Jayakumar Sadhasivam
Assistant Director, Career Development Centre (CDC) at Vellore Institute of Technology
Tamil Nadu, India
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Top SchoolJayakumar Sadhasivam is an education-focused technology leader with over 15 years driving tech talent development and 12 years of direct higher-education experience at VIT, now serving as Assistant Director of the Career Development Centre and Associate Professor. He has supported 20,000+ students annually through certification programs, built 40+ global industry partnerships, and pioneered GitHub Classroom usage with 500+ student repositories to scale practical learning. A PhD researcher in machine learning for education, he blends AI-driven placement optimization with industry-aligned curriculum design to create immediate career pathways for graduates. Longstanding Mozilla Reps engagement and leadership of large technical festivals reflect deep open-source community building and student mentorship chops beyond the classroom. He also coordinates major vendor programs (CISCO, AWS) and internship certification at scale, demonstrating rare operational expertise in certifying and placing large cohorts. Open to research collaborations and EdTech partnerships, he pairs academic rigor with product-minded implementation to accelerate employability.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Government Higher Secondary School, GudiyathamPost Graduate Diploma, Cyber Security, Post Graduate Diploma, Cyber Security at Annamalai UniversityDoctorate; PhD, Machine Learning in the Education Domain (MOOC), Doctorate; PhD, Machine Learning in the Education Domain (MOOC) at Vellore Institute of Technology
Github Skills (4)
pdo9
php7
mysql5
javascript4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
iamjayakumars/iamjayakumars.github.io
Apr 2014 - Dec 2022
Contributions:50 commits, 22 pushes in 8 years 9 months
javascript
iamjayakumars/Python-Programs
Mar 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:5 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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