Raunak Karn

Raunak Karn — born Raunak Kumar — leads a dual life most engineers don't: by day he is the founder of SparkEdge, building fast, conversion-focused websites and custom software for businesses; by craft he is a classical Urdu-Hindi ghazal poet, publishing under the pen name Raunak Karn on some of India's most respected literary platforms.

He is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Data Analytics (CSDA) at the Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT Patna), where the same discipline he applies to debugging code shows up in the precision of his verse — every ghazal he writes still follows the classical rules of beher (meter) and kaafiya (rhyme scheme).

SparkEdge is where that discipline turned into a business. What began as a student-led initiative has grown into an agency delivering full-stack websites, custom CRM systems and ready-built school management software — every project shaped by the same conversion-first, detail-obsessed approach Raunak brings to everything he builds. If you're exploring what SparkEdge can build for you, the Services and Projects pages are the best next stop.

On the engineering side, his stack runs across JavaScript, Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, React, Python and C++ — used to ship full-stack products from the ground up, including an Airbnb-inspired vacation rental platform called WonderLust. He holds a Delta Full-Stack Web Development certification from Apna College and a Responsive Web Design credential from freeCodeCamp.

In the literary world, his ghazals explore identity, solitude, heartbreak and quiet resilience. He has published two full poetry collections through Notion Press — Andhere Me Parchae (Shadows in the Dark) and Badnaam Na Honge To Naam Na Hoga — and his work is featured on Rekhta and the Poetistic writing community.

His combined identity as an IIT student, software founder and published poet has drawn coverage from digital press outlets including IssueWire and OpenPR, profiling him as one of the more unusual crossovers between India's tech and literary scenes.