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<strong>Digital</strong> <strong>Marketing</strong> Educati<strong>on</strong> Program by RMN Company<br />

ANNEX-1<br />

About the Author/Speaker/Presenter –<br />

Rakesh Raman<br />

Rakesh Raman has more than 20 years of experience in the<br />

technology and media markets as a technologist, senior tech journalist,<br />

analyst, and columnist.<br />

These days, he is specializing in <strong>Digital</strong> / New Media including Social<br />

Media communicati<strong>on</strong>s. At present, Rakesh is also working as the<br />

Managing Editor of his company’s global c<strong>on</strong>tent sites: Raman Media<br />

Network, RMN Kids, and RMN <strong>Digital</strong>.<br />

Rakesh has been c<strong>on</strong>ferred the Nati<strong>on</strong>al-level government award <strong>for</strong><br />

his c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> in the field of technology journalism, which has been a<br />

unique distincti<strong>on</strong> in the country. The award was presented to him at<br />

the Republic Day functi<strong>on</strong>.<br />

Besides holding senior editorial positi<strong>on</strong> with top media companies,<br />

Rakesh was writing an exclusive edit-page tech business column<br />

(named Technophile) regularly <strong>for</strong> The Financial Express (a daily business newspaper of The Indian<br />

Express group). The column covered emerging pers<strong>on</strong>al and enterprise technology trends, evoluti<strong>on</strong> in<br />

the digital / new-media business, and technology applicati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>for</strong> digital gaming and film-based<br />

entertainment.<br />

He has anchored nati<strong>on</strong>wide technology events and training programs <strong>for</strong> some of the top local and<br />

internati<strong>on</strong>al companies.<br />

At present, Rakesh is also managing a “Tech-Wise Knowledge Center <strong>for</strong> SMBs” <strong>on</strong> RMN <strong>Digital</strong> site<br />

to provide useful and acti<strong>on</strong>able in<strong>for</strong>mati<strong>on</strong> to small and medium businesses (SMBs) so that they could<br />

benefit from technology deployment in the most efficient and cost-effective way.<br />

Am<strong>on</strong>g other internati<strong>on</strong>al technology c<strong>on</strong>tent projects, he has launched – “Raman’s Tech Tale Series –<br />

Knowledge Stories <strong>for</strong> Children,” a book series aimed to spread technology awareness am<strong>on</strong>g children<br />

through short stories. This work has also found a menti<strong>on</strong> in Bookbird, a journal of internati<strong>on</strong>al children’s<br />

literature, produced by IBBY, the Internati<strong>on</strong>al Board <strong>on</strong> Books <strong>for</strong> Young People.<br />

After doing his M.Sc. and Computer Science orientati<strong>on</strong> from Panjab University, Chandigarh, he has<br />

worked as a software developer <strong>for</strong> about seven years with a couple of leading technology companies at<br />

Mohali, Chandigarh (India).<br />

His areas of interest are c<strong>on</strong>tent and brand communicati<strong>on</strong>s strategy design <strong>for</strong> the upcoming <strong>on</strong>line<br />

virtual worlds and c<strong>on</strong>tent development and management <strong>for</strong> the future Semantic Web.<br />

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