Education
Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Delhi July 2010 - present
- Expected graduation date: July 2014
- Cumulative Grade Point Average: 8.734
- Interests: Operating Systems, Software Systems and Computer Networks
Undergraduate Thesis
Optimizations in a volatile D2D Network of Devices July 2013 - Present
- Implementing a D2D network among android devices for optimal bandwidth sharing.
- Optimizing key factors like latency, cost, data rate and distributed caching.
- Designing a P2P protocol for file sharing,gaming etc. based on the Intel's CCF framework.
Internships
Research Intern, Bell Labs, Bangalore May 2013 - July 2013
- Automated root cause analysis of 3G cellular network using data analysis and machine learning.
- Constructed regression trees from data-set containing performance indicators and counters.
- Generated human readable rules which highly reduced manual intervention in root cause analysis.
Independent Projects
Mobile Application for Disaster Scenarios ( Indo-UK Project ) Jan 2013 - May 2013
- Developed an android app with opportunistic network forming capability among devices.
- Designed an early warning framework which translates messages and speaks them out.
Disability Research using Microsoft Kinect May 2012 - Jul 2012
- Automated the analysis of electronic travelling aids(ETAs) using image processing and kinect.
- Conducted several trials with visually impaired people to rank the ETAs based on their feedback.
Other Projects
PintOS (Operating Systems) Jan 2013 - May 2013
Implemented syscalls for user programs, virtual memory, scheduler, buffer cache and file-system for the instructional operating system PintOS.
Car Racing Game with Multiple Graphical Effects ( Ogre 3D ) Jul 2012 - Nov 2012
Designed a car racing game with several graphical eFFects as real-time shadows, dynamic reflection, particle effects (nitrous boost, smoke), motion blur, skid marks (using projected decals) & lens flare.
Workflow based Room Booking system ( Software Development ) Oct 2011 - Nov 2011
Implemented a workflow based room booking system serving as an interface to book rooms inside IIT. Used demon processes, file locking, threading ,database management, networking & gtk.
Multi-Utility Object Locater ( Embedded Device ) Jul 2012 - Nov 2012
Developed an embedded device with object locator and classifer(using RF) to assist visually impaired. Implemented detection of human, colour & ambient light and measure of depth & temperature.
Automated Grading System ( Machine Learning ) Jul 2013 - Nov 2013
Designed a system for automated grading of student written essays using the data from kaggle.com.
Multi Player Online Carrom Board (OpenGL & Sockets) Jul 2011 - Oct 2011
Developed the game of carrom using OpenGL and Socket programming which can be played over a network. Devised the Artifcial Intelligence for the computer to play carrom against a human.
Programming Skills
Languages
- C, C++
- Java
- Python
- SML
- HTML/JS
Software
- Matlab
- Photoshop
- Visual Studio
- Eclipse
- Logisim
Scholastic Achievements
- Summer Undergraduate Research Award for disability research using Microsoft Kinect.
- IITD Semester Merit Award for semester rank 1 in the department during the 3rd semester.
- Awarded the Kishor Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) fellowship in 2009;
- Awarded the prestigious National Talent Search Examination(NTSE) scholarship in 2008.
- IIT-JEE: Secured an AIR 69(OB) out of 5 lakhs students in the IIT-JEE examination in 2010.
- Awarded the Best Project Appreciation Certificate by Kritikal Solutions for the project.
Extra Curricular Activities
Website Development ( Blood-Connect )
- Revamped bloodconnect.org, an online portal to bring blood requests and donors together.
- It has saved 15,000 lives so far; served more than 500 blood requests in cases of emergency.
Yahoo HackU ( Web Based Applications )
- Developed a chat notifier which sends a sms whenever a certain friend comes online on facebook.
- Developed a political relations graph using NLP on the data mined from RSS feeds of newspapers.
Microsoft Appathon: Developed windows phone apps and secured the 1st prize.
Chrome extensions & Android apps: Developed chrome extensions and games on android.
Coding: Actively participate on algorithmic competitions like codechef and topcoder.
Position Of Responsibility
Chief Editor, Journalism,(Board For Students' Publications)Apr 2012 - Apr 2013
- Conducted magazine workshops & trained a team of 10 editors to compose magazine pages.
- Led a team of 22 reps to cover various campus events & fests; Compiled 3 newsletters.
Core Team Member, Literati ( Literary Fest )Sep 2012 - Sep 2012
- Coordinated the departments of publicity,events,infrastructure & hospitality.
- Executed a run-up to Literati 2012; a series of online & campus events generating buzz.
Hostel Representative, English Apr 2011 - Apr 2012
- Represented my hostel to a Board for Students' Publications runner's up trophy.