Sparsh Gupta
Indian, 23, MSc in Computer Science at Oxford University
| Headline: | Engineer |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Industries: | Biotech, Cleantech, Computing, Education, Entertainment, Financial, Food and Drink, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle, Media, Mobile, Nanotech, Real Estate, Retail, Sports, Travel |
| Skills: | AJAX, C/C++, Computer Engineering, Databases, Design, Engineering, English, Flash, HTML / CSS, Human-Computer Interaction, Java, Javascript, Languages, Languages and Platforms, MacOS applications, PHP, Python, Software Engineering, SQL, Web design, Web Development, Windows applications |
| Location: | Oxford, UK |
| Groups: | HeadStart Ventures, Oxford Entrepreneurs, Oxford Hub |
| Visas: | UK, India |
| Interested in: | Employment opportunities, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities |
| Tags: | computer, mysql, php, software, web, web applications, websites |
| Schools: | University of Oxford |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Other projects and activities |
| Position: | Experience |
| Description: | - Was selected twice consecutively for a team that conducted an online counseling for 4.5 lack students for the Ministry of HRD, India
- Studied the assembly line and analyzed possibilities of implementation of Kaizen and Pokayoke during winter training in Bosch Chassis India Pvt. Ltd. - Implemented a user authentication server using RADIUS protocol & interfaced it with MySQL; configured the SQUID proxy‐caching server which gave me insights of network administration - Developed a online stores management system for DCE which is currently under testing - Developed an automated information portal over web for Cambridge University Entrepreneurs |
| Employer: | Grail Research India Pvt Ltd |
| Position: | Analyst |
| Time period: | June 2007 - September 2008 |
| Description: | - Executed statistical and analytical analyses using SPSS, Excel and Access
- Worked on varied industries like Information Technology, Tourism, Healthcare, etc. - Conducted in‐house training sessions on SPSS (basic & advanced), Excel, Segmentation techniques - Secondary Research using databases including Bloomberg, OneSource, DataMonitor, Nexis etc. - Recipient of two Exceptional Performance Awards for outstanding contribution to projects |
| Employer: | Academic Projects |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Time period: | June 2005 - July 2007 |
| Description: | Oct ‘06 – May ‘07
SIMULATION OF A MINES DETECTING ROBOT B.E. final year thesis major project, DCE - Was rated as second best project of the year - Implemented D* and VFH+ algorithms for navigation, Grids and Wide angle SONAR for mapping and GPR for sensing for a robot capable of finding a safe path in a minefield. Aug ‘06 – Jan ‘07 INTELLIGENT INTERNET BASED NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES ON INDIAN ROADS Project, DCE - Research work published in peer reviewed Enformatika Journal (Vol. 19, Jan 07; ISBN: 13055131) June – July ‘07 THE INTELLIGENT BOOK Summer Internship, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge - Worked on the AI & HCI aspects and coded in Isabelle / Isar for the discrete mathematics version of the intelligent book Dec ‘05 – May ‘06 INTELLIGENT WASTE HANDLING AND MONITORING SYSTEM Microsoft WESC’ 06 - Used Microsoft’s ebox to develop a prototype of an intelligent waste handling & monitoring system - The project reached the semi‐final round of the worldwide student challenge conducted by Microsoft June – Nov ‘05 DETECTION OF FORGERIES IN DIGITAL SIGNALS Delhi College of Engineering - Based upon the readout noise, we proposed a new algorithm to detect forgeries in digital videos - Presented the concept in an WMSCI conference in Florida and on Indian television news media - Published in Conference Proceedings (Vol. V; Pages: 229233; ISBN: 9806560701) |
| Employer: | DCE Websites |
| Position: | Chief Administrator |
| Time period: | May 2004 - June 2007 |
| Description: | - Managed successfully, a team of 20 students running the website management center in DCE
- Took several initiatives and transformed the way users used to interact with the official data online - Developed an online code evaluation system, which was tested over an automated online programming contest in which 922 international teams participated - Worked as technical head for the best (by Google) and India’s largest student community website |
| Employer: | DCE |
| Position: | Department Representative |
| Time period: | January 2004 - December 2006 |
| Description: | - Liaised between department and students to encourage social and intellectual programming
- Volunteered to mentor incoming student class about DCE’s campus life and culture |
| Employer: | Annual Technical Festival, DCE |
| Position: | Chief Organizer (Technical) |
| Time period: | February 2005 |
| Description: | - Introduced a 3D animations based Quizzing contest which became a big– h0i6t over time
- Managed all the technical aspects, while working with limited resources in a crunch time during the 3 day long event in which several colleges from across the globe participated |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Oxford |
| Time period: | 2008 - 2009 |
| Degree: | Computer Science, MSc |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | - Analytics, Problem Solving, Algorithms, Probability, Coding
- Surfing technical forums, Solving Puzzles and analytical mathematical problems, Listening Music, Traveling & exploring parts of the world that are not in the tourist’s map |
| Awards: | - Was selected to be a part of a six member Indian delegation to represent the country in an International Entrepreneurship summit held in Singapore, 2005 organized by ASES, Stanford
- Awarded by the Government of India, for outstanding contribution in Central Counseling Board - Served as reviewer ‐ International Conference on Digital Communications & Computer Applications - Obtained 92% in National Mathematics Olympiad Contest 2000. I was amongst the top 100 students - Awarded certificate for distinctive performance in both 2nd and 3rd National Science Olympiad organized by Science Olympiad Foundations in the year 2000 & 2001 respectively |
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Siddharth Singhal
Information Technology graduate from Delhi College of Engineering. Currently working as a R&D Software Engineer at Gemalto Pte. Ltd., Singapore.
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