Akash Santhosh

A Researcher by Day and Retailer by Night

I am a self-taught developer and tech enthusiast with a strong eye for innovative methods and a keen understanding of techniques geared towards innovation. Also learns network engineering to manage and design the networks. I'm a lot into music and movies, loves Rom-Com, Sit-Com and Drama apart from that on the geek side I love Web Development, Physics, Computer Networks, Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing and a lot into Free and Open Source Software as well.

Status

GitHub Contribution

education

2006 - 2014

Basic School Education

Toc-H Public School

Where I learnt all the basic stuffs, made many friends, good old days

2014 - 2019

High School Education

Model Techincal HSS

- represented school's tech team in inter-school competitions.

- represented school's science team in inter-school competitions.

- Helped organize arts-oriented and tech-oriented in-school events.

2019 - 2022

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

Jain University

- Club Captain & Founder, Mozilla Club Jain

- Club President & Founder, Hack Club Jain

- Co-Lead & Co-Founder, Jain Science Club

- Best Exhibit, IT Fest

- Co-Organized Science Exhibition

- Co-Organzied Under25 summit in Campus

2023 - ?

Master of Science in Computer Networks and System Security

University of Hertfordshire

skills

System Administration
Cybersecurity & Privacy
Network Engineering
Internet of Things
Radio & Wireless
Social Networking

experience

  • 2022 - Present

    IT Infrastructure Operations

    Chakolas Pavilion Event Centre

    Kalamassery, Kerala

    Working as a systems engineer and network administrator. Incharge of re-designing the IT infrastructure. Designed and Deployed a CDN - CMS system with open source technologies.

  • Septemeber 2021 - November 2021

    Network Engineer Intern

    Kerala Vision Broadband Private Limited

    Ernakulam, Kerala

    Worked with the network operations team for a period of three months. Ensured proper closure of support tickets by solving the problems within a limited span of time.

  • 2019 - Present

    Technical Infrastructure Contractor

    Amazon Sort Center run by Mahindra Logistics Limited

    Ernakulam, Kerala

    Working as a contractor and support engineer for the warehouses and sort centers managed by Mahindra Logistics for Amazon Transportation Services in Ernakulam. Managed and maintained the systems and networks. Deployment and Monitoring of network appliances.

  • January 2022 - April 2022

    Technical Platforms Manager Intern

    GTech MuLearn

    Trivandrum, Kerala

    - Community Development

    • Was a key resource in handling day-to-day operations at µLearn. Planned and executed different events and programs including weekly recurring events.
    • Lead the teams which includes Technology, Moderations and Policing and used different strategies to grow the community. Aligned different stakeholders towards the same vision.

    - Young Innovators Program (A govt. of Kerala initiative to promote entrepreneurship)

    • Led the campaign that accelerated student startup ideas from 20 to 9,400 in a matter of 3 months.
    • Curated offline learning and entrepreneurship programs and ran them across the state.
    • Analysed student ideas and engagement data and planned campaigns to bring in more student startup ideas.
    • Did a UX case study and took action to revamp the YIP student registration portal.

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