Vishal Makkar is our Student of the Month for July 2009. Vishal is a student of the Diploma in Cyber Law course conducted by Asian School of Cyber Laws.
Even as a child, Vishal was special. He was awarded the “District Child Scientist Award” by the Haryana Vigyan Manch. Later, Vishal also won ‘Rashtrapati Award’ (President Scout Award) by ‘The Bharat Scouts & Guides, National Headquarters, New Delhi’ (signed by the then President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam).
Vishal, who is now an Associate Engineer with 3i Infotech, started his career by securing 3rd position in Sprint (C++ programming event) at Sankalan 2008, the Annual Technical Festival organized by Delhi University Computer Science Society.
Some of his favorites are:
Color: Black
Food: Anything spicy and hygienic
Drink: Slice, Lemon Tea
Actors: None in particular; actually I like the characters played by actors more
Smell: ‘Petrichor’ (The pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell)
Movies: A Wednesday, Anand, Bawarchi, Chak De! India, DDLJ, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Namaste London, Onkara, Rang De Basanti, Taare Zameen Par, The Legend of Bhagat Singh… And many more!
TV Shows: Jaayka India Ka (NDTV India), various shows on NDTV, CNBC, Discovery, NatGeo and Fox History & Entertainment
Books: Five Point Someone, The Google Story, Tech Magazines (CHIP, PCWorld, Digit etc.)