User:Vivekvc

Vivek Varghese Cherian
Born	Vivek Varghese Cherian (1978-12-05) December 5, 1978 New Delhi, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	CBSE,Kuvempu University
Occupation	Solutions Architect Technical Architect
Website	www.vivekcherian.com

I am VivekVC and a practicing Lead Solution Architect from Cochin(Kochi) currently based in Chennai, India.

My hobbies apart from being a Wikipedian include learning about the latest technology trends, blogging, free/open source software, debian, indymedia (and other Independent Media collectives), The Free-culture movement and hacktivism

I am also the Founder of The FOSS India Collective which aims to be a communications network for friends,well wishers and community members of Free Culture and FOSS movements, hacker spaces, open standard initiatives, HAM_Radio/ Amateur_radio_homebrew & full disclosure information security communities in India.

• My Website: http://www.vivekcherian.net
• My Blog: http://www.vivekvc.wordpress.com

• My WikiMedia Community Involvement Photos:

Me and Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales the founder of Wikipedia at the Hotel Khyber, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai,India(Photo Dated 31st October 2010) : http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vivek_jimmy.JPG

Me,Erik Möller (Deputy Director of Wikimedia Foundation) and Prakash Advani (Manager - Central Asia Canonical,Ubuntu) at Homi Bhaba Center for Science Education at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mankhurd, Mumbai. During this event I had interactions with Danese Cooper, the CTO of Wikimedia Foundation and Alolita Sharma, Engineering Program Manager of Wikimedia Foundation. (Photo Dated: December 11th 2010): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vivek-erik.jpg

Me lighting the candle on the occassion of the 10th Anniversay of Wikipedia held at VJTI,Matunga,Mumbai. This funtion was presided by Barry Newstead, Global Development Officer, Wikimedia Foundation (Photo Dated 15th January 2011): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vivek_VC_with_the_Wikipedia-10th-anniversary_cake.jpg

• Media Citations: The Hindu Business line (New Delhi Edition) dated January 14 2011, which contains an interview I gave to correspondent Divya Trivedi of the Hindu Delhi office. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/article2326353.ece

Location

This user is a Citizen of the World (Terra).

This Wikipedian is a citizen of the Republic of India.

This user is proud to be a Malayalee.

This user lives at or hails from Chennai (Madras).

Age and Experience

45YThis Wikipedian was born on 5 December 1978 and is 45 years, 4 months, and 27 days old.

This user has been on Wikipedia for 15 years, 6 months and 16 days.

Time Zone

This user's time zone is IST (UTC+05:30).

Languages Known

en-5This user can contribute with a professional level of English.	ml-4മലയാളത്തില്‍ മാതൃഭാഷയിലെന്നവണ്ണം പ്രാവീണ്യമുള്ള വ്യക്തി.	hi-5इस सदस्य को हिन्दी भाषा का उन्नत स्तर का ज्ञान है।	sa-2एष उपयोजकः माध्यमिकेन संस्कृतेन लेखितुं शक्नोति।
ka-1ამ მომხმარებელს შეუძლია წვლილი შეიტანოს ქართული ენის ცოდნის ელემენტარულ დონეზე.	ta-1இந்தப் பயனாளர் தமிழில் அடிப்படையான அளவில் பங்களித்து உதவமுடியும்.

Interests (computing)

This user contributes using Debian GNU/Linux.

This user identifies with hacker culture.

This user supports free software.

Interests/Hobby(Non Computing)

This user is a participant in the WikiProject Philately.

Personal Faith

This user believes in civility and assuming good faith.

This user is a Christian.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Christianity.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject
Christianity in India.

Wikipedia Project Affiliations 1

This user is a member of
WikiProject India.

This user is a Malayali and contributes to WikiProject Kerala.

This user is a Malayali.

This user is a WikiKnight,
valiantly protecting the Five Pillars of Wikipedia.

Vivekvc is a participant in WikiProject Computer Security.

Wikipedia Project Affiliations 2

This user is a participant in the
Computer networking
task force.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Computing.

CSThis user is a participant in WikiProject Computer science.

This user is a member of the
Counter-Vandalism Unit.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Spam.

WVSThis user is interested in
studying vandalism.

tyop
typoThis user is a member of the
Wikipedia Typo Team.

Wikipedia Project Affiliations 3

This user participates in WikiProject Mumbai.

IRC Contact Information

This user's IRC nick is Vivek on the server irc.Libera.chat. This user's IRC nick is Vivek on the server irc.oftc.net. This user's IRC nick is Vivek on the server irc.foss-india.org.