Hello, I am Arjun Raghunandanan
"Be a proactive and resilient lifelong learner, constantly seeking growth through education, experience, and embracing challenges. I strive to build a financially secure and fulfilling life, balancing meaningful work and achievement, particularly in cutting edge technology, with personal freedom for travel, exploration and continuous self-renewal. My ultimate aim is a happy life defined by purpose, growth, and the freedom to explore the world and my potential."
Vidya Academy of Science and Technology: Attended BTech in Computer Science and Engineering from 2018 to 2022 but could not graduate from it. Did not go back to complete it due to personal reasons.
Volunteered in Google Developer Student Clubs 3 separate times (2019-20 DSCVAST, 2020-21 DSCVAST, 2023 DSC IITM ) & served as Cloud Facilitator for 30 Days of Google Cloud in 2020 Leading 50 Student Completion Milestone.
Vidya Training and Development Centre: Worked as a Marketing & Business Development Consultant ( 2021 - 2022), where I worked in cross functional roles. A mix of maintaining social media branding, designing posters, handling social inquiries, and managing online advertising campaigns. Also served as a Junior Corporate Trainer. Mainly job orders and contracts. Not a Full-Time Employee and some works started while I was in college. While it was a good role, its connection towards the college from where I discontinued from prompted me to leave. Great experience and team, though.
Operated under the name 'AR-DROID Business Solutions' (2018-2022) mainly for part-time freelance gigs, providing digital marketing and business development services to local companies. Not a registered business and did not proceed to grow it past 2022. Did other solo freelance gigs too for individual small scale clients. Skipping on details.
Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organization: Actively participated in social services for 10+ years, including youth activities and various voluntary semi-formal roles such as Samithi Youth In Charge and District IT In Charge for the organization mainly in Thrissur. And Yes, I decided to discontinue my involvement to explore other interests outside of religious activities. Turns out the more you study scientific advancements, technology and literature, the less reliant you are on religious faiths to propell you forward.
Kerala Civil Defense: Got trained in Thrissur Fire Station / Fire Academy and served in 2018, 2019 Kerala Flood rescue activities, Covid pandemic, disaster management activities etc. Was part of the first KCD pass-out batch from Fire and Rescue Academy, Ramavarmapuram. Actively tool part in all activities but since it's mainly voluntary and did not actively contribute to my professional upskilling, it was not worthy of long-term involvement.
In ~2022-2023, I decided to move on from these activities and organizations. Skipping on details as its not relevant.
Spending more time towards my Personal Mission Statement.
Learn, Prepare & Certify :
Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer - Passed
Intel® Certified Developer MLOps Professional - Passed
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate - Now Expired
Google Cloud Certified: Professional ML Engineer - Passed
Google Cloud Certified: Professional Data Engineer - Passed
Spending time self learning via Part-Time Degree, Free Platforms, Research Papers, Discussion Forums, Experimentations.
Upskill in Cloud, Data Science, and Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning. I also recently started diving into Large Language Models, AI-enabled Digital Transformations, AI Ethics, Governance & Safety, Responsible AI Implementation, Evals & Mechanistic Interpretability, (AI-Tech in general).
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First created on 02-July-2023 | Last updated on 04-April-2025
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