CURRICULUM VITAE of
Prashil P Gareeb

 

1.       PERSONAL PARTICULARS

 

            FIRST NAMES                                    Prashil Pravin

 

            SURNAME                                          Gareeb

 

            RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS                  365 Annet Drive

                                                          Reservoir Hills

                                                          DURBAN

                                                          KwaZulu-Natal

                                                          Republic of South Africa

                                                          4091

 

            CONTACT NUMBER                         +27 (72) 326-1065

 

            POSTAL ADDRESS                            365 Annet Drive

                                                          Reservoir Hills

                                                          DURBAN

                                                          4091

 

            E-MAIL ADDRESS                            [email protected]

 

            URL                                              http://www.geocities.com/pgareeb/ or…

                                                        http:/engineering.udw.ac.za/coe/ or…

 http:/civileng.udw.ac.za/ppginternet/

 

 

            IDENTITY NUMBER                          810219 5046 08 7

 

            DATE OF BIRTH                                19 February 1981

 

            SEX                                                     Male

 

            AGE                                                    22˝

 

            PARENTS                                           Pravin Rajmun Gareeb, Prathika Amer Gareeb

 

            NATIONALITY                                    South African

 

            MARITAL STATUS                             Single

 

            HEALTH                                             Excellent

 

            HOME LANGUAGES                        English, Hindi

 

            OTHER LANGUAGES                       Afrikaans

 

            CRIMINAL OFFENCES                     None

 

            DRIVER’S LICENCE                          Code 08, Manual

 

 

2.       FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS

 

            2.1       SCHOOL EDUCATION

 

 

                        SCHOOL ATTENDED:       Reservoir Hills Secondary School

 

                        QUALIFICATION:              Matriculation Exemption (Grade XII)

 

                        AGGREGATE:                    A” (80% +)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            2.2       TERTIARY EDUCATION

 

 

                        INSTITUTION:                           University of Durban-Westville

 

                        DEGREE:                                    BSc Engineering (Electrical) Light Current

 

                        YEAR OF QUALIFICATION:     2003

 

                        CLASS OF DEGREE:                 > 68 % (Upper Second Class)

 

 

 

 

 

                        POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION:

 

                        INSTITUTION:                           University of Durban-Westville

 

                        DEGREE:                                    MSc Engineering (Telecommunications and Information Technology)

 

 

DISSERTATION TOPIC:            Comparative Study of Available Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Standards to Ensure Interoperability and Cost Effectiveness in South African Networks

 

                        YEAR OF COMPLETION:          2004/5

 

** As at November 2003

 


          3.       INFORMAL EXPERIENCE / AFFILIATIONS

 

3.1             Voluntary assistant at Procurement and Stores Control Department at University of Durban-Westville and administrative duties.

 

3.2             Senior developer / project manager for Quiz®, online assessment software used by the University of Durban-Westville. Successfully implemented by the Department of Transport, Province of KwaZulu-Natal in May 2003.

 

3.3             Appointed by Professor Peter Utting to develop software for the Faculty of Engineering in respect of creation and update of a database of information.

 

3.4             Student Assistant to the Faculty of Engineering IT Systems Manager.

 

3.5             Accepted into the Centre of Excellence in Rural Telecommunications Postgraduate Programme, sponsored by Telkom SA Limited to complete MSc degree in Telecommunications and Information Technology by 2004/5.

 

3.6             Member – South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (September 2003).

 

3.7             Candidate Engineer – Engineering Council of South Africa (application pending).

 

 

4.      SUMMARY OF NON-FORMAL EXPERIENCE / GENERAL ACHIEVEMENTS

 

¨      Selected to participate in the Reservoir Hills Gifted Child Education Programme (1991-1993).

 

¨      Head Boy and Good Fellowship Award Recipient – Pemary Ridge Primary School, Deputy Head Prefect – Reservoir Hills Secondary School.

 

¨      Participated and credited in the various Olympiads / Examinations / Seminars held at Primary and Secondary school levels.

 

¨      Co-Founder / Editor: Kry~Z – Reservoir Hills Secondary School Newspaper.

 

¨      Proficient in various programming languages, namely, Turbo Pascal, C++, Visual Basic, (D)HTML, JavaScript, VBScript, MASM, Matlab, various Electrical Engineering Software, etc and operating systems, high level software, namely, DOS, Windows 9x, 20xx, NT, XP, MS Office, FrontPage, WordPerfect, Linux (RedHat), etc.

 

¨      Developed software for Integrated Management Solutions (IMSOL) for Auto-Notification Security System via GSM modem at control room.

 

¨      Student Demonstrator – Engineering Computing (2001, 2002, 2003), Software Engineering (2001, 2002, 2003), Modelling and Simulation (2002). Marked Engineering Computing examination paper (June 2003 – 250 students).

 

¨      Appointed by the Centre of Education and Enterprise Development (CEED) – a non-governmental organisation – to create Case Management Study for database management of student and information in Visual Basic and SQL Server.

 

¨      Received Merit Awards from Telkom SA LTD Study Schemes Division for third and fourth year University examination results in 2002 and 2004.

 

 

¨      Engineered and maintained homepage of Centre of Excellence, UDW and Rajputs Video, DVD and Pizza.

 

 

 

Copies of Certificates of Achievement / Merit and

Letters of Recommendation available for reference purposes.

 

5.       INTERESTS AND HOBBIES

 

5.1             Reading.

5.2             Computer programming / etcetera.

            5.3       Computer gaming, software, etc.

5.4       Cricket, rugby, etc.

5.5             Listening to music, watching television, exploring the Internet, etc.

 

 

6.       REFERENCES

 

6.1              PROFESSOR P UTTING      –    Professor of Engineering

              UNIVERSITY OF DURBAN-WESTVILLE

              Private Bag X54001,

              DURBAN, 4000

              ( (031) 204-4571

 

6.2             PROF TJ AFULLO   –   Professor / Manager (Centre of Excellence, UDW)

UNIVERSITY OF DURBAN-WESTVILLE

Private Bag X54001,

DURBAN, 4000

( (031) 204-4008

 

6.3             MR NK CHETTY –    IT Systems Manager - Faculty of Engineering

     UNIVERSITY OF DURBAN-WESTVILLE

     Private Bag X54001,

     DURBAN, 4000

     ( (031) 204-4694

 

6.4             MR ER SHAIK   –   Managing Member:

                            TRADECO WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS cc.

                      and TREASURER - Reservoir Hills Community Police Forum

                            101 Westville Road,

                            WESTVILLE, 3630

                                               ( (031) 266-4265

 

6.5             MR IB SEWPAUL    –   Managing Member

     SEWPAUL’S CARTAGE AND HIRING SERVICES

     PO Box 215

     KWADUKUZA, 4450

     ( (032) 551-4336

 

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