Ashok Bakthavathsalam
Managing Director at KG College of Arts and Science (KGCAS)
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Top SchoolAshok Bakthavathsalam is a Coimbatore-based impact entrepreneur and Managing Director with a PhD in Software Engineering and 11 years of hands-on software experience. He leads and governs multiple educational, healthcare and renewable-energy institutions while remaining an active open-source contributor, improving Python recipes and algorithms and fixing full‑stack issues in projects like ActiveState Code, pygorithm and saythanks.io. Bridging strategic leadership and practical engineering, he focuses on code clarity, cross-version compatibility and user-facing improvements. Known as a coffee enthusiast, he combines academic rigor with community‑oriented initiatives to drive sustainable local impact.
11 years of coding experience
Anna University, Chennai
English, Tamil
Github Skills (29)
algorithms10
python10
testing10
data-structure10
data-structures10
merge-sort10
datastructures9
datastructure9
algorithm9
unit-testing9
flask-ask9
flask9
js-modules8
github8
javascripts8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
BlitzKraft/saythanks.io
Mar 2020 - Nov 2022
Spreading Thankfulness in Open Source.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 release, 1 review, 270 commits in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Ashok contributed to the project by fixing bugs, implementing new features, and improving the user interface. They addressed issues related to user authentication, export functionality, and GitHub repository integration. The user also introduced Gitpod files for development and enhanced the user experience through font and code styling modifications. Their work involved both front-end and back-end changes, as indicated by the diverse file modifications.
inboxsaythanksspreading
OmkarPathak/pygorithm
Sep 2017 - Aug 2020
A Python module for learning all major algorithms
Role in this project:Backend Developer & QA Engineer
Backend Developer & QA EngineerContributions:9 commits, 2 PRs, 1 issue in 3 years
Contributions summary:Ashok primarily focused on enhancing the merge sort algorithm within the `pygorithm` repository. They added iterative implementations, integrated testing for the iterative merge sort functionality, and introduced a verbose option. Further contributions include the addition of a feature allowing to retrieve the source code of the iterative sort functions and the refactoring of get_code function.
python-modulepythondata-structurespython3
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