🚀 MenteeConnect

🎯 Mentor-Student Management System

A full-stack academic mentorship platform enabling seamless communication, goal tracking, and role-based dashboards for admins, mentors, and students.

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✨ Key Highlights

• Multi-role system: Admin, Mentor, and Student
• Profile & batch management
• Mentee progress & attendance tracking
• Secure authentication using JWT
• React frontend with Tailwind CSS
• Real-time notifications via WebSocket
• Video meet feature planned using WebRTC
• Mentor can assign goals, share resources & track mentees

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👥 User Roles

🛡️ Admin

• Manage admins, mentors, students
• Create batches and assign mentors
• Send notifications to users
• View reports and analytics

👨‍🏫 Mentor

• View assigned mentees
• Update mentee progress and profiles
• Assign goals/tasks and share resources
• View own profile and update info
• Track mentee attendance
• Host video meets with mentees

🎓 Student

• View personal and mentor details
• Track progress, goals, and certificates
• Receive updates from mentors
• Edit and manage own profile

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend

• React 18+
• Tailwind CSS 3+
• Axios
• React Router v6
• WebRTC (Planned)

Backend

• Java 17+
• Spring Boot 3+
• Spring Security + JWT
• WebSocket for real-time features
• Redis (Planned)
• Kafka (Planned)

Database

• MongoDB 6+
• MongoDB Compass (GUI)

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🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Java 17+
• MongoDB 6.0+
• Maven 3.6+
• Node.js + npm

Setup Instructions

# Clone the project
cd MenteeConnect

# Backend Setup
cd backend
mvn clean install
mvn spring-boot:run

# Frontend Setup
cd ../frontend
npm install
npm start

Ensure MongoDB is running on port 27017.

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📂 Project Structure

MenteeConnect/
├── frontend/
│   └── src/
│       ├── components/
│       ├── pages/
│       ├── context/
│       ├── hooks/
│       ├── services/
│       └── utils/
└── backend/
    └── src/main/java/
        ├── controllers/
        ├── services/
        ├── models/
        ├── repositories/
        └── security/

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⚙️ Configuration

MongoDB (application.yml)

spring:
  data:
    mongodb:
      uri: mongodb://localhost:27017/menteeconnect
      database: menteeconnect

🔒 Always store JWT secrets and database URIs in environment variables.

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🧠 Workflow Summary

Admin

• Dashboard → Manage Users → Create Batches → Assign Mentors → Generate Reports

Mentor

• View Mentees → Update Progress → Add Notes/Resources → Mark Attendance → Host Video Calls

Student

• View Mentor → Track Goals → View Updates → Edit Profile

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🔧 Future Enhancements

• Email & Push Notifications
• OAuth2 Login (Google, GitHub)
• Video Call Integration
• Calendar Sync for meets
• Redis for caching, Kafka for messaging
• CI/CD Deployment pipeline

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👨‍💻 Developer Info

• 👨‍💻 Developed By: Mahesh Shinde
• 🌐 Portfolio: shindemaheshportfolio.netlify.app
• 📧 Email: contact.shindemahesh2112@gmail.com
• 🔗 LinkedIn: Mahesh Shinde

💡 This is a personal academic project built with real-world scalability in mind. All rights reserved to the author.