Junior Research Fellow at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Bombay Area, India
Junior Research Fellow at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Bombay Area, India
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
July 2009 — Present (5 months)
I'm working on an MHRD funded project as part of the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology with the thrust area being Adaptation and deployment of open source simulation packages equivalent to MATLAB, ORCAD etc. I'm currently working in areas within Control Systems such as Digital Control and State Estimation with Scilab being my primary tool. This part of the project is managed by Prof. Mani Bhushan, Prof. Madhu Belur and Prof. Kannan Moudgalya.
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
September 2007 — May 2008 (9 months)
As a Student Secretary, and consequently, a member of the coveted core committee of the VJTI Social Group, I managed the activities and undertakings of the VJTI Alumni Association. My responsibilities involved organizing the annual Alumni Meet (2007) and the senior batch farewell, Nirop (2008) with the production of the annual commemorative, Odyssey (2008). Earlier work includes having established the digital database of the Alumni Association of the 120 year old institute, running membership/registration drives, overseeing the establishment of the official website and liaising between the alumni and the institute.
(Events Services industry)
August 2006 — February 2008 (1 year 7 months)
Technovanza is VJTI’s Annual National Level Technical festival. It is the second largest festival of its kind in the state having been held with a budget of over Rs. 20 lakh (2 million) and host to thousands of visitors. As the Resources Coordinator, part of the festival core committee, I managed the delivery, storage, distribution, utilization and return of all resources across all events before, during and after the 3 day festival- a logistical challenge that ensured that all event organizers had all the resources required at their disposal at the right time.
B.Tech. , Electrical Engineering , 2005 — 2009
• Student Secretary, VJTI Alumni Association 2007-2008.
• Resources Coordinator, Technovanza 2008.
• Event Head, Model United Nations (Mega Event) at Pratibimb (Annual Cultural Festival) 2008 and Founder, VJTI MUN Club. Also won awards at Model UN Conferences at other institutes including "Best Delegation" and "Best Position Paper". Founded the Bombay MUN Club mailing list.
• Senate Member, Society of Robotics and Automation, VJTI. Conceived the first ever Botcamp.
• Won several awards for Technical Paper Presentations at VJTI and other institutes.
• Organized Barcamp Mumbai 5 at VJTI.
• Departmental Head, Electrical Engineering Department.
• Final Year Project: Digital Speed Control of Brushless DC Motors
HSC , Science , 2003 — 2005
Control Systems, Robotics, Signals and Systems, Automation, Electronics, Electrical Machines, Energy Efficient Systems, Electromagnetism, Network Theory, Power Systems, Programming, Physics, Literature, Writing, Social Media, Photography, Entrepreneurship, Free and Open Source Software, Technology and Internet Evangelism, Web Design and Content, Web Standards, Usability, GNU/Linux
• Recipient of the J.R.D. Tata Scholarships for the years 2006-2007, 2007-2008 and 2008-2009.
• Certificate of Merit for being placed in the Statewise top 1% at the National Standard Examination in Physics 2004-2005.
• Recipient of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited’s Special Efforts Scholarship, 2003.
• School Topper, SSC State board examination, 2003, Selected Best Student in school and Elected, Most Popular Student by juniors.