User:Sreevalsan

I am Sreevalsan. I was born in Trichur a small town in South India. I am currently working as the Head of Information and Communication Technology Services, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore.

I have an experience of more than 20 years in IT field. Started my career as a faculty member in St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad in the year 1985. From 1995, working with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Deemed Univeristy.

Has worked on various software development projects and conducted training programmes. Have designed and led the team to network the 1500 PC campus network at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham from its inception in 1995. Was instrumental in installation of the PARAM super computer in Amrita. Also involved with the implementation of the Satellite based ELearning networks connecting all 4 campuses of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and 50 premier research and Engg. Colleges across the country. Also worked with setting up the Satellite based Village Resource Centres connecting 13 villages across India.

My areas of interest include Computer Networks and Security, Operating Systems, Systems Administration, IT infrastructure design & implementation and implementation of IT enabled services in various departments.

I am also the Legal Main Contact for the Cisco Academy Training Centre (CATC) at Amrita and Quality Assurance and Support Specialist (QASS) for India-SAARC Region

I am a bachelor in Commerce from the University of Calicut (Kerala) and an MBA with specialization in Systems from the Maduarai Kamaraj University (Tamil Nadu).