Pratik T.

## BIO **Education:** * * * 1. DJ Sanghvi College of Engineering (ongoing) * F.E. (Sem - I) with 72.625% Dec 07 * F.E. (Sem – II) with 69.12% May 08 * S.E. (Sem – III ) with 68.625% Dec 09 * S.E. (Sem – IV ) with 66.353% May 09 **Technical Skills & Qualifications:** * * * * Linux(Ubuntu) with basic shell scripting and Windows Operating Systems ( Beginner ) * C++ ( Advanced ) * wxWidgets ( Beginner ) * Java ( Advanced ) with basic knowledge of Swing and network programming * HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL (Beginner) * Basic utilities like Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash. Office utilities either using OpenOffice or Microsoft Office. <p class="western" align="left" style= "margin-left: 0.64cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> </p> **Professional Experience:** * * * * Freelance Technical Writer : <p class="western" align="left" style= "margin-left: 1.27cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">Worked as a freelance technical writer and wrote an illustrated tutorial in HTML for a UK-based employer via RentACoder</p> * Freelance Researcher <p class="western" align="left" style= "margin-left: 1.27cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">Worked as a freelancer, researching in web-based knowledge base solutions for an American firm via RentACoder</p> <p class="western" align="left" style= "margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: -0.64cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> </p> **Awards and Achievements** * * * 1. Codechef – Monthly algorithm contests spanning 10 days * August Mini Challenge – Rank 2 from India. Won INR 6000 in prize money. * August Algorithm Challenge – Rank 9 from India. 1. First Prize at Beans - a Java Programming Contest (Dec. 2008 ) at College of Engineering Pune. 2. First prize at The Open Book Programming Competition ( Aug. 2009 ) <u><a class="western" href= "http://codechef.com/MPSTME">http://codechef.com/MPSTME</a></u> ) hosted on Codechef. Won a Phillips DVD player. 3. IIT-M Frugal Online Shortest Code Contest ( Sep. 2009 ) – 2nd in world and 1st in India. 4. Ranked 4th at ACM-ICPC Asia Region Gwalior-Kanpur onsite ( Oct. 2009 ) 5. Ranked 3rd at ACM-ICPC Asia Region Amritapuri onsite ( Nov. 2009 ). Over 300 teams participated in the online qualifier and 60 teams qualified for the onsites. There were teams from 5 different countries including South Korea and China. <p class="western" align="left" style= "margin-left: 0.64cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> </p> <p class="western" align="left" style= "margin-left: 0.64cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> </p> **Other Achievements** * * * 1. TopCoder profile <p class="western" align="left" style= "margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: -0.64cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">A regular participant in Topcoder competitions, biweekly algorithm intensive competitions in which on average more than 1500 people worldwide take part. I have a maximum rating of 1665 and country rank of 16 among 1050 members from India</p> <p class="western" align="left" style= "margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: -0.64cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> <u><a class="western" href= "http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=MemberProfile&cr=22747745">http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=MemberProfile&cr=22747745</a></u></p> 1. World rank of 35 and country rank of 6 on SPOJ – an online judge with challenging programming tasks. <p class="western" align="left" style= "margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: -0.64cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> <u><a class="western" href= "http://www.spoj.pl/users/pt1989/">http://www.spoj.pl/users/pt1989/</a></u></p> 1. A Gold division observer on USACO (USA Computer Olympiad) (<font color= "#000080"><u><a class="western" href= "http://contest.usaco.org/"><font face= "Times New Roman, serif"><span lang="en-US" xml:lang= "en-US">http://contest.usaco.org</span></font></a></u></font> ) 2. Project Euler profile ( Country rank 85 of 1338 ) <p class="western" align="left" style= "margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: -0.64cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">A site where mathematical problems are to be solved using computational methods.</p> <p class="western" align="left" style= "margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: -0.64cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> <u><a class="western" href= "http://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=profile&profile=pratik"> http://projecteuler.n</a></u></p> ## <u><a class="western" href= "http://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=profile&profile=pratik"> Area of Expertise</a></u> <u><a class="western" href= "http://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=profile&profile=pratik">HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, C++, Java, GUI with wxWidgets</a></u>