Jigisha Gadhia

I strongly abide by the famous quote, “When we stop learning, we stop growing”. In the tenth grade, I was elected as the “School House Captain” which brought with the title, a set of responsibilities. It enhanced the leadership qualities that I discovered when I was the class representative for the preceding two years, in the eighth and ninth grades. The duties bearing this title taught me the management skills required to lead a group of students and address their concerns. This opportunity helped me bridge the gap between students and teachers with different mindsets and opinions.

I learned the basics of coding right from the 10th grade which inspired me to take up the field of Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry for the 11th and 12th grades. Thereafter, based on merit, I attained a seat in B.Tech in the field of Computer Science and Engineering. Besides the courses such as Machine learning, Cloud Computing, and Artificial Intelligence that were offered in the B.Tech course curriculum, I also attended workshops and did certifications on Natural Language Processing, Android Application Development, Network Forensics, and Certified Web Application Penetration Tester. Among the various technologies that I came across, Cloud Computing seemed to be more appealing. I also co-authored and published a paper “A New Scheme for Maximum Utilization of Resources in Load Balancing Algorithms in Cloud Computing Architecture”

During my graduation, I was among the very few people to be selected for “Wipro Talent Next” which was a training on Core Java provided by Wipro Ltd. The training was beneficial as I had a thorough understanding of the concepts of Object-Oriented Programming. I was among the one percent of students to be able to crack the job placement interviews for all the three top multinational corporations namely Wipro, Infosys, and Cognizant. I opted to join Infosys which initially provided me with an internship. I got the opportunity to learn from highly experienced superiors who guided me in expanding the horizon of my knowledge in Python, C Sharp (C#), .Net Framework, and SQL; and I learned to create a full-stack web application using Microsoft .Net Framework. The internship at Infosys brought me accolades wherein, I was declared as a “High Performer” scoring 85 percent which led to a hike in my salary when I joined as a full-time employee. I worked as a Systems Engineer in Infosys. During my term, I was introduced to the corporate culture as an employee where I seized the opportunity and enhanced my technical skills thereby implementing them in solving real-time issues on a large scale.