MSDN India Events

Speakers

	Developer Evangelist, Microsoft India Mr. Gaurav Khanna works as a Developer Evangelist at Microsoft. He owns the technical contents for developer events like: TechED, MSDN, DevDays, etc. that Microsoft executes in India, in addition to working with developer communities across the country to help them understand and use Microsoft technologies better and be more productive. Before joining Microsoft, Gaurav worked with Hewlett Packard as a Software Engineer in the Telecom BU and was a MVP for over 2 years. He speaks at various Technical Conferences, runs: www.wintoolzone.com, blogs at: http://geekswithblogs.net/khanna/ and frequently writes for IT publications in the country.
	Developer Evangelist, Microsoft India Janakiram MSV is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft India. He started his career with FoxPro development and subsequently moved to Visual Basic and the .NET platforms. He has been a trainer, project leader and consultant. He joined Microsoft India as a Technical Specialist where he worked with the corporate and enterprise customers. In his current capacity, he works closely with the developer communities in India, evangelizing and sharing the vision on next generation technologies from Microsoft. He is a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) and Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD) Charter Member on the .NET platform. Janakiram is passionate about XML Web Services and Mobile Computing. In his free time, he enjoys making wide range of technologies interoperate with each other.
	IT Professional Evangelist, DPE-Microsoft India Mr. Manik Ahuja is an IT Professional Evangelist currently responsible for owning and managing the space in the Western region of the country. His responsibility involves engaging and interacting with members of the IT Pro community in India to create awareness about Microsoft products and tools that may help them in their professional capacities, as also to build partnerships with organizations that depend to a large part on IT infrastructure design and management to facilitate their day-to-day activities. With over 10 years of experience in the infrastructure technology industry, Manik is at home working with almost all the relevant platforms used in this space, including: Windows, Unix and Linux.
	Developer Evangelist, Microsoft India Ramnish is an engineering graduate from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. He is a practicing PMP (Project Management Professional) and CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) and holds many certifications from Microsoft, Cisco and Sun. Ramnish is single and his hobbies include listening to music, playing tennis and spending all his spare time with his computer.
	IT Pro Evangelist, DPE-Microsoft India Mr. Ravi Sankar is working as an IT Pro Evangelist in the DPE team. He engages with IT Professionals through presentations, workshops and online discussions. He has extensive experience in design, deployment, support and training on various Microsoft infrastructure products. The products and technologies he works upon include Windows Server, Active Directory, Exchange Server, ISA Server, SQL Server, SMS and MOM. His primary areas of interests are directory service, messaging and network security.
	IT Professional Evangelist, DPE-Microsoft India Mr. Vineet Gupta is an IT Pro Evangelist and has around 7 years of experience in the industry of which exactly half have been at Microsoft India working as a Technology Specialist on integration middleware. Prior to joining Microsoft he worked with an Internet startup as a middleware expert + dev-process owner, and before that as an instructor and technical writer teaching COM, C++, OOAD and UML. When he is not working, he enjoys playing chess, listening to music and sleeping. His interests include reading sci-fi & fantasy, algorithm design, gaming (AOE, Quake3, Rome Total War, Morrowind), 70s Rock, theology, playing flute and checking out new eating joints! Vineet blogs at http://spaces.msn.com/members/vineetgupta/