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title: "Education & Certifications"
description: "The degree, the AWS certifications, and the badges behind them, with issue and expiry dates so you can check what is still current."
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# Education & Certifications

### AWS Certified Developer - Associate, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Issued Feb 2024 · Expires Feb 2027

Covers developing, deploying, and debugging applications on AWS, plus core AWS services and the application lifecycle.

### AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Issued Oct 2023 · Expires Feb 2027

Foundational AWS knowledge: core services, pricing, security, and architecture.

### AWS Academy Graduate - AWS Academy Cloud Foundations, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Issued Nov 2022

Intro-level AWS coursework covering compute, networking, databases, and storage.

### Advanced Software Development, Code Fellows, Issued Sep 2021

Full-stack development, testing, and advanced programming concepts, taught through agile team projects.

### Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Software Engineering, Isra University, Oct 2014 - June 2018

Studied core software engineering principles, data structures, algorithms, and system design. Gained hands-on experience in programming, databases, and software development life cycle (SDLC).<br/><br/><strong>Achievements:</strong> First place winner in individual project at annual Technology Day contest. Contributed to establishment and growth of Faculty of Information Technology Club.