Project Management

Name: Yash Kumar Singh Date of Birth: **-**-****

Primary E-Mail Id: **********@****.**.** Phone Number: +91-983*******

Secondary E-Mail Id: ***.****@*****.*** Residential Address: Qtr No.2/76, G. R.

Township, Jawaharnagar, Vadodara -391320

University: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), GPA: 7.78/10 (after the pre-final semester).

Bombay

SUMMER INTERNSHIP

Land Use Planning: Brussels using ‘UrbanSim’.

TRANSPORT

AND MOBILITY Prepared a model to forecast the land use pattern after 20 years.

LABORATORY, Analysed the population distribution and land use maps obtained

EPFL, from the simulation of the model.

SWITZERLAND Systemized a guide for new users to work with UrbanSim (under

May- July, 2008 review for publication).

DISTINCTIONS

SCHOLASTIC Stood among top 0.65% students (out of a mammoth 300000) to get

admitted into the country’s premier technical institution in the year 2005.

ACHIEVEMENT:

Co-authored a term paper published in the ‘Disaster Education’ journal

PUBLICATION:

produced by Building Research Institute (BRI) and National Institute for

Policy Studies, Japan (GRIPS) in association with United Nations

(UNESCO and UNISDR).

Co-presented facts about ‘Disaster management in the Indian Academic

CONFERENCE

PRESENTATION: Curriculum’ at the International Video Conference on Disaster Education

that had participation from 7 countries.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

VISHISHTH Presented the winning business plan before com venture

(2008), PAN-IIT B- capitalists and executives from Google and Bain & Co.

PLAN Featured in a National newspaper as young entrepreneurs (extract

COMPETITION,

is also available as e-paper).

IIT DELHI

The team (3 members) was awarded 0.1 million INR.

EUREKA (2006), Drafted a Business-plan which was one among the top 40 out of

INTERNATIONAL near 500.

B-PLAN Single handedly analysed the market prospects, financial and

COMPETITION,

technological aspects of the proposed business.

IIT BOMBAY

One of the only two entries from IIT Bombay to make into ‘top 40’.

EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITH CONSULTANTS

VISHISHTH Conceptualized various aspects of proposed business using hypothesis

(2008) formulated by Bain & Co. consultants.

Was commended for analytical skills.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Disaster education in the world and a case study of India’

RESEARCH

SURVEY, IIT Assessed the curricula of countries imparting disaster management

BOMBAY courses at the school level.

Dec’06- April’07 Compiled study was published as a UN paper.

B-TECH Energy Dissipation on steep slopes

PROJECT: Suggested a simple prototype of a dam spillway to study energy

July’08- Nov’08 dissipation due to roughness.

Devised a mathematical model for the optimal design of a stepped

spillway (was awarded the highest possible grade ).

B-TECH Siphon Spillways

SEMINAR: Analysed the working of siphons as discharge structures; gave a

July’08-Nov’08 presentation on the same (was awarded the highest possible grade).

STATISTICAL COURSE UNDERTAKEN:

ENERGY Modelled the variation of coal and petroleum prices with other

PRICES AND variables such as GDP of the country etc. (Software used: STATA).

EXCHANGE Co-ordinated with 4 other team members to accomplish the

RATES project, which was regarded as the best project (out of 20).

July‘08- Nov’08

COMPUTER SKILLS

TECHNICAL TransCAD, UrbanSim, Ansys, AutoCAD, Staadpro, Autodesk

SOFTWARES Architectural Desktop, Flowpro

DATABASE MySQL, Microsoft Excel

MANAGEMENT

PROGRAMMING R statistical Language, Python, C++

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Member of hostel ‘Basketball’ team which won Silver in the Inter

SPORTS

Hostel championship 2007.

Won Bronze for the hostel in Lawn Tennis championship 2008.

WRITING Authored an article published in the Department Newsletter

regarding Infrastructural problems in India.

Passionate blogger and regularly update it with articles related to

politics and society.

POSITIONS OF Co-ordinator, Overdrive, Techfest-2007

RESPONSIBILITY Supervised a team of 4 organizers throughout the event.

Aug’06-Jan’07 Administered the late night practice sessions, which were being

held for the first time.

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