Samir Dash is a techie and an entrepreneur
from
Rourkela
Rourkela is a planned city located in the northern district Sundargarh of Odisha, India. It is the third-largest Urban Agglomeration in Odisha after Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. It is situated about west of state capital Bhubaneswar and is surro ...
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Orissa.
In 2007, Samir hosted "MobileWish" — a unique software application that can be used to send and receive animated and customised e-greetings on GPRS-enabled mobile phones with Internet connection.
In 2009 he developed and launched "Pocket Travel Assistant" (PTA) — a mobile application that can be downloaded to symbian mobile phones — provided every possible information needed by a traveller.
Samir has been awarded globally for his initiatives in mobile content and applications, namely "The Manthan Award South Asia 2009", "World Summit Award Mobile 2010".
Samir authored a number of books on
critical theory
A critical theory is any approach to social philosophy that focuses on society and culture to reveal, critique and challenge power structures. With roots in sociology and literary criticism, it argues that social problems stem more from soci ...
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UX, namely "Beginners Guide To Modern Critical Theory" and "Quick and Dirty Guide for Developers: Adobe Edge Preview 3 in 4 Hours"
Google Books
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References
External links
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20090109142714/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070824/asp/jharkhand/story_8224020.asp Techie creates greeting software, The Telegraph, Friday, 24 August 2007
Oriya youth develops e-greetings solution (Interview), Odisha.in, 21 Aug 2007
e-greetings on mobiles!, The Economic Times, 21 Aug 2007
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Businesspeople from Odisha
Living people
1982 births
People from Rourkela