Ex. Scientist, Government of India. Certified Blockchain Expert & Member Blockchain Council.

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Prashant Sharma

(Founder and CEO)

As the founder and CEO of CODER EDGE TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD., I lead a team of software developers and engineers who provide innovative solutions for blockchain analysis and development. I have a passion for exploring the potential of blockchain technology and its applications in various domains, such as governance, finance, security, and social impact.

I have over 23 years of working experience in the IT industry, including 12 years as a scientist and senior system analyst at the National Informatics Centre, MeitY, where I handled several crucial tasks and projects for the Government of India. I am a certified blockchain expert and a member of the Blockchain Council, a global community of blockchain professionals and enthusiasts. I also have skills in XML, Linux, and other programming languages and tools.

Licenses & certifications

Certified Blockchain Expert

Blockchain Council
Issued Jul 2022

Certificate of Membership

Blockchain Council
Issued Dec 2021 · Expired Dec 2022

Experience

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

CODER EDGE TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD
Jun 2022 - Present

Handled several crucial tasks like General Parliamentary Elections as Nodal Officer IT performing duties as IT task management, procurement, training, presentations, implementation and software development, promotion and monitoring.
Nodal Officer IT in Disaster Management during Pandemic managing smooth IT services during lockdown, Surveillance and tracking, management of migratory labors, drug allocation, hospital bed management and oxygen management using Information Technology, Pandemic Control Room incharge.
Land Record Computerization a mammoth task to digitize 30 lakh records.
IT service penetration upto village level.
Training, recruitment, project planning, operations, government tenders, contract manage, working with third party agencies to accomplish the projects on time.
Awarded Best performing officer in Elections simultaneously for two years 2019-2020.
Ensured IT connectivity with close cooperation with private players during disaster situations like flood, riots and social-unrest. Developed District Grievance Management System which got replicated in 15 districts across Gujarat.
Worked in very close coordination with several departments to implement IT project at mass level. Worked with BBNL and CSC to provide fiber connectivity across 600 villages working as Nodal Officer.
Event management at Nodal Officer for live telecast and two-way communications.
Training on Cyber Security in finance sector.Handled several crucial tasks like General Parliamentary Elections as Nodal Officer IT performing duties as IT task management, procurement, training, presentations, implementation and software development, promotion and monitoring. Nodal Officer IT in Disaster Management during Pandemic managing smooth IT services during lockdown, Surveillance and tracking, management of migratory labors, drug allocation, hospital bed management and oxygen management using Information Technology, Pandemic Control Room incharge. Land Record Computerization a mammoth task to digitize 30 lakh records. IT service penetration upto village level. Training, recruitment, project planning, operations, government tenders, contract manage, working with third party agencies to accomplish the projects on time. Awarded Best performing officer in Elections simultaneously for two years 2019-2020. Ensured IT connectivity with close cooperation with private players during disaster situations like flood, riots and social-unrest. Developed District Grievance Management System which got replicated in 15 districts across Gujarat. Worked in very close coordination with several departments to implement IT project at mass level. Worked with BBNL and CSC to provide fiber connectivity across 600 villages working as Nodal Officer. Event management at Nodal Officer for live telecast and two-way communications. Training on Cyber Security in finance sector.

Scientist - 'C' / Senior System Analyst

National Informatics Centre, MeitY
Feb 2019 - May 2022

Handled several crucial tasks like General Parliamentary Elections as Nodal Officer IT performing duties as IT task management, procurement, training, presentations, implementation and software development, promotion and monitoring.
Nodal Officer IT in Disaster Management during Pandemic managing smooth IT services during lockdown, Surveillance and tracking, management of migratory labors, drug allocation, hospital bed management and oxygen management using Information Technology, Pandemic Control Room incharge.
Land Record Computerization a mammoth task to digitize 30 lakh records.
IT service penetration upto village level.
Training, recruitment, project planning, operations, government tenders, contract manage, working with third party agencies to accomplish the projects on time.
Awarded Best performing officer in Elections simultaneously for two years 2019-2020.
Ensured IT connectivity with close cooperation with private players during disaster situations like flood, riots and social-unrest. Developed District Grievance Management System which got replicated in 15 districts across Gujarat.
Worked in very close coordination with several departments to implement IT project at mass level. Worked with BBNL and CSC to provide fiber connectivity across 600 villages working as Nodal Officer.
Event management at Nodal Officer for live telecast and two-way communications.
Training on Cyber Security in finance sector.

Scientist - 'B'

National Informatics Centre, MeitY
May 2014 - Feb 2019

Worked as District Informatics Officer. Assisting State Government Officials for IT. Assisting more than 60 departments managing IT related operations upto village level consisting roughly 2000 different level of computer experts. Developed projects like Employee Works Management System, which got replicated in more than 16 divisions across India. Project got applauded in several IT related international Award Categories Like Manthan Awards South Aisa-Pacific, PMAWARD for public service, UN best practice award.
Worked with State Government and Bank officials extensively for smooth shift from traditional money to digital money during De-Monetization. Mehsana District Become first district in Gujarat with complete digital payment options at 100% government offices. Project include several tasks like training, infrastructure, coordination, policy changes, on-boarding and several innovations.

Scientific Officer - SB

National Informatics Centre, MeitY
Oct 2009 - May 2014

Worked as DIO / Scientific Officer / Engineer-SB (Programmer) in NIC- Mehsana district. The job responsibility includes various work profile in the domain of IT. Job responsibilities are as follows:

  • Managing all Information Technology requirement of mehsana district.
  • Developing .NET application for collector office mehsana that includes system analysis, development, training, and maintenance.
  • Implementing IT projects developed by NIC-NHQ delhi, NIC-SHQ gandinagar (Gujarat), that includes collecting information from users at ground level, system analysis, implementation, training, and maintenance.
  • Managing IT part of many mega events of government of Gujarat, as annual providing IT support at ‘Annual Chintan Shibir’ and other programs.
  • Nodal Officer for Social Economic and Caste Census-2011.
  • Implemented IT solution (VAHAN) for Road Transport Office of all north Gujarat districts that includes implementation of hardware-software, training, and maintenance.
  • Management of Network services in all government offices of mehsana district.

Achievements:

  • Developed Bootlegger Information System for Office of Superintendent of Police, Mehsana. Project got appreciated by home ministry of Gujarat government.
  • Developed SMS based File & Application Management System for Mehsana district. Project published in national news daily like ‘Indian Express’.
  • Developed District Grievance Management System for Collector Office Mehsana. Project appreciated by Hon. Chief Minister Mehsana, as it can keep track of genuine and false complaint makers.
  • Developed Employee Work Management System for Collector Office, mehsana. Project appreciated by Hon. Chief Minister Gujarat, Hon. Revenue minister of Gujarat, various independent organizations like beauro varitaus. Implemented at other states like Collector Office Poonch – Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation.
  • Successfully provided IT facility at biggest annual 3-day event ‘Chintan Shibir’.

Software Developer

Communicator SDK

Technology: C++/Socket/Windows/XML-RPC/TCP
This SDK provides APIs to send and receive application specific messages using XML-RPC protocol. The SDK is working as a communicator engine in ‘THE REAL DEAL’ game played at casino ‘The Venetian, Los Vegas’.

Anti-virus web service

Technology: C++/Windows DCOM/gSOAP
Operating System: Windows
A gSOAP based three tire system, which works as DCOM web-service. This web-service helps the client to scan all incoming faxes to virus-scan automatically. Here developed a whole server-farm, which automatically load balance all incoming requests and ensure best scanning timing with highest reliable scanning. Whole architecture was based on DCOM system, which receives all incoming request as XML-RPC and process similar results. This system is working at data center of Concord technologies, Canada.

Anti-virus web service

Technology: C++/Windows DCOM/gSOAP
Operating System: Windows
A gSOAP based three tire system, which works as DCOM web-service. This web-service helps the client to scan all incoming faxes to virus-scan automatically. Here developed a whole server-farm, which automatically load balance all incoming requests and ensure best scanning timing with highest reliable scanning. Whole architecture was based on DCOM system, which receives all incoming request as XML-RPC and process similar results. This system is working at data center of Concord technologies, Canada.

VALIDNUMBER.COM

Technology: C++ / Linux CentOS / ASTERISK / AMAZON WEB SERVICES / Apache-ANT / Nagios Monitoring / Apache Runtime Library
Operating System: Linux CentOS
This project was based for VoIP based telephony system. The project was designed to provide service to customer to call each other using very less charges.

Linux Shell scripts

Developed various shell scripts that allows user perform various tasks related with the project like handling sub-versioning system, compilation, project versioning, creating installer using Apache-ANT etc. These scripts were executed on ‘RightScale’ servers to automatically create validnumber servers on Amazon Web Servers.

IpListGen

A open-source server side component, which works as a back-end system to update other components for new customer added in the project validnumber.

PstnValidate

A open-source server which works as a back-end system to call outside world number picked from database and made some validations. It works on Asterisk open-source system to make SIP calls