Resume
Education
2017 – Present Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Visual Arts, University of California, Berkeley, California
2015 - Present Art classes at University of California, Berkeley, California
2014 Oil Painting Class, Pune, India
2008 Oil Painting Workshop, Renaissance Gallery, Pune, India
1997 - 2001 Bachelor of Engineering(B.E), Electronics and Telecommunication, Cummins College, Pune, India
1992 - 1994 Training (after school) for Elementary and Intermediate Drawing State Exams, Pune India
Awards
2024 Merit Award, Pleasanton Art League, Pleasanton, California
2024 People’s Choice Award, Hayward Arts Council, Hayward, California
2018 Scholarship, University of California Berkeley (Extension), Berkeley, California
2000 Flower Arrangement Competition Award, Verve, Pune, India
1993 Rangoli Competition Award, St. Joseph’s High School, Pune, India
1992 Scholarship in Arts, St. Joseph’s High School, Pune, India
Exhibitions
2024 Pleasanton Art League Fall Member’s 17th Exhibit, Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, California
2024 DAC – Botanicals Art Circuit, Dublin, California
2024 Art for Change - ERG Charity Art Gallery, Intuit, Mountain View, California
2024 Dublin Arts Collective Members Show, Dublin, California
2024 HAC Summer Show, City Hall, Hayward, California
2024 TVNPA’s Common Point Nonprofit Center, Livermore, California
2024 Healing Spaces, John Muir Health Auxiliary Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
2024 AAIP Month Celebration ART Walk, Hayward, California
2024 Imagination Expressed 2024, Museum on Main, Pleasanton, California
2024 Something Minimal, 2024 HAC Member’s Exhibition, Hayward, California
2021 7th International Phone-Ography Competition Exhibition, Huntington, New York
2020 Mt. Si Artist Guild 2020 Art Show (Virtual), Snoqualmie, Washington State
2019 Imagination Expressed 2019, Museum on Main, Pleasanton, California
2018 Pleasanton Art League Fall Member’s Exhibit, Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, California
Bibliography
2019 Andrew Guest, “Voices Blog”, UC Berkeley Extension, March 21, 2019,
https://voices.berkeley.edu/art-and-design/making-art-matters
Jeremy Walsh, Pleasanton Weekly, January 18, 2019, “Imagination Expressed 2019” exhibition coverage
with artwork photograph
Design Experience
2024 Book Cover Design, Jaap Saheb
2023 Book Cover Design, Bachitra Natak
2021 Book Cover Design, Zafarnamah
2002 Product Logo Design, Smart Range, Infotech Resources Ltd., Pune, India
1998 Company Logo Design, Infotech Resources Ltd., Pune, India
Work Experience
2021 – Present Staff Technical Program Manager, Intuit Inc., Mountain View, California
2015 to 2021 Sr. Technical Project Manager, Persistent Systems Inc., Santa Clara, California
2004 to 2014 Quality Engineer / Project Lead / Project Manager, Persistent Systems Ltd., Pune, India
2001 to 2004 Research and Development Engineer, Infotech Resources Ltd., Pune, India