[feat] Announcements Feed — Real-Time Campus Updates

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🧭 Feature Area

Announcements Feed

🧠 Feature Overview

A centralized feed for official updates from faculty, SRC, and clubs. Enables students to read, react, and share news that matters to their academic and social life

🛠️ Development Tasks

- [ ] Build registration form with email, password, and UG number fields

- [ ]  Add UG number validation (pattern: UGYY/Faculty/Dept/RegNo)

- [ ]  Implement login with session persistence

- [ ]  Create profile setup screen (course, year, interests)

- [ ]  Secure routes with JWT authentication

- [ ]  Handle logout and session expiration

✅ Acceptance Criteria

- [ ] Student can register and log in successfully

- [ ] UG number validated before account creation

- [ ] User profile data saved to database

- [ ] Token-based session active across refresh

- [ ] Logout clears session securely

🔗 API / Backend Requirements

POST /api/auth/register
POST /api/auth/login
GET /api/auth/profile
PUT /api/auth/update-profile

🎨 Design Reference

Figma Link phase 1

🧪 Testing Notes

• [ ] Register as UG20/SCCS/1001

• [ ] After login, user should land on personalized dashboard

📎 Additional Context

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