Somya Ranjan Mahapatra

Somya Ranjan Mahapatra (born Somya ; 28 March 1995), informally referred to as SRM, is an Indian Computer Scientist & inventor. At present, he is Software Developer of Microsoft.
He is best known for his work on Development New Software . His research interests include Wearable Computing, Augmented reality, Ubiquitous computing, Gestural interaction, AI, Machine vision, Collective intelligence and Robotics.World Economic Forum honored Somya as one of the Youngest Global Leader of 2013.
Education and Research
He is from Cuttack, which is situated in Odisha in India. He has Completed "12" Science from the DAV Public School in Odisha.Somya pursuing a Diploma Engineering in Electronics and Tele-Communication from Institute of Textile Technology and Diploma of Certified Ethical Hacker from National Cyber Security Institute, NIC India. Later he was a research assistant
Career
He joined Nokia Research center as the Application Developer in 2010. He introduced Nokia 888 Design Graphin Led Mobile Watch in March 2011 & Currently involved with Project Google Glass
Somya Currently working as a UX Researcher with Microsoft.
Inventions
SRM is best known for his work on UX Design. Among some of his other work, Somya has invented Laser Sensor Mouse- an computer mouse;only pickpocketing
Mouse less- an invisible mouse; A pen that can draw in 3D; and a public map that can act as Google of physical world.
Google Glass - It is a type of wearable technology with an optical head-mounted display (OHMD). It was developed by Google with the mission of producing a mass-market ubiquitous computer. Google Glass displays information in a smartphone-like hands-free format.
Windows 10 - It is an upcoming version of the Microsoft Windows operating system.
Awards & achievements
Somya Ranjan Mahapatra was awarded with :
* Young Global Developer 2013 Award, World Economic Forum.
* Young Indian Innovator 2010 Award, Tech & Learning Magazine.
* 100 Most Creative People of the Year 2010,Creativity 100.
* All India 3rd in open Source Software Contest in Techfest @ MSIDC Hydrabad for DATAG2.03.
* 2nd in Design competition organized by IEEE, India chapter.
* 6th in Creative art competition organized by ISRO.
* CRM2Xero developer award by Microsoft Corporation.
* Selected for project Leader of SYNARIO @ MSR Bangalore.
* 1st in Website designing organize by National informatic Centre

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