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ANURAG MAHESHWARI  Email: [email protected]  Room No. A-207, Hall of Residence 10, IIT Kanpur    208016 Phone: +91-9794361450  EDUCATION YEAR DEGREE/CERTIFICATE INSTITUTE CGPA / % 2011 (Expected) B. Tech.   M. Tech. Dual Degree Electrical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur M. Tech. - 8.7/10 B. Tech. - 6.5/10 2006 Class XII: ISC Board The Chintels School, Kanpur 95.75% 2004 Class X: ICSE Board The Chintels School, Kanpur 96.00% SUMMER INTERNSHIP: CISTER Research Unit, ISEP/IPP, Portugal (May    July 2009) Interference Measurement in Body Sensor Networks  (BSNs)  Assessed the effect of WLAN interference on BSNs which can be used to develop schemes for interference detection  Developed an algorithm that enabled frequency hopping and synchronization so as to increase the rate of packet exchange  Proved strong correlation between packet loss in BSNs and external noise after collecting data at different locations  KEY ACADEMIC PROJECTS  Speaker Detection   M. Tech. Thesis (Jan 2010   Present) o Detected the active speaker with 70% accuracy after extracting audio and video features from a video file o Working to improve the estimates of the features so as to increase the accuracy of detection  o Studying 2D-MUSIC, Mixing Parameters Estimation, LP Residual techniques so as to detect the number of speakers  Relationship between Inflation and Monetary Aggregates (Aug - Nov 2008) o Implemented 2 linear regression models to see the effect of monetary aggregates in inflation-rate prediction  o Results proved the independence of inflation rate and monetary aggregates with reference to Indian Economy  POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILTY  Overall Coordinator, Galaxy 10, IITK Cultural Championship (2010) o Organized the biggest ever intra-IITK event  comprising of 46 contests and more than 1500 participants o Ensured smooth and fair conduction of the event which has witnessed acute disruptions in the past due to hall rivalries  o Redefined the structure of the 6-day event along with introducing 10 new competitions o Planned the entire festival and was also responsible for the show management, finances and other logistics of the same   Coordinator, Dramatics Club, Cultural Council, IITK  (2008   09) o Won the Overall Dramatics Championship in Antaragni ’08 after winni ng prizes in all categories o Set a tradition for the cultural clubs by conceptualizing and organizing ‘Halla Bol’, the first ever open-for-all event  - Removed auditions and saw 60 aspirants turning up and performing on stage after a 10 day workshop  o Organized a 15 day professional workshop conducted by a faculty member of the National School of Drama  Coordinator, Professional Shows, Antaragni ‘ 08, Annual Cultural Festival, IITK (2008) o Led a 60 member team to organize 4 professional shows with 10000 footfalls for the first time in any IITK Festival o Prepared a blueprint for the expansion of the venue there by ensuring an increase of 6000 in capacity  Sports Secretary, Hall of Residence 3, IITK (2007   08) o Festival Coordinator of Olympus ’08, the intra-hall sports festival, comprising of 20 events and over 400 participants - Convinced Pepsi Co. to become t he title sponsor of the 10 day event, making it the biggest ever hall festival o Served as a member of institute committees such as the Anti-Ragging Committee and the Games and Sports  Council OTHER ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS  Dramatics o Won 12 prizes in stage plays/street plays/situational acting while representing IITK at national-level festivals: Rendezvous, Mood Indigo and Antaragni (cultural festivals of IITD, IITB and IITK respectively)  o Invited to perform at Prithvi Theatre, one of India’s most renowned theatres, in January ‘08   Sports o Received the Best Sportsperson Award of Hall of Residence 3 for the year 2006-07  o Won gold medal in hockey while representing IITK at the TRI-IIT Challenger Tournament organized by IITD  o Served as captain of the School Football Team from Apr il ‘04 to March ‘06  Miscellaneous o Served as Student Guide in the Counselling service to help 7 first year students adjust to the IITK environment o Secured All India Rank 42 in the fifth National Cyber Olympiad held in 2006  o Ranked amongst the top 50 (99.99 percentile) students in the ICSE Board Examinations, 2004

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ANURAG MAHESHWARI  Email: [email protected] 

Room No. A-207, Hall of Residence 10, IIT Kanpur –  208016  Phone: +91-9794361450 

EDUCATION 

YEAR DEGREE/CERTIFICATE INSTITUTE CGPA / %

2011

(Expected)

B. Tech. –  M. Tech. Dual Degree

Electrical EngineeringIndian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

M. Tech. - 8.7/10

B. Tech. - 6.5/10

2006 Class XII: ISC Board The Chintels School, Kanpur 95.75%

2004 Class X: ICSE Board The Chintels School, Kanpur 96.00%

SUMMER INTERNSHIP: CISTER Research Unit, ISEP/IPP, Portugal (May –  July 2009) 

Interference Measurement in Body Sensor Networks (BSNs) 

  Assessed the effect of WLAN interference on BSNs which can be used to develop schemes for interference detection

  Developed an algorithm that enabled frequency hopping and synchronization so as to increase the rate of packet exchange

  Proved strong correlation between packet loss in BSNs and external noise after collecting data at different locations  

KEY ACADEMIC PROJECTS

  Speaker Detection –  M. Tech. Thesis (Jan 2010 –  Present) 

o  Detected the active speaker with 70% accuracy after extracting audio and video features from a video file

o  Working to improve the estimates of the features so as to increase the accuracy of detection 

Studying 2D-MUSIC, Mixing Parameters Estimation, LP Residual techniques so as to detect the number of speakers 

  Relationship between Inflation and Monetary Aggregates (Aug - Nov 2008) 

Implemented 2 linear regression models to see the effect of monetary aggregates in inflation-rate prediction 

Results proved the independence of inflation rate and monetary aggregates with reference to Indian Economy 

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILTY

  Overall Coordinator, Galaxy ‘10, IITK Cultural Championship (2010) 

o  Organized the biggest ever intra-IITK event comprising of 46 contests and more than 1500 participants 

o  Ensured smooth and fair conduction of the event which has witnessed acute disruptions in the past due to hall rivalries  o 

Redefined the structure of the 6-day event along with introducing 10 new competitions

Planned the entire festival and was also responsible for the show management, finances and other logistics of the same    Coordinator, Dramatics Club, Cultural Council, IITK   (2008 – 09) 

Won the Overall Dramatics Championship in Antaragni ’08 after winning prizes in all categories 

o  Set a tradition for the cultural clubs by conceptualizing and organizing ‘Halla Bol’, the first ever open-for-all event 

Removed auditions and saw 60 aspirants turning up and performing on stage after a 10 day workshop 

Organized a 15 day professional workshop conducted by a faculty member of the National School of Drama

  Coordinator, Professional Shows, Antaragni ‘08, Annual Cultural Festival, IITK (2008) 

Led a 60 member team to organize 4 professional shows with 10000 footfalls for the first time in any IITK Festival

Prepared a blueprint for the expansion of the venue thereby ensuring an increase of 6000 in capacity 

  Sports Secretary, Hall of Residence 3, IITK (2007  – 08) 

Festival Coordinator of Olympus ’08, the intra-hall sports festival, comprising of 20 events and over 400 participants- Convinced Pepsi Co. to become the title sponsor of the 10 day event, making it the biggest ever hall festival

Served as a member of institute committees such as the Anti-Ragging Committee and the Games and Sports Council 

OTHER ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

  Dramatics

o  Won 12 prizes in stage plays/street plays/situational acting while representing IITK at national-level festivals:

Rendezvous, Mood Indigo and Antaragni (cultural festivals of IITD, IITB and IITK respectively) 

Invited to perform at Prithvi Theatre, one of India’s most renowned theatres, in January ‘08 

  Sports

Received the Best Sportsperson Award of Hall of Residence 3 for the year 2006-07 

Won gold medal in hockey while representing IITK at the TRI-IIT Challenger Tournament organized by IITD o 

Served as captain of the School Football Team from Apr il ‘04 to March ‘06 

  Miscellaneous

o  Served as Student Guide in the Counselling service to help 7 first year students adjust to the IITK environment

o  Secured All India Rank 42 in the fifth National Cyber Olympiad held in 2006 

o  Ranked amongst the top 50 (99.99 percentile) students in the ICSE Board Examinations, 2004