User:Praveentech

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Praveen Kumar (born 22 March, 1989, in Salem, Tamil Nadu) is a  Web Developer,  Graphic Designer and a  User Experience Architect, completed his Master's degree in  Cloud Computing from University of Leicester with Distinction, with more than four years of Industrial Experience from a Multinational Company's Research wing.

He works on web technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery and also during his free time, he creates web applications in PHP & MySQL, or one of Classic ASP & Access, ASP.NET & Microsoft SQL Server, J2EE & Oracle, and Ruby on Rails & PostgreSQL. He loves working on Microsoft products as well as dedicating to the Open Source Community!

Early Life and Education
Praveen Kumar was born in a Telugu speaking family in Salem, Tamil Nadu. His father is a mechanical engineer, holding a degree from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore. He did his schooling in Chennai, Tamil Nadu from a CBSE School. From his early age, he was very keen in working with computers and programming them, when other kids used it to play games and watch movies. Even though he didn't score much in his schooling, he had good amount of practical knowledge and his father struggled to get him out of the schooling with flying colours. After completing his Engineering degree in Computer Science from RMD Engineering College, he was placed in Tata Consultancy Services through on-campus placement. After three years at the Indian conglomerate, he went to University of Leicester to pursue his dream of Cloud Computing.

Full Time

 * User Experience Engineering Analyst, Accenture UK Ltd. Nov 2015 - Present
 * Growth Hacker, Ultimate Web June 2014 - Feb 2015
 * Front End Architect, Tata Consultancy Services Sep 2010 - May 2013

As an Intern

 * RMD Engineering College June 2010
 * Ashok Leyland June 2009
 * CS Industries July 2008 - August 2008
 * Southern Railway July 2008
 * Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited June 2008
 * Hindustan Software Ltd June 2007 - July 2007

Honors & Awards

 * Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award from Microsoft April 2016, April 2017
 * Leicester Award for Employability: Working In Social Enterprise (WISE) from University of Leicester June 2014
 * Best Programmer of the College from RMD Engineering College March 2010