REFERENCE LETTER March 6, 2006 Mr. Vivek Kumar Sundhiyal St. Software Engineer, National Semiconductors (1) te, 7/6, Brunton Road, Karnataka ~ Bangalore - 560025 +91 - 98800E0312 svivek@india.nse.com TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN This reference letter is provided at the request of Himanshu Srivastava, He has asked re to provide this letter that he may show to any prospective employer to whom he might eed to furnish this reference. L have known |timanshu Srivastava from Nov 2000 to Jan 2004. We were peers in the organzaton, STMicroslectronics during the above mentioned duration, Himanshu was responsible for softwere designing, development, testing, release and maintenance of Ravter tool for STMicroelectronics FPGA chip, AS peer I can vouch for his expertise in the following software skills % Cr+, OOP, OOAD, UML > Data Structures, Agorithms, STL's , Design Pattems & Clear Case usaye, Rational Rose, Rational Purify, Rationsl Quantify, Rational Pure Caverage, RUP He proved to be an exceptionally good team player, motivator and provided techrical mentor to his team members and counterparts. Himanshu has a number of strengths to offer, is hardvarking, dedicated & committed to ‘work. He has good problem analysis skills and provides rooust solutions. Interacted well with co-workers, wes a key team player, reliable and showed good judgment. In conclusion, I would highly recommend Himanshu Srivastava and wish him the best of luck for his futura endeavors. sino yl Vivek Kumar Sundriyal If you would like to discuss this further, please feel free to contact me.