Resume

Kuldip Kumar Garhwal
99, Girish Ghosh Road, Liluah, Howrah, WB, India
Phone: +91 93399 62799
Email: garhwalk@gmail.com

Objective
A management position in an established international organization that will use and enhance my communication and interpersonal skills, broad management educational qualification and leadership abilities.

Educational Qualifications
Bachelors in Business Administration (BBA) and minor in Advertising and Marketing Communications: December 2005.

• Webster University, Thailand (WUT)
• WUT is the Thailand campus of Webster University, St. Louis, USA. The US and Thailand accredited program includes the full range of BBA courses taught in English by primarily US faculty under the academic supervision and standards of Webster University.
• My courses of note are: Finance, Economics, Accounting, Marketing, Management, International Business, Persuasion and Advocacy, Public Relations, Communications, Creative Strategies and Advertising Production.

Indian School Certificate (ISC) - Intermediate in Commerce: March 2002.

• Don Bosco School Liluah, West Bengal, India.
• The ISC (Year-12) examination is in accordance with 10 plus 2 scheme of school education and is taken after a 2-year course of study beyond the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (Year-10) Examination (ICSE)
• My courses of note are: Economics, Commerce, Accounts, Computer Science, and English.

Diploma in Software Management (Distinction Grade): September 2002.

• Aptech Computer Education, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
• My courses of note are: Web Site, Database, JavaScript, Networking, IT, Java, and VB.

Certified Software Engineer: July 2002.

• Ramakrishna Mission Shilpamandira Computer Center, Belur, West Bengal, India.
• My courses of note are: C++ (OOP), VB, Oracle, MIS, Unix, and HTML.

Work Experience
Pioneer - iPixel Studios: February 2005 to date.

• Founded iPixel as a not-for-profit digital art studio
• Developed web sites as primary service (designing, hosting and maintaining)
• Provided publishing services (newspaper, business card, certificate, poster, and brochure)

Webmaster - www.webster.ac.th: January 2004 to December 2005.

• Redesigned the university web site and collected new/updated information.
• Coordinated brainstorming sessions and meetings with Director, Faculty, Staff and Students.
• Organized web site presentation containing approximately 100 + “pages”.
• Conducted surveys and polls to determine most effective website content.
• Took photographs for web site.

Student Ambassador - Webster University: Summer 2004.

• Responsible for welcoming and first orientation of new students
• Organized transportation.

Web Site Developer and Hardware Engineer - SpaceBoyz: April 2000 to May 2002.

• Led the creation and operation of a new firm providing Web Site development and computer assembling services.
• Designed over 10 full-fledged web sites and assembled more than 25 computers.
• Served as a part of management and consumer relation team.

Extra Curricular Activities
Treasurer - Webster Thailand Student Council (WTSC): March 2005 to December 2005.

• Maintained funds for the WTSC.
• Planned annual budget and kept monthly accounts
• Organized in school as well as community events
• Planned and organized a public relations event - a musical concert for AIDS awareness - that included 11 professional music bands and raised 34,000 baht for the Thai Red Cross Society.

Production Manager - University Newspaper: August 2004 to December 2005.

• Designed new prototype for newspaper in order to reposition community image.
• Responsible for designing and layout
• Printing and distribution.
• Took photographs for the newspaper.

Project Designer - Bangkok Business Challenge 2002: February - March 2003.

• Assisted the Webster team to design competitive business plan and presentation.

Webmaster - WUT News: September 2002 to July 2004

• Created online version of school newspaper (15 issues published)
• Designed more than 300 web pages.

Relevant Skills and Strengths
Computer Literacy

• Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage and Publisher.
• Adobe CS - PhotoShop, Illustrator, Encore DVD and InDesign.
• Macromedia MX - Dream Weaver, Fireworks, and Flash.
• Programming and Database - HTML, JavaScript, Visual Basic, C++, Oracle, and MS Access.

Leadership Skills

• Patrol Leader of DBL Scouts Troop, March 2000 to March 2002.
• Active member of Leadership Training Service, 1997 to 1998.

Languages - Fluent English, Hindi (native tongue), Bengali and Thai (beginner).

Inter-cultural communication, rapid learner, punctual, creative and innovative.

Awards and Recognitions
Team Leader for the WUT’s Team at the Thammasat Undergraduate Business Challenge 2004 (August 17-21)

Ranked among world’s Top 10 Web Sites (http://www.dblpp.org/), in the Invention and Design Contest 2001 organized by Le Tourneau University, USA. Sole winner from India.

Ranked 4th in QuizIT.com 2002 (among all school in Calcutta), organized by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India.

Regional Winner in the Schoolnet Web Site Contest 2001, India.

Interests
Design, photography, volunteer work, cooking, traveling, swimming, cricket, music and movies.

References
Kit Jenkins, Rector, Webster University Thailand, jenkinsk@webster.ac.th

Ajai Randhawa, Head of Business Department, Webster, randhawa@webster.ac.th

Gloria Walker, Head of Media and Communications Department, Webster, walkerg@webster.ac.th

Susan Landfield, International Relations Program Coordinator, Webster, landfies@webster.ac.th

Buddhaporn Srisupawat, Lecturer, Webster, srisupab@webster.ac.th