Experienced and focused blogger/writer looking to make a mark in the professional writing space. Background includes extensive work in entertainment and technology news reporting and analysis.
Covered news related to Android. Reviewed Android apps and devices. Covered events like AppFest 2013 (IIM, Ahmedabad) and organised Android developer conferences like Nitrodroid (2013, Goa) DroidSync (2014, Mumbai).
Handled marketing for the company, including client meetings and other similar interactions.
Tried out for the Staff Writer position at androidheadlines.com, one of the top Android news sites worldwide, which features in Google News, and has millions of pageviews per month. Didn't continue with the job for long because there were some scheduling conflicts at the time.
Covered Pokemon Go related news since the inception of the site, until its closure.
Covering news for one of the most popular Game of Thrones online news portals.
Write entertainment/technology and other features for a fortnightly print magazine based in Goa.
Wrote analytical pieces/listicles about cinema for one of the fastest growing movie news portals. Didn't continue with the job for long because the ratio of quality of work to the payment being offered was very poor.
Part of a team of professional writers for a on-demand content writing service.
News editor for a new media venture with a focus on pop culture news and features.
Staff writer on probationary period for one of the biggest technology reading sources online, with over 15 million active readers per month.
Dropped out in 2017.
DoB :- 11th February 1995
Have undertaken a lot of ghostwriting and a few translation/transcription projects.
Member of Antruz Ghudyo, a cultural organization working towards the development of youth and the Konkani language in Goa, since 2011
Executive Committee Member 2015 - 2017
Vice-President 2017 - present
Ran a Facebook fan page from 2010-11, for a Disney Channel star named Tara Sutaria. The page had over 25,000 likes. Was personally contacted by the star herself, who appreciated the page very much. Since then, ran the page with her consent for a while before she decided she wanted an exit from social media, thereby leading to the closure of the page.
Three time winner of a tech quiz named ‘Gadget Guru’, organized at Technosangram, an event of the Electronics and Telecommunications Department of Goa Engineering College.