Vinayak Tantia

Email: tantia.vinayak1@gmail.com
Phone: +91-8100467184
First Year Undergraduate
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Education
(July 2014 - Present)
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering
Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) of 9.6/10 after 2 semesters

St. Xavier's Collegiate School, Kolkata

ICSE (CISCE) - scored 96.6%
ISC (CISCE) - scored 95.5%

(2002 - 2014)

Awards and Achievements

Scholastic Achievements
Secured rank 2 in state engineering joint entrance examination
WBJEE 2014 among 170,000+ applicants
Secured All India Rank 202 in JEE Advanced 2014
Secured All India Rank 707 in JEE Mains 2014 securing 99.99
percentile among 1,000,000+ applicants
Other Awards and Achievements
Secured first position in Code.Fun.Do organised by ACAD
Accelerator, Microsoft
Went to Dublin for social service on a student exchange program
for 17 days in 2011
Won a debate for social causes against drug abuse organised by the
Kolkata Police

 Secured first runners up in a national business case study

competition organised by national news channel CNBC Awaaz in
2011
Secured third position in Blackbox programming competition
organized by IIT Kanpur
Secured first position in squash in Fresher's Inferno organized by
IIT Kanpur

Projects
Developed a web scraper to extract syntax to perform a required
function in a particular programming language as entered by user
(using Python)
Developed a chatbot to talk to a user (using Python)

Relevant Courses Undertaken

Introduction to Calculus
Linear Algebra & ODE
Fundamentals of Computing
Complex Variables
Introduction to Organic,
Inorganic and Physical
Chemistry

Introduction to Mechanics
Introduction to
Electrodynamics
Engineering Graphics
Partial Differential Equations

Technical Strengths
Computer Languages: C/C++, Python, Java, HTML, CSS, Javascript,
AngularJS, RaphaelJS, Ajax, Rest
Skills: App Development
Tools: Git, Emacs
Platforms: Windows, Linux

Other Interests
Experimenting with different programming languages
App Development on both Android and Windows Phone Platforms