<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Hi</span><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">I am Mehul Smriti Raje, a 4th Year (Senior) Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science student. I am doing my undergraduate studies from Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India. I am interested in participating in GSoC 2016 with your organisation. My are of interests include Neural Networks and Language Processors. I have collaborated with my college mates over projects on these topics in the past. Please refer to my <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1QoXi41ce-IeW0wZm5QOXhuc0E" target="_blank">resume</a> for more details about my prior work experience and personal projects.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">I have worked on some personal open source projects, most notably <a href="https://engineering-projects.firebaseapp.com/" target="_blank">this one</a>. I am now looking towards contributing more actively in the Open Source Community.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">I went through the project listing on your GSoC Ideas Page. I am extremely interested in taking up the 'Neuroevolution Algorithms' project.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">I took up Neural Networks in my 7th Semester in college (currently, I'm in my 8th semester). I found the subject very interesting and scored an A+ in it as well. I want to work on a research-based project on this topic as I want to learn more about this field. (I hope to pursue a Masters in it, in future.) This project will give me the opportunity to work on expanding my knowledge in a mentored environment.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">I would love to be a part of your Open Source initiative. Could you please guide me with the future steps? How can I be a GSoC participant and write a great proposal for this project?</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">My GitHub profile: <a href="https://github.com/mehulsr" target="_blank">https://github.com/mehulsr</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">My LinkedIn profile: <a href="https://in.linkedin.com/in/mehulsmritiraje" target="_blank">https://in.linkedin.com/in/mehulsmritiraje</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Twitter Handle: <a href="https://twitter.com/MSR163" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(136,153,166);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:14px;text-decoration:none!important;background:rgb(245,248,250)">@MSR163</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">I look forward to your reply. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Thanks and Regards<img src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.8px;"></div><span class=""><font color="#888888"><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font color="#000000"><div>Mehul Smriti Raje</div><div>4th Year, B.Tech, CSE<br>MIT Manipal</div><div><br></div></font></span></font></span></div></div>