Raghav Sood
Raghav Sood (born April 16, 1997) is an Indian author and programmer. He is one of the youngest developers in India, and is noted for his work in Augmented Reality and on the Android platform.
Background
Raghav has been programming since the age of 9, and has worked with multiple technologies and in various fields like web development, desktop software, mobile apps and wearable technology.
Book
Raghav authored Pro Android Augmented Reality (ISBN 9781430239451), which was published by Apress in July 2012. The book was listed in the top #100 books on Amazon in the Game Programming and Handheld and Mobile Devices categories for close to 2 weeks after publication.
He is the youngest Android author in the world.
Election Analysis
On April 9th, 2014, Raghav published an article detailing various privacy concerns and irregularities in the election system of India. The article detailed scripts necessary to retrieve and analyse electoral rolls for the election, and how several of the Voter IDs issued did not match the government format.
Personal life
Raghav stays in New Delhi along with his parents and older brother. He attends The Shri Ram School as a Grade 12 student.
In addition to programming, Raghav has expressed an interest in Photography and Robotics.
Awards and Recognition
- Raghav was listed as one of the 10 Smartest Kids in the World by Business Insider.
- Raghav won the BlackBerry Hackathon in 2012 with his app idea.
- Raghav is a State Science Scholar.
- Raghav was awarded the Karmaveer Chakra in recognition of his work at such a young age.