About Me

Co-founder of DayScholars & founder of Cool-Works | Web Developer | Programmer | SysAdmin | FOSS Supporter | Naturalist | Simple Guy |

In Detail

My real name is Manu Krishnan T V. There are many names, by which people call me, which includes tvm(A short form of my real name), Bizzard(The first TLD, which I registered), and may more :-).

I am from a village named Edayur, in Malappuram Dist, Kerala, India, presently living in Calicut, Kerala. My father has been working abroad(Bahrain), now settled here in Kerala and my mother is a high school teacher. I have two younger brothers, 11 and 13 years younger than me.

[01-08-2011] Presently, I am attending GATE coaching @ Ace Engineering Academy, Hyderabad.

[15-12-2011] Back home from Hyderabad. Preparing for GATE 2012

[20-04-2012] GATE wasn’t as bad as expected. Now, following my dreams with the awesome team of DayScholars.

[05-03-2015] Shifted to Calicut, Kerala for a better working atmosphere.

My hobbies include programming, web development, fighting with my brothers, watching movies, reading novels, etc. I adore the Free Software and GNU Philosophy, use and promote free softwares.

Education

• GATE 2012 coaching from ACE Engineering Academy. Hyderabad.
• B-Tech in Computer Science from MES College of Engineering, Kuttippuram.
• Higher Secondary(+1 & +2) from THSS Vattamkulam (2005-07).
• High School(8 to 10) from THSS Vattamkulam (2002-05).
• Upper Primary(5 to 7) from BVB Thirunavaya.
• KG & Lower Primary(1 to 4) from NSS Valanchery.

Computer Skills

• Web related programming with PHP, MySQL, HTML, Java script.
• GNU/Linux server management
• Experience in administering Coppermine Photo Gallery, WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Mediawiki, etc.
• OS troubleshooting with Linux and Windows.
• Hardware troubleshooting and maintenance.
• Networking in Linux and Windows environments.
• Basic experience with software tools including Photoshop, Gimp, Office packages, etc.

Work Experience

• Part time service professional at Fastech Systems, Valanchery.
• More than 10 years experience in professional web designing, hosting and related areas.
• Technical director at DayScholars Innovations