RESUME

Name: Anwesha Bhattacharjee

Address: NC-17, IIT Delhi, New Delhi-110016
Phone: 011-26861763/9871258394
E-mail: bhattacharjee.anwesha@gmail.com

Educational Qualifications:

Qualification Year of School/University Percentage (%)

Qualifying
B.Tech (Computer 2009 Guru Gobind Singh 83.25 (w/o 81.3
Science & Engg.) Indraprastha University, Delhi Credits) (CPI)
Class 12 2005 Carmel Convent School, Delhi 95
Class 10 2003 Carmel Convent School, Delhi 92.4

Experience

I served as the SUN Campus Ambassador from November 2007 to April 2009. As part of the job
description, I delivered a number of demos on Netbeans IDE and OpenSolaris.
a. A demo on basics of OpenSolaris in January 2008 that was attended by 150 students.
b. A Ruby Programming Session for first and second year students.
c. A day long Java workshop on Applets followed by a lab session on client server programming
with UDP attended by 80 students across various colleges of Delhi.

Professional Affiliations

I have been
 An active member of IEEE.
 Chairperson of the IEEE EXECOM 2008-09 for IGIT Student Branch.
 Awarded the “Active Student Volunteer” Pin by Former IEEE R10 Director, Dr. Janina
Mazierska.
 Awarded the Delhi Section Dr. J.K.Paul Memorial Award for outstanding contribution to
IEEE Delhi Section.
 An Active participant of R10 IEEE GINI from the Delhi Section.
 Student Editor of “e-Expresso”, IGIT IEEE‟s e-journal launched in the August 2008.
 A member of the organising team of IGIT’s IEEE fest: IMPULSE‟07.
 Member of Women in Engineering, IEEE.
 Have attended the IEEE International R-10 conference „R-10 Student Congress (Asia-Pacific)‟
from the 28th -30th January, 2008 in Chennai as a sponsored student by Delhi Section.
 Have won the “Best Exhibition” in the Exhibition for student branches held at the R10
Student Congress 2008 in Chennai.

Publications:
Article „Why is it a taboo for most Indian girls’ has been published in the December issue of the
IEEE WIE magazine Launch Issue and I have been paid an honorarium $100 USD for it.

Prof. S.B. Jain; Mr. A. Tayal; Anwesha Bhattacharjee, Chesta Agarwal; Meenu Chhindra; “Prakrita-
A game theory Approach to optimize power consumption” in the Conference Proceedings of
ISTE DAY 2008 Conference on “Technology for Rural India: Challenges and Perspectives”.

Prof. S.B.Jain, Mr. Akash Tayal, Anwesha Bhattacharjee, Meenu Chhindra, Chesta Agarwal;
“Prakrita- An Application to optimize consumption of energy resources through mass
participation” Archived in the IEEE Xplore and the Conference Proceedings of the IEEE
Annual Region 10 Conference, IEEE TENCON 2008.

Mr. Akash Tayal, Anwesha Bhattacharjee, Monisha Saggi, Ramya Balasubramaniam, Prof. Ashwini
Kumar; “A Multimodal Iris and Speech Biometric Authentication System based on Decision Theory
and Wavelet Transform” published at SIMS‟09 sponsored by Research Council, U.K. at IIM
Ahmedabad held on May 11th -12th , 2009.

Bhattacharjee, Anwesha; Saggi, Monisha; Balasubramaniam, Ramya; Tayal, Akash; Kumar,

Ashwini; “A Decision Theory Based Multimodal Biometric Authentication System Using Wavelet
Transform” published in IEEE Xplore in the proceedings of International Conference on Machine
Learning and Cybernetics at Baoding, China held on 12th – 15th July, 2009.

Mr. Akash Tayal, Monisha Saggi, Anwesha Bhattacharjee, Ramya Balasubramaniam, Prof. Ashwini
Kumar; “A Decision Theory Based Multimodal Biometric Authentication System: Iris and Speech
Recognition” published in Conference Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial
Intelligence and Pattern Recognition at Orlando, Florida held on 13th – 15th July, 2009.

Tayal, Akash; Balasubramaniam, Ramya; Kumar Ashwini; Bhattacharjee, Anwesha; Saggi Monisha;
“A Multimodal Biometric Authentication System Using Decision Theory, Iris And Speech
Recognition” published in the IEEE Xplore and Proceedings of the Second International Conference
on Non Linear Dynamics and Synchronization at Klagenfurt, Austria held on 20th – 21st July, 2009.

Papers Presented:

Co-presented

 Team Awarded the Best Student Project Award all University in Computer Science for Major
Project on Biometrics using Iris and Speech Recognition.
 Paper “Iris Recognition System: A Unique Approach” at the National Symposium conducted
by IEEE at Bharatiya Vidyapeeth‟s College of Engineering in January 2009.
 Paper “Prakrita- an Application to optimize consumption of natural resources through mass
participation” at Bharatiya Vidyapeeth‟s College of Engineering at Elcoblitz’08.
 Paper „An Efficient Lie Detector using Artificial Neural Network‟ at CSI-‘Algorythms’07’,
Jamia Milia Islamia, at IEEE IMPULSE’06, IGIT and IETE fest-USIT.
 Paper „recent trends in cochlear implant technology: Its drawbacks and future prospects‟ at
INFOXPRESSIONS’06 at USIT.
  Qualified into the Worldwide Semifinals of the Microsoft Imagine Cup Design for
Development Award as one of 35 teams and National Semifinals for the Software Design
Invitational both in 2008 and 2009.

Technical Skills:

I am a passionate programmer. I am proficient in programming in

 C and C++
 Have an interest in Algorithms and Data Structures, as well as in Operating systems.
 Java, HTML
 I have a beginner‟s knowledge of programming in Visual Studio (Basic and C#).
 Have an interest in Game Theory.
 Have a strong passion for Digital Image Processing.
 Trained in „EMBEDDED ROBOTICS-8051 programming‟, held in the college as part of our
in-house training from 26th June-26th July 2007, conducted by APPIN Knowledge Solutions.

Extracurricular achievements:

Writing and Oratory Skills:

 I am a member of the IGIT Literary Society-“Technoliterati” since 2006.

 Attended „Model United Nations Assembly‟ and secured second position in „General
Assembly‟ as representative of Sri Lanka, held by „British School, New Delhi‟ on 1st-2nd
November, 2004.
 Secured Second position at „Mock Youth Parliament‟ organised by „Ministry of Parliamentary
Affairs‟ on 3rd December, 2003.
 Poem published in the Hindustan Times and in an Anthology by Poetry.Com
 Served in the editorial board of IGIT‟s annual college newsletter „WAVELENGTH’07‟
 Participated in a number of debating competitions and won- Best Speaker for the motion in
CSI-‘PHOENIX’06’ at DCE, Best Speaker for the motion and Best Team in „IMPULSE’06‟
at IGIT and First Runners up Team in „ANUGOONJ’07‟, GGSIPU‟s annual cultural fest .
 Secured First position in „Just a Minute‟ in „ANUGOONJ’06‟, GGSIPU‟s annual cultural fest.

Managerial Skills:

 Second Position in Plan De Negocios, the Annual Business Plan Competition sponsored by the
Department of Science and Technology, India with and award amount of 10000 INR.
 Second position in „COLLATERAL- B-Plan Competition‟ at Bharatiya Vidyapeeth‟s College of
Engineering‟s Festival- „Elcoblitz’08‟.
 Second position in „JUST IN CASE- Case Study Competition‟ at Bharatiya Vidyapeeth‟s
College of Engineering‟s Festival- „Elcoblitz’08‟.
 Qualified in „TYCOONS’06‟ for the third and final round at FICCI organised by Career
Launchers.

Interests:
  I love reading classics (Jane Austen classics, Gone With the Wind, Tolstoy‟s Resurrection,
Henry Fielding‟s Tom Jones, Anton Chekhov‟s plays, Tagore), Thrillers (Conan Doyle‟s
„Sherlock Holmes‟, Dan Browns, Sidney Sheldons, Grishams, Alfred Hitchcock „Three
Investigator Series‟, Arthur Haley), Fantasy (Tolkien‟s „Lord of The Rings‟, Lewis‟s
„Chronicles of Narnia‟, Rowling‟s „Harry Potter series‟), Indian Epics- “Ramayana” and
“Mahabharata”, sociology (Irravati Karve‟s „Yuganta‟, Anees Jung, Still reading Amartya
Sen‟s „The Argumentative Indian‟) and poetry (Bengali Contemporary).
 Am training in Hindustani Vocal Music since 1998, and have cleared up to „Madhyama
Poorna‟ from “Gandharva Mahavidyalaya”, New Delhi.
 Have sung Oriya folk songs for AIR, Cuttack.
 Have trained in Kuchipudi Dance from 1992-2003 from „Kuchipudi Kalakendra‟. Have
cleared up to second year exams from „Pracheen Kala Kendra’.
 The second runner‟s up in „ANUGOONJ’07‟, for Hindustani Vocal Music.
 First runners up in „ZENITH’07‟, IGIT‟s techno-cultural fest, for Hindustani Vocal Music.
 Second Runner up in Anugoonj‟09 for Group Indian Vocal Music.
 Performed on behalf of Swaranjali at Triveni Kala Sangam, Dilli Haat and Bipin Chandra
Paul Memorial.
 Performed at a seminar organised by Danseuse and Padmashri Awardee, Ms. Ranjana
Gauhar at Triveni Kala Sangam on the 6th of August, 2008, on Odissi Music.
 Secured Third Position in „Documentary Presentation‟ in „Kamikaze’07‟, IGIT SAE‟s annual
technical festival.

References:

[1]. Prof. Shail Bala Jain, Head, Department of ECE, IGIT +91-11-23869527
[2]. Prof. Devendar Tayal, Head Department of CSE, IGIT dr.tayal@ipu.edu
[3]. Prof. Akash Tayal, Asst. Prof, IGIT akashtayal@yahoo.com