Thejesh GN
Visiting Faculty Member at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Top SchoolThejesh GN is a seasoned technologist and CTO based in Bengaluru with 15+ years building products, engineering teams, and open-source projects across education, civic tech, and startups. He co-founded and chairs DataMeet, India’s largest open-data and data-science community, and has a long track record of founding data initiatives like OpenBangalore and AskYourGovt.in that bridge public data to civic action. At Peppo he leads product and technical strategy, while earlier roles at NPTEL/Google, NextDrop and Infosys reflect deep experience in scalable web platforms and MOOC infrastructure. A hands-on developer and data engineer, he contributes spatial datasets and documentation to datameet/maps, underpinning civic mapping efforts across India. He’s an active hacker, teacher and conference speaker who blends practical engineering with advocacy for open internet and social-sector impact. Beyond titles, he’s notable for turning fragmented public data into reusable tools and communities that sustain long-term civic engagement.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelore of Engineering, Electronics and Communication, Bachelore of Engineering, Electronics and Communication at Visvesvaraya Technological UniversityBE, Engineering in Electronics and Communication, BE, Engineering in Electronics and Communication at BTL ITM
English, Kannada, Hindi
Stackoverflow
1,108reputation
505kreached
20answers
13questions
Github Skills (15)
shapefile10
geospatial10
data-integration10
data-cleaning9
data-management8
cron6
browser6
php6
javascript6
dom6
captcha6
usability6
python6
security6
java6
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
datameet/maps
Sep 2016 - May 2022
Repository for all spatial data.
Role in this project:
Data Engineer
Data EngineerContributions:29 commits, 7 PRs, 18 pushes in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Thejesh's contributions primarily involve adding and updating spatial data related to Indian constituencies. This includes importing and integrating data from external sources (ECI website). The user also worked on creating and maintaining documentation for the project. The user’s work directly supports the project's goal of providing spatial data.
spatial-dataopendatageospatialdatameet
thejeshgn/pyg2fa
Jun 2012 - Dec 2016
Contributions:1 release, 7 commits, 4 pushes in 4 years 6 months
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