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Hrishikesh Thakkar has a diverse work experience spanning several companies. Hrishikesh started their career as a Software Developer Intern at Roundinfinity Pvt Ltd in 2017 and later interned as a Software Developer at Veoneer in 2018. At Veoneer, they worked on creating a dashboard to represent the state of a Reimbursement Request.

In 2018, Hrishikesh joined the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) as an Executive Member. Hrishikesh also served as the Computer Science Interest Group Coordinator at the Association for Computing Machinery NITK Chapter from 2018 to 2019.

Hrishikesh then worked as a Software Engineer at Visa from 2019 to 2021, focusing primarily on Android App Development for Visa EReceipts. Hrishikesh developed APIs using JPA and Hibernate on SpringBoot and worked on developing Dashboards and Alerts on Splunk for application monitoring.

From 2019 to 2022, Hrishikesh worked as a Software Engineer II at PayPal. Hrishikesh was part of the Negative Balance and Recovery Team, where they developed and deployed Spring Batch Jobs interacting with various stakeholders using Multithreading. Hrishikesh also developed React Js Components for an Internal Tool.

Currently, they are working as a Senior Full Stack Blockchain Engineer at Airstack since 2022.

Hrishikesh Thakkar obtained a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, where they studied from 2015 to 2019. Hrishikesh then pursued a Diploma of Education in Software Development with Blockchain at the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore from 2020 to 2021. Before that, they completed their Middle - High School Diploma in PCM and IP at Delhi Public School - Bangalore South from 2008 to 2015. Hrishikesh'searliest educational experience was in Elementary School at Parsons Elementary School in Atlanta from 2006 to 2008.

In addition to their formal education, Hrishikesh Thakkar has obtained several certifications. Hrishikesh completed a certification in Blockchain and Smart Contracts Security from LinkedIn in August 2022. Hrishikesh also obtained certifications in Application of Blockchain Technologies, Blockchain Fundamentals, Cryptocurrency Essentials, and Cryptocurrencies & Ledgers from eCornell between April 2022 and May 2022. Hrishikesh'searlier certifications include Internal Interviewing from LinkedIn in September 2021, and Blockchain Basics, Blockchain: Learning Solidity, and Java Memory Management from LinkedIn in 2021 and 2020. Hrishikesh also completed a certification in Problem Solving (Basic) from HackerRank in July 2020, and a certification in Writing a Resume from LinkedIn in May 2020. Lastly, they completed the course "Blockchain A-Z Learn How to Build Your First Blockchain" from Udemy, although the specific dates for this certification were not provided.