ANIMESH AGRAWALYear Degree / Exam Institute GPA / Marks(%)---- B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Delhi 9.649

2008 CBSE Jawaharlal Nehru School, Bhopal 93.82006 CBSE Jawaharlal Nehru School, Bhopal 93.4

Institute rank 2 in a batch of 650 students; Department rank 1 out of 80 studentsHonda Young Engineer and Scientist Award : (Honda Foundation, Japan)

1 of 14 students from India to be awarded the YES award for academic and extra-curricular excellence, 2011Indo-German Winter Academy :

1 of 2 students to represent IIT Delhi at the academy attended by students and professors from all IITs andUniversity of Erlangen, Germany; delivered a lecture on two phase flows, 2010

OP Jindal Merit Scholarship : Awarded to one student from a batch for academic and leadership abilities, 2010Singapore Technologies Scholarship : 1 of 2 students to receive scholarship for all-round excellence, 2009IIT Delhi Semester Merit Award: Awarded for 6 consecutive semesters for being in top 7% students in instituteNational Talent Search Examination : Awarded scholarship by NCERT for being in top 0.1% applicants, 2006MHRD Scholarship : Awarded by CBSE to top 0.1% students in AISSCE, 2008Mastermind Award : For academic excellence through 12 years at Jawaharlal Nehru School, Bhopal, 2008

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd., Singapore (May, 2011 - July, 2011) :Worked in multi-national teams for acoustically designing the canopy of commercial generator sets Helped company in designing canopies in-house rather than outsourcing; reduced cost of insulation by 50%Suggestions were successfully implemented in the ongoing Chiyoda Singapore Ltd. project

Extended a Pre-Placement Offer (PPO) for significant contribution to the organisation San Diego State University, California, USA (May, 2010 - July, 2010) : The project was funded by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, USA)

Successfully carried out numerical simulation of flame spread over solid fuels under different gravity levelsResults accepted and to be used by NASA in increasing the fire safety of spacecraft

Co-authored a paper "Opposed Flow Flame Spread and Extinction in a Microgravity Environment",presented in the Eighth Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion (ASPACC-10)

Study of High Knudsen Number Flows in Micro-channels, BTP Thesis (July, 2011 - Present) :Pioneer research in the field of flows through micro-channels for applications in electronic chip cooling,biomedical solutions, heat exchangers and Micro Electrical Mechanical Systems (MEMS)Using Lattice Boltzmann Method to model the flow and validating the results through experiments

Study of Convective Heat Transfer through Micro-channels, IIT Delhi (July, 2010 - Nov, 2010) :

Studied heat transfer characteristics of various coolants using both theoretical modelling and experimentationfor application in laptop chip cooling, electronic gadgets and biomedical solutionsSuggested the most suitable coolant for micro heat-sinks based on convective heat transfer coefficient values

Co-authored a paper titled "Study of effect of mass flow rate and heat flux on heat transfer coefficient offluids in microchannels", 12th International Conference on Heat Transfer, United Kingdom

House Secretary, Nilgiri Hostel (Apr, 2011 - Present) :Leading a team of 7 secretaries to manage hostel affairs with a budget of INR 18 lakhsInitiated the construction of Waste water management system, Indoor Sports room and Gymnasium roomLaunched Synapse, first-ever intra-hostel magazine of hostel, to promote creative writing amongst the residentsConceptualised the first-ever hostel website with features like feedback system, news and upcoming eventsInstrumental in organisation of intra-hostel festivals to encourage and groom hostel talent

Awarded Outstanding Contribution to Board of Hostel Management, Nilgiri Hostel, 2010

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Management Roles in Tryst (Dec, 2009 - Mar, 2011) : Annual technical festival of IIT Delhi

Coordinator, Events, Tryst, 2011 (December, 2010 - March, 2011)Led a team of 35 members to successfully organise 8 workshops attended by 900+ participantsResponsible for marketing and publicity of these workshops; secured sponsorship of over INR 2 lakhs

Activity Head, Marketing, Tryst 2010 (December, 2009 - March, 2010)Secured sponsorship of more than INR 1 lakh in cash and kindPartnered with media agencies like Knowafest, 160by2 for publicity, increasing the participation manifold

General Secretary, Mechanical Engineering Society, IIT Delhi (Aug, 2010 - July, 2011) :

Successfully organised and anchored a festival for freshers with innovative games being the major attractionOrganised an Alumni-Student Interaction Session to help students choose their desired career pathConducted Futsal (football) tournament getting a record participation of 24 teamsManaged the designing and printing of department T-shirts for the outgoing batch

Convener, Academic Interaction Council (Mar, 2010 - Present) :

Elected to the AIC, highest academic body of IIT Delhi, for 2 consecutive years from Mechanical DepartmentLaunched Mentorship Program for under-performing students by including seniors as Teaching Assistants

Awarded the Best Mentor, 2010-11 for innovative initiatives and applausive feedback from mentees School House Captain, Jawaharlal Nehru School, Bhopal (Mar, 2007 - Mar, 2008) :

Led the school in winning 7 inter-school debate competitions and 5 inter-school sports championships in 2007-08Overall Coordinator for school Silver Jubilee Celebrations attended by over 5000 students and alumni

Awarded the Usha Tawde Award, 2008, for being the best all-rounder throughout school life

Public Speaking and Literary Activities : Represented hostel in over 15 debates over the last 4 yearsAdjudicator, IIT Delhi International Parliamentary Debate, for three consecutive years from 2009 to 2011Chair Adjudicator, Debating Premier League, IIT Delhi, 2010Best Speaker, Inter-hostel Model United Nations, 2010Semi-finalist, Inter-hostel Stalwart Competition, 2009Semi-finalist, Debating Premier League, IIT Delhi, 2010Winner, Inter-school Speech competition, 2005 and Inter-school Debate competition, 2004Contributed numerous articles to college portal InfinityIITD; stalwart contributor to hostel magazine

Awarded Best Fresher, 2008-09 and Outstanding Contribution to Cultural Activities , Nilgiri Hostel, 2010-11 Sports :

Captain, Hostel Water Polo team (March, 2010 - March,2011)Trained and motivated the unfledged hostel water polo team to its best performance in 5 yearsBronze Medal, 4X40m relay at the annual Inter-Hostel Aquatics Meet, IIT Delhi, 2010Bronze Medal, 80m free style swimming at the annual Inter-Hostel Aquatics Meet, IIT Delhi, 2010

Squash: Represented Nilgiri hostel in Inter-Hostel Squash Tournament for 2 consecutive years, 2009-11 Voluntary Work :

Led a team of 50 students for Upper Lake Cleanliness Drive, Bhopal to save habitat of migratory birds, 2009Awarded Certificate of Appreciation by HelpAge India for consistent efforts to help the elderly, 2006As school house captain, initiated and organised a donation camp to Sehatganj village, Madhya Pradesh, 2007

Travel and adventure enthusiast (camping at Sierra Nevada hills in California, cave trails in Andaman Islands andMalaysia, water sports in Singapore and Indonesia and white water rafting in Ganges); enjoy cooking

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