Story of my Life

I always meant to write a narrative description of my life. With pictures, adjectives, and compound sentences...
Alas, composing beautiful prose takes time and skills, and I have neither. Maybe some day in the future I'll do this.

Background

• Full Name: Karthik Govind.
• Date of birth: September 10, 1974.
• Place of Birth: Chennai, INDIA.
• Current Address: Singapore.
• Ethnic Background: Indian Origin.

Important Milestones in My Life

• September 10, 1974 I was born.
• June, 1980 - May 1983 My Primary schooling was at Nehru School in Chennai.
  I completed my Primary school education in 1983. I was admitted to the VCHS School a year before I completed my Primary school education.
• June, 1983 - June 1991 I studied Secondary & Higher Secondary school at VCHS School in Chennai.
  The following can be said about those years:
  • I was one of the best students in my school.
  • May, 1989. I completed my Secondary school education
  • May - June, 1991. I was admitted to the Annamalai University a prestigious University in India.
• July, 1991 - June, 1995 I studied in the Annamalai University, Faculty of Engineering and Technology.
  These years are better described in the professional section of my home page.
  I just want to note some names: Mohan, Karthikeyan M, etc. - these all are my friends, who made the years of studying in Annamalai University much easier for me.
• June, 1992 - June, 1995 I was a student of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Annamalai University. I got my B.Engg. degree in Mechanical Engineering in August, 1995.
• August, 1995 - August, 1998 I was working as a Territory Sales Engineer at Birla Yamaha Ltd. Department of Sales & Service Gensets,. 
• August, 1998 - October, 2000 Learned SAP at Pentafour Software & Exports Ltd., Chennai, INDIA. SAP Department.  Fortunately, not too long. I started on as E-Commerce Consultant, and finally settled on as SAP Consultant. So far, successfully.
  • October, 1998. I joined Pentafour Software & Exports Ltd as SAP SD Consultant.
  • I was one of the SAP SD Consultants implementing SAP in my company and it's customers.
  • Febraury, 2000. I was re-located to Singapore
• Febraury 2000 I moved to Singapore. It was a very hard decision, but I think it is evident now that it was the right one.
• March, 2000 I started as a freelance Software Consultant
  • My first Client was Silicomp Asia Pte. Ltd.
• August, 2000 I became a freelance SAP Consultant
  • August, 2000 The first Client I consulted for SAP was Exxon Mobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
  • I participated in the implemantation of SAP in Exxon Mobil, kicked off by the merger of Two Big Chemical giants Exxon and Mobil to become the FORTUNE No. 1 in 2001.
  • October, 2001 I started consulting for Hewlett Packard - Singapore
  • Part of the SAP Support Team in IT Dept., of Imaging ang Printing Group, Hewlett Packard - Singapore,.
• September, 2003 - present I am consulting for Hewlett Packard - Singapore  IT Dept., of Imaging ang Printing Group.