tailwind CSS
• Lucide Icons

Backend

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB + Mongoose
• JWT Authentication

AI

• Google Gemini API

🏗 Architecture

                React Frontend (Vite)
                       │
                       ▼
            Node.js + Express API
                       │
          ┌────────────┴────────────┐
          ▼                         ▼
     MongoDB Atlas             Google Gemini API

🚀 Getting Started

Backend

cd Backend
npm install

Create a .env file in Backend/ with:

MONGO_URI=your-mongodb-connection-string
JWT_SECRET=any-long-random-string
GEMINI_API_KEY=your-gemini-api-key

Then run:

npm run data:import
npm run server   # http://localhost:5000

Frontend

cd Frontend
npm install

Create a .env file in Frontend/ with:

VITE_API_URL=http://localhost:5000

Then run:

npm run dev   # http://localhost:3000

Both Backend and Frontend need their own .env file to run.

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