diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4d782cc..ce97ce0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -232,6 +232,12 @@
         "@types/node": "*"
       }
     },
+    "@types/uuid": {
+      "version": "8.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Y2mHTRAbqfFkpjldbkHGY8JIzRN6XqYRliG8/24FcHm2D2PwW24fl5xMRTVGdrb7iMrwCaIEbLWerGIkXuFWVg==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "@types/webidl-conversions": {
       "version": "6.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/webidl-conversions/-/webidl-conversions-6.1.1.tgz",
@@ -2230,6 +2236,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/utils-merge/-/utils-merge-1.0.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-n5VxD1CiZ5R7LMwSR0HBAoQn5xM="
     },
+    "uuid": {
+      "version": "8.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-+NYs2QeMWy+GWFOEm9xnn6HCDp0l7QBD7ml8zLUmJ+93Q5NF0NocErnwkTkXVFNiX3/fpC6afS8Dhb/gz7R7eg=="
+    },
     "vary": {
       "version": "1.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vary/-/vary-1.1.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5c42d15..24762ff 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-    "name": "job-portal",
+    "name": "anamnesis",
     "version": "1.0.0",
-    "description": "job portal backend node app",
+    "description": "anamnesis backend ExpressTS app",
     "main": "dist/index.js",
     "scripts": {
         "start": "nodemon src/index.ts && tsc && node dist/src/index.js"
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
         "mongodb": "^4.1.2",
         "nodemon": "^2.0.12",
         "passport": "^0.5.0",
-        "passport-jwt": "^4.0.0"
+        "passport-jwt": "^4.0.0",
+        "uuid": "^8.3.2"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
         "@types/bcrypt": "^5.0.0",
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
         "@types/node": "^16.9.4",
         "@types/passport": "^1.0.7",
         "@types/passport-jwt": "^3.0.6",
+        "@types/uuid": "^8.3.1",
         "tslint": "^6.1.3",
         "typescript": "^4.4.3"
     }
diff --git a/src/authentication/routes.ts b/src/authentication/routes.ts
index 9a2188d..71e038e 100644
--- a/src/authentication/routes.ts
+++ b/src/authentication/routes.ts
@@ -3,19 +3,26 @@ import { DB_NAME, getDatabaseClient } from '../db-utils';
 import bcrypt from 'bcrypt';
 import { generateJWT, SALT_ROUNDS } from './auth';
 import sendGridMail, { MailDataRequired } from '@sendgrid/mail';
+import { Category } from '../models/category';
+import { Shelf } from '..//models/shelf';
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 
 const authRoutes = express.Router();
 
-authRoutes.get('/users/', async (request, response) => {
-    response.send("List of users will be displayed");
-});
-
 authRoutes.post('/register-applicant/', async (request, response) => {
     const name: string = request.body.name;
     const email: string = request.body.email;
     const password: string = request.body.password;
-    const userType: string = 'APPLICANT';
     const isVerified: boolean = false;
+    const categories: Array<Category> = [];
+    const uncategorised: Shelf = {
+        _id: uuidv4(),
+        name: 'Uncategorised',
+        description: '',
+        viewType: 'PRIVATE',
+        isArchived: false,
+        addedWords: []
+    }
 
     const userCollection = getDatabaseClient().db(DB_NAME).collection('users');
     
@@ -52,7 +59,8 @@ authRoutes.post('/register-applicant/', async (request, response) => {
                 email,
                 password: hashedPassword,
                 isVerified,
-                userType, 
+                categories,
+                uncategorised
             });
         });
 
@@ -112,7 +120,7 @@ authRoutes.post('/request-verification/', async (request, response) => {
     sendGridMail.send(otpMail).then(data=> {
         response.send('Verification OTP sent');
         return;
-    }, (err) => {
+    }, () => {
         response.sendStatus(500);
         response.send("SMTP system failure");
         return;
diff --git a/src/models/user.ts b/src/models/user.ts
index ffaff53..bd0f206 100644
--- a/src/models/user.ts
+++ b/src/models/user.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Category } from "./category";
+import { Shelf } from "./shelf";
 
 export type IUser = {
     _id: string,
@@ -8,4 +9,5 @@ export type IUser = {
     isVerified: boolean,
     otp: number,
     categories: Array<Category>,
+    uncategorised: Shelf,
 }
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