RESEARCH INTERESTS

• VLSI and Circuit Design
• Control System Engineering

EDUCATION

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur(http://www.iitkgp.ac.in) [ July 2004 - May 2008 ]
  Bachelor of Technology(Honors) in Electrical Engineering.
  
  Cumulative Grade Point Average(CGPA): 8.64/10
  
  
• DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali, Ranchi [ July 2002 - March 2004 ]
  Senior Secondary School
  
  Aggregate: 88%
  Subjects: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, English
  
  
• St. Xavier's School, Doranda, Ranchi(http://www.stxaviersschool.com/) [ June 1991 - March 2002 ]
  Secondary School
  
  Aggregate: 92%
  Subjects: Mathematics, Science, Computer Science, History-Civics-Geography, English, Hindi

KEY PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN

• Solar Powered Ni-Cd Battery Charging IC [ Undergraduate Thesis, July 2007 - April 2008 ]
  
  Implemented the Charging Circuit of a Solar Powered Ni-Cd Battery Charging IC, using Cadence IC Design Tools. This project was done under Prof. Amit Patra, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur.
  Click here for the thesis.
  
  
• Design of a high bandwidth Operational Amplifier [ January - April 2007 ]
  
  Designed a high bandwidth Operational Amplifier using Cadence IC Design Tools, which would be used as an Error Amplifier in high frequency Buck Converters. This project was done under Prof. Amit Patra, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur.
  
  
• n-bit Wallace Tree Multiplier [ June 2006 ]
  
  Designed a generic n-bit Wallace Tree Multiplier and implemented it in Verilog XL. This project was done under Prof. Amit Patra, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur.
  

MINI PROJECTS

• Solution of Diophantine Equation using Genetic Algorithms [ November 2007 ]
  
  This project was done as a part of the course on Intelligent Control Systems under Dr. A.K. Deb, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur.
  
  
• Implementation of Simplex Method in MATLAB [ September 2007 ]
  
  This project was done as a part of the course on Intelligent Control Systems under Dr. A.K. Deb, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur.
  
  
• Performance analysis of BPSK(Binary Phase Shift Keying) through computer simulation [ October 2006 ]
  
  This project was done as a part of the course on Digital Communication under Prof. R.V. Rajakumar, Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, IIT Kharagpur.
  
  
• Computation of ADPCM(Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation) gain of my own speech [ September 2006 ]
  
  This project was done as a part of the course on Digital Communication under Prof. R.V. Rajakumar, Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, IIT Kharagpur.
  
  

INTERNSHIPS

1. Organization: Ittiam Systems(P) Ltd.(http://www.ittiam.com)
   Location: Bangalore, India
   Period: 7th May - 6th July, 2007
   Work: Designed a generic Video-Bit Stream Analyzer which was tested for MPEG-4 Video on PC
   
   
2. Organization: Advanced VLSI Design Laboratory, IIT Kharagpur(http://www.vlsi.iitkgp.ernet.in)
   Location: Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
   Period: 15th May - 14th June, 2006
   Work: Learnt various concepts of Analog and Digital VLSI Design and their applications, also developed a generic n-bit Wallace Tree Multiplier as a part of the course. Was awarded a Certificate securing a grade of Very Good at the end of the course.

ACADEMIC HONORS

• Was awarded Certificate of Merit for being placed in National top 1% out of 31459 candidates enrolled in the National Standard Examination in Physics(NSEP 2003-04)(Higher Secondary Level) conducted by the Indian Association of Physics Teachers(IAPT) under Bhabha Atomic Research Center(BARC), Dept. of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India. [ View Certificate ]
  
  
• IIT-JEE 2004: Secured an All India Rank of 413 out of more than 180,000 students appearing for the IIT-Joint Entrance Examination 2004.
  
  
• AIEEE 2004: Secured an All India Rank of 264 and a State Rank of 9 out of more than 200,000 students appearing for the All India Engineering Entrance Examination 2004.
  
  
• Was awarded the Certificate of Merit in AISSCE 2004(XII std.) by CBSE(Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi) for being in the top 0.1% of the students appearing for the examination in Mathematics(100/100) and Chemistry(97/100). [ View Certificate ]
  
  
• Qualified in the Regional Mathematical Olympiad(RMO) of Jharkhand State in December 2002(sponsored by National Board of Higher Mathematics, Dept. of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India) for appearing in the Indian National Mathematical Olympiad(INMO 2003). [ View Certificate ]
  
  
• Secured 3rd rank in Chotanagpur Mathematical Olympiad(CMO) in October 2002 and declared CMO Winner in September 2000. [ View Certificate ]
  
  
• Secured an All India Rank of 18th in National Science Olympiad(NSO) 2004(Class XII level), 29th in NSO 2003(Class XI level) and 45th in NSO 2002(Class X level). [ NSO 2002 ] [ NSO 2004 ]
  
  
• Secured an All India Rank of 74(99.99 percentile) out of 36955 candidates in the National IT Aptitude Test(NITAT) 2005, conducted by NIIT. [ View Certificate ]
  
  
• Won the prestigious Fr. Victor Tucker Shield for securing the Highest Aggregate of Marks and was awarded as the Best Science Student of my School in 2001.
  
  
• Secured 1st position in the Inter School Mathematics Quiz Competition for the year 2001-02.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Engineering Software Packages: Cadence IC Design Tools(Basics), Verilog XL(Basics), PSpice, MATLAB, XCircuit
  
  
• Programming Languages: C, Java(Basics), Visual Basic, Visual C++
  
  
• Scripting Languages: Shell(Bash), Latex
  
  
• Operating Systems: Linux, Solaris, Microsoft Windows
  
  
• Web Designing: HTML, CSS

RELEVANT COURSES UNDERTAKEN

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

• An active Spanish(Electric+Acoustic) Guitar player, was a member of the Hall Music Team.
  
  
• Part of 3 membered Hall Team securing 3rd position in Inter Hall What's the Good Word Competition(April 2008).
  
  
• Part of Hall Music Team securing 1st position in Inter Hall Western Groups Competition(April 2008).
  
  
• Part of Hall Music Team securing 2nd position in Inter Hall Eastern Groups Competition(March 2008).
  
  
• Finalist in Anadigix, a Circuit Design Competition, held in Kshitij 2008, the annual techno-management festival of IIT Kharagpur.
  
  
• Part of 3 membered team securing 3rd position and a cash prize of Rs. 1000 in the event Jumble the Good Word, held in Spring Fest 2008, the annual social and cultural festival of IIT Kharagpur.
  
  
• Secured 3rd position for my Hall in Inter Hall Western Instrumentals Competition(January 2007).
  
  
• Represented my Hall in Inter Hall Table Tennis Competition in 2005.
  
  
• Active member of the NSS(National Services Scheme) community from August 2005-April 2006.
  
  
• Active NCC(National Cadet Corps) Cadet from August 2004-April 2005. Also took active part and successfully completed a 10 days Training Camp during December 2004, organized by 1 Bengal EME COY, NCC, IIT Kharagpur.
  
  
• Table Tennis Champion at Secondary School level.

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