I'm an independent software developer, consultant. Dreaming all the time of becoming a successful entrepreneur, I see people recognizing me by my work surrounding Kannada.
I am a sysop and bureaucrat at Kannada Wikipedia, and brought it up as an active editor for a long long time starting from its initial version in September 2004.
In 2005, I started Sampada, a community of Kannada people which has become quite well known these days and clocks close to 3 million hits each month.
I am a dummy member in the Chapters commitee of Wikimedia, rarely active because of my other commitments of present. I had organized with the help of some of my friends, an event for Kannada Wikipedia during April 2005 in Bangalore, India which was widely successful in spreading the word about Kannada Wikipedia.
I'm also the founding member of Sampada Foundation.
(Rest of my little bio coming up soon... )
Citations in Press
Kannada
- ಬ್ಲಾಗಾಯಣ - ಸಂಡೇ ಟೈಮ್ಸ್ ಕನ್ನಡ - ೨೩, ಮಾರ್ಚ್ ೨೦೦೮
- ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೈದೆಳೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಜೀವಜಾಲ - ಪ್ರಜಾವಾಣಿ, ಮಾರ್ಚ್ ೧೭, ೨೦೦೮
- (ಪಟ್ಟಿ ಅಪೂರ್ಣ)
English
(list being built - incomplete as yet)
- Local language, global issues - Times of India, Sunday April 6, 2008.
- Font Hopes: Kannada Bloggers meet - Bangalore Mirror, March 17, 2008
- "Log out of Microsoft tie-up, say open software Advocates" - The Hindu, October 12, 2007
- "Chalk a blog" - Deccan Herald, June 10, 2007
- "Just drop by for a chat" - The Hindu, Nov 1, 2006.
- "Topics about Kannada, Karnataka on-line" - The Hindu, April 06, 2006
- "In our tongue" - The Hindu, March 30, 2006
Television
- An interview with me was recorded by Kannada Kasturi Channel for the program "Jagruti". It was telecast in December 2007.
Radio
- Interviewed on Navilugari, Mysore Akashvani (24th April, 2007)
