Upendra K.

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Founder & CEO Edtech Company Raak Sapphire Pvt. Ltd. IBNI Billionaires Chapter Bangalore IAlumni Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) Sheikhupura BiharIATL Lab I PM Shree Project I AI Robotics Lab I AR&VR Lab I SKILLS Lab @ RAAK SAPPHIRE
28, Service Rd, next to Prashanth Hospital Towards Electronic city, Bangalore,Karnataka 560068,India
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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, India
About Upendra K.

Raak Sapphire is a pioneering edtech company committed to revolutionizing education by integrating cutting-edge technologies such as STEM, AI, robotics, AR, and VR into learning frameworks. With a mission to empower young minds with 21st-century skills, Raak Sapphire seeks to bridge the gap between traditional education and the demands of an ever-evolving digital world. The company offers a comprehensive range of facilities, including state-of-the-art labs, immersive workshops, dynamic training programs, and specialized teacher training initiatives, ensuring a holistic approach to modern education. At its core, Raak Sapphire focuses on fostering innovation and creativity. The company’s offerings are diverse, covering domains such as robotics, 3D printing, drone technology, coding, AI, IoT, AR, and VR. These fields are crucial for developing critical thinking, problem-solving, and technical skills in students, preparing them to thrive in a technology-driven future. Robotics education, for instance, encourages students to build, program, and innovate, while coding classes engage learners with hands-on projects to refine their computational thinking. Similarly, AR and VR modules enable immersive learning experiences.Raak Sapphire's emphasis on practical, hands-on education is evident through its comprehensive lab setups. These include STEM labs, AI and IoT labs, digital language labs, Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL), science labs, mathematics labs, and even language-specific labs like Kannada language labs. These facilities are designed to create a stimulating environment for students to explore and experiment, fostering a culture of curiosity and learning by doing. Additionally, the company supplies DIY kits, smart class setups, composite labs, and essential stationery, making it a one-stop solution for schools looking to enhance their infrastructure.The company also provides a variety of training programs tailored for both students and teachers. Through teacher training and certifications, Raak Sapphire ensures that educators are well-equipped to deliver cutting-edge content effectively. Students benefit from free career counseling, soft skills training, and corporate training, which are critical for their personal and professional development. In conclusion, Raak Sapphire is at the forefront of transforming education with its innovative programs and state-of-the-art facilities. Its focus on practical learning, comprehensive training, and modern technologies equips young learners with the skills they need to excel in a competitive world.

Upendra K.'s Current Company Details
RAAK SAPPHIRE

Raak Sapphire

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Founder & CEO Edtech Company Raak Sapphire Pvt. Ltd. IBNI Billionaires Chapter Bangalore IAlumni Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) Sheikhupura BiharIATL Lab I PM Shree Project I AI Robotics Lab I AR&VR Lab I SKILLS Lab
28, Service Rd, next to Prashanth Hospital Towards Electronic city, Bangalore,Karnataka 560068,India
Website:
raaksapphire.com
Employees:
10
Upendra K. Work Experience Details
  • Raak Sapphire
    Chief Executive Officer
    Raak Sapphire Sep 2020 - Present
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
    It gives me immense pleasure to have founded Raak Sapphire. Raak Sapphire is an edutech company that provide 21st century skills to young minds through the help of AI,STEM AND ROBOTICS. This company proved to be the stepping stone in my entreuprenial journey. I have the opportunity to learn and grow after the establishment of this company.What RAAK Sapphire Offers:1. Robotics, AI, and Coding Labs: Hands-on experiences in STEM and coding, designed to encourage creativity and problem-solving.2. AR & VR Experiences: Immersive learning to make complex concepts interactive and engaging.3. 3D Printing and Drone Training: Practical skills that spark interest in future-ready technology.4. Lab Setups and Educational Material:* Setting up state-of-the-art labs in fields like Digital Language, IoT, Science, and Math to create a comprehensive learning environment.5. Comprehensive Training Programs: Teacher training, student certifications, career counseling, and soft skill workshops to support holistic growth. Additionally, we offer services such as social media promotion, studentpreneur clubs, helping schools maintain an active digital presence and nurturing entrepreneurial skills in students. With RAAK Sapphire, you’re not just bringing in educational services; you’re fostering an environment where students can innovate, explore, and prepare for real-world challenges. Partner with RAAK Sapphire and let’s build a brighter future for your students! For more details or to schedule a meeting, feel free to reach out. We’d be delighted to discuss how we can best support your school’s vision.
  • Fora Financial Inc
    Quality Assurance Project Manager
    Fora Financial Inc Sep 2014 - Aug 2020
    Nyc, Ny
    Description:Fora Financial, an industry leader, provides custom, innovative funding solutions to small businesses and partners. Its mission is to continuously foster and support small business industry and remains dedicated to developing new and innovative ways to serve companies in the financial market.Responsibilities:• Responsible for Reviewing User stories to point out Gaps in Requirements (Gap Analysis)• Attended daily standup (Scrum) discussed what was accomplished, what needs to be done and if there are any impediments.• Attended Retrospective Meetings to discuss Sprint (What went well, what went wrong & what can we Learn).• Involved in Sprint Planning meeting.• Identified the test cases to be automated and performed data driven testing and GUI Check Points using Selenium web driver and enhanced the overall functionality of the application by executing regression test suite.• Involved in the project team, which focused on testing and dealing with process, tools and best practices. This team also leveraged testing knowledge, technology, methodology and resources across similar projects.• Responsible for ensuring overall product quality deliverable. • Independently developed test strategy plans for projects in Agile/Scrum environment.• Responsible for providing Testing estimates.• Designed, developed, implement test strategy, and scripts using user stories/Acceptance criteria to execute test cases within sprints. • Performed the tasks of developing testable user stories by coordinating with business staff and engineering.• Attended daily scrum to report status of projects and alert team of any blockers.• Worked with business and technology leads to identify the appropriate data for testing • Responsible for effectively communicating and updating all teams through reporting (Daily & Weekly Status reports).• Responsible for creating Test Suite and Tractability Matrix.
  • Fresh Direct
    Quality Assurance Analyst
    Fresh Direct May 2010 - Aug 2014
    Nyc, Ny
    Project: Fresh Direct Web Application Description:FD is one of the nation’s leading online e-commerce food brands, passionate in exploring the extent of web/Java-based application’s role in running and maintaining an extensive food manufacturing and delivery operation. And its well-known storefront in addition to internal applications that run behind the scenes. These range from order fulfillment, delivery allocation, to content and customer management. Responsibilities: • Analyzed Business Requirements Document, System specifications and identified test requirements.• Involved in testing the new functionalities based on test cases and coordinated with the development team in fixing the issues.• Exported requirement, test cases into the Quality Center, run manual and automation test cases from test lab and log defects from defects module.• Followed up with standard software testing life cycle (STLC) to perform different types of testing for the project.• Coordinate with Product Management and Development to obtain comprehensive understanding of system behavior.• Evaluate quality risk for product enhancements/fixes and propose test plans to address identified risks.• Develop test cases and appropriate data. Report test execution results and defects.• Maintain the integrity of the QA test environment/infrastructure. • Communicate with developers, product managers, and technical support specialists on critical issues. • After successful release of projects, developed automation scripts using QTP and integrated the script with master script• Ensure that all the test cases are updated in the Quality Center along with Master test plan.• Tested critical bug fixes including critical fixes and coordinated with developers in release of bug fixes meeting tight timeline.
  • Adea Technology Pvt. Ltd
    Qa Engineer
    Adea Technology Pvt. Ltd Nov 2007 - Feb 2010
    Bangalore
    Client: NTR, Barcelona, SpainProject: NTR SupportNTR global is a worldwide leader in on-demand IT automation and remote support software. Used daily by more than 17,000 organizations in over 60 countries, NTRglobal’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) remote desktop solutions. With NTR support we can diagnose and support 100% of incidents. This solution allows us to access the client's computer and analyze the problem with maximum precision to find an immediate solution. With NTR support we can do more in less time.Responsibilities:• Involved in Business Requirements review meetings and Prepared Test plans to meet all Business scenarios.• Involved writing the test scenarios using User Require Document (URD) And Functionality of the application.• Performed all phases of testing for assigned components ensuring test cases are completed and met business requirements.• Involved Working with development teams investigating and correcting software bugs and deficiencies based on the testing results.• Performed Smoke testing and informed the team about the applications status• Performed Integration, functional testing for each module and GUI, Positive, Negative Testing. • Tested Compatibility of the application to support different Web Browsers of all versions like Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer and Fire Fox.• Created Project Plan for different applications and updated the status • Extensively involved in System testing & Regression testing • Written SQL Scripts to Query Databases tables to Check Data and Manipulation testing database to meet Specific test scenarios. • Used Testdirector to do defect tracking, coordinated the defect resolution process and generated management reports• Good Communication, Rapport with the team. Ability to speak up and escalate the issues when required.
  • Covansys (India) Private Limited, Bangalore
    Test Engineer
    Covansys (India) Private Limited, Bangalore Nov 2005 - Aug 2007
    Bangalore
    Client: UNUM, Portland, ME Project Title : UNUM MigrationThe Project is to migrating VB6 applications to C#. The applications to be migrated are being used by user in their day to day business. There are more than 60 applications to be migrated and thus project is divided into different iterations. Till now more than 16 applications have been successful migrated in one year and have been deployed at production environment. To migrate applications, Team is supposed to follow factory approach and thus has defined the process that is being followed to migrate the applications. The applications are of type Desktop, Client-Server, COMTI having Mainframe as backend, MQSeries and ASP. Team provides the compatible architecture to migrate the application in which application behaves same as VB application.Responsibilities:● Involved writing the test scenarios using User Require Document (URD) And Functionality of the application.● Reviewed functional Test Cases and ensuring all requirements have covered.● Executed functional Test cases and Business Test cases verified the results against expected results.● Tested Compatibility of the application to support different Web Browsers of all versions like Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer and Firefox. ● Conducted data integrity testing for accuracy of stored data in the database and integration testing for flow of data. ● The Web pages were required to be tested for data input validations on all Text fields and Alphanumeric Fields where customer were required to log in their name and the password to view further detail of their accounts. ● Conducted GUI testing, System testing, Stress testing, Performance Testing and Regression Testing manually. ● Tested the Application under typical working conditions and checked system Performance, Stress and Volume capacity of the site.● Performed Functionality, GUI Testing.
  • Windsor Garden
    Marketing Executive
    Windsor Garden Sep 2001 - Nov 2003
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
    I worked as a marketing executive for a real estate firm called windsor gardens were i learnt a lot of practical knowledge .I also gained a lot of experience through this role.

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Upendra K. works for Raak Sapphire

What is Upendra K.'s role at the current company?

Upendra K.'s current role is Founder & CEO Edtech Company Raak Sapphire Pvt. Ltd. IBNI Billionaires Chapter Bangalore IAlumni Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) Sheikhupura BiharIATL Lab I PM Shree Project I AI Robotics Lab I AR&VR Lab I SKILLS Lab.

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Upendra K. attended Bangalore Institute Of Technology, Amc Engineering College, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (Jnv), St. Caramel S=school, Indira Gandhi National Open University.

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