Summary
Kaustabh Barman is an Associate Researcher and seasoned IT specialist with around 10 years of hands-on experience spanning C++, Java, Linux system administration, and web API development. Based in Berlin, he blends academic research and practical engineering—his recent work focuses on Self-Sovereign Identity for verifiable higher-education credentials with T-Systems and EBSI. He has moved between startups, freelance engagements and research institutes (including TU Berlin and Zuse Institute), bringing both product-minded development and academic rigor to complex distributed systems. As a former co-founder and frequent freelance programmer, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with a track record of shipping APIs and blockchain-aligned proofs of concept. Comfortable across backend stacks and systems-level tooling, he is skilled at translating institutional requirements into practical, auditable technical solutions.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology, Bachelor's degree, Information Technology at Cluster Innovation Centre, University of Delhi
Master's degree, Information Systems Management, Master's degree, Information Systems Management at Technische Universität Berlin
English, Hindi, Bengali