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Vijaya Lakshmi Venkatraman aka Viji is an expert in Software Development. She loves developing applications, troubleshooting and fixing critical issues. She is a strong believer in continuous learning ... and loves interacting with tech/open source communities. She is a go-getter who can make an idea become a reality.

Her second innings after a break of about 2.5 years has been incredible. She has been recognized as one of the top 2% of her organization's talent pool.
She has also worn multiple hats to contribute to betterment of women in underrepresented domains such as Opensource and Cybersecurity:
1) she served as a mentor in Open Source Day (OSD) by Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC), which is one of the biggest tech events for women in the world
2) she is a part of the core committee to review talks that will be presented at GHC & a part of the organizing committee of OSD 2023.
3) She is also a member of the Women in Cyber global committee at ISC2's non-profit wing.
She believes that her break helped her up skill in areas she otherwise would not have explored and her role as a mother has improved her commitment & perseverance.
Her track record is proof that women can have a great comeback and contribute back to the community if provided a chance to prove themselves.

She possesses a variety of technical skills - C# .NET, Java/Spring Boot, Agile (Scrum), Python, SQL. She is excellent at public speaking & considered as an Idea box by her colleagues.

Connect with Viji to talk about Women in Technology, Returnships, MOOCs, Tamil, Opensource, Parenting or just anything !