Atharva
University Mumbai
A complete mobile platform and custom CMS that put a 10,000-student university back in control of its own app.
Every Update Needed a Developer
Atharva University already had a mobile app. But every meaningful change — a new event, an updated notice, a fresh photo — required the marketing team to email their developer, wait for a build, and hope the update went live before the event became irrelevant.
Events were promoted after they had already happened. Results went up days late. The university had no real control over the app that represented it. The bottleneck was not the technology — it was the workflow behind it.
QenixLabs was brought in to remove the bottleneck — permanently.
A Three-Part System
AUM Mobile App
React Native + Expo SDK 52. Dynamic content rendering, offline support, and native performance.
Custom CMS
Next.js 15 + shadcn/ui. A polished admin panel where Atharva's team controls every byte of content.
NestJS Backend
Split-surface API with JWT guards, Redis caching, BullMQ queues, and signed AWS assets.
AUM App
Built on React Native with Expo SDK 52. A custom three-tab experience with a fluid Reanimated sliding indicator and Expo Router's typed file-based routing. Every screen renders from a dynamic content engine — no hardcoded layouts.
Push Notifications
Expo-powered alerts with deep-link routing straight to relevant screens.
Offline Resilience
React Query caching and Redux Toolkit persistence keep content visible on weak networks.
High-Performance Media
expo-image with memory + disk cache, expo-video with PiP, and signed CloudFront URLs.
Native Maps
Campus locations rendered with Google's satellite provider.
Markdown-Rich Content
Custom Markdown renderer for news, notices, and announcements without HTML.
Feedback Collection
CMS-configured surveys rendered as native screens, responses streamed to the backend.
The Bottleneck Disappears
Built on Next.js 15 with React 19, TypeScript, and shadcn/ui. Styled in the university's maroon palette with Inter and Libre Baskerville typography. Two roles — admin and editor — keep permissions clean.
College Management
Create, edit, upload banners, logos, carousel images. Toggle visibility per college.
Hierarchical Content
Tabs -> Sections -> Blocks. Drag-and-drop reordering with @hello-pangea/dnd.
Newsroom
Full Markdown editor with cover images and scheduling for articles.
Notices
Time-bound announcements with optional deep-link targets.
Results & Journeys
Exam results, alumni stories, and highlights with structured data.
Feedback Forms
Build custom questions, read responses inside the same panel.
Push Dispatch
Compose, target, and dispatch notifications via BullMQ with retry logic.
Device Preview
See changes on a real device frame before publishing.
A Clean Two-Surface API
NestJS 10 with a deliberately split surface. Public endpoints for the app. JWT-guarded endpoints for the CMS. Everything else runs behind the scenes.
Editor to App in One Refresh
Atharva Owns Its App Again
What used to take a back-and-forth with a developer — and often missed its window entirely — now happens in the time it takes to type a notice and click Publish.
Events go up before they happen. Results go up the day they're declared. New colleges, courses, and highlights are a CMS task, not a development task.
QenixLabs's role shifted from gatekeeper to partner: we maintain and evolve the platform, but the day-to-day life of the app belongs to Atharva. That is the bottleneck we removed.
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