Raaz Dwivedi

Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

100070016
B.Tech.
Male
DOB: 05-02-1994

Examination

University

Institute

Year

CPI / %

Graduation
Intermediate/+2
Matriculation

IIT Bombay
CBSE
M.P. Board

IIT Bombay
Sagar Public School
Scholars' Home Public School

2014
2010
2008

9.94
95.80
88.20

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Ranked 1st in the Department and 2nd in the Institute after 3rd year on CPI basis
Secured Semester Point Index of perfect 10 in four out of six semsters
Completed Minors in Maths with perfect 10 CPI
Completed Honors in Electrical Engineering with perfect 10 CPI
Secured AP grade in 4 Maths & 6 EE Core Courses besides being the only student in 3 EE courses
(AP-highest grade awarded for exceptional performance to maximum 2% students)
Secured All India Rank 10 in IIT JEE 10 with All India Second Best Score in Chemistry
Secured All India Rank 46 in AIEEE 10; thus receiving CBSE Merit Scholarship for 3 years
Secured Institute and Department Rank 1 after the first year; thus received Aditya Choubey and
Urvish Medh Memorial Prizes from department and honorarium from institute
Awarded Certificate of Merit in Maths for being among top 0.1% students in XII Board Exam

INTERNSHIPS AND UNDERGRADUATE THESIS

Visiting Scholar, STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Load Balancing on Networks, Guide: Prof Balaji Prabhakar, EECS Dept

[Summer Internship 13]

Researched performance and stability of several Load Balancing schemes on server queues in computer
networks and emulated it to traffic congestion in transportation
Proposed a learning algorithm for stable allocation of jobs on servers with unknown rates; analyzed migration effects of jobs on stability of queue size
Summer Scholar, NCPRE
[Summer Internship 12]
Organic Solar Cell Physics, Guide: Prof J. Vasi & Prof. P. R. Nair, EE Dept, IITB
Modelled and simulated organic solar cell on Sentaurus; analyzed physics behind its characteristics
Published in Bulletin of American Physical Society based on the results that justify various trends
in Charge Storage Exponents of Organic Heterojunction Solar Cells
Bachelor Dissertation, IIT BOMBAY
Online Reputation Systems, Guide: Prof Vivek Borkar, EE Dept

[Fall 13]

Modelling a scheme for online recommendation systems where a user rates several different users based
on similarity of their likes & dislikes compared to his own and accordingly weights their recommendations
Business Analyst, IVY MOBILITY
Drill Down Analysis Reports

[Winter Internship 12]

Presented Analysis Reports namely ABC Analysis and Stock & Sales on data of FMCGs like GSK &
Philips, for an additional feature of companys enterprise mobility solutions
Handled databases using SQL and generated reports using Business Analytics softwares Qlikview & Tableau

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY

Programming Languages - C++, Python, MATLAB, Scilab, Verilog, BlueSpec

Technical Softwares - Sentaurus, Spice, Magic Layout, EAGLE, LATEX
Worked with 8085 & 89c5131 micro-controller using Assembly language
Other - SQL, Qlikview, Tableau

COURSE PROJECTS
Minimum Guaranteed Return Funds, Stochastic Optimization Project
[Aug-Sep 13]
Guide: Prof Vivek Borkar, EE Dept
Examining the design of dynamic stochastic optimization model for design and risk management of closed
end funds backing guaranteed investment products
Technology Mapping, VLSI CAD Project in a group of 4
[Oct-Nov 12]
Guide: Prof Sachin Patkar, EE Dept
Developed a Python Code to output optimal low cost circuit for a given large graph having boolean
expressions and logic gates with associated costs using Breadth First Search and Pattern Matching
Circuit Design, Analog VLSI Project in a group of 5
[Oct-Nov 12]
Guide: Prof A. N. Chandorkar, EE Dept
Designed and simulated the signal conditioning circuit for a Wheatstones bridge using SPICE Macro
Models for analog circuits and parameters from layouts using Magic Layout
Car Race Game, Digital Lab Project in a group of 3
[Mar-Apr 12]
Guide: Prof M. B. Patil, EE Dept
Created a car race game by using Verilog Code on FPGA, LCD as display and G-Sensor as control
Graph Plotter, C++ Programming Project in a group of 13
[Oct-Nov 10]
Guide: Prof D. B. Phatak, CSE Dept
Implemented a 2D graph plotting algorithm and developed a graphical version using EzWindows API
which took functions with domain as the input and plotted graph of function, its derivative and integral

KEY COURSES UNDERTAKEN

Devices & Circuits
Nanoelectronics
Microprocessors
Analog VLSI
VLSI CAD
Digital Systems
Network Theory
Electronic Devices

Comm. & Sig. Processing

Information Theory
Stochastic Optimization
Communication Networks
Advanced Signal Processing
Communication Systems
Digital Communication
Speech Processing

Breadth
Data Structures & Algorithms
Probability & Measure Theory
Linear & Basic Algebra
Game Theory
Markov Decision Processes
First Course in Optimization
Fourier, Real & Complex Analysis

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Teaching Assistant, Institute Level & Intensive Program for Entrants(IPE), IIT Bombay [Aug11-Apr13]
Selected 10 times and served 7 times as a Teaching Assistant, from among all the undergraduates
Assisted 250 first year, 50 second and third year undergraduates in Calculus, Linear Algebra, Differential
Equations I & II and Electrodynamics including special help for IPE in Maths to 40 weak freshmen
Besides weekly sessions, setting and evaluation of some exams, managed discussion groups on Facebook
and Piazza Forum with 150+ participants and conducted extra sessions with attendance upto 200 students
Institute Student Mentor & Department Academic Mentor, IIT Bombay
[Jul 13 - till date]
Mentoring 13 freshmen from diverse backgrounds for overall development as a part of the 80 membered
ISMP team responsible for providing guidance to the entire freshmen batch
Selected twice as a member of the DAMP team responsible for the academic well-being of the students
and aided 2 students to clear 7 backlogs

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Winner of Circuit Design Competition at institute level, organised by Electronics Club IITB
Counselled 1000+ JEE aspirants via blog and one-to-one interaction in schools and coachings
Qualified the two written rounds of National Talent Search Examination 08
Quizzing (06-09)

Runner Up of National Gandhi Quiz 06 organized by Gandhi Smriti & Darshan Samiti
Awarded thrice by Chief Minister and twice by Governor for prizes in Quizzing
Awarded with titles All Rounder & Best Quiz Champion by School for session 07-08
Awarded Merit Certificate of High Distinction in Australian National Chemistry Quiz in 08 & 09

Attended International Youth Conference at New Delhi by International Asso. for Volunteer Efforts
Bagged prizes in 5 out of 9 projects in 10th Standard in one season of School Science & Arts Exhibition