About Amit Agarwal

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About Amit Agarwal

Amit Agarwal 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 now authors the hugely popular and award winning Digital Inspiration blog where he writes about computer software, consumer gadgets, and web applications that help us become productive. Amit also writes a weekly personal technology column for The Hindustan Times.


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Amit has appeared on various TV channels and radio shows including BBC, CNN IBN, CNBC, NDTV, Star TV, ETV and Blog TV Singapore. He also made it to the coverpage of The Week magazine.

HT calls Amit the “founder of the Indian blogging revolution” while the prestigious The Straits Times of Singapore included him in their list of Asia’s Blog Stars alongside Chinese actress Xu Jinglei and Japanese Ambassador Naoto Amaki.

Amit is a regular speaker at technology and blogging conferences. Microsoft awarded him the Most Valuable Professional award for 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

You can connect with Amit on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube and LinkedIn.


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About Digital Inspiration

Digital Inspiration, launched in 2004, is now among the Top 100 Technology Blogs on the Internet out of an estimated total of 130+ million blogs.

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 3+ 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 twice. It has been featured as “success story” on the official Google AdSense blog.

A survey by Business World magazine puts Digital Inspiration blog in the list of most popular blogs and online youth hangouts. The site has been mentioned as “must read” in India Today while it has also been recommended in CNN Go, the new travel and lifestyle site of CNN.

In 2010, Amit introduced Sleeping Time, an online service that can estimate of the sleeping habits of any Twitter user. It quickly went viral and was mentioned on CNN, The 33 News, Open Magazine and also made it to the front page of the Bangalore Mirror.

Amit is also the founder of India Blog School, a non-profit initiative that aims to spread blogging culture in India.
About India Inc.

The India Inc. section of Digital Inspiration tracks the latest happenings at India Inc. Our main focus is on current events and issues in Indian Inc. taking alongside an analysis of the historical perspective and future scenario.

Anurag, the author of India Inc., is a professional financial analyst with interests in Investment Analysis, Corporate Finance and Portfolio Management. He holds an MBA degree and Masters in Finance & Investment from University of Exeter, UK.