Soorya Narayan

Experience

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  Tata Consultancy Services

  Nov 2009 - Aug 2011

  Assistant Systems Engineer

  • In recognition of my performance as a trainee, I was given the TCS Kudos Award; I was among the few inducted into the Chief Technology Officer’s Group, a group dedicated to research and development in TCS • Worked with the internal product development group – TCS Tools Group, in developing a test management web application named Smart Test Manager, where we designed and developed test automation and data analytics modules• Collaborated with the internal research and development group – TCS Innovation Labs, to develop a reusable searching capability that could be used with all the tools developed at TCS and the collaboration was awarded the ‘Best Reuse Initiative’ at the annual CTO meet• Worked in various technologies including Java, J2EE, Sencha ExtJS, Apache Solr, AndroMDA and Rational Software Architect Show less

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  Amrita University

  Sept 2011 - Jan 2013

  Research Associate

  • Research Associate at the Amrita E-Learning Research Lab• My research has contributed largely towards building the search system for A-VIEW, a very popular E-Learning tool in the Indian academic sector funded by MHRD• Research involved predictive analysis of content inside lecture videos to identify and summarize the topics covered within lecture videos• Published by the Journal of Intelligent Information Systems http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10844-015-0356-5• Journal publications co-authored by me are under review at the International Journal for Multimedia Information Retrieval Show less

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  EduSeva Technologies

  Jul 2014 - May 2019

  Co Founder and CEO

  • Co- founded EduSeva with the vision of offering high quality, customized open source solutions, software solutions, data products and data analytics services for educational institutions• My key focus areas involve - evolving the business model, strategic partnerships, delivery excellence and building web based data solutions for diverse academic needs• Also offer Learning and Development Programs in Analytics, Technology and allied areas of work• Serving Art of Living School, Arsenal Soccer School and Juventus Soccer Academy in Oman and leading CBSE and State schools in Tamilnadu• NCERT Chintan Shivir: Our language teaching platform and methodology has been selected among the top 30 innovations in education by NCERT and have been empanelled in Chintan Shivar forum’s teacher training division• NITI Aayog – Atal Innovation Mission: Selected in the panel of “AIM Expert” for the Atal Innovation Mission’s projects. Currently serving as the Board Member in Atal Tinkering Advisory Board for select schools.• Reached more than 10,000 students in schools and higher ed through unique skill building and life-skills workshops• Enriching 200+ rural children through continuous tablet-based after-school education programs• Lead Instructor and Coordinator at Anaadi VIBE• Advisor at Atal Tinkering Labs - Yuvabharathi Public School• Heading EduSeva Tech Club at Chandrakanthi Public School• Lead Instructor and Coordinator at Shanti Ashram Learning Hub Show less

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  Anaadi Foundation

  Jul 2016 - now

  Program Director - Rural Education Initiatives

  ~ Sadhaka and full-time resident at the Ashram premises of Anaadi Foundation, Palani, India~ Research in areas including pedagogy, works of Indian Astronomy and Mathematics, history and Indic Sciences popularisation ~ TN RMSA – “Enrich Your English” Project: Implemented teacher training and created smart class materials, videos and worksheets for English teaching in Tiruppur district impacting 842 students. The coaching has given very positive results - Students who scored above 50% has increased from 32.5% to 72.1% after the program. Currently working on state-wide implementation in 300+ schools from all districts.~ Village Integrated Basic Education (VIBE): Lead instructor at Anaadi VIBE in coaching children in English, Maths and Science and also for science talent exam preparation. Conducted Rural Science Fairs with Anaadi Foundation and SASTRA University impacting 450 children.~ Tablet-based Education: Built highly successful solutions, curriculum and content for tablet-based education implemented at various schools, NGOs and Rotary projects~ Course designer for Anaadi Indic Knowledge Club~ Writer in Anaadi Parnika Magazine~ Designer and Brand Identity Manager for Anaadi Foundation~ Fundraiser for Anaadi Village Integrated Basic Education (VIBE), Anaadi Rural Youth Skills Education (ARYSE) and Anaadi Kriya Dhyanaalayam~ Undertook 54 days of Mouna Tapasya~ Perform daily Yoga Vidhya Ganapathi temple pooja and Guru pooja at the ashram Show less