The R.E.A.D Club derives its name from the 4 fundamental essential attributes of Learning READ, EXPLORE, ASK and DISCOVER. We believe that stories are a great way to inculcate the attributes of READ, EXPLORE, ASK and DISCOVER in children. We have tried to achieve it through 2 means – 1) Setting up “Classroom Libraries” for children in lower primary classes in local government schools to enable them to be in an environment of curiosity, inquiry, discovery through books and stories habitually inculcating in them a love for books, love for reading, helping them to improve their creativity, language, vocabulary and communication skills in the long run. 2) Conducting “Tell me a Story” Sessions where stories are told and shared, helping children to explore the world around us creatively through stories, rhymes, songs, role-plays, games, fun DIY art and craft activities, giving the children a chance to nurture their curious spirit, also helping them to improve their ability to express and communicate their ideas creatively. As Einstein said “Education is not the learning of facts but the training of the mind to think”, we need young minds of our nation to understand the world around them, to be curious, to question, to think creatively and empathetically, to come up with innovative solutions for a better life, to improve the way we function as a society, and as a nation. We from the R.E.A.D Club are doing our small part to inculcate these in our children through our stories and “Social Awareness Activities” , as mini DIY Projects for children to volunteer and participate hoping that it would enable them to be better citizens for a better tomorrow.

I contribute by building, establishing, and managing corporate and academic partnerships to foster meaningful collaborations and synergies, ultimately creating value for all involved parties.

I work with young adult hearing impaired trainees to enable them to express their thoughts and views without inhibition and communicate with confidence, as they move on to take up different roles in corporate work places.

An IT Professional who has performed varied roles in various capacities across projects in US/Australia/India locations, predominantly with BFS Clientele**Leading Website Development/Enhancement for TCS flagship Initiatives Fit4FLife and Purpose4Life**Building , Managing , Leading an Enterprise Testing and Assurance Portfolio for a Large Australian Bank comprising of a diverse team (150+ associates) at onshore and offshore locations catering to testing projects from different Business Units--Instrumental in growing a 35 member team to 150+ member team in a span of 2 years catering to testing projects across diverse business units of the Customer. Became the highest revenue earning portfolio, among all the other portfolios managed by TCS for this Customer.--Improved Offshore Utilization and achieved $Value save for the Customer , by leading the team to setup a full scale POS” Testing Lab , resulting in moving 95% of POS testing projects to offshore location.--Revamped the recruitment process for the team, which enabled zero rejections from the customer and faster turnaround time of the right associates for the job**Leading/Managing the Membership Rewards Business Process Delivery & Business Process Optimization Programs for a Large US BFS Organization fulfilling Business Service Requests from Business Users across the Globe (USA/Canada, Latin America, Japan/Asia-Pacific and European regions), ensuring requests were fulfilled within agreed SLAs.--Led the team, to develop an innovative low cost automation solution, for fulfilling the “high risk” Service Request updates to Live Production Servers, which won the “Best Innovation” Award. This automation resulted in eliminating human error, with significant improvement in volume of transactions that could be completed in the agreed SLA time period, thus leading to increased $revenue. **Application Lead/Java Developer, Product Analyst , Test Lead, Mainframe Developer in various Projects for a Large BFS Client.