Ananya Kirti is an Officer Trainee in the Indian Railway Traffic Service with 11 years of professional experience and a B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT Ropar. Based in Delhi, she brings a unique blend of government operations insight and hands-on engineering skills, having contributed as an embedded systems engineer to the popular open-source QMK keyboard firmware—adding custom layouts, LED and encoder support, and a novel "trainpad" layout. Her background suggests a rare combination of systems-level technical expertise and public-sector leadership potential, useful for infrastructure, IoT, and transportation technology projects. Known for practical firmware customizations, she navigates complex, safety-conscious environments while remaining active in collaborative open-source development.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science at Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Contributions:15 reviews, 4 commits, 9 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Ananya primarily contributed to the QMK firmware for keyboards, focusing on the HP69 and Bobpad keyboard layouts. Their work involved adding and modifying keymaps, enabling LEDs, and integrating features such as encoder support. The user's changes modified configuration files and firmware code, demonstrating a focus on customizing keyboard behavior and functionality. They also added support for new keyboard layouts like the trainpad.
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