| SUMMARY |
- Interests include technology startups, online marketing, web programming and machine learning
- Completed Bachelor of Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering
in 2008 with 83% marks and stood 1st in the department
- Published 3 research papers in international peer-reviewed journals
- Was selected for numerous international and national fellowships and
scholarships during undergraduate studies
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| OBJECTIVE |
To
change the online marketing world forever |
| EDUCATION |
- Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi University, India (2004-2008)
Completed “Bachelor of Engineering in Biotechnology”
course with 82.3% marks and stood 1st
in the department
GRE General Test Score 1500/1600 (Verbal: 700/800,
Quantitative: 800/800 and Analytical Writing 4.5/6)
- Class XII (Higher
Secondary), CBSE Board (2004). Ranked 1st in class with 91.4% aggregate marks
- Class X (Secondary),
CBSE Board (2002). Ranked 2nd in class with 87.4% aggregate marks
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| EXPEREINCE |
- Founder | Wingify: A Product Startup in Web Analytics and Optimization Space (Jun, 2009 - contd.)
The company's single-minded mission is to help people make more money from their websites. It creates do-it-yourself, intelligent and affordable tools that a small/medium sized website owner can use for increases sales and revenues. It recently got shortlisted for Econsultancy's innovation awards in web analytics category
- R&D Engineer | Aspiring Minds: An Employability Assessment Startup (Oct, 2008 - Mar, 2010)
My job is to analyze and devise Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning algorithms for enabling accurate large scale assessment via standardized Computer Adaptive Tests. Techniques used include Bayesian inference, active learning, non-linear optimization and various classification, data mining and predictive analytics methods
- Analyst | Grail Research: A Custom Business Research Company (Jul, 2008 - Oct, 2008)
I was part of the Life Sciences group in Grail Research. As an Analyst, my job responsibility was to tackle business research problems and come up with relevant data and insights through primary and secondary research
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| WORK |
- Wingify, making tools for helping people make more money from their websites:
- Launched first product Visual Website Optimzer, a hassle-free A/B testing tool
- Created semantic and contextual targeting technology ContextSense
- Working towards the vision of creating integrated suite of tools for website optimization
- Developing cutting-edge technology such as behavioral targeting, realtime visitor segmentation, funnel analysis, multivariate testing, etc.
- Applying machine learning algorithms to website activity data to provide insights and predictions for visitor behavior
- Initiated and developed numerous web apps from the scratch:
- Developed AwesomeVocab: a vocabulary application with an innovative interface (Nov, 2009 - contd.)
- Created Kroomsa.com: an indian independent bands and artists music Platform (Jul, 2008 - contd.)
- Developed MyJugaad.in: a slideshow for webpages (Jul, 2008 - contd.)
- Created Precimark: an interesting combination of adverisement network and link exchange (June, 2007 - August, 2007)
- Founded NaramCheez: a software development company at the age of 13
- Other projects include StartupLogic and Bloggage
- Implemented
numerous Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning techniques (2003 -
contd.)
Implemented Genetic
Programming & Self-Organizing
Maps in Python language and Cellular
Automata software in Visual Basic. A feed-forward backpropagation
neural network was implemented in C++ & Visual
Basic. In addition to this, also wrote my version of Genetic
Algorithm and a basic
chatbot
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| ACHIEVEMENTS |
- Academics
- Was selected for MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology,
Cambridge, UK Summer Research Studentship 2007, JNCASR's
Summer Research Fellowship 2007 and Indian Academy
of Sciences Summer Research Fellowship 2006
- Was awarded "Certificate
of Merit" from CBSE in the subject of Physics
for being among top 0.1% scorers in the senior
secondary examinations
- Secured rank
456 out of more than 50,000 candidates in the Engineering Common Entrance Examination (CEE
- Misc
- Wingify got shortlisted for Econsultancy's innovation awards in web analytics and optimization domain
- Kroomsa got featured on a national TV show (ET NOW) and a national newspaper (Times of India)
- Developed a web application (MyJugaad.in) in six days and with Rs 350 only; the web application is featured on KillerStartups.com, DesiStartups.com and other websites
- Won second prize for Bloggage (a blogging platform) at Troika '06
and 2nd prize for the chatbot SPEAK at Innovision '06
- Business
Plan for BioGeeks won first prize at Bioventures,
BioHorizon 2006, IIT-Delhi
- Won first prize
for the business plan pitching competition at ASES
Singapore Summit 2005
- Awarded second
Prize for a technical paper on ‘Genetically
modified crops in India’ at Tatva 2005
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| PUBLICATIONS
(peer reviewed) |
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| RESEARCH
EXPEREINCE |
- B.E. Major Project at Biotechnology Department, Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi | Creation of a Basic Digital Life Simulator to Study Evolution through Artificial Life (Jan 2008 – May 2008)
Leading a group of three, working under Dr. Taruna Arora, I developed and implemented a minimalistic digital life simulator (PyPond) to study the origin of life and (digital) evolution
- Summer Researcher
at School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
| Modeling firefly
flash synchronization in a group (May, 2007 - July
2007)
Under guidance of Dr. Ram Ramaswamy, modeled the phenomenon
involving synchronization of flashes in a group of fireflies (of a select
species). Specifically, implemented Mirollo and Strogatz model, verified
it and later expanded it to include spatial considerations
- Research Intern
at National Center for Biological Sciences, Bangalore |
A predictive tool for protein-protein interactions
in a specific protein family (Dec, 2006 - Jan, 2007)
Working under Dr. Mukund Thattai at National Center for Biological
Sciences, Bangalore, developed a web based tool for predicting subclasses
of proteins (belonging to a specific protein family) based on its amino
acid sequence only
- Summer Research
Fellow at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore |
A quantitative model for the regulation of the bgl
operon in E. coli (Jun, 2006 - Jul, 2006)
Under guidance of Prof. V. Nanjundiah and Prof. S. Mahadevan
in Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics department of IISc,
Bangalore, developed a quantitative model for the
regulation of the bgl operon in E. coli. The
prestigious summer research fellowship was awarded by the Indian Academy
of Sciences
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| SKILLS |
- General purpose algorithm design and development using
Python, C++, MATLAB and Visual Basic
- Designing applications involving Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Learning
- Web application programming using AJAX, PHP, Python, Javascript,
etc.
- Taking entrepreneurial initiatives; incubating creative ideas and executing them
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