Narendra M. Thumbhekodige

Narendra M Thumbhekodige is a software engineer, author, chess player and an actor. He is the co-author of the book Oracle J2EE Companion published by Tata McGraw-Hill in 2004. He received master's degree in Computer science from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 2000. He worked for Oracle for almost seven years in Database security and currently works for Google on Indic technologies.
He also worked with filmstar Upendra as the Creative Director at and is into film making as well. He is a former Karnataka state level chess player and also writes daily spiritual quotes at . He is the creator of and .

Books and guides

The Oracle J2EE Companion, 2004. Co-author.
Oracle Database 10g Security Guide, 2005. Contributor.
Oracle Database 11g Security Guide, 2007. Contributor.

Filmography

Actor - Supporting role, Uppi Daada MBBS movie.Lyricist - Assisted, Omkara movie.Editor - Assisted, Raktha Kanneeru and Gokarna movies.Script writer - Assisted, Omkara movies; Co-wrote, Navaratna Hair Oil ads.Creative Director - Navaratna Hair Oil ads.