About Kunal Chowdhury


Kunal Chowdhury is a Microsoft Windows Insider MVP (2021 - 2022), Microsoft MVP (2010 - 2018), Author, and Technical Blogger at kunal-chowdhury.com. - Published by Kunal Chowdhury on .

Kunal Chowdhury is a Microsoft Windows Insider MVP (2021 - 2022), Microsoft MVP (2010 - 2018), Windows 10 Champion, Microsoft India Rockstar, former Telerik Developer Expert, former Codeproject MVP & Mentor, Speaker in various Microsoft events, Author, passionate Blogger and a Software Engineer by profession. He was also a Nokia Developer Champion for his contribution towards Windows Phone and Nokia Lumia.


He is currently working as a Project Lead in an MNC located in Kolkata, India. He has very good skills in XAML, C#, .NET, Silverlight, Windows Phone, WPF, Blend, Visual Studio, and Azure.


He posts his findings in his technical blog: https://www.kunal-chowdhury.com. He is a Platinum Author of CodeProject. He also wrote many articles for the SilverlightShow portal. Many of his articles were highlighted as "Article of the Day" on Microsoft sites. Many community portals awarded him for his technical exposures and contribution towards online/offline activities.

 

 

Award Tags

     DZone MVB (Most Valuable Blogger)     Telerik MVP (Most Valuable Professional)     Codeproject MVP Codeproject Associate Codeproject Mentor


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Publications

Mastering Visual Studio 2017 Windows Presentation Foundation Cookbook Mastering Visual Studio 2019

 

 

Speaking Engagements (Latest on Top)

  1. Agile Day, Kolkata - Scrum in a Nutshell (March 2018)
  2. Digital Summit 2017, Vizag - Building cloud-enabled applications using Windows Azure (December 2017)
  3. Azure MVP Bootcamp, Vizag - Azure App Service and an Introduction to UWP (November 2016)
  4. Xamarin Dev Days, Kolkata - Cloud First, Mobile First with Xamarin and Azure (September 2016)
  5. Chapter Meet, Kolkata - Introduction to the Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform (August 2016)
  6. NASSCOM Hackathon, Kolkata - Getting started with Azure App Service (July 2016)
  7. Kolkata Dev Community Meetup - Building UWP apps using C#/XAML (May 2016)
  8. Chapter Meet, Kolkata - Coding Horrors - How to improve your code quality with Refactoring (May 2016)
  9. Windows Azure Bootcamp, Kolkata - Integration of Azure Mobile Services in UWP apps (April 2016)
  10. Windows Azure Bootcamp, Kolkata - Walk-through of Azure Portal & Azure Analytics (April 2016)
  1. Windows Azure Bootcamp, Kolkata - Azure Mobile Services & its importance in development (April 2016)
  2. A day with Azure, Kolkata - Integration of Mobile Services in Windows Platform (June 2015)
  3. Enterprise Ready Cloud Roadshow, Siliguri - Integration of Azure Mobile Services (June 2015)
  4. Enterprise Ready Cloud Roadshow, Siliguri - Overview of Azure Mobile Services (June 2015)
  5. Cloud OS Roadshow, Bhubaneshwar - Azure Mobile Services (March 2015)
  6. Webcast - What's new in C# 6.0? (March 2015)
  7. DevTech Day, Nepal - Cortana for Windows Phone (September 2014)
  8. Community Day, Kolkata - Building Windows Phone 8.1 with Motion data APIs (August 2014)
  9. //Publish/Kolkata - Building Windows Phone and Store apps (May 2014)
  10. Chapter Meet, Jabalpur - Using Nokia MixRadio APIs in Windows Phone (January 2014)
  1. Community Days, Jabalpur - Speech Recognition and Voice Commands in Windows Phone (November 2013)
  2. Chapter Meet, Jabalpur - Hands-on with Windows Phone app (September 2013)
  3. Chapter Meet, Jabalpur - Getting started with WP app development (August 2013)
  4. Chapter Meet, Jabalpur - Nokia Premium Developer Program overview (August 2013)
  5. Chapter Meet, Jabalpur - Windows 8 Application Development (July 2013)
  6. Windows 8 Developers Day, Jabalpur - Windows 8 App Development with C#/XAML (June 2013)
  7. Developer Conference, Kolkata - Introduction to Telerik Rad Controls (May 2012)
  8. Microsoft Monday, Webcast - LightSwitch for Business Application Development (January 2012)
  9. Developer Conference, Kolkata - Developing Application in Windows Phone 7 (November 2011)
  10. PUG Monthly Meet, Pune - MVVM from Scratch using Silverlight (July 2011)
  11. PUG Monthly Meet, Pune - What's New in Silverlight 5? (June 2011)
  12. Microsoft Imagine Cup, Mumbai - Introduction to Silverlight and XAML (January 2011)
  13. Developer Conference, Pune - Visual Studio LightSwitch Application Development (December 2010)
  14. Virtual Techdays, Webcast - Building Visual Studio LightSwitch Application (November 2010)

 

 

Honors and Awards (Latest on Top)

  • Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (Windows Insiders MVP)

    Microsoft - January 2022

    Received this Windows Insiders MVP award from Microsoft. This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high-quality, real-world expertise with others. It was given by Microsoft Windows Insiders Team to appreciate my outstanding contributions to Windows 10 and Windows 11 for the last few years.


  • Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (Windows Insiders MVP)

    Microsoft - January 2021

    Received this Windows Insiders MVP award from Microsoft. This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high-quality, real-world expertise with others. It was given by Microsoft Windows Insiders Team to appreciate my outstanding contributions to Windows 10 for the last few years.


  • Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP, Windows Development)

    Microsoft - October 2016

    Received this MVP award from Microsoft for the 7th consecutive year. This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high-quality, real-world expertise with others. It was given by Microsoft to appreciate my outstanding contributions in Windows Phone, Silverlight, Windows 10 Store, Azure, and other Windows technical communities for the last few years.


  • Certificate of participation as a MENTOR in a Hackathon

    Microsoft, U.S. Consulate General Kolkata - July 2016

    Participated as a mentor in a 2 day Hackathon on 23rd - 24th July 2016, organized by NASSCOM 10,000 Start-ups in association with Microsoft & U.S. Consulate General Kolkata and received a certificate of participation as a MENTOR in the hackathon event of 130+ attendees.


  • Second Prize Winner in Competition "Best Mobile Article of January 2016"

    CodeProject - February 2016

    One of my articles on "Universal Windows Platform" has been selected as the Winner (Second Prize) of the article writing competition at "The Code Project" for the month of January 2016.


  • Windows 10 Champion

    Microsoft - October 2015

    Here I received the certificate from Microsoft as a “Windows 10 Champion” http://j.mp/1Gf1LBI. Thank you for recognizing my contributions.


  • Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP, Windows Platform Development)

    Microsoft - October 2015

    Received this MVP award from Microsoft for the 6th time in a Row. This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high-quality, real-world expertise with others. It was given by Microsoft to appreciate my outstanding contributions in Windows Phone, Silverlight, and Windows Store technical communities for the last few years.


  • Telerik Developer Expert

    Telerik - January 2015

    The Telerik Developer Expert program recognizes individuals who have a deep understanding of one or more Telerik technologies and take the time to share that knowledge with members of the developer community. These are folks who are speaking at conferences, writing blog posts, contributing to open source projects, or assisting other developers through community forums and sites. Honored to be one of the first 31 developers globally and the very first from India.


  • Certificate of appreciation for Innovate and Think Laterally

    Cognizant Technology Solutions, AXA Belgium - 2014

    Received appreciation from Cognizant and AXA Belgium together for the winner of Innovation Hackathon 2014-2015.


  • Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP, Windows Platform Development)

    Microsoft - October 2014

    Received this MVP award from Microsoft for the 5th time in a Row. This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high-quality, real-world expertise with others. It was given by Microsoft to appreciate my outstanding contributions in Windows Phone, Silverlight, and Windows Store technical communities for the last few years.


  • Recognition as Distinguished Member (Microsoft App Builders Club, India)

    Microsoft - August 2014

    Received certificate of recognition as a "Distinguished Member" of Microsoft App Builders Club in India for the Windows Phone & Windows Store application developments during 2013 - 2014.


  • Telerik Most Valuable Professional (MVP)

    Telerik - July 2014

    Honored with the Telerik MVP Award for the 7th time for my continuous support to the Telerik developers community.


  • Telerik Most Valuable Professional (MVP)

    Telerik - January 2014

    Honored with the Telerik MVP Award for the 6th time for my continuous support to the Telerik developers community.


  • Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP, Client Development)

    Microsoft - October 2013

    Received this MVP award from Microsoft for the 4th time in a Row. This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high-quality, real-world expertise with others. It was given by Microsoft to appreciate my outstanding contributions in Silverlight, Windows Phone, and Windows 8 Store technical communities for the last few years.


  • Telerik Most Valuable Professional (MVP)

    Telerik - July 2013

    Telerik MVP Award for the 5th time for my continuous support to the Telerik developers community.


  • Nokia Developer Champion

    Nokia - May 2013

    Nokia Developer Champion is a recognition program for top mobile developers worldwide. Every quarter, Nokia invites outstanding members of the Nokia Developer community to accept a one-year membership in this program. Awardees are selected based on their technical expertise, their activities, contributions to the Nokia Developer Portal online community and offline services and communities worldwide.


  • Telerik Most Valuable Professional (MVP)

    Telerik - January 2013

    Telerik MVP Award for the 4th time for my continuous support to the Telerik developers community.


  • Microsoft India Rockstar

    Microsoft - November 2012

    Part of the Microsoft India Rockstar elite group for application development and blogging towards Windows Phone and Windows 8 Store (WinRT).


  • Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP, Silverlight)

    Microsoft - October 2012

    Received this MVP award from Microsoft for 3rd time in a Row. This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high-quality, real-world expertise with others. It was given by Microsoft to appreciate my outstanding contributions in Silverlight technical communities for the last few years.


  • Telerik Most Valuable Professional (MVP)

    Telerik - August 2012

    Again received Telerik MVP Award for the 3rd time in a row for my continuous support to the Telerik developers community.


  • Telerik Most Valuable Professional (MVP)

    Telerik - January 2012

    Again received Telerik MVP Award for the 2nd time in a row of two. The Telerik MVP Program aims to recognize and reward the amazing people who are highly successful at their own jobs and yet find the time and energy to share their extensive knowledge and passion about Telerik products with fellow developers. The Telerik MVPs have been actively contributing to the evolution of our organization and spreading the word about our products to the community.


  • Codeproject Most Valuable Professional (MVP)

    CodeProject - January 2012

    Codeproject MVP for the 2nd time in a Row. In recognition of my outstanding contributions to the community, either through Quick Answers, forums, articles, and tips in the Codeproject community portal I received this Award.


  • Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP, Silverlight)

    Microsoft - October 2011

    Received this award 2nd time in a Row. This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high-quality, real-world expertise with others. It was given to me by Microsoft to appreciate my outstanding contributions to Silverlight technical communities during the past year.


  • Telerik Most Valuable Professional (MVP)

    Telerik - September 2011

    The Telerik MVP Program aims to recognize and reward the amazing people who are highly successful at their own jobs and yet find the time and energy to share their extensive knowledge and passion about Telerik products with fellow developers. The Telerik MVPs have been actively contributing to the evolution of our organization and spreading the word about our products to the community.


  • Prize Winner in Competition "Best C# Article of July 2011"

    Codeproject - August 2011

    I have been selected as the Winner of the Article writing competition at "The Code Project" for the month of July 2011 for writing an article on Silverlight which demonstrated the steps require to do the communication between two local Silverlight applications.


  • DZone Most Valuable Blogger (MVB)

    DZone - August 2011

    In recognition of my passion for regular blogging, DZone mentioned me as the Most Valuable Blogger and thus my Blog articles will be showcased on their site.


  • Codeproject Most Valuable Professional (MVP)

    Codeproject - January 2011

    In recognition of my outstanding contributions to the community, either through Quick Answers, forums, articles, and tips in the Codeproject community portal I received this Award.


  • Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP, Silverlight)

    Microsoft - October 2010

    This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high-quality, real-world expertise with others. It was given to me by Microsoft to appreciate my outstanding contributions to Silverlight technical communities during the past year.


  • Member of the Month

    DotNetSpark.com - August 2010

    This award was given with respect to my sincere contribution to the Silverlight Community in DotNetSpark.com portal for my support towards the Forum and Articles section.


  • Member of the Month

    DotNetSpark.com - March 2010

    Member of the Month (March 2010) was given by DotNetSpark.com for my tremendous contribution to the portal in terms of Articles and Forum Support.


  • Winner of the Month

    DotNetFunda.com - March 2010

    Selected as the Winner of the Month for contributing Articles to the DotNetFunda.com online portal.


  • Winner of Innovation Festival

    SpadeWorx Software Services Pvt. Ltd., Pune - December 2008

    Winner of Innovation Festival (Winter 2008) in SpadeWorx Software Services for implementing the logic to create an image snapshot of the XAML in Silverlight 2.0.


  • Runner-up Winner in Innovation Festival

    SpadeWorx Software Services Pvt. Ltd., Pune - December 2008

    Runner in Innovation Festival (Winter 2008) in SpadeWorx Software Services for implementing Customized Scrolling in Silverlight 2.0.


  • Hero of the Month

    SpadeWorx Software Services Pvt. Ltd., Pune - September 2008

    Hero of the Month (September 2008) award was given for Quality Output, Delivering Solutions in Time & Customer Satisfaction while working as a Software Engineer at SpadeWorx.


  • Winner of Software Development Competition

    Sunbeam Institute of Information Technology, Pune - July 2007

    Received Gold Medal as the Winner of Software Development Competition in Java. The project was to develop the CDAC Online Admission Process.

 

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