1. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Objective of pursuing research on communication technologies, with focus on signal processing
and Information & coding theory. Currently, pursuing Master of Science in Digital
Communications with Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, working on Master Thesis on Channel
Coding.
On Digital Signal Processing, carried out Project on:
Pupillometry: Data analysis methods were developed using signal processing algorithms on
pupillometry data to clean artefacts and calculate different parameters which identifies
Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s in patients. A frontend Matlab GUI was also developed with which a
doctor can easily navigate and analyze the data.
Audio Signal Processing:​ Audio signal processing techniques were implemented to clean the audio
of firemen wearing safety masks from noises consisting of breathing sounds, cross-talk and other
interferences. Pattern recognition was performed on the reference audio signals by means of
K-means clustering to create codebooks. Recognition rate was calculated by comparing the code
books to the input audio signal. These techniques were implemented in Matlab.
These projects were carried out under the guidance of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Schmidt, who has
given us guidance and relevant subject curriculum to understand DSP techniques.
Radar Signal Processing: Developed long range intruder detection system using RADAR during my
third-year engineering internship, achieved the specified performance by developing DSP
algorithms using several commercially available off the shelf antenna front ends. This internship
was carried out at UTC Fire and Security. A real time working prototype was created in labview
using a DAQ device.
On working with the above projects, realized the significance of signal processing in building
products, invoked urge on researching and mastering in signal processing.
On Information and Coding Theory, working on Master Thesis:
Hard-Input Soft-Output Decoding of Low-Density Parity-Check Codes under the guidance of Prof.
Dr.-Ing. Peter A. Höher. Objective of the thesis is to research, investigate and implement
Hard-Input Soft-Output Decoding of Low-Density Parity-Check Codes specific to DVB-S2 specified
by ETSI EN 302 307. Belief Propagation algorithm is being implemented in the decoder. Thesis
provided me an opportunity to research coding theory, analysing different code rates,
understanding FEC, implementing encoder and decoder on ANSI C. Also I realized the importance
of optimizing decoder for memory usage and the potential of FEC in data transmission. Practical
reasons for investigation of this standard is, can achieve highest data rates and in conjunction with
hard-inputs could be a candidate for optical communications where 1-bit A/D convertors are
common.
Completed Bachelor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at FONTYS University of Applied
Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands and the focus was on applying the concepts on
implementing product development. Some of the products developed are:
Designed and developed a Dosing System for Food Printer with actuator, control and feedback
mechanism, capable of accurately dosing the food material, considering the visco-elastic
properties of the food material at Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research,TNO
http://www.tno.nl/​) . This project gave me experience in embedded systems and programming
with ARM based microprocessors.
Designed and developed Bluetooth Nodes which can communicate with a changing master and
slave Configuration. In this project I worked extensively on developing multiple 2.4GHz antenna
designs.
Designed and built a Robot to navigate autonomously in simulated bar environment to serve beer,
developed for a competition sponsored and organized by CCM (​http://www.ccm.nl​).

2. Investigated and modified a working prototype of a wireless charger based on the Qi standard.
While analysing the concepts and implementing projects, used development tools which made me
hands on with C, MATLAB, Simulink, LabView, etc.,
In addition to the above specialization, studied the following subjects on communications:
Wireless Communications, Advanced Wireless Digital Signal Processing, Digital Communication,
Radar Signal Processing, Micro and Millimetre wave photonics, Optical Communications by which I
am well versed with fundamentals and protocols of communications.
Would like to mention that, during my stay in Germany, attended German language classes and
qualified DTZ (Deutsch Test für Zuanderer) B1 level which equips me to interact and socialise with
German speaking.
Bachelor’s degree provided me hands on in designing and building prototypes, Master’s degree in
Digital Communications provided me to gain in-depth theoretical knowledge in the field of
Communications, Signal Processing and Information Theory and Coding.
With the above exposure, could understand the vastness of communication systems, complexities,
technological challenges to provide highly reliable and low latency communication and the
importance of signalling, protocols, standards and the importance of signal processing and coding
theory on meeting the above challenges, felt the need for further research on future
communications and become part of a team to define and develop protocols and products.