{"id":8747,"date":"2025-08-29T15:42:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/2025\/08\/29\/indian-origin-microsoft-techie-pratik-pandey-found-dead-at-silicon-valley-campus-heres-what-police-said\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T15:42:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:42:34","slug":"indian-origin-microsoft-techie-pratik-pandey-found-dead-at-silicon-valley-campus-heres-what-police-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/2025\/08\/29\/indian-origin-microsoft-techie-pratik-pandey-found-dead-at-silicon-valley-campus-heres-what-police-said\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian-origin Microsoft techie Pratik Pandey found dead at Silicon Valley campus: Here\u2019s what police said"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-123586119,imgsize-28258,width-400,resizemode-4\/microsoft-techie-pratik-pandey.jpg\" alt=\"Indian-origin Microsoft techie Pratik Pandey found dead at Silicon Valley campus: Here\u2019s what police said\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pratik Pandey<!-- -->, a 35-year-old <!-- -->Microsoft engineer<!-- --> was found dead at the company\u2019s campus in <!-- -->Silicon Valley<!-- --> on August 20, reports Bloomberg. Citing a family member who has spoken with <!-- -->Microsoft<!-- --> and requested anonymity, the report says that Pandey badged into the office on the evening of August 19. Pandey used to work late into the night, the family member told the publication. According to the Santa Clara County medical examiner, the cause of death is still being investigated. &#8220;A joyful soul with a radiant smile, Pratik loved playing soccer, great son &amp; friend,&#8221; reads an announcement for a viewing service in the Bay Area.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Police said there were \u201cno signs of suspicious activity,\u201d and the case is not being treated as a crime. Meanwhile, family and community members are working to return his body to India, where his parents live.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Who was Pratik Pandey<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Pratik Pandey studied Bachelors Degree in Computer Science from Rajiv Gandhi Prodyogiki Vishwavidyalaya in 2013. He then went on to study Master of Science from California State University, Long Beach. He completed another Master\u2019s degree from San Jos\u00e9 State University in 2017.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>As per his LinkedIn profile, he worked as a Software Engineer at Microsoft since July 2020 in Mountain View, California. At Microsoft, he focused on Big Data analytics within Microsoft Fabric and Synapse, with expertise in Micro Frontend architecture and technologies such as TypeScript, Angular, React, NGRX and RXJS.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Before this, he worked as a Software Development Engineer at Walmart Labs (2018\u20132020), building cloud-based RESTful services, managing application configurations, and automating deployments. He had a brief stint at Illumina in 2018, developing Spring-based microservices, and at Apple (2018), where he contributed to payment application architecture, cloud deployments, and automation pipelines.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>His earlier roles include software engineering internships at Cinequest (2017) and Hoverboard Technologies (2017), along with positions at John Deere (2013\u20132015) and Newgen Software (2012\u20132013).<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"lOvcW vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"k7lcu\">\n<p>Apple Hebbal &amp; Koregaon Park Stores to Open This September<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nvar _mfq = window._mfq || [];\n_mfq.push([\"setVariable\", \"toi_titan\", window.location.href]);\n!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };\n    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')\n      const ifAllowedOnAllPages = allowedSurvicateSections && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('all');\n      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed || ifAllowedOnAllPages){\n        (function(w) {\n         function setAttributes() {\n            var prime_user_status = window.isPrime ? 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