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About Me
Hello, I am Akshay Anand. I am a native Kannadiga and hail from Tumkuru, Karnataka. I am a creative person skilled in many aspects. I love to plan and organize and I enjoy responsibilities. I am interested in health sciences since childhood and I chose pharmacy as it is the root of healthcare in the world. I am also a hobby artist, photographer and graphic designer. I am passionate towards branding and I have designed several logos and identities including the current crests used by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, JSS College of Pharmacy and Sri Siddaganga College of Pharmacy. I am also an avid gamer and I like to play games on my PC. I have loved the franchises like Half Life, Max Payne, Far Cry, Watch_Dogs, The Sims etc. I love to play and watch Cricket.

Cricket is my favorite sport and Royal Challengers Bangalore has been my favorite domestic team since the launch of Indian Premier League. I am a supporter of Team India since childhood. I am not a huge fan of televised content, I occasionally enjoy sitcoms, specifically The Big Bang Theory. I also watch Majaa Talkies, a Kannada sketch-comedy show and I also have an article created about it on Wikipedia.

Skills & Expertise
I was also a video-game modder a few years ago, known by my screen name zaxotes along the web where I used to mod Cricket 07. I have nurtured my skills in digital art from this hobby and now I have an advanced knowledge in graphic designing and motion graphics. I have expertise in Adobe products, CorelDraw and other image and video editing software packages. I have also served as beta tester for few video games. I can handle and work with platforms such as Windows, Macintosh and Android fluently.

Below is the list of software packages I'm flawless at.


 * Microsoft Word 2016
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2016
 * Microsoft Excel 2016
 * Microsoft Publisher 2016
 * Adobe Acrobat Pro DC
 * Adobe Photoshop CC2015
 * Adobe Illustrator CC2015
 * Adobe AfterEffects CC2015
 * Adobe Premiere Pro CC2015
 * CorelDraw X8
 * Autodesk 3ds Max 2017
 * Pixologic ZBrush 4R7
 * Pixologic Sculptris Alpha 6

Education & Career
I completed my schooling upto Class X from Maruthi Vidya Kendra, a prestigious institute in the heart of Tumkuru city. I then joined Sarvodaya Pre-University College, Tumkuru for my Class XI and XII, referred as Pre-University Course (PUC) in Karnataka. I studied Pharmaceutical Sciences for my Bachelor's Degree (B.Pharm.) in Sri Siddaganga College of Pharmacy, Tumkuru, under Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru and continued with Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs in JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru to obtain my Master's Degree (M.Pharm) from JSS University, Mysuru. I interned with Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Ltd, a Government of India Enterprise, Bengaluru and underwent training in Hetero Drugs, Hyderabad. I am currently an Officer in Quality Assurance - Regulatory Affairs & Compliance in Lotus Labs Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Allergan, Plc, USA (formerly Actavis Generics).

Wikipedia Activity
I am a wikipedian from 2009. I edit Wikipedia mainly in English language and my native, Kannada language. I enjoy editing articles related to Video games because I am an avid gamer. I have also edited/created articles about Kannada television shows and artist bios. The list of articles I have created and edited on the English Wikipedia can be found at the bottom of this page. As I am native Kannadiga, I have plans to translate few articles into Kannada language in future. I personally believe that a person can learn so much by being an editor here. I am also an active member of the Counter-Vandalism Unit and strive to make Wikipedia free of vandalized stuff.

The areas I'm currently focusing on Wikipedia is Kannada Television. I may initiate a WikiProject on the same but I am not sure about the people who might help. I shall keep working on this and I appreciate anybody who wants to help. The intention of this initiative is to re-write and detail the articles on Kannada TV channels on Wikipedia. As I am also a graphic artist, I would be recreating the logos of these channels as vector images. I would also be working on a template for Kannada channels.

As of July 2016, I have around 1500 edits on Wikipedia and I have created around 15 articles here. I am an active member of a few Wikipedia Projects, the list of which you can see next to this text as userboxes. Userbox creation has become an addiction recently. You can find the gallery of userboxes created by me here.

©  Akshay Anand  Last updated on 14 September 2016 at 1:00 PM (IST)