TECH NATION VISA SCHEME (TIER 1 EXCEPTIONAL TALENT)

Application for endorsement

Please read the Tech Nation Visa Scheme (Tier 1 Exceptional Talent) eligibility criteria document carefully before
completing the application form. Complete all questions as indicated.

Please note that applications must be typed (handwritten applications will not be accepted).

1. Personal Details

Title: Mr

First Name: Raja Gourav Surname: Kokkiligadda

Other Names:

Residential address:

14 pinehurst road swindon

Postcode: SN2 1 RH

Correspondence address:

Postcode:

E-mail address: [email protected] Contact telephone number: +447840661383

Date of birth (dd/mm/yyyy): 18-08-1988 Place of birth: vetapalem

Nationality: INDIA Country of residence: UK

1/8
2. Career summary

Academic and professional qualifications:

Bachelors of Technology in Computer Science Engineering from Jawaharlal Technology Un iversity,

Hyderabad.
First Class in Graduation.
2nd prize for my paper submission in JNTU Academic Meets
Gold Medal for Best Student of the year
Youngest Indian ever to have a compiled a paper on Mathematical Models
2n prize in All India Code Quiz
9 years of experience in Performance Testing
Have worked for prestigious clients such as NextGen Health Care, Blackboard Inc, Bank of America, Blue
Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Lennox International, RBS, Jaguar Land Rover, Ministry of Justice through Purple
features and most recently Domestic and General.
Worked on various technologies for Performance such as PHP - Oracle, Oracle ODBC Tier 1 Architecture,
Moodle - a open source Learning Managment System, Canvas Instructure - A premium learning management
system, Artificial Intelligent based Air Conditioning system, A multi-tier Architecture for Insurance and
Banking, Warranty Applications for Domestic and General, MiddleWare and ESB Interfaces for Jaguar Land
Rover, Data Staging for Domestic and General, Big Data for private and Academic use apart from Many load
testing tools as required such as Apache Jmeter, HP Load Runner, Smart Bear SoapUI / LoadUI, Radview
WebLoad, Micro Focus Silk Test and Silk Performer.
Fine Tuned Java, .net, Ruby and PHP based systems using Application Performance Management solutions
such as Java Melody, Jconsole, New Relic for JAVA, PHP and Rails, Dynatrace for Java, Wiley for IBM

Have written two papers namely EPOC and Performance Engineering Distributed File System
Actively providing free teaching services on Performance Testing / Engineering

Names of any active digital technology business(es) you have established, including business(es)
which have dissolved in the last 5 years.

Active business(es):

Dissolved business(es):

Present workplace: Present position:

Present employer/engagement (name of organisation):

Address of present employer: Present employer company registration

number:

Date of present employment (dd/mm/yyyy):

Start date:

2/8
3. Position applying for within the UK (if applicable)

Position applied for or on offer within the UK (if applicable):

Employer and department (if applicable):

Head of Department/CEO (if applicable):

Personal Statment To empower Housing Agencies I am building a project. It actively requires people to
help me build the project but also help from Technation. I detail you project in words here and if possible with
a demo website and blue prints as attachments. Every Day millions of people look for new houses and
Agencies assist help them build, buy, sell and rent there dream houses. It so often happens that Agencies
may have to visit a property multiple times for multiple customers. Not that it is a bad idea but it is both
budget and time consuming. What my website does is decreases this cost and increases efficiency by adding
in Audio / Video capabilities. Now if a customer wants to visit a real property the agencies would offer a
interactive tour which details about the property and customers than can chose which property to visit among
many options available. It is simple but decreases some millions of pounds of fuel charges some more on time
and energy. I need help from friends and Technation so that I could deliver this project to UK as I would have
to talk to so many agencies to make the aware that such a feature exists. Key Features: 1. Video / Audio
enabled website 2. Agencies alone have full access over the video projects for security reasons. 3. Agencies
can market their products and so decreases cost on marketing in say real and other means. 4. Agencies
would be able to assess much efficiently on how the market trend is based on views on the project. 5.
Agencies would be able to contact customers on phone or online and provide customers video ids. 6.
Agencies would be well informed on tastes and likes of the people in say certain locations Home is where
everyone wants to be and I want to make it creatively effective.

3/8
4. Fast-track options

If you fit one or more of the three criteria below you can apply for a fast-tracked endorsement.

Option A

☐ I am planning to live and work in one of Tech North’s cities (Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle,
Sheffield and Sunderland)?

Please explain in a few words what your plans are

Option B

☑ I have some of the skills needed most in the UK right now (as listed in the table in the Tech City UK Eligibility
and Assessment Criteria).

Please list the skills you have from the list in the table in the Tech City UK Eligibility and Assessment Criteria.

Performance Testing
Performance Engineering
Coding - C, Java, Ruby and Scala
Big Data - Apache Spark
No Sql - Hbase

Option C

☐ I am applying with my team as we wish to relocate our company to the UK.

Please list the names of your team members below (up to five people in total including you)

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Please send some information about your company (for example the stage of the company, rounds of funding
secured, type of market, number of signups / paying customers / users, and anything else you wish to share that
will give us a clearer view over your activities).

Exceptional Promise

☐ I demonstrate the potential to become a world leader in the field of digital technology.

4/8
Why I demonstrate the potential to become a world leader in the field of digital technology.

5. Support

Name and contact details of the two authorised senior members of a reputable international or
UK organisation in digital technology who is providing the dated letter of personal
recommendation (please attach the letter)

Full name: Vamsi Kalyan Mardana

Address: 20 Gooch Steet Swindon SN1 2BA

E-mail: [email protected] Telephone number: +447858240743

Fax:

Full name: Arif Sheik

Address: 99 Brunel Crescent Swindon SN2 1FE

E-mail: [email protected] Telephone number: +447554008924

Fax:

5/8
6. Evidence Checklist

Mandatory Criteria Description of evidence

(Please Tick ONE)

Have a proven track record of ☐

innovation in the digital
technology sector as a director /
founder of a digital technology
sector company or an employee
working in a new digital field or
concept that must be clearly
evidenced (e.g. patent
application)

Proof of recognition for work ☑ Professional Learning:

outside your immediate I have always believed knowledge
occupation that has contributed is freedom. I have tried my best
to the advancement of the sector to learn to teach friends,
(e.g. evidence that you have gone colleagues or to that instance
beyond your day to day strangers. ANYONE can reach me
profession to engage in an for free professional courses via
activity that contributes to the my web site.
advancement of the sector)
I have delivered services to few
voluntary organisations

Qualifying Criteria
(Please Tick TWO)

Have made significant technical, ☐

commercial, or entrepreneurial
contributions in the digital
technology sector as either a
director, founder, or entrepreneur
of a digital technology company;

Have been recognised as a world ☐

leading talent in the digital
technology sector;

Have undergone continuous ☑ Through out my Career I have

learning / mastery of new digital learned many tools and
skills (commercial or technical) technologies according to the
throughout your career; need of the project I was involved
in:

6/8
 Load Testing Tools:
Apache Jmeter, HP Load Runner,
Radview Web Load, MicroFocus
Silk Performer, MicroFocus Silk
Test, HP Performance Center, IBM
Rational Performance Test, Smart
Bear Soapui / Loadui.

Performance Monitoring Tools:

Perfmon, Linux / Unix Shell
Scripts, Jconsole, Wiley

Application Performance Monitors:

New Relic for Java, PHP and Ruby
on Rails
Java Melody for Java Heap
Monitoring

Log Analysis for Performance and

Map Reduce Analysis

Coding C, JAVA, PHP and Scala

Apache Spark for Big Data

Hbase and MongoDB for NoSql

database

Have demonstrated exceptional ☑ Few of my notable academic

ability in the field by making contributions:
academic contributions through 1. Solving Mathematical Models
research. using C
2. Practical Cryptography
3. EPOC: POC through elevation
process
4. Performance Engineering
distributed file systems

7/8
 7. Appendices – Application check list

Your application will be considered incomplete and will not be processed unless you submit the following
mandatory documents:

1) This completed Tech Nation visa application form, which includes a personal statement (maximum 7000
characters in length) found in section 3 as well as a completed Home Office Application for Endorsement form
found at
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-for-endorsement-for-tier-1-exceptional-talent-visa

2) A short curriculum vitae outlining your career and publication history (of no more than two A4 sides in length);

3) Two letters of recommendation from recognised experts who are familiar with your work and contribution to the
field, and are qualified to assess your claim to be a potential world leader in the field. Full details of examples of
the type of information can contain can be found in Annex A of this document;

4) Evidence of any active or dissolved digital technology businesses established in the last five years, if applicable,
or evidence of share ownership through business in a digital technology sector company;

5) Up to ten pieces of evidence in relation to one mandatory and at least two qualifying criteria listed in the table
on page 2 above. Examples of the type of evidence you may wish to provide can be shown in Annex B. Please note
that applications should be accompanied by no more than ten supporting documents, with each piece of evidence
(i.e. document) comprising maximum 2 sides of A4 paper. Sending additional information is unlikely to aid your
application and may delay consideration.

6) If you are applying for the team relocation fast-track option, the evidence must include your employment
contract. If you are an employee or your company’s registration letter if you are a founder/employer;

The documents in paragraph listed above must be written in English or accompanied by authorised English
translations.

Please note that applications packed should not exceed 10 supporting documents (in addition to your CV and the
two letters of recommendation) and that each piece of evidence should be no more than 2 sides of A4 in length.

8/8

Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)