Skills, Hobbies and Interests

IT

  • 14+ years of IT experience in different domains - Retail Banking, Investment Banking, Gaming, Retail
  • Full stack lead developer
  • Java/JEE, NodeJS, AngularJS, Mule, DevOps
  • Internet Of Things
  • AI / Machine learning


Degree

  • Bachelor of Engineering from NITK, Surathkal, India
  • Advanced Certified Software Engineer certified by IBM


Short films

  • Conceptual writer
  • Have written a 2-dimensional psychological thriller movie concept in an Indian regional language, Kannada


Chess

  • Played at various international tournaments
  • FIDE rated. Trying to improve on my rating.
  • Favourite international event: London Chess Classic
  • Have met Super GMs Vishy Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Hikaru Nakamura, Judit Polgar, David Howell, Nigel Short, Thomas Fodar, John Emms etc.
  • Played simuls with Nigel Short, John Emms, Thomas Fodor.


Music

  • Harmonium/ Pump organ player
  • Favourites: Metallica (band), Rammstein(band), Bollywood (Indian hindi) songs, Classical (Indian cultural)


Maths, tutoring, puzzles, books

  • Provided free Math tutoring to high school students
  • Written and read puzzles
  • Created short cut methods to several aptitude questions for competitive exams such as GMAT, GRE, CAT etc.
  • Gone through most of the Vedic Mathematics ways of solving number problems
  • Written a book on MMMM tactics- Modern Mental Mathematics by Memory tactics
  • Written a book on Magic square


Magic show

  • Card magic
  • beginner level tricks


Literature

  • Writing poems primarily in an Indian regional language - Kannada.
  • Writing short stories or concepts


Arts

  • Used to draw during my school and highschool days
  • Have completed lower grade and higher grade drawing examinations


Cooking

  • South Indian dishes: Chicken dum biriyani, Lentil Dal (pappu), Puri bhaji, Fish fry, Prawns fry
  • North Indian dishes: Shimla mirch, Dal makhani, Egg curry, Tandoori Chicken
  • Thai: Thai green curry with tender bamboo shoots
  • Indian Desserts: Ras Malai, Gulab jamun


Spiritual

  • Watch inspirational videos
  • Philosophy of life
  • Psychology


Sports and games

  • Chess
  • Carrom
  • Cricket
  • Table Tennis
  • Pool table
  • Card games


Entrepreneurship

  • Hmm, contact me to know more