<div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Hello Everyone !!</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">My Name is Manas Sivakumar. I'm currently a Senior undergraduate from the Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing Kancheepuram in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India pursuing Computer Engineering. I am grateful to the OSGeo and pgRouting community and the GSoC administration for giving me this opportunity to work as a student developer in GSoC 2022.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Here are Public Profiles:</span></p><ul style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><a style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(74,110,224)" target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/manas-sivakumar-4727771b9/" class="editor-rtfLink"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Linkedin</span></a></li><li style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><a style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(74,110,224)" target="_blank" href="https://github.com/Manas23601" class="editor-rtfLink"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Github</span></a></li><li style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><a style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(74,110,224)" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Manas79296517" class="editor-rtfLink"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Twitter</span></a></li></ul><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">My project is </span><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Adding Google OR Tools Functionality in vrpRouting. </span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Google OR tools is open-source software for optimization, tuned for tackling problems in vehicle routing, integer and linear programming and constraint programming. Over the course of this summer, I Intend to extend the vrpRouting library to add the Google OR Tools functionality in the form of vrpRouting functions. I will be implementing the Bin Packing algorithm along with its variations and Employee Scheduling algorithm. </span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Please find below my</span></p><ul style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><a style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(74,110,224)" target="_blank" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ixBrjCdr7PRby4xs1tdVVUVsCZ1teZ2aQAWihmhjrfU/edit#heading=h.y5sqyomysvc" class="editor-rtfLink"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Detailed Proposal</span></a></li><li style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><a style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(74,110,224)" target="_blank" href="https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/wiki/Add-Google-OR-Tools-functionality-in-vrpRouting#final-report" class="editor-rtfLink"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Project's Wiki</span></a></li></ul><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">I request all the community members to please take a look at my proposal and share your valuable feedback. Please let me know your thoughts regarding the implementation, workflow, etc. </span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Looking forward to having a great experience with you all. :)</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Yours Sincerely</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Manas</span></p></div>