Amit Agarwal - Professional Blogger & Tech Columnist
Amit Agarwal - Inside the Digital Inspiration office
Amit holds an Engineering degree in Computer Science from IIT and has previously worked with clients like ADP, Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch. In 2004, Amit quit his job to become India's first and only professional blogger.
Amit authors the hugely popular and award winning Digital Inspiration blog where he covers computer software reviews, consumer gadgets, tutorials and web applications for personal productivity. He also writes personal technology columns for The Hindustan Times and Financial Express, both leading national dailies.
Amit has appeared on TV and radio channels including BBC, CNN IBN, CNBC, NDTV, Star TV, ETV and Blog TV Singapore. He has been featured on the coverpage of The Week magazine, HT refers him as "founder of the Indian blogging revolution" while the prestigious The Straits Times of Singapore included in their list of Asia's Blog Stars alongside Chinese actress Xu Jinglei and Japanese Ambassador Naoto Amaki.
Amit is also a regular speaker at technology and blogging conferences. Microsoft awarded him the "Most Valuable Professional" status for 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Amit Agarwal's interview with CNN IBN, etc. on Professional Blogging in India
Amit lives in India with his extended family. He enjoys swimming, photography, making short movies for the web and Maggi noodles. His son, whose nickname is Google, is nursery school and already loves watching cartoons on YouTube.
About Digital Inspiration
Digital Inspiration launched in 2004 and is now the 40th most-favorited blog on the Internet, according to Technorati, out of an estimated total of 110+ million blogs - see detailed stats.
The purpose of this site is to help you take maximum advantage of the software tools and web technologies at your disposal so that you spend more time doing things your really love.
Digital Inspiration averages more than 2.5 million page views per month and has been quoted in publications including The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Forbes, CNet, Wired, CNN Money, Guardian, Financial Times, CBC, Wired, ITWire, MSNBC, BoingBoing, BBC, Mercury News, Sydney Morning Herald, PBS, The New York Times and more ».
Digital Inspiration won the Best Technology Blog award at Indibloggies 2006 and is also included in the prestigious "Blogs of Note" list compiled by the Blogger team at Google.
A survey by Business World magazine puts Digital Inspiration blog in the list of most popular blogs and online youth hangouts. The site also recommended as "must read" by India Today and is one of the top 20 blogs at Microsoft BlogStars.
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