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Interests
DNA Nanotechnology, Bio-inspired design of Biomedical Devices, Computational Systems Biology and
Internet of Things (Health-care aspects).
Education
Academic Honors
Secured the Third place at the ioTx Hackathon conducted by the Dubai Smart Goverment at
Dubai World Trade Center on 8th June, 2015.
Awarded the First position at the IITM Research Expo15, conducted during Shaastra15, annual
technical festival of IIT Madras.
Secured a perfect 10/10 GPA in the 7th Semester at IIT Madras.
Among Top 14 students from all over India to be awarded the Honda Young Engineer and
Scientist Award in 2014.
Awarded Dr. Anita-Mehta Damani Award for Best Academic record in 3rd and 4th semesters
in Biotechnology Department, IIT Madras in 2014.
Secured an all-India Rank of 1551 and a Tamil Nadu state rank of 52 in the All India Engineering
Entrance Examination (AIEEE) 2011 in which more than 11.18 lakh students appeared.
Selected among top 200 from 8000 students to attempt Indian National Olympiad in Informatics,
after qualification of Zonal Informatics Olympiad (ZIO) in 2011.
Secured the Gold Medal in IAIS Macmillan Science Contest for best performance among 11
countries in 2010
Sheikh Hamdan Award: Awarded for Distinguished Academic Performance in Gulf Countries
awarded by the Deputy Ruler of Dubai in 2008
Sharjah Award: For Distinguished Academic Performance in United Arab Emirates awarded by
the Ruler of Sharjah in 2008
Research
Experience
This computational tissue set-up has been used to determine efficient wound-healing strategies and
can be further expanded to analyse the efficacy of specific drugs on cellular populations growing on
bio-artificial tissues.
Winter Internship 2013: An attempt to understand Synaptic Vesicles dynamics using DNA Nanostructures
Guide: Dr. Yamuna Krishnan
National Center for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India (Dec 2013 - Jan 2014)
Performed Biochemical characterization of a DNA binding protein that was expressed in Synaptic
vesicles in order to track physiological changes like pH and Chloride concentration inside these
vesicles.
Learnt basic experimental techniques to work with C.elegans; Picking them at different stages of
growth (L1, L2, L3, L4 and Adult) and setting up crosses.
Computational Model of 2D View Cells and 1D Grid Cells using the Self-Organizing Map
Guide: Dr. Srinivasa Chakravarthy
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India (Sept 2014 - Dec 2014)
Designed an n-sided virtual space (Convex polygon) to simulate movement of an organism and
obtain its visual vectors, given its current position and head orientation;
Extracted salient features for training a self-organizing map, after the simulated organism exhaustively explores the visual space.
Identified the neurons (SOM nodes) responsible for detection of a specific view, and understood its
change in firing pattern with repeated exposure.
Skills
Positions of
Responsibility
IIT Madras Chess Captain, Mandakini Hostel Table Tennis Captain (Aug 2013 - May 2014)
Student Representative, RISHI, UC-Berkeley Initiative, IITM (Oct 2012 - Jan 2013)
Coordinator, Publicity and Student Relations, Shaastra,IITM (June 2012 - Jan 2013)
Head boy, Delhi Private School, Sharjah (Mar 2010 - Apr 2011)
Extra-Curricular
Activities
Technical Events: 3rd Place, math modeling, Kurukshetra, technical festival, Anna University,
Jan 2013, 3rd Runner Up, Contraptions, Shaastra, IIT Madras, Oct 2011
Chess: Deans Trophy Silver, Oct 2013; Bronze, Mar 2012, IITM; represented UAE, CBSE Chess
Nationals, Nanganallur,Tamil Nadu, Nov 2008
Table Tennis: Schroeter -Gold, Mar 2014, Bronze, Mar 2013, IITM; represented DPS Sharjah,
CBSE UAE Clusters,Dubai, UAE, Nov 2009
Creative Writing: contributor, On the Cuff Mandakini Hostel magazine, IITM, Aug 2012 Dec
2013
Music: Learning to play the Violin
Social Cause: member, Saathi, Dubai chapter, since Apr 2008; member, Indian Council for Child
Welfare, Chennai chapter, since June 2007; Medicine Sans Frontiers, since Aug 2005; Emirates
Environmental Group, since Jan 2004
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I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Clarifications
The Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is a measure of performance over all the previous semesters.
It is calculated on a scale of 10. My CGPA currently equals 9.33 out of 10 after 8 semesters.