User:Thulsi.janardhan

Thulsi is a retired software professional with 15 years of IT industry experience. Currently settled in Bangalore, working as a home maker taking care of her family and elderly in-laws.

Being the daughter of a central government employee, I have been exposed to a vast horizon of opportunities - be it studying from 8 schools in as many states, learning subjects from pure science in grade XII to Commerce (B.Com) to a successful professional career on Computer programming! Having enjoyed the diversity, I am currently starting out fresh at online teaching through the "Women of Wiki".

Background
I was born on 15 June 1977 to L Janarthanan and Geetha Janardhan. While my father is a retired central government employee working for the Bank Of India, my mother is a house wife. After his retirement, my parents are settled in the sleepy little town called Mysuru in Karnataka, India. I have an elder brother, Jagadish Janardhan. He has completed his doctorate in the field of Robotics and is currently settled in USA.

I married Sharath Bhat, an IT professional, in the year 2005 and have 2 sons. We live in Bangalore, India along with my in-laws. My father in-law, Group Captain Prabhakar Bhat, is a retired Air Force officer and my mother in-law, Radhika Bhat, is a housewife.

Education
I studied science with Maths till grade XII before opting for Commerce as my graduate course. I completed Bachelor of Commerce from University of Madras, India along with a 3 year diploma in computer application.

My father's employment at the bank ensured that we kept moving to new places at regular intervals. This gave me an opportunity of studying in different schools, meeting people from different cultures and imbibing their rich traditions and values. This taught me to understand and respect diversity. However this nomadic life also meant leaving old friends/ activities behind and making new ones without any attachment to either.

Career
I started work as a software engineer with NIIT Technologies, Delhi, India in the year 1999. I worked on various web based project for 3 years before joining LG Soft India, Bangalore in the year 2003. At LG Soft India (a subsidiary of LG Electronics, Korea) I worked on product development in Biometric technology. I worked with LG Soft India for 11 years.

All through my professional life in in LG Soft India, I have contributed towards development of various Biometric applications for Iris Biometric. One such product is the IrisAccelerator, which can identify an human iris against millions of registered irises within few seconds. This application is currently in use around the world to provide border security and National ID projects. During the initial stages of development, I contributed towards the design and development of the IrisAccelerator product. Later, as a Senior Technical Leader, I managed the project with a team of 10 members for a period of 5 years.

I have expertise in C++, VC++ (both MFC & Win32), ATL/COM, .Net with exposure to different RDBMS like Oracle, MSSQL and MySQL. I have worked extensively on design and development of Client Server Architecture on Windows platform and middle-ware development on the Linux platforms.

My contributions include - After 15 years in the IT industry and a lot of conscious effort, I retired from professional life in September 2014. In the last 2 years I have consolidated my personal life and am in a better position to take on exciting opportunities while working from home during my free time. Joining "Women Of Wiki" is one such effort at trying out a new domain/ concept of teaching online. I believe this is a small step towards collaborative learning and a definite value addition to my life.
 * Project management, design and development of Biometric software.
 * Managing teams with insight for planning, execution and delivery of products.
 * Work closely with customers towards requirement management and product delivery and deployment in various government organizations.
 * Worked as an internal trainer in LG Soft India for providing C/C++ training to the junior employees and freshers.

Interests

 * Travelling the world is my dream. I don't get to enjoy this very often these days but I try to visit a new place every year.
 * I am a vegetarian foodie and enjoy trying out new recipes and cuisines at home. Currently learning to bake for my children.
 * A workaholic, I prefer to be busy all through the day but I value solitary time by myself too.

Values and Beliefs

 * Don’t run after success. Work sincerely and put in your best effort in whatever activity you take up. In the long run success comes after you.
 * There is more to life than money. Enjoy the simple pleasures of life and be content with what you have. Money cannot buy happiness.
 * Every individual is different. Everyone is entitled to his/ her views and opinions which may or may not be the same as yours. Take in all the opinions but decide for yourself based on your value system.