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Abhinav Agarwal Homepage: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~abhiag 

Objective: To obtain research assistantship to pursue my graduate studies and researchinterests.

Areas of interest: Low power digital design, Mixed signal design, Embedded systemshardware design 

Educational record: 

Year Examination Institution Performance

2002 - 2006Bachelor of Technology

Electrical Engineering

Indian Institute of

Technology Kanpur

CPI 10.0/10.0

Departmental Rank 1

2002Class 12 Central Board

of Secondary Education

 Navrachana

School, Baroda

96.2% aggregate

Projects:

Use of SOI devices in ultra low standby voltage SRAM cells – (August 05 - Present): Asmy senior year B. Tech. project under the guidance of Dr. Aloke Dutta, I am analyzing the

voltage characteristics of bulk MOSFETs used in memory cells with the goal of minimizingleakage current and static power dissipation. I am also investigating how Silicon on Insulator

(SOI) devices like the Dynamic Threshold MOSFETs would perform in this architecture. 

Profiling and Debug support for ARM core based URLAP Processor platform –

(May 05 – July 05): This project was a part of my summer internship at Ecole Polytechnique

Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, under the guidance of Dr. Paolo Ienne. My workincluded developing computer emulation for the Profiling Coprocessor that allows the user to

view the results of profiling the processor in real time. I also developed service routines for a

debug coprocessor to allow the user to debug programs through source code.

Motherboard, User Interface Hardware and Firmware of a Gas Chromatograph  –

(May 04 – July 04): The project was done during my Summer Internship at Quazar

Technologies, Delhi, India. Various detector cards were interfaced with a centralmotherboard card, which also controlled the display on a graphical LCD. The firmware was

written in C and run on AT8051RC controller with a provision of record storage on an

External EEPROM. The Gas chromatograph will be soon launched in the market. 

Programmable Blocks  – (February 04 – April 04): The project aimed at developing a

commercially viable physical programming tool that can be used to control robots withoutthe use of computers. The prototype developed consisted of a stack of electronic blocks

representing a program to be executed on dc motors. This project was guided by Dr.

Amitabha Mukherjee, Head of Center for Robotics, IITK. This project was a finalist atEndeavor, Techkriti 04, IITK.

Shooting Game on CRO Screen – (Feb 04): I developed a breadboard circuit consisting

of analog and digital circuitry to implement a shooting game on a CRO screen for the‘Electronic Circuit Design Competition’ at Techkriti 04, IITK. It was selected among the

10 finalists. 

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Publications/Papers:

Compact Loop Antennas and Arrays  – Dr AR Harish, Abhinav Agarwal, Nitigya

Kuchhal and Vibhor Jain. Proceedings of the International Conference on Antenna

Technologies (ICAT 2005), Indian Space Research Organization, Ahmedabad, India.(http://home.iitk.ac.in/~abhiag/AntennaPaper.pdf )

Technical Skills:

• Programming Languages: Java, C, C#, Verilog, VHDL, Assembly Languages forMicrocontrollers – 8051 family, PIC 16F877X and Microprocessor 8085.

• Software Packages: MATLAB, SILVACO, SPICE, XILINX, MICROCAP, OrCAD

• Platforms: Comfortable with both UNIX and Windows Platforms.

Relevant Courses done: (* marked will be completed by May 05) VLSI System design* Organic Electronics*

Computer Architecture * MEMS

Analog & Digital VLSI Microelectronics DevicesSemiconductor devices technology Microelectronics Circuits

Digital Electronics and Microprocessor Technology Signals, Systems and Networks

Power Electronics Power SystemsElectromagnetic Theory Control Systems AnalysisPrinciples of Communication Power Systems

Communication Systems Nature and Properties of Materials

Probability and Statistics Quantum Physics

GRE Score: 1600/1600

TOEFL Score: 293/300 

Notable Awards:

• L.N.D. Memorial Scholarship for best academic performance in the first 3 years of B.

Tech by IIT Kanpur in 2006.• Certificates for Academic Excellence for 2002-03: B.Tech 1

st Year, 2003-04: B.Tech 2

nd  

Year and 2004-05: B.Tech 3rd 

 Year by IIT Kanpur

• Best Presentation Award at Hamfest India, 2004 for the presentation on “Use of FractalAntennas in Amateur Radio” 

• Certificate of Merit (Top 0.01% students) for Physics, Biology and Chemistry for Class12 by NCERT, Education Council of Government of India, in 2002

•  National Talent Search Examination - Scholarship awarded by the NCERT in 2000

Extra Curricular Activities:

• Coordinator HAM club, IITK involved in Amateur Radio activities. My activities

included conduction of Licensing exams, workshops on Oscillators, Antennae, andclasses for learning Morse code.

• Member of Students Senate, IITK as a Senator and a member of Rules and Procedurescommittee of the Senate

• Student Guide in the Counseling Service at IITK

Personal Information:

• Date of Birth : 26 May 1984

• Current Address : Room No F 104, Hall 1, IIT Kanpur, India – 208016 

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