Praveen Kumar

Current

• Associate - (IT Services) at MindTree

Past

• Programmer Analyst at MindTree Consulting
• Microsoft Student Ambassador at Amrita Institute of Technology

Education

• Amrita Institute of Technology (Amrita School of Engineering)/ Anna University
• St. Pauls' HSS, Salem
• Sri Vidya Mandir HSS, Shivaji Nagar, Ammapet, Salem - 636003

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• Sharing my experience
• Development Ideas

Praveen Kumar’s Summary

> Software Development Engineer by profession and informed decision maker and manager by practice trying to bring the best solution by making the best possible choice towards everyday problems.
> Have lead groups of people and interested in making the next generation changes today! Trying to deliver the best I could with all the knowledge, experience gathered and trying to keep learning at every possible chances
> An environmentalist supporting cleaner, greener alternative methods for daily use of technology.

Praveen Kumar’s Specialties:

Quick learner, efficient working methods to manage and deliver, brainstrom in development, design and implement them, strive to complete work above expectations

Praveen Kumar’s Experience

• Associate - (IT Services)

  MindTree

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MINDTREE; Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

  Promoted to Level C2 within an year of completion in working for the first project assignment; completely took over responsibility of last 2 releases single handedly.
  
  As Associate (IT Services) I,
  . Take responsibility of specific modules through out all phases of SDLC
  . Coordinate and delegate task to fellow team members
  . Actively take care of entire SDLC in a project
  . Directly deal with project production deployment and support

• Programmer Analyst

  MindTree Consulting

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; MINDTREE.NS; Computer Software industry)

  July 2006 — September 2007 (1 year 3 months)

  As Programmer Analyst I do
  > Analyze Requirements & Suggest/ Modify them to the best
  > Design Software Specs and review on 'em
  > Develop the design to application
  > Unit test and make the release

• Microsoft Student Ambassador

  Amrita Institute of Technology

  (Education Management industry)

  January 2004 — March 2006 (2 years 3 months)

  > Introduced .NET Communities in college for first time as 'Microsoft Student Champ' and conducted awareness and technical sessions on same.
  > Student Evangelist for Coimbatore .NET User group.
  > Increased reach of .NET user group knowledge and culture within and outside Coimbatore city.
  > Hosted city level 'Community Launch of Visual Studio 2005 & SQL Server 2005' with 350+ attendees.

Praveen Kumar’s Education

• Amrita Institute of Technology (Amrita School of Engineering)/ Anna University

  B.E. , Computer Science and Engineering , 2002 — 2006

  Activities and Societies:

  National level "Microsoft Academic Projects 20007" - "Best Project" award for final year project; involved in community activities within/ outside college

• St. Pauls' HSS, Salem

  Computer Science 1998 — 2002

  Activities and Societies:

  Participated in National Level Science Talent Discovery Challenge 2001; Only one from the city!

• Sri Vidya Mandir HSS, Shivaji Nagar, Ammapet, Salem - 636003

  1990 — 1998

Additional Information

Praveen Kumar’s Websites:

• Sharing my experience
• Development Ideas

Praveen Kumar’s Interests:

Software Design and Development, Security, latest tech news

Praveen Kumar’s Groups:

Coimbatore .Net User group, Bangalore .Net User groups,

•    Project Manager Networking Group
•    MindTree Limited
•    LinkingIndia
•    India Leadership Network
•    MindTree Connect
•    "Young Turks", ENTREPRENEURS of India
•    Green
•    Amrita University
•    Fans of Digsby

Praveen Kumar’s Honors:

Outstanding Performer of the year 06-07 in MindTree
Best Trainee in MindTree Consulting
Nation's Best Project in Microsoft Academic Projects (2006-2007)
Overall Department First in Academics
Microsoft Student Ambassador
Microsoft Student Champ

Praveen Kumar’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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