AKHIL SINGLA

Senior Undergraduate, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (India)

akhilsingla1878@gmail.com / me2150712@iitd.ac.in

AREA OF INTEREST
Large-scale Optimization, Routing, Scheduling & Simulations, Service Operations e.g. Health Care, Police

EDUCATION
B.Tech. in Industrial and Production Engineering, IIT Delhi, 2015-Present
• Overall GPA: 8.2/10, Major GPA: 9.7/10
High School, D.A.V. Public School, India, 2013-2015. (GPA 93.2/100)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Efficient Police Operations
(Advisor: Prof. Nomesh Bolia, IIT Delhi) (July 2018 - Present)
• Grid-based Crime Predictions with Geographical Data
– Planning a grid based crime prediction model using spatial-temporal information of each grid.
– Integrating crime predictions with Patrol Design algorithm for generating real-time Beat plans.
• GIS integrated Police Patrol Design including Vehicle Types
– Improved emergency response time from 10 to less than 7 minutes, with a maximal coverage.
– Algorithm takes into account the type of crime while assigning different patrol vehicles.
– Designed a weight function that assigns priority to high crime zones with compact beats.
Optimizer integrated Simulator for Wafer Fabrication Scheduling
(Advisor: Prof. Andrew Lim, National University of Singapore) (May 2018 - July 2018)
• Built a Object Oriented Discrete Event Simulator (O2DES) with Heuristic Search Algorithm
• Algorithm produces global scheduling plans including uncertain disruptions in the process.
Government to Consumer Service Deliverance System
(Advisor: Prof. Jyoti Kumar, IIT Delhi) (Aug. 2016 - Dec. 2016)
• Designed a self-sustained system for providing government services in areas with low literacy levels
• Conducted Digital compatibility surveys of Users and pitched the design to State government.

COURSE PROJECTS
• Penned a review article on Prof. Linda Green’s (Columbia Business School) work on Queuing System
in which Customers Require a Random Number of Servers. (October, 2017)
• Programmed deep neural networks, SVM, Decision Tree Classifiers & other standard Machine Learn-
ing algorithms for different multi-class classification problems on Python. (July-Nov. 2018)
• Analyzed the QS ranking data of universities for causal-inference relation in Econometric Methods
• Designed & Conducted career counselling workshop for school students, using the concept of Ikigai
• Fabricated a water repellent polyester cloth with deposition of Nano Silica particles.
• Designed a mechanical arm for self-cleaning mechanism of Solar Panels over a large surface area.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Vision India Foundation, New Delhi, India (May - August 2017)
• Analyzed the working of 5 departments of State government under the guidance of State Revenue
Secretary and made operational level improvements in the process with Online Filing System.
• Documented good governance initiatives by 3 Indian states by surveying the ground realities
• Attended Policy Summer School, a 21 days boot camp to understand the framework of public policy,
listening speakers from Legislature, Academia and Entrepreneurship.
COURSEWORK
Industrial Advanced O.R., Stochastic Modeling & Simulations, Manufacturing System Design
Computers Machine Learning, Data Structure & Algorithms*, Introduction to Computer Science
Mathematics Numerical Optimization, Linear Algebra, Statistics, Numerical Methods, Calculus
Economics Microeconomics, Advanced Econometrics, Inclusive Innovation, Research Methods*
Policy Entrepreneurship*, Approaches to Development by Prof Balu (Professor at Cornell University)
Mechanical Control Theory, Engineering Drawing, Finite Element Analysis, Automation
*ongoing

TECHNICAL STRENGTHS
Programming Langauges C, C++, Python, MATLAB, C#, R
Software & Tools IBM ILOG CPlex, AnyLogic, LaTeX, Excel, ANSYS, SolidWorks, APDL

SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS
• Ranked among top 0.144% in national level Joint Entrance Exam (JEE), an exam organized by IIT
with more than 1.3 million participants from all over the India.
• Awarded the institute level Merit-cum-Means Scholarship for whole Undergraduate studies.
• Awarded Special Achievement Certificate in High School for score in Chemistry at national level

LEADERSHIP SKILLS
• Member of Manthan, a discussion group by moderating 3 discussions on contemporary topics.
• Coordinating the Slum Development Program, for uplifting people living in slums, since 2015.
• Mentored the group of six IIT students for designing study material for Secondary school children
• Organized four trips to various remote regions of India for community immersion and exploration.
• Championed a full-fledged campaign for promoting cashless payments with outreach of 2000 people.

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS

Traveling, learning History & Culture and Playing Sports