User:Kedharnath1992

Kedharnath is currently a masters student at IIT Bombay as a DGFS candidate.

Kedharnath was born on 15th March, 1992 to G. Arumugakani and A. Pushpalatha in a small town Sivakasi, famous for its crackers and printing works. He did his schooling in Sivakasi. He moved on to Chennai for his Bachelors in Materials Science and Engineering at College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai. He cracked GATE and BARC interview and entered IIT Bombay as DGFS candidate. He has a brother who did his Bachelors in Metallurgical Engineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and currently a master's student at IISc, Bangalore.

Kedharnath is more interested in playing Chess. He started playing chess from his father and father's friends. From 1999, he started formal coaching under Mr. Rajan, a well known Chess Coach in and around Virudhunagar. He won many prizes. He was the winner of Zonal and District consequently for three times. He stopped his vigorous practise and playing when he started preparing for 10th exam. AS he didn't do as expected, he continue to study and didn't practise a lot. He scored 95.6% in his 12th exam which bagged him a seat at Anna University.