Front cover of my upcoming book - The Curve of Chance

My Experience

I started my career in IT with Wipro Limited as a Technical Support Associate

- I aptly provided technical assistance for resolving issues with Routers, Laptops, and Palmtops over the phone by effectively using both technical & soft skills.

-I played a key role as Technical Support Associate for Application software and ISP (Internet Service Providers).

After my stint in Wipro Limited, I did my full time management course in Systems (Information Technology) from BIM (Bharathidasan Institute of Management) and got placed in SBI Funds.

 - I was a Management Trainee for about 12 months and then I was promoted as Senior Manager in 2008

Some Notable achievements


- Played a stellar role in implementing and executing Talisma - a CRM application used for interfacing with the customer (Investor) as well as setting up a new contact centre with IVR and speech recognition software for automated response to investor’s queries thereby reducing operator cost by 30%

- Migrated the network backbone from leased line to MPLS Technology and improved the uptime by 20%

- Pivotal in implementing Virtualisation (VMware/Hyper-v) & Storage solution for improved application performance and consolidation of servers thereby reducing operational costs by 40%

- Pivotal in implementing Disk-based Backup solution with source based de-duplication technology for taking backup of critical servers and desktops thereby shortening backup/recovery time by 90%

After my tenure as Senior Manager - Information Technology for 2 years I got promoted as Chief Manager in 2010 and I continued to work for SBI Funds till 2015.

Currently I'm associated with HSBC Software Development Private Limited (HSDL), Mumbai as Senior Consultant Specialist (Information Technology) handling business transformation projects.

My Profile

Technically sophisticated professional with 10 years in Infrastructure Service Delivery, Information Security, Project Management and IT Operations in BFSI Industry - a total of 11 years in Information Technology.

Currently associated with HSBC Software Development Private Limited (HSDL), Mumbai as Senior Consultant Specialist (Information Technology) handling business transformation projects.

Technologies Handled: VMware vSphere - Server Virtualization | Microsoft Hyper-V | Microsoft Exchange 2007, 2013 | Windows Server 2008, 2012 | NetApp filer, EMC Clarion - Data Storage Systems |  Avamar - Backup and Recovery, Data Deduplication | Symantec Brightmail, McAfee - Email Gateway | Websense Web Security |

PRINCE2 & ITIL certified

Seasoned IT professional with multi years of experiences across:
- Application Support
- Alignment of business applications to business strategy.
- Network Architecture
- Infrastructure Management
- Disaster Recovery & BCP
- IT Operations/Helpdesk Management
- Information Security
- Auditing/ Budgeting
- Vendor Management/ Procurement
- Project Management & Team Leadership

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A walk in the garden

Let the old gates open for a new paradise
As I walk in the garden
Wading flamingos didn’t fail to entice
This captivating feeling is well over a trillion

The dance of painted ladies
The song of yellow-billed cuckoo
Closing my eyelids against the flurries
Drowning with a feeling which I cannot subdue

Tiny rocks against the stream
Sparkling dew drops on leaves
Stunning loveliness which I strive to redeem
A spider’s work which I try to unweave

I vanish to become one
To pass out of sight, to pass out of existence
The pulsating flora is still virgin
Feeling the Warmth of unheard silence

A walk in the garden
Where time ceases to exist
Oh! What a fortune
Crimson flowers waiting to be kissed

The garden walk
Joyous joy defying calculus
Gates close with a tick of the clock
The first moonbeam ends my garden walk

+ four-line poem with a form (ABAB)

Category : Nature , - Garden

Let it drizzle !!

When the last streak of light hides
Frozen crystals get the silver lining
Withered leaves discover the mechanics of falling
With the breeze she swings, she sways, she glides

Yet another romance between earth and sky
Waiting to treat us with refreshing scent
And the cloud waits with full of love unsent
I see birds on the line flyby

Sky teaches geometry flashing multicolored arc
The pores on the leaves, the leaves on the trees
Longing to taste the sphere-shaped honeys
The scene before the drizzle and its shimmering hallmark

Let it drizzle
Let it shower with all the beauty of its touch
Trapping my heart with mesmerizing clutch
Let it drizzle, the scenic beauty, the ravishing ripple

Hey rain god can you hear me?
Please don’t rain, just drizzle
Please don’t rain, just drizzle

+ four-line poem with a form (ABBA)

Category: Nature - Rain

Vijay's List of 100 tracks to listen Before You die

Here it goes !!

# Bahut khoobsurat ho – Khoobsurat
# Help! I need somebody – Beatles Help
# Blue Sky – Allman Brothers
# And your bird can sing – Beatles
# Anbe ne enna - Pandian
# Wedding Qawwalli – Bombay Dreams
# O jaana – Jab pyar kisi se hota hai
# Time – Pink Floyd
# Karale Karalinte Karale – Udayananu Tharam
# Walking in the moonlight – satyam sivam sundaram
# Thamizhukkum amudhendru per – panjavarna kili
# Annie’s Song – John Denver
# Saying something stupid- Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman
# While my Guitar gently Weeps – The Beatles
# A little Night Music – Mozart
# Kasto Mazza – Parineeta
# Kya Soorat hai – Bombay Vikings
# You’re still the one – Shania Twain
# XL ki kudiyan – Bodhi Tree(XLRI Jamshedpur)
# That don’t impress me much – Shania Twain
# Sabka Katega - Bodhi Tree(XLRI Jamshedpur)
# From this moment – Shania Twain
# Symphony no 25 in g minor – Mozart
# Ghand Mein Danda - Bodhi Tree(XLRI Jamshedpur)
# Romance from Piano Concerto -20 in D Minor, K 466 – Mozart
# Don’t turn off the lights – Enrique Iglesias
# PoP! Goes my heart – Music and Lyrics
# Krishna ne Begane baaro – OS Arun
# Piya Basanthi re – Piya Basanthi
# Solitudes – Sounds of nature – Mozart
# Sakhi (Tumri) – Shakti – 5 peace band
# Piya re –Nusrat Fateh Ali khan
# Yesterday – Beatles
# Money – Pink Floyd
# Bhenchod Sutta – Bodhitree version-XLRI Jamshedpur
# Dheeme Dheeme – Zubeidaa
# Badi Nazuk Hai – Joggers Park
# Kaash Aisa – Kaash – Hariharan
# Aval Uzagha – Lesa Lesa
# Let it Rain – Eric Clapton
# Mora Saiyan – Fuzon
# Mahive teri yaad – Fakir
# Saawariya – Reprise –Saawariya
# Mitwa – Shafoat – KANK
# Zindagi maut na – Sarfarosh
# Yei Penne – Asai Aasayai
# Naan Malarodu – Jaishankar
# Let me see the Love- Colonial Cousins
# I want you out of my life – Hariharan – Leisse Lewis
# It’s gonna be alright – Colonial Cousins
# Venila Venila – Iruvar
# pal pal – Madhushree- Swadesh
# Hello Mr ethirkachi – Iruvar
# Makedhe – Hariharan-Kaash
# Naan padum sandham – Duet
# Waltz for a romance- Laagan
# O re Chori- Laagan
# Chinna Kili – Chinna Gounder
# Mozart I love you – Nothing but wind- Ilayaraja
# Soch tha hun uska dil – Babool Supriyo
# OmanakPuzha kadappurthu – Chandupottu
# Idha Maan – Karagatakaran – Ilayaraja
# Vaanam Thottu Ponna – Devar Magan
# I Feel Fine – Beatles
# Varayao Thozhi – Jeans
# Dooba Dooba - Silk Route
# Please Mr Postman – The Beatles
# Deewana hai dekho – K3G
# Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
# Ghum sum ghum sum – Ada
# Mozart for Babies (Sleepy time )
# Dil mein jaagi – Sur
# Meri Neend – Band of Boys
# Teri Meri aankhon mein – Colonial cousins
# Soona Soona – Classically Mild – Sonu nigam
# Man Mohini – Yuvvraj
# Mera ek sapna hai – Khoobsurat
# Powerless – Nelly furtado – desi version
# Mathey – Morning Raga
# Dikshitar meets Bach – Prasanna
# Poo Kodiyin – Iruvar
# Kabhi Aisa Lagta hai – Lucky Ali
# Mehendi hai racheneywaali – Zubeidaa
# Is dil mein kya hai ? – Jab pyar kisi ke hota hai
# Chal pyar Karege - Jab pyar kisi ke hota hai
# Rock On!! – Rock On
# Yu Shabnami – Saawariya
# Teri ore – Singh is King
# Lady don’t treat me – Little John
# Kumari – Anniyan
# Rayiley – 5 Star
# Sunday – 5 Star
# Pudhu mapilaaiku – Abhoorva sagotharargal
# Tu Bin bataaey – Rang de Basanthi
# Ay hairathe – Guru
# Shauk hi – Guru
# ey taara who taara – Swadesh
# Isail Thodanguthama – Hey Ram
# Ayo re sakhi – Water
Vaishanava Janatoo – Water