About

Hi, my name is Brajeshwar Oinam.

I was born in a quiet and serene, hill-surrounded green valley of Imphal1, Manipur (INDIA), and spent all my childhood-school-life, teenage-college-life there.

Bombay

1999

I landed in Bombay on Aug 2, 1999, to kick-start my career. I soon fell in love with the city, the speed, and the pace at which things get done.

Work

Comic Magazine Startup

After job-hunting for a month, I landed my first job as a Computer Graphic Designer in a Comic Magazine Startup. As part of the test for the job, they gave me a floppy disk which contains the files to complete a graphic editing task. In those early days, I was crashing at the Mumbai University Hostel and had no access to a computer. I went about an hour early for the Interview and finished the job at an Internet café2 nearby. Well, they were impressed by the task and my story on how I completed it. I started work the following week.

Internet

2000

It was the Internet boom in India, and its proliferation was prominent. I wanted to be part of that world. Within six months through my first job, I shifted my focus to the Online World - started reading lots of books, online resources, and there was no turning back. By mid-2000, I had shifted my focus to the Internet.

brajeshwar.com

Jun 11, 2001

My brajeshwar.com was registered on Jun 11, 2001, that started my fascination with owning a piece of the Internet.

Freelance

2003

In early 2003, I resigned from a very lucrative job and started freelancing full-time. During those freelance days, I did many exciting work and enjoyed every moment of it. I learned a lot from those experiences, made many friends, and hitched some of the most rewarding relationships.

Oinam Software

2005 · Founder

Oinam Software Team
Oinam Software Team acquired by Mixercast.

In 2005, I decided to take the plunge, go official, and started our first company, Oinam Software. We undertook some of the most innovative, sometimes very experimental work for clients, such as Adobe, Cambridge University Entrepreneurs, Disney, Macromedia, Obeo, Pearson, STARZ, Tata Consultancy Services, et al.

We also worked for many contractors who subcontracted their work to us. We were, in fact, one of the best ghost developers for many successful contractors.

Oinam Software’s Acquisition

2006

In 2006, Mixercast, Inc (Web Archives, Crunchbase) acquired the Oinam Team. It was an exciting experience to be part of a Startup and learn from it. Unfortunately, Mixercast was dissolved on Dec 31, 2009, after selling its IP (Intellectual Property) to erstwhile Google (now Alphabet).

Marriage

2007

I met Shanta in 2006. We got married in July 2007.

Laaija

2008

Our first daughter, Laaija, was born in Imphal in December 2008.

Bangalore

2011

Our family relocated to Bangalore.

Amara

2016

Our second daughter, Amara, was born in Bangalore in November 2016.

  1. Imphal is the capital city of Manipur, India. Spread over parts of the districts of Imphal West and Imphal East, the former contains the majority of the city’s area and population. ↩

  2. An Internet café, also known as a cybercafé, is a café that provides Internet access on the payment of a fee. Usage is generally charged by the minute or part of hour. An Internet café will generally also offer refreshments or other services such as phone repair. Internet cafés are often hosted within a shop or other establishment. ↩

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