Sarupbanskota/CV

Contact Information

Name: Sarup Banskota

Address: C-301, Agasthya Bhavanam, Amrita University, Ettimadai, Coimbatore, TN - 641112.

Email: sbanskota08 AT gmail DOT com

IRC Nick: banas

IRC Channels: #fedora-design

Phone: +91-9677542496

Amrita University, Coimbatore, Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science and Engineering.

Expected year of graduation - 2015.
Currently, have a CGPA of 8.2 (out of 10) accumulated over four semesters.
Relevant courses undertaken:
- Object Oriented Programming
- Data Structures and Basic Algorithms

Programming Languages:
- Have worked with for at least a year: C, C++, Python.
- Currently working on: Ruby.
Web:
- Have worked with for at least a year: HTML, CSS, basic jQuery, Bootstrap.
- Currently working on: Rails, JavaScript, semantic.gs
Platforms: Windows, Linux (currently using Fedora)
Other relevant skills: git, UI Design

Freelance Work
- Developer, elightgroup
  - Responsible for developing the website, with some supervision.
  - Technologies is use: HTML/CSS/jQuery/Wordpress/PHP
- Developer, banglewala.in.
  - Responsible for designing website individually in a two day period.
  - Technologies used: HTML/CSS/jQuery/Wordpress.
Academic Project Work
- Amrita Dispensary Manager
  - Created as a team of three, and developed over a three month period.
  - Done as part of the Object Oriented Programming Lab course.
  - Responsible for:
    - Modelling of the project - use cases, class diagrams and relations.
    - Coding modules for the Records to be stored, retrieved, updated and deleted by the admin.
- Automatic Teller Machine - Programming study
  - Created as a team of five, and developed over a two month period.
  - Done as part of the Introduction to Programming Lab course.
  - Responsible for:
    - Modelling of the project - use cases, structures to use.
    - Debugging C code that other team members had written.
Open Source Contributions
- Built a simple UI for the Mozilla webRTC landing page.
  - The page is responsive, and uses Twitter Bootstrap.
- Working on improving a patch written by me for their automation team.
  - It involves improving a testing library written in JavaScript and updating the tests that use it.

National Finalist with Top 15 finish, India Capture the Flag Contest (InCTF - Popular as India's most challenging CTF)
- Intermediate rounds comprised of traditional CTF-style qualifiers on topics like Binary, Web, Unix, Forensics.
- Team of four - responsible for maintaining team's web security and unix strength.
International Informatics Olympiad
- Have been a gold medalist (awarded to toppers of region in 2009.
- Have figured in the top 1000 ranks (International) in 2011.

Student Partner at Microsoft
- Primarily involved in learning and promoting Microsoft's Open Source Azure.
Volunteer at Tech{know}logy and FOSS Club, Amrita University
- Helped seniors conduct a session on Python, FOSS and general Programming to College freshmen.
- Currently in the process of blogging a series of posts for people (esp college juniors to learn more about FOSS)
Team lead, Design Team, Astha, The Science Club
- Responsible for managing and helping the design team with promotion material for various events for the club.
- Some of my work can be found on my blog.