Akash Kakkar
Technical Manager at HCLTech
New Delhi, Delhi, India
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Top SchoolAkash Kakkar is a Technical Manager with over a decade of hands-on experience specializing in digital accessibility, developer leadership, and Generative AI integration. He has led accessibility programs and remediation for major clients including Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and ServiceNow, and holds IAAP CPWA and Section 508 Trusted Tester certifications with deep knowledge of WCAG and international standards. Equally comfortable shipping front-end fixes (notably improving ARIA and semantic HTML in open-source projects like selfoss) and architecting AI-enhanced workflows, he blends practical engineering in C#, .NET, React and mobile platforms with prompt engineering and LLM fine-tuning. A practiced mentor and consultant, he drives cross-functional teams from estimation through delivery while advocating inclusive design and emerging tech adoption. Based in New Delhi, he also brings Linux server administration and formal training experience, reflecting a rare mix of classroom teaching, enterprise delivery, and open-source contribution.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Advance Information and Technology Diploma, Diploma, Advance Information and Technology Diploma at NIITUniversity of DelhiDiploma, Advance Information and Technology Diploma, Diploma, Advance Information and Technology Diploma at AICBDiploma, CCC Diploma, Diploma, CCC Diploma at DOACCC
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (21)
accessibility10
javascript10
acc10
accessibilityservice10
css10
ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
html10
acessibility10
site-design9
website-design9
rss-reader7
firebase-cloud-messaging6
firebase6
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
fossar/selfoss
Sep 2019 - Oct 2019
multipurpose rss reader, live stream, mashup, aggregation web application
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer / Accessibility Specialist
Front-end Developer / Accessibility SpecialistContributions:35 commits, 8 PRs, 180 comments in 19 days
Contributions summary:Akash focused on improving the accessibility and user interface of the selfoss application. Their commits primarily addressed accessibility issues by modifying HTML and CSS to include ARIA attributes, semantic HTML, and list structures for navigation elements. They also refactored and improved the styling of UI elements.
live-streamrssmultipurposeaggregationrss-reader
akash07k/official_devices
Oct 2022 - Dec 2023
#KeepEvolving
Contributions:72 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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