Abhijeet Biswas 130010030

Aerospace Engineering B.Tech.

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Male
DOB: 22/12/1994

Examination University Institute Year CPI / %

Graduation IIT Bombay IIT Bombay 2017 8.95
Intermediate/+2 CBSE Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Barsajai 2012 92.60
Matriculation CBSE Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Barsajai 2010 10.00

SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS

 Ranked 5th out of 57 students in the Department of Aerospace Engineering

 1 of 2 awardees across the nation to have received the Sir Dorabji Tata Scholarship 2016
 Secured AP Grade (awarded for distinctive performance) in Numerical Analysis
 Ranked 2nd out of 16,000 students in Assam Common Entrance Examination 2013
 Amongst top 10 in State Level Chemistry Olympiad 2010 organized by Guwahati University
 Pursuing a Minor degree in the Department of Systems and Control Engineering

POSITION OF RESPONSIBILITY

Teaching Assistant, Linear Algebra (Jan-Feb 2016)

Prof. S. R. Ghorpade, Department of Mathematics, IIT Bombay
 Responsible for grading tests and conducting weekly tutorials for a class consisting of 40 students

INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCES

Zouk Management Advisors Private Limited, Noida (Dec 2015)

Data Analyst, Prediction of Sales Turnover
 Predicted Sales Turnover of small and medium scale Steel Companies from panel data (Capitaline)
 Developed Fixed effect, Random effect and Pooling models using Machine Learning in R Studio
 Evaluated the models based on R-squared value, p-value, Hausman and Breusch-Pagan tests
 Analyzed the credit default risk for steel companies using the predicted sales turnover
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Georgia, USA (May-July 2016)
Completion Engineer, Integrated Testing Facility
 Part of Integrated Testing Facility Team of Gulfstream G650 (world’s most advanced business jet)
 Supported functional and reliability testing of Gulfstream Cabin Management System (GCMS)
 Supervised execution of procedural verification of cabin system tests in simulated environments
 Identified bugs in the system and released qualification documents pertaining to G650 GCMS
IdeaForge Technology Pvt. Ltd, Navi Mumbai (May-June 2015)
Product Designer, Automated Charging Platform for Drones
 Designed a landing platform for drones that automatically charges them, using SolidWorks CAD
 Fabricated a fully functional prototype to analyze feasibility and practicality on the field
 Developed a GUI in VBA for the analysis of ground area from distorted aerial images

KEY PROJECTS

Bitcoin Price Prediction (Jan-April 2016)

Guide: Prof. Ganesh Ramakrishnan, IIT Bombay
 Developed models in R that predict the day average price of Bitcoin using Machine Learning
 Trained Support Vector Regression, Neural Networks and Random Forest models on past data
 Compared the models and obtained 70-75% accuracy in the predicted price
GPU-accelerated Neural Networks (Jan-April 2016)
Guide: Prof. S. Gopalakrishnan, IIT Bombay
 Designed an Artificial Neural Network model for Hand-written Digit Recognition
 Optimized the training module to simultaneously run on multiple threads in GPU using CUDA API
 Achieved a 22x speed-up in GPU as compared to a single core and 2x speed-up as compared to MPI
State Estimation of Chemical Reactor (Sep-Nov 2015)
Guide: Prof. Mani Bhushan, IIT Bombay
 Estimated states of a batch chemical reactor which involved Differential Algebraic Equations (DAE)
 Modified the algorithm for Unscented Kalman Filter to reduce computational time
 Analyzed the performance of Kalman Filter, Extended Kalman Filter and Unscented Kalman Filter
Optimization of Disorientation Recovery Function (July 2016-Ongoing)
Guide: Prof. Aditya A. Paranjape, IIT Bombay
 Designed optimal maneuvers for fighter aircraft to assist pilots during spatial disorientation
 Optimized the disorientation recovery function subjected to time and velocity constraints
 Funded with INR 1 million by Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), Bangalore, India
 Designing motion primitives from optimal maneuvers to be implemented on LCA Tejas
Optimal Missile Pursuit Evasion Strategies (Jan-April 2016)
Guide: Prof. Aditya A. Paranjape, IIT Bombay
 Formulated maneuvers for a fighter jet to evade a Proportional Navigation (PN) guided missile
 Optimized the control inputs and minimized the energy loss subjected to performance constraints
 The obtained scheme can be applied with various input parameters, enabling the selection of the
most suitable evasion strategy
Pratham- Student Satellite Project (Aug-Nov 2014)
 Served as a member of the Communication Sub-system of Pratham (Budgeted INR 15 million)
 Implemented communication protocols between microcontrollers in the On-Board Computer of the
satellite and tested the mechanism to measure the electron count

RELEVANT COURSES UNDERTAKEN

Computer Science: Data Structures and Algorithms, Machine Learning, High Performance Computing
Mathematics: Linear Algebra, Differential equation, Data Analysis and Interpretation
Systems and Control Engineering: Probability and Random Processes, Linear Filtering

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Programming Language: C++, Python, R, VBA

Tools & Environment: MATLAB, Linux, Octave, ATMEL Studio, MS Office, CUDA, OpenMP, MPI

AREAS OF INTEREST

Machine Learning, Data Analysis, Estimation, Finance

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

 Aero-modeling Club, IIT Bombay (May-June 2014)

Institute Technical Summer Project
o Fabricated an RC plane that could be operated by gestures using an Android Device
o Awarded Best Aero-modeling Project and exhibited it at Tech and R&D Exposition 2014, IITB
 Participated in various technical competitions organized by Students’ Technical Activities Body, IITB
 Member of NSO Guitar in the year 2013 at IIT Bombay