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Vivek Prakash

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Co-Founder & CEO at Codingal
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Vivek Prakash is a seasoned entrepreneur and the Co-Founder & CEO of Codingal (YC W21), an online school teaching K-12 students to code. A graduate of IIT Roorkee, he previously co-founded HackerEarth, a major developer community. People who have worked with him describe him as focused, passionate, intelligent, and forward-thinking.

Vivek is driven by a mission to inspire children to fall in love with coding, viewing it as a fundamental skill for the future. He has built multiple companies from the ground up, starting in his college dorm, reflecting a long-held passion for creating platforms that foster community and learning within the tech space.

Interestingly, he initially considered becoming a doctor or an aeronautical engineer and only took up computer science due to peer pressure, a decision he is now very happy with.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder & CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Priorities

Topics Vivek cares about

K-12 CS Education
He founded Codingal with the mission to inspire school kids to fall in love with coding, seeing it as essential for improving logical and problem-solving skills.
AI-First Engineering
He has publicly shared how his team at Codingal has fully embraced an AI-first workflow, using modern tools to build and ship products faster.
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Career

Work history

9-2020
Co-Founder & CEO
Codingal
10-2012 - 1-2020
Co-founder & CTO
HackerEarth
1-2012 - 9-2012
Co-Founder
MyCareerStack
5-2011 - 7-2011
Software Engineer Intern
AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED
4-2011 - 2012
Coordinator, System Administration & Security
Information Management Group, IIT Roorkee
In the press

Media appearances

KidzByte exclusive interview with Codingal CEO Vivek Prakash. Featured in YouTube
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How HackerEarth co-founder's 7‑month‑old coding startup Codingal landed Y Combinator winter batch. Featured in YourStory
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Education
2008 - 2013
B.Tech & M.Tech
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
2006 - 2008
12th grade
Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Bokaro
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