DESHMUKH KRISHNAKANT SUDHAKAR | 15EE32001

ELECT.ENGG. CONTROL SYSTEM ENGG.(M.Tech Dual 5Y)

MINOR in COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGG. (B.Tech 4Y)
EDUCATION
Year Degree/Exam Institute CGPA/Marks
2019 M.TECH Dual Degree 5Y IIT Kharagpur 8.51 / 10
2015 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) Examination Pace Junior Science College, Mumbai 94.46%
2013 Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Examination Swami Vivekanand High School, Mumbai 93.82%
INTERNSHIPS
Alpen - Adria University, Austria | Sensors Development Intern May - July 2019
Skills and Technologies: Python, ROS, GNU-Radio
• Developed signal processing algorithms - "Spatial filtering" & "Correlation" approaches to determine the size and velocity of granular particles
• Designed prototype sensors and interfaced them with FPGA for fast sensing, further integrated the above algorithms on these sensed signals

Samsung R&D Institute India-Delhi | System Software Group May - July 2018
Skills and Technologies: USB-IP, Linux, C, Tizen Studio, Javascript, HTML
• Studied and developed the USB-IP Project to create a general USB device sharing system over Internet Protocol network for a range of devices
• Created a consumer friendly application to use the USB/IP services on Samsung SmartTVs, using HTML and Javacript for front end development
• Application's back-end was created by C scripts and System Services while in the process got aquainted with the Linux Operating System
• Secured a Pre Placement Offer for distinguished performance among a number of candidates at Samsung Research Institute India

Discrete Control Systems | IIT Kharagpur | Professor in Charge: Dr. Arun Ghosh May - July 2017
Skills and Technologies: Closed loop feedback control in Simulink (MATLAB)
• Designed and implemented a discrete time closed loop position controller for magnetic levitation of a metallic ball inside a magnetic field
• Obtained an optimal sampling time for 5% overshoot and 25% decay ratio for better robustness and tracking compared to previous controllers

PROJECTS
Introspecting Netflix and Amazon Prime Recommendation Platforms | Prof.Saptarshi Ghosh Aug - Nov 2018
Skills and Technologies: Python, Web Crawlers, Bow Tie Analysis, PageRank Centrality Measures
• Designed web crawlers using BFS algorithm for Netflix and Amazon prime to generate large-scale graphs of movies recommended by these websites
• Analysed the graph using Bow Tie analysis and InDegree distribution and discovered the promotional bias in movie/ series recommendations
• Evaluated correlation between PageRank/ InDegree centality and IMDb rating obtaining 0.02,0.03, -0.27 &-0.14 for Netflix & Prime Video respectively

Aerial Robotics Kharagpur | Professor In charge: Dr. Somesh Kumar Mar 2016 - Mar 2019
Skills and Technologies: OpenCV, ROS, Gazebo, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Flight Controllers, C++, Python
• Devised navigation and control system for UAV and aerial-ground robot interaction using PID controller and various path planning algorithms
• Architected 3 different classes of indigenous autonomous drones as test beds for robotics framework to control Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Researched and built the simulink model of a quadrotor for PID control of its state and velocity on MATLAB to study its dynamics and control

COMPETITION/CONFERENCE
International Aerial Robotics Competition, Beijing Aug 2017
The World's premier and longest running Aerial Robotics Challenge
• Represented IIT Kharagpur as a six member team, securing the "Most Innovative Design" award among 20 teams from 7 different countries
• Implemented and simulated an algorithm for vision-based landing of a hexacopter on or in vicinity of a ground robot moving with a known speed
• Developed a dual flip flop based emergency kill switch of the hexacopter according to IARC guidelines to kill power in case of an unforeseen failure

Inter IIT Technology Meet Jan 2018, Dec 2018

• Secured the Gold Medal in Warehouse Inventory Check event, 6th Inter IIT Tech Meet, IIT Madras among 13 participating teams from different IITs
• Developed an indoorreconaissance drone capable of autonomous flight over a grid of colored lines drawn on the floor
• Secured Bronze Medal in the PlutoX Event at 7th Inter IIT Technology Meet, IIT Bombay among 12 participating teams from different IITs

Impulse | IIT Kharagpur March 2018

• Developed a speaking clock for visuallt impaired people using RaspberryPi, secured first position for the same in Embed-IT event
• Along with functionality of alarm settings, it could speak in four different languages : English, Hindi, Marathi and Bengali

SKILLS AND EXPERTISE

• Programming Languages : C, C++, Python, Matlab, Javascript, HTML
• Tools &Libraries : Eagle CAD, ATMEL Studio, Proteus, Labview, OpenCV
• Robotics and Hardware : ROS, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Gazebo
• Coursework (Computer Science) : Computer Architecture and Operating Systems, Image Processing, Algorithms,
Soft Computing Tools in Engineering, Social Computing, Data Structures
• Other Courses : Probability and Stochastics, Matrix Algebra, Transform Calculus, Control of
Mobile Robots, Techno-Entrepreneurial Leadership, Financial Management

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Mentor, IEEE Workshop Dec 2016
• Mentored a week long workshop for a group of 30 students teaching them basics of autonomous robotics and control theory in robotics
• Accomplished IEEE certified project of making Path Imitating and Motion Replicating Robot using light sensors and bluetooth module

Operations Manager, Cognitio Eduventures Pvt Ltd Oct - Dec 2015

• Responsible the various operations of the AISAT exam conducted by Cognitio in the Indian West Zone constituted of 5 states.
• Successfully organised the AISAT exam which saw a participation of nearly 5000 students solely from the West Zone
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