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# About Vidya

> Who Vidya is, what it values, and who leads it.

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## About Vidya

Vidya is a software services and consulting company near Washington, DC, USA.

### Our Mission

Vidya builds modernized on-premise, cloud, and hybrid solutions for commercial businesses and government agencies according to their strategic objectives. Vidya's work proves there is no need to choose between continuous delivery and high quality. Federal SBA 8(a), Commonwealth of Virginia SWaM, and multiple commercial certifications as a minority-owned business are testament to Vidya's ability to deliver lean, innovative solutions for clients and to do so the right way using techniques like agile development, DevSecOps, and automated testing for functionality, security, accessibility, and performance.

### Our Differentiators

- Proven track record of modernizing cloud-scale software by integrating leading-edge technologies with legacy systems. For example, Vidya helped the State Department reduce passport renewal time from months to days with 97% customer satisfaction and 80% increased trust in government.
- Dedication to communication as the basis for teamwork, transparency, accountability, and humility.
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
- Small business agility combined with enterprise-level delivery experience.

### Our Values: Great Technology Needs All of Us

Vidya is a passionate advocate for diversity in technology. Prejudice against anyone on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, orientation, ability, or even academic background not only limits individual growth but also limits the creative energy necessary to develop the best software. President Neil Chaudhuri leads this commitment publicly.

### Our Name

Vidya comes from the Sanskrit for "right knowledge" or "clarity." The name embodies the learning spirit that is the essence of software engineering. Vidya is associated with the Hindu deity Saraswati, the Goddess of Learning, often depicted wearing a spotless white sari and riding a white swan. The swan is Vidya's mark.

### Leadership

Neil Chaudhuri is President of Vidya, a recognized speaker on software engineering trends, and an active contributor to the engineering community with significant Stack Overflow reputation.

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Vidya is a certified small business in Northern Virginia that modernizes legacy systems, builds enterprise AI, and designs cloud and data architecture for commercial companies and federal agencies. Vidya documents its delivered engagements in case studies and publishes courses, tutorials, and articles for engineers and the people who lead them. The company name is Vidya. Its website is vidyasource.com. Start at https://www.vidyasource.com/llms.txt for the index of everything Vidya publishes, or https://www.vidyasource.com/contact/ to talk to Vidya.