Abhinav Agarwal

SPO Reg. No. Y5-A-BT-EE-16

Objective: To obtain a job as a Hardware design engineer that challenges and enhances my
technical skills and offers future growth and learning opportunities.
Areas of interest: Analog and Digital VLSI design, Embedded systems hardware design
Educational record:
Year
Examination

Institution

Performance

2002 - 2006

Bachelor of Technology
Electrical Engineering

Indian Institute of
Technology Kanpur

CPI 10.0/10.0
Departmental Rank 1

2002

Class 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): As
my 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 minimizing
leakage 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 work
included 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 central
motherboard 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 without
the 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 at
Endeavor, 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.

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 for
Microcontrollers 8051 family, PIC 16F877X and Microprocessor 8085.
Software Packages: MATLAB, SPICE, XILINX, MICROCAP, OrCAD, SDCC, NEC2
Platforms: Comfortable with both UNIX and Windows Platforms.
Relevant Courses done: (* marked will be completed by May 05)
VLSI System design*
Organic Electronics*
Architecture of Microprocessors & Microcomputers* MEMS
Analog & Digital VLSI
Microelectronics Devices
Semiconductor devices technology
Microelectronics Circuits
Digital Electronics and Microprocessor Technology
Signals, Systems and Networks
Power Electronics
Power Systems
Electromagnetic Theory
Control Systems Analysis
Principles of Communication
Power Systems
Communication Systems
Nature and Properties of Materials
Probability and Statistics
Quantum Physics
Notable Awards:
Best Presentation Award at Hamfest India, 2004 for the presentation on Use of Fractal
Antennas in Amateur Radio
Certificate for Academic Excellence for 2002-2003, B.Tech 1st Year and 2003-2004,
B.Tech 2nd Year by IIT Kanpur
Certificate of Merit (Top 0.01% students) for Physics, Biology and Chemistry for Class
12 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, and
classes for learning Morse code.
Member of Students Senate, IITK as a Senator and a member of Rules and Procedures
committee of the Senate
Member of a trekking expedition to Khedatal, Uttaranchal in September, 2003
Student Guide in the Counseling Service at IITK
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26 May 1984
Room No F 104, Hall 1, IIT Kanpur, India 208016
abhiag@iitk.ac.in
http://home.iitk.ac.in/~abhiag