About

Tarun Kumar is a highly motivated and enthusiastic student with a passion for learning and making mistakes. He believes that every mistake is an opportunity to learn and grow, and he approaches each challenge with an open mind and a positive attitude. Currently, Tarun is working as a Google Summer of Code participant at Google, where he is leading the Meilix road block project. This project involves resolving all the major roadblocks of the Meilix Linux custom distribution to put it into a productive stage. One key unresolved issue is to migrate the distribution from a 32 Bit to 64 Bit system and associated live boot kernels. Tarun has been working tirelessly to solve these issues and has made significant progress towards achieving his goals. In the past, Tarun has worked as a Google Summer of Code participant at Google in 2017, where he designed a Linux Distro based on a platform to achieve certain requirements. The distro was based on Meilix (lubuntu) and had certain features, especially for events. The distro was user-friendly, light-weight with LXQt desktop. He also worked as a mentor at Google Code-In at fossasia. Tarun has a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from IIT and a Full Stack Web Development Certification from Free Code Camp. He also completed his intermediate studies in Physics, Chemistry, and Maths from St. Xavier's Higher Sec. School. With 4.78 years of relevant experience, Tarun is a highly skilled and knowledgeable individual who is always eager to learn and grow. He is a great team player and has excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Tarun is passionate about technology and is committed to making a positive impact in the field of computer software engineering.