Jishnu Kashyap Dave davejishnu@gmail.com

+919998583470

CAREER OBJECTIVE:

To become an asset to the organization by utilizing my skills as an engineer and to maintain a symbiotic relationship by gaining knowledge through its affiliation

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ACADEMIC DETAILS:

Nirma University, Ahmedabad

Completed 7 semesters of B. Tech. in Electronics and Communication (EC)

Engineering with Progressive Performance Index 8.31/10.00 (Expected Graduation: May 2010)

Semester Year of passing Semester Performance Index

7th 2009 (awaiting results)

6th 2009 8.17

5th 2008 7.92

4th 2008 8.00

3rd 2007 8.17

2nd

2007 8.52

Programming C, C++, Visual Basic (VB6), Java (basic J2SE), 8086

Assembly, VHDL

Circuit Design and Simulation

Orcad Family (Pspice), Multisim, Circuit Maker

PCB Layout Eagle, ExpressPCB

Microcontrollers 8051, Atmel AVR ATmega(8,16,32,128), NXP LPC2148

Microcontroller Softwares

Keil uVision, BASCOM-AVR, WinAVR, AVR Studio,

Code Vision-AVR, IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM Kickstart

MATLAB Toolboxes Communications, Image Acquisition, Image Processing

VLSI Design Microwind

CPLD/FPGA Devices MAX II Series, Spartan-3 Series, Virtex-5 Series

CPLD/FPGA Softwares Altera Quartus, Xilinx ISE, Xilinx EDK

PLC Software Rockwell Automation Picosoft

Department Electives Wireless Communications, Advanced Communication Systems, VLSI Design

1st 2007 9.13

The H. B. Kapadia New High School, Ahmedabad

Certificate of merit for distinctive performance (All India Rank 157) in the final round of the 8

th National Science Olympiad conducted by the Science

Olympiad Foundation; February 2006

Board Year of passing Percentage

GHSEB (Gujarat) 2006 90.80

Amrit Jyoti High School, Ahmedabad

Scholarship and certificate of excellence in Maths; August 2004

Scholarship and certificate of excellence in English; August 2004

Scholarship and certificate of excellence in Sanskrit; August 2004, 2003 and 2002

Board Year of passing Percentage

GSEB (Gujarat) 2004 88.86

GSEB (Gujarat) 2004 88.86

PROJECTS:

Design, development and performance evaluation of DSP algorithms on FPGA-

based multi-processor systems

(Final Year Minor Project) Design and development of a multi-MicroBlaze system on Xilinx

Virtex-5 FPGA, Benchmarking the system using EEMBC’s CoreMark, Implementation of DSP algorithms like radix-2 FFT on the system, Profiling and optimizing the application and

Performance evaluation in terms of the number of clock cycles, speedup, FPGA resource utilization; October 2009 (team of 2)

National ROBOCON India 2009

(Research) A national robotic contest played among 52 colleges of India. It involves

electronic and mechanical design of a system of robots programmed for qualities such as cooperation above and beyond the speed, power and precision demanded of conventional

robots. I represented Nirma University in ABU ROBOCON – India 2009 held at Ballewadi

Sports Complex, Pune; November 2008-March 2009 (team of 17)

G.O.A.L.

(Development) A robot developed to move colored balls into opponent's goal post with the

help of an overhead camera. The input video is continually analyzed using MATLAB and appropriate commands are transmitted via a wireless ASK transmitter. The navigator robot

plays the game with the help of ASK commands. It involves image filters, morphological

operations and shape detection; December 2008-January 2009 (team of 3)

Micromouse

(Development) An autonomous machine developed to get to the center of an unknown maze

in the shortest possible time. The hardware comprises of an AVR microcontroller, stepper

motors, motor drivers, and custom-made sensors. The firmware includes a PID-based steering

method and an implementation of the Bellman Modified Floodfill algorithm for maze-solving; December 2008-January 2009 (team of 3)

M-it

(Commercial) A generic SMS-based inquiry and complaint management system for municipal corporations, dam control systems as well as for commercial purposes like malls,

schools, newspapers etc. The SMS server is implemented in VB. It includes interfacing with a

GSM modem, an auto-spell-correct method using Levenshtein Distance and database management. The inquiry server is also embedded in an AVR microcontroller; September

2008-October 2008 (team of 2)

Asia-Pacific ABU ROBOCON 2008 – Represented INDIA

(Research) A robotic contest played among the countries of the Asia-Pacific region. It

involved electronic and mechanical design of a system of robots programmed for fast and

accurate pick and place operations in a way similar to the human pyramids formed in the traditional festival of Janmashtami. I represented India and got the Mabuchi Motor Award in

ABU ROBOCON 2008 held at MAEER’s MIT, Pune; May 2008-August 2008 (team of 7)

Chessie 2.0

(Development) A Chess playing software developed in Visual Basic 6.0. The individual chess-board positions are sorted using a static position evaluation function, which is the AI

(Artificial Intelligence) of the software. The chess moves are generated by a Minimax game tree which uses the branch-and-bound Alpha-Beta pruning technique. It includes further

optimizations in the form of a Singular Extension Heuristic and Quiescence Search; January

2008-March 2008 (team of 3)

Chessie 1.0

(Development) A GUI prepared in C for two-player games of Chess. Majority of the

code comprises of GUI management and seeing to it that only legal moves are made by the users; February 2007-March 2007 (team of 3)

MINI-PROJECTS:

A 4-bit ALU

(Digital System Design) 4-bit ALU in VHDL with MiniMIPS-like ISA and 3-cycle

execution. It was tested on MAXII series CPLD using Quartus; April 2009 (team of 2)

A 4-bit even parity generator

(VLSI Design) Design of a gate level schematic in DSCH and a transistor level layout with

DRC checks in Microwind. The output had full swing and transition times of 43-66 ps; April 2009 (individual)

An 8-bit RTOS for AVR microcontrollers

(Microcontroller Lab) A single-stack non-preemptive RTOS written in C and in-line

assembly using WinAVR compiler. It was tested on ATmega16 with 8 concurrent tasks and 1 semaphore; April 2009 (team of 2)

Bottling process automation

(Programmable Logic Controller) Simulation of a bottling process in Picosoft using timers

and counters; March 2009 (individual)

Peak detector

(Integrated Circuits and Applications) Design of a precision rectifier using op-amp and

based on it, a peak detector circuit; October 2008 (team of 2)

Stepper motor control

(Electronic Circuit Design) Controlling the motion of a stepper motor using ATmega8

microcontroller and L298 driver IC; April 2008 (team of 2)

Astable Multivibrator

(Electronic Circuit Design) A 0.5Hz astable multivibrator using discrete components like transistors, capacitors and resistors; February 2008 (team of 2)

PC-based temperature monitoring

(Electronic Workshop) PC-powered temperature monitoring using DS1621 sensors interfaced using IIC bus. UI is designed in VB6; October 2007 (team of 2)

Electronic lock

(Electronic Workshop) Actuating a relay or opening a lock by pressing specific hard-wired switches out of a big array of switches; August 2007 (individual)

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS:

Appreciated for presenting two project ideas that have business potential in Nirmalabs Project Competition by Nirmalabs, a technology business incubator; April

2009 First in Hardware Project competition at TechnOdyssey by IEEE student branch,

Nirma University; September 2008

First in Software Project competition at TechnOdyssey by IEEE student branch, Nirma University; September 2008

First in Innovation – Hardware, a hardware project competition under Vidyut

Adbhutam by Electrical Engineering Students’ Association (EESA), Nirma University; March 2008

Second in Codessey, a software project competition under Prevoyance by Electronics and Communication Organization (ECO), Nirma University; March 2008

Second in C Thru It, a C debugging competition under Prevoyance by Electronics and

Communication Organization (ECO), Nirma University; March 2008 Second in Circuitect, a circuit designing competition under Prevoyance by

Electronics and Communication Organization (ECO), Nirma University; March 2008

Was a finalist (Rank 13) at Codathlon, a coding, reversing and networking competition under Techfest, Asia’s Largest Technical Festival held at Indian Institute

of Technology, Mumbai (IIT-B); January 2008 (Was also offered an internship interview by Microsoft India Development Center (MSIDC) as a result of good

performance at Codathlon)

First in C and C++ programming competition under Radiance by the IEEE Student Branch, Nirma University; April 2007

WORKSHOPS:

Conducted a 2-day workshop on “Autonomous robotics” along with hands-on

sessions on various modules of electronics like sensors and motor drivers apart from

target-specific programming under Radiance by the IEEE Student Branch, Nirma University; March 2009

Attended a 2-day workshop on “Advanced EDA tools for VLSI testing” by the PG-VLSI Design Branch, Nirma University; March 2009

Attended a 3-day workshop on “ARM processors and RTOS” by VI Microsystems

Pvt. Ltd. (Chennai) in collaboration with Electronics and Communication Organization (ECO), Nirma University; December 2008

Attended a 1-day workshop on “Visual Basic” by IEEE student branch, Nirma University; March 2008

Attended eTRIX, a 3-day workshop on “Developing autonomous robots by hard-

wired logic” by The Robotics Institute (TRI) India at Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai (IIT-B); January 2008

Attended Fearburster, a 2-day workshop on “Microcontrollers and Embedded

Systems” (including an expert lecture by Asst. Prof. Dhananjay Gadre, an Atmel

AVR specialist) supported by Atmel Corporation at National Institute of Technology, Bhopal; July 2007

Attended a 9-week workshop on “Public Speaking” by Mr. Suresh Mashruwala at Ahmedabad Management Association; January-March 2007

Attended a 3-day workshop on “Vedic Mathematics” by the World Academy for

Vedic Mathematics, Nagpur at L. D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad; August 2004

SEMINARS/PAPERS:

Research Paper on “Design and Performance Evaluation of FFT algorithms on FPGA-based multi-processor systems” accepted for oral presentation at the

International Conference on Signals, Systems and Automation (ICSSA) at G. H. Patel College of Engineering and Technology, Vallabh Vidyanagar; December 2009

Attended a 1-day seminar and exhibition on “A Vision to Gen-Next Broadcasting”

organized by Broadcast Engineering Society (BES) India (Ahmedabad Chapter) in association with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL), Indian Space Research

Organization (ISRO) and Sai Info System Ltd. (SIS); November 2009

Presented a paper on “Fiber Optic Gyroscope” as a part of the Fiber Optic Communication course, Nirma University; October 2008

Short-listed for submission of a paper on “OLED based newspapers” under the theme “Use of IT in providing solutions to energy conservation” at HP Innovate by HP

India; February 2009

Delivered a seminar on “ARM Processors” as a part of the Seminar course, Nirma University; October 2008

Presented a paper on “Null Recorders” as a part of the Modern Measurements and

Instrumentation course, Nirma University; October 2008 Presented a paper on “Development of self-learning AI algorithms using

Backpropagation Neurocontrollers” under Technodyssey, organized by IEEE Student Branch, Nirma University; September 2008

CURRENT POST:

The Secretary, IEEE Student Branch, Nirma University for the year 2009

o Looking after the effective administration of the club, organizing GBMs, fostering events that address the needs of the members and help

sustaining/increasing the membership base

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

IEEE Student Branch, Nirma University; March 2008-Present o Organizer: TechnOdyssey 2009, a two-day National Level Technical

Symposium featuring 6 technical workshops, paper presentation and a

robotics competition o Organizer: Radiance 2009, a college level workshop event

o Organizer: Micromouse simulation and C/C++ programming (TechnOdyssey

2008), C++ programming competition Robotech Club, Nirma University; July 2007-Present

Electronics and Communication Organization (ECO), Nirma University; July 2006-Present

o Organizer: Workshop on “ARM Processors and RTOS”, C programming

competition, SWOT analysis

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:

First in Hindi essay-writing competition at Amrit Jyoti High School; August 2004

First in Assembly by Amrit Jyoti High School; August 2003

Class 1 Sanskrit Bhushana by Shri Bruhada Gujarat Sanskrit Parishad; February 2003 Class 2 Sanskrit Madhyama by Shri Bruhada Gujarat Sanskrit Parishad; February

2002 First prize for excellence in Personality (Senior) by Amrit Jyoti High School; August

2002

Class 2 Sanskrit Prathama by Shri Bruhada Gujarat Sanskrit Parishad; October 2001 Second prize for excellence in Personality (Junior) by Amrit Jyoti High School;

August 2000 A Grade in Elementary Drawing Examination conducted by Gujarat Examination

Board; September 1999

Promoted to Blue Belt San Dan by Gujarat Traditional Karate Foundation of Sports; August 1998

Promoted to Yellow Belt by Gujarat Traditional Karate Foundation of Sports; January

1997

PERSONAL PROFILE:

Address G-401, Indraprastha-II, Near Shreyas School, Ambawadi, Ahmedabad-15

(Gujarat, India)

Contact Number (M) +919998583470 (R) +917926642845

Website http://jishnu.yolasite.com

Date of Birth 5th

March, 1989

Gender Male

Languages known English, Hindi, Gujarati

Hobbies Robotics, Chess, Reading

REFERENCES:

Available on request

DECLARATION:

I hereby declare that the above-mentioned information is true to the best of my knowledge.

Jishnu Dave

Place: Ahmedabad