This document contains the resume of Rompicherla Bhatther Sai Pavan Kumar, who received a dual degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras in 2016. It outlines his relevant coursework, professional internships, key projects including his graduate thesis and work on underwater communications, leadership positions on campus, skills, and extracurricular activities. His experience includes projects in networking, vehicle diagnostics, power systems, and developing an internet-controlled drone.

1. ROMPICHERLA BHATTER SAI PAVAN KUMAR | EE11B117
Indian Institute of Technology Madras | Registration number: 22/EE/16/117
EDUCATION
Program Institution %/CGPA Year
Dual Degree in Electrical Engineering
(M Tech: Communication Engineering)
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 8.29/10 2016
Class XII (BIE, Andhra Pradesh) Narayana Junior College, Vijayawada 93.7% 2010
Class X (SSC, Andhra Pradesh) D.A.V Public School, Ibrahimpatnam 88.16% 2008
Relevant
Course and
Lab work
Data Structures and Algorithms Image Processing Computational Engineering
Computer Organization and Microprocessors Machine Learning* Computer Networks*
Probability and Random Variables CAD Lab (C and Python) Microprocessors lab
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 Project Intern, VMware R&D, Pune (May ‘14 – Jul ‘14)
 Developed a Host Agent Manager for OpenStack Nova client | Can intervene in early boot process of an instance and punch
custom IPs, custom scripts into a Service VM | VMs can be configured directly from Chef or Puppet
 Work done is being further researched to reproduce and integrate in VMware ESX product
 Has been rewarded with a bonus of INR 30,000 for extraordinary performance | Received a Pre-Placement Offer
 Project Intern, Tata ELXSI, IITM Research Park, Chennai (Dec ‘13 – Feb ‘14)
 Advised a Remote Control Vehicle Diagnostic system for Jaguar dashboard analyzing state-of-the-art in the domain
 Developed a data sorting algorithm and implemented in VBA that speeded up a project by 5x | Received a Pre-Placement Offer
 Project Intern, Dr. NTTPS, APGENCO, Vijayawada (May ‘13 – Jul ‘13)
 Recommended protection schemes for 220 kV switchyard that could theoretically reduce maintenance cost by 20%
 Verified maximum possible fault current simulations for 220 kV switchyard interconnected with new 400 kV switchyard
KEY PROJECTS
 Graduate Thesis: Key Techniques for 5G wireless communications, Guide: Prof. David Koilpillai (Jun ‘15 –Ongoing)
 Analyzing recent proposals in network architecture and physical layer to support IoT and Device-to-Device communications.
 Working on a Filter Bank based multicarrier technique that can operate at symbol rate itself, using complex lapped transform.
 Filter Bank Multi Carrier based physical layer for Under Water Acoustic Channels, Guide: Prof. David Koilpillai (Sep ‘14 –Ongoing)
 Designed transmitter and receiver for doubly dispersive underwater channel | Isotropic filter design for MIMO FBMC
 Proposed non-uniform FFT based Doppler scaling correction technique | Improved Mean Square Error by 44.2 %
 All Terrestrial Drone project under Centre for Innovation (CFI), IIT Madras (Jun ‘12 – Dec ‘12)
 Developed an internet controlled 6-wheel robot with obstacle detection capabilities using ultrasonic sensors and image processing
 Led a team of 17 members, grouped into 5 modules | Received funding of INR 1 lakh | Exhibited in Shaastra 2013
 Contributed in setting up electronic circuitry, web page and server setup, microcontroller coding
 Course Projects: Network simulator for Linear devices in C | Image Mosaicing using Shape from Focus in MATLAB
SKILLS
 Programming Languages : C/C++, Python, Java, VHDL/Verilog , Bluespec  Typography: LaTeX, Microsoft Office
 Tools: MATLAB, LabView, Wireshark, Model Sim, Blackfin DSP, Arduino  Web Designing: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
 Student Head, MITr (Guidance and Counselling Unit, IIT Madras) (Apr ‘15 - Ongoing)
 Leading a team of 6 cores, 28 coordinators and 150 student mentors | Managing INR 10 lakh budget
 Responsible for well-being of over 4000 UG and 5000 PG students in campus | Directly reporting to the Dean of Students
 Pioneer of various initiatives: Instipedia | MITr White book | Mentor of the month | Insit e-how | Know your insti | FlashMob
 Proposed and executed re-structuring of the team into two sister bodies
 Sponsorship and Publicity coordinator, Shaastra† 2013 (Sep ‘12 – Jan ‘13)
 Part of the team that had achieved sponsorship of INR 70 lakh | Managed logistics and PR for 4 corporate companies
 Organized a press conference with The Hindu and Times of India | Proposed strategies that led to 150% rise in PR across social media
 Tech head volunteer , Tapti Hostel, IIT Madras (Aug ‘12 – May ‘13)
 Worked in a team of 4 members | Managed INR 1.3 lakh budget | Driven hostel to 2nd position in Tech-Soc 2012-2013
EXTRA AND CO - CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Technical  Won Manual Robotics competition in Tech-Soc 2012, IIT Madras with a team of 9 members
 Participant in Hackfest (Shaastra ‘14), Microsoft Hackathon ‘14, Google Student Hackathon ’14 and CodeVita ‘14
NCC and Scout  Secured National Cadet Corps A certificate (2005-2007) and B certificate (2011-2012)
 Awarded Rajya Puraskar certificate by Bharat Scout and Guides for training taken during 2004-2007
Others  Secured 2nd position in Puzzle Champ, Shaastra 2013 | 2nd position in National Spell Bee held at Saarang‡ 2013
 Participant in Terry Fox marathon | Samanvay Cycling event | Disaster Management Workshop by Alert
* audited/independent course work | † Annual technical festival of IIT Madras | ‡ Annual cultural festival of IIT Madras