diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
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+# Contributing Guidelines
+Welcome to contributing in **Open Source Programs**! 
+
+- You can join us on [AnitaB.org Open Source Zulip](https://anitab-org.zulipchat.com/). Each active repo has its own stream. OSP stream is [#open-source-progs](https://anitab-org.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/237907-open-source-progs).
+- To ensure a safe, positive environment for all contributors, go through the full [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/anitab-org/open-source-programs-backend/blob/develop/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
+- Make your **Commit Message** descriptive including all the changes or additions you have made.
+- Please consider raising an issue before submitting a **Pull Request (PR)** to solve a problem, if not present in the [issues list](https://github.com/anitab-org/open-source-programs-backend/issues).
+- When submitting a PR, make your PR as descriptive as possible, follow the template, add screenshots and relevant information.
+- When you are finished with your work, please squash your commits otherwise we will squash them on your PR. This will help maintain a clean commit history.
+- For in-code documentation, follow [this guide](https://github.com/google/styleguide/blob/gh-pages/pyguide.md#38-comments-and-docstrings).
+- The full guidelines for python can be found [here](https://github.com/google/styleguide/blob/gh-pages/pyguide.md).
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+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -127,3 +127,5 @@ dmypy.json
 
 # Pyre type checker
 .pyre/
+
+.vscode/
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Open Source Programs (Backend)
+Open Source Programs (OSP) is an application that simplifies the processing and selection procedure of Open Source Programs of AnitaB.org Open Source or other third-party programs. This is the Backend repo for OSP.
+
+## Tech Stack
+- Django
+- Django REST Framework
+
+## Setup 
+To setup the project locally go through [this wiki page](https://github.com/anitab-org/open-source-programs-web/wiki/Fork,-Clone,-Remote-and-Pull-Request).
+Make sure you have installed the following:
+* [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/)
+* [virtualenv](https://pypi.org/project/virtualenv/)
+* [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/install-procedure.html)
+
+Next follow these instructions.
+
+1. **Database Setup:** Before starting with the project create a db in you local using PostgreSQL with the following details. Refer to `main/settings.py` if you have any confusion.
+
+    ```
+    NAME: osp
+    USER: osp
+    PASSWORD: osp
+    HOST: localhost
+    ``` 
+    You may run the following commands for local setup of DB:
+
+    ```
+    sudo -i -u postgres
+    createuser osp --pwprompt
+    psql
+    CREATE DATABASE osp;
+    \c osp;
+    GRANT ON PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE systersdb to osp;
+    ```
+
+
+2. To start the server:
+
+    ```
+    cd open-source-programs-backend
+    virtualenv venv
+    source venv/bin/activate
+    pip install -r requirements.txt
+    python manage.py runserver
+    ```
+3. Navigate to `http://localhost:8000/` in your browser.
+4. To change the port you may run `python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:<port_number>`
+5. To run the migrations run: `python manage.py migrate`
+6. You can terminate the process by `Ctrl+C` in your terminal.
+
+## Contributing
+Please read the Contibuting guidelines, [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/anitab-org/open-source-programs-backend/blob/develop/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) and [Reporting Guidelines](https://github.com/anitab-org/open-source-programs-backend/blob/develop/REPORTING_GUIDELINES.md)
+
+## Contact
+You can reach the admins, maintainers and our community on [AnitaB.org Open Source Zulip](https://anitab-org.zulipchat.com/). If you are interested in contributing to the OSP project, you may join the stream [#open-source-progs](https://anitab-org.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/237907-open-source-progs) and ask questions or intereact with the community. Join Us!
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diff --git a/main/__init__.py b/main/__init__.py
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diff --git a/main/asgi.py b/main/asgi.py
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+++ b/main/asgi.py
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+"""
+ASGI config for main project.
+
+It exposes the ASGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/deployment/asgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'main.settings')
+
+application = get_asgi_application()
diff --git a/main/settings.py b/main/settings.py
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+++ b/main/settings.py
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+"""
+Django settings for main project.
+
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 3.0.5.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/settings/
+
+For the full list of settings and their values, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/
+"""
+
+import os
+from datetime import timedelta
+
+# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
+BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+
+
+# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/deployment/checklist/
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
+SECRET_KEY = '7ibm!g0j@gs7kszwav!6$*lar(+!!l3tpm@09s%csl2bj)l+p4'
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = True
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+
+
+# Application definition
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'django.contrib.admin',
+    'django.contrib.auth',
+    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+    'django.contrib.sessions',
+    'django.contrib.messages',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    'rest_framework',
+    'corsheaders',
+    # 'osp',
+    # 'token_auth'
+]
+
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+]
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = 'main.urls'
+
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [],
+        'APP_DIRS': True,
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'context_processors': [
+                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+                'django.template.context_processors.request',
+                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+REST_FRAMEWORK = {
+    "DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES": ["rest_framework.permissions.IsAuthenticated",],  
+    "DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES": ["rest_framework.parsers.JSONParser", ],
+    "DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES": (                               
+        "rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication",       
+        "rest_framework_simplejwt.authentication.JWTAuthentication", 
+    ),
+}
+
+SIMPLE_JWT = {
+    'ACCESS_TOKEN_LIFETIME': timedelta(days=2),
+    'REFRESH_TOKEN_LIFETIME': timedelta(days=30),
+}
+
+CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST = [
+    'http://127.0.0.1:3000',
+    'http://localhost:3000',
+]
+
+WSGI_APPLICATION = 'main.wsgi.application'
+
+
+# Database
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/#databases
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
+        'NAME': "osp",
+        'USER': "osp",
+        'PASSWORD': "osp",
+        'HOST': "localhost",
+        'PORT': 5432,
+    }
+}
+
+
+# Password validation
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
+
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
+    },
+]
+
+
+# Internationalization
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/i18n/
+
+LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+
+TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+
+USE_I18N = True
+
+USE_L10N = True
+
+USE_TZ = True
+
+
+# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/static-files/
+
+STATIC_URL = '/static/'
diff --git a/main/urls.py b/main/urls.py
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+"""main URL Configuration
+
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/http/urls/
+Examples:
+Function views
+    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
+Class-based views
+    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
+Including another URLconf
+    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
+"""
+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.urls import path, include
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    # path('api/', include('osp.urls')),
+    path('auth/', include('rest_framework.urls'))
+]
diff --git a/main/wsgi.py b/main/wsgi.py
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+++ b/main/wsgi.py
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+"""
+WSGI config for main project.
+
+It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/deployment/wsgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'main.settings')
+
+application = get_wsgi_application()
diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
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+++ b/manage.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'main.settings')
+    try:
+        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+        ) from exc
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+++ b/requirements.txt
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+asgiref==3.2.7
+Django==3.0.6
+django-cors-headers==3.3.0
+djangorestframework==3.11.0
+djangorestframework-jwt==1.11.0
+djangorestframework-simplejwt==4.4.0
+psycopg2==2.8.5
+PyJWT==1.7.1
+pytz==2020.1
+sqlparse==0.3.1