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Name : Abhishek Thakkar

Personal Info :

Date of Birth : 25th July 1981
Sex : Male
Nationality : Indian
Email address : thakkar[at]iitb[dot]ac[dot]in
Hostel Address : Room 142, Hostel 5, IIT Bombay
Permanent Address : 10 D, Russian Complex, Sector 7, Bhilai Nagar (CG)
Web home : http://www.oocities.org/thethakkar
   
Education background :

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay 1999 - pursuing B.Tech,(Civil)
Delhi Public School, Bhilai 1999 Senior Secondary(CBSE): 84.2% Agg. 92% Comp.Sci.
Delhi Public Scool, Bhilai 1997 Secondary(CBSE): 80.2% Agg. 90% Sci-Maths

Statement of purpose

I believe that I am a man of Immense Creativity. Since childhood I had a flair for coding. My drive behind JEE was to get to IIT, the best in all institutes of India, to lay my hand on its resources and excel as a software programmer. There is more to an IITian than what is generally percieved. Here is where I found that I was not made for a coder's job. All coding I did in past was different from normal. I had put in extra efforts to learn graphical aspects of programming languages although they were not a part of prescribed curriculum. The driving force behind this had been simply to find a vent for my creativity. After that I've not looked back and have worked hard to develop various skills to support this asset. I have the capability to dream, and necessary drive to fullfill my dreams as is evident from my activities. I aspire to be a designer and am looking for more work in Digital Design and related fields.

Academics

Additional Courses Taken:
HCI - Interaction Basics, IDC , IIT Bombay
Where is the world going? Too much is being made by software professionals for people who are not software professionals. HCI-1 teaches the basics of Human Computer Interaction and concentrates on Product Evaluation techniques.

Advanced HCi, IDC, IIT Bombay
Advanced HCi course takes a step further into HCi, we learned the 5 sutras, the process of taking contextual interviews and developing affinities, which finally culminate into a design solution. This course was done in cooperation with Indian Post Office and we designed a new sorting process for Indian post which reduces the timewastage and the overall work of sorting clerks.

Awards:

  • Won Most Aesthetic Design Award in LaSTraw 2002, structual design contest of IIT Bombay
  • Won 2nd in Pragmatech, where we had to redesign World Trade Centre.
  • Won Best Structural Design in LaSTraw 2000.
  • Stood 1st in District level programming contest organized by DBCA(Durg Bhilai Computer Association)(1999).
  • Recieved Best Programmer of the year award in school.(1999)
  • Recipient of M.P. Science Quiz scholarship.(1997)


    • Skills:
  • Familiar Operating Systems: Windows, Linux
  • Programming Languages: C, C++, QBasic
  • Design Packages: Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver
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    Extra Curricular Activities:

    Hobbies:
    Trekking, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Computer Games.

    Commercial Projects:
  • Logo/Stationary Design for Eisodus Networks Private Limited (August 2003)
    Eisodus Technologies work on broadband communications with focus on Voice, Video and Data. They needed a suitable logo before they went forth in market.
  • Teaching Assistantship, "Advanced Programming in C++", CEP, IIT Bombay(May-June 2003)
    Every year in summers, the Continuing Education Programme of IIT Bombay organises a C++ course for students and campus residents. Did TA under Prof. Biswas for this course. My job was to conduct tutorials and Lab sessions for a batch of 28 participants assigned to me and to facilitate their learning process.
  • Website design for Heraldlogic Private Limited (2001)
    HeraldLogic, when still in incubation, needed a basic site to put up their demos and other information. Made a skeleton website from scratch using Dreamweaver and javascripts, and photoshop for images. This was my first professional work and a great learning experiance.


    •  Workshops Organised:
  • quEsT : The S.E.T.I. Workshop (Techfest 2000)
    Being a Sci-fi fan, S.E.T.I. or Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence has always fascinated me. Techfest gave me the platform and resources to organise this workshop. We managed to get Sir H. Paul Shuch, Director,SETI league(USA) to spare us some of his time. He was also kind enough to get us an interview from Arthur C. Clarke, reknowned Sci-Fiction writer.
  • Hacked : The Internet Security Workshop (Techfest 2001)
    With the success and experiance of quEsT, we went forth and organised Hacked, which was oriented to make people aware of common bugs/hacks possible on systems and network services.


    • Responsibilities Undertaken:
    I have been entrusted with some responsibilities during my career:
  • Manager (Design Cell), Techfest 2003
    "It takes a Dream to create a future". Techfest 2003, The Annual Technical Festival of IIT Bombay, TF2k3 was the biggest since its inception in 1998. With a decent budget of near 28 Lakhs, we hosted a fest for 15,000 students and 500 Corporates and Faculty members from 700 colleges over the country. Being a part of the 19 membered core team which made it happen, sharing and living that dream was a pleasure. The Design Cell, a part of the Techfest Admin core, apart from making the publicity rounds, ensures that the FESTive part of TECHFEST holds ground.
  • Student representative, Civil Dept. Computer Centre(2001-03)
    My job primarily was to resolve common problems faced by the students of mine and junior batches in their department accounts. During my tenure, we I was able to bring the transition from the earlier system of Roll number ID's to Namewise ID's which are easy to comprehend and remember.
  • Head, Animations and Special Effects, Shantemrigya (Paf 2003)
    PAF (Performing Arts Festival) is the biggest Inter Hostel event in the calendar of IIT Bombay. PAF has a budget of 40K, requires 2 hostels to work for 2 months to make and is unparalleled in terms of efforts and scale. It was an honour to be nominated the Incharge of Animations. We won the PAF this year in a clean sweep.
  • House Prefect, Yamuna House, DPS Bhilai (1998-99)
  • Chief Editor, DIPSVIEW 1999 (annual school magazine)


    • Awards and Honours:

  • MR Malhar 2003 (1st Runner Up), the personality contest at Malhar, St. Xaviers' annual cultural festival.
  • MR Mood Indigo 2002 , the personality contest at Mood Indigo, IIT Bombay's annual cultural festival.
  • Won 1st in Light Painting, Malhar 2003
  • Won 2nd in Mock Rock, Mood Indigo 2002
  • Recieved Hostel Colour(2003) for various services rendered to Hostel.
  • Recieved Cultural Colour(2002) for efforts put in various Cultural activites for the hostel.
  • Won GOLD in Inter Hostel Tug-of-War(2001), my sole contribution to Sports.
  • Recieved Special Mentions for performances in Impromptu and Sophomore Socials.


    • I, Abhishek Thakkar, declare that the above stated information is correct and true to best of my knowledge.