Software professional to Youtuber with Kishore Kumar

Kishore Kumar is a software professional turned youtuber. He shares his career journey with Sivaguru

Starting career as system engineer later moved to programing on mainframes Moving to the USA and feeling the need of studies did his Masters in computer science . Learning AI way back in 1989 to 1991. How this helped later in his careerHow his career mirrors the Indian software industry which has changed shapes over years. How things changed from convincing the US for jobs to how later their trust on Indians helped increase workflow.Moving from service to product companyHis views on handling ambiguous requirements in old and new software development cyclesInfluencing teams with his systematic approach/processTalks about his personal transition while transitioning professionally

Kishore Kumar is a youtuber with a unique youtube channel called @ahargana. This channel has the singular purpose of explaining the astronomical basis of the Hindu panchanga using custom-built planetary orbital simulations.

Kishore was not always a youtuber. In his previous avatar, Kishore was a software professional for over thirty five years playing a variety of roles from programmer to program manager, general manager and vice president in leading companies such as Tata Unisys, Cognizant and Siemens. He has earned a masters degree in computer science from SUNY at Buffalo, USA and a bachelors degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from NIT Trichy. A lifelong self-learner, Kishore has leveraged all his learnings from his education and professional experience in the making of @Ahargana and contrary to appearance, considers it an entirely logical continuation of his life journey.

Kishore may be reached at:

Email: [email protected]

Youtube: youtube.com/@ahargana

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kishoresridharakumar