Vikas Kamat's Home Page
Page First Online: May 26, 2000
Page Last Updated: August 20, 2024
Vikas Kamat
- Personal: I was born in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India to Jyotsna and Krishnanand Kamat. I was raised in Honavar, Uttara Kannada, and in Bangalore, both in the state of Karnataka, India. I am married to Hiryoung Kim Kamat; we have a daughter and dog.
- Education: Boy's Model School -Honavar, New English School -Honavar,
M.E.S. College - Bangalore, Vidya Vardhaka School -Bangalore, S.J.C.E. -
Mysore, and U.A.B in Birmingham,
AL, USA
- Hobbies: Traveling, personal computing, letter writing, and picture
post card collecting. I co-host the Kamat's Potpourri
site and serve as its editor. I like to sketch, paint, and make collages.
- Languages: I can speak English, Kannada, Konkani, some Hindi and Korean.
- Projects on hand: Developing software and tools to make the Internet more academic, and more picture-intensive; development of Kamat House of Pictures.
- Skill Summary: Over twelve years of
computer programming experience of which over
five years in various leadership roles and in organization
building; over twenty years of
marketing experience (I sold clothes when nine years old. See a picture of our cloth shop
in Sellers... and
read my tips on How to buy a
Saree and child labor)
- Research Interests: Alleviation of Poverty, Ancient/medieval history of India, Large scale
content management, Making the Web more scholarly and
academic.
- Favorite Books: Read brief reviews of my all time favorite
books on India.
- Even More Information: About Me
- Contact Info: via email: (preferred)
See Also:
- Kamat Family Album -- Pictures of my family
- Kamat Colophon
- AnthoBLOGy -- my (almost) daily updated blog
- Link to my Master's Thesis (glad someone is archiving them!)
- My Resume (needs a refresh)
- My Facebook Page