RITESH SINGH

ACADEMIC DETAILS
Year Degree / Exam Institute GPA/Marks(%)
---- B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Delhi 8.546
2014 CBSE Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Ranchi 95.80 %
2012 CBSE DAV Kapildev Public School,Ranchi 10.0/10.0

SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS
Department Rank : 11, Mechanical Engineering,IIT Delhi (at the end of sixth semester)
Publication Accepted : Singh R. et al 'Heat and Mass Transfer Analysis of Salt Gradient Solar Pond' , IJSR, IF - 4.176
Special Class Railway Apprentice Exam : National Rank 39, conducted by Union Public Service Commission, 2014
Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana : Awarded for academic merit after a two tier selection process by GoI, 2013
INSPIRE Sholarship: Awarded for being in top 1% in AISSCE by Department of Science and Technology, GoI, 2014

IIT DELHI THESIS

Title - Back propagation ANN modelling for prediction of convective drying characteristics
Supervisor - Prabal Talukdar
Description - To be written
.
.

PROJECTS
Reaction Force Measurement of a Mechanism (July, 2017 - Nov, 2017) : under Prof. S.R. Kale and Prof. K. Gupta
Instrumented a slider-crank mechanism and devised a method for measurement of reaction forces using load cells
Correlated the reaction force with mechanism parameters in steady and abnormal operations for robust frame design
Design and Product Realization of Flexible Gripper (May, 2017 - July, 2017) : under Prof J.P.Khatait
Conducted a comprehensive study of the fish tail-fin movement to pioneer a nature inspired design for the gripper
Fabricated a 3D printed working prototype to securely pick and drop fragile objects of diverse shapes and size
Modelling and Study of Hybrid Electric Vehicles (May, 2016 - July, 2016) : under Prof. P.M.V. Subbarao
Investigated various types of hybrid drive-trains ( mild, micro, full, plug-in ) and technologies like fuel-cell hybrid
Formulated MATLAB simulations to compute power generation over an Indian urban driving cycle by hybrid engine
Analyzed better fuel economy for HEV by modeling comparison with an equivalent conventional IC engine vehicle
Study of Wind-Turbines (Dec, 2016 - Jan, 2017) : under Prof P.M.V Subbarao
Performed the stress analysis of wind-turbine blades for effective aero-dynamic design and optimum efficiency
Evaluated structural design of the foundation of wind turbine and explored wind-resource assessment techniques
Design of 3-Wheel Holonomic Drive (July, 2016 - Nov, 2016) : under Prof. J.P. Khatait
Conceptualized a 3-wheel omni - directional drive for supporting low cost automation by computer aided designing
Assessed the stress calculations to obtain a robust and fatigue- free design for the chassis and bearing housings

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Photography and Films Club : Led the hostel team in 6+ film-making and design events for over 2 years.
Winner, Inter Hostel Movie Competition, 2016; Director, Writer & Editor, Movies - 'Seenari' & 'Zindagi', 2016
Winner, Inter-Hostel Music Video Making, 2016; Special Mention,'Vikram' - Inter-Hostel Movie Making, 2015
Advisory BRCA Panel Member, for significant contributions made to Photography and Films Club (2017-2018)
Literary Activities : Participated and represented hostel at multiple Inter-Hostel Literary Club events
National Second Runners Up, Inter-College Word Games Competition organized at Rendezvous,2014
Runners Up, 'Shabdyuh' - Inter-Hostel Hindi Samiti's Hindi Word Games Competition, 2015
Sports : Member of Inter-Hostel Cricket Team (2014-2017)
National Runners Up, IPL Bidding organised at Kritiva, Annual Fest of International Management Institute,2015

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Hostel Library Secretary (Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2017) :
Conceptualized and implemented an online database to facilitate an easy & transparent book-management system
Introduced a procurement system for new library books for both semesters aligned to the demand of hostel-residents
Photography & Films Club Representative (Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2016) :
Conducted film-making and graphic designing workshops to increase participation at both hostel and institute level
Headed the hostel to win the PFC runners-up trophy (2015-16) by securing victory in the prime film-making event
Actively involved and participated in the team which won the Runners-up Trophy for BRCA in 2015-2016