Research Scientist - Medical Devices / Robotics/Assistive techhologies

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Career Summary

In my career spanning 24 years, I have been versatile, having successfully mastered various IT as well as R& D technologies. I have taken up diverse roles of a software designer, developer, technical lead, project manager, technical architect, technical consultant, integration specialist, inventor as well as research scientist. I have worked with mainframes, mid range systems, client server systems as well as embedded technologies. I have gained considerable experience and success in leading Centre of Excellence (CoE) teams to build expertise in niche and emerging technologies. I have had the experience of working with MNCs in the US, Europe and the middle-east. In every role, I have excelled and have been always exceeded expectations of my employers and our clients.

My core skill has been my ability to quickly grasp any technology that I have come across. I am a quick learner and have been very eager to learn and apply myself across all disciplines of science and engineering. The patents that I have filed for my inventions, validate my ability to apply myself to any problem thrown at me

My decision to quit IT and move to R&D shows my passion towards technology and the confidence I have in myself to re-skilling in any technology or domain

Working with startups in the R&D space has helped me understand the great challenges of taking a product from a working prototyping to a commercially viable product Career Goals

Though I have considerable experience in the IT Industry, I have spent about 6 years re- skilling myself in technologies related to R&D – Mechatronics/Embedded/Medical Technologies

Aim is to establish myself in the R&D space as an Inventor/Scientist/Researcher/Developer/Social Entrepreneur of new patentable ideas/products by integrating electronics/mechanics/bio-medical and embedded technologies and to gain experience in building, realizing and commercializing products

Long term goal is build expertise in the “rehabilitation engineering” and Robotics/Bionics/BioMechatronics/Medical Electronics domain and to use this experience to develop lost cost effective solutions (Assistive Technologies) for people with disabilities and also other medical conditions that could benefit from breakthrough innovations. Also in the near future, wish to pursue a PhD in Robotics/Bionics

/Biomechatronics/NeuroScience/Rehabilitation Engineering R & D Relevant Experience - June 2008 - Till Date

Total 6 years of relevant experience in R & D Space

4 Years as Research Scientist at “Crucible for Research and Innovation (CORI) Labs – PES University, Bangalore-India. My work includes:- o Leading a team to work on building a low cost dialysis machine o Successfully designing and building a working prototype of a “Pick & Place Transporter Robot”

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o Inventing a Sensor based embedded device detection of gas in welding applications for a German client – Patent applied in India

8 months as Design Engineer at Anek Technovations – a Startup in the LED lighting space and wireless Home Automation, where I was:-

o Instrumental in commercializing a capsense based touch interface for RGB LED Mood Lighting in homes

o Working with the design team to address issues related to a wireless home automation system

o Successfully designing a mood lamp

1 Year, 5 months in the MindTree R & D Medical Electronics Group, designing and developing solutions in Telemedicine and Assistive Technologies o Sole Inventor of the “Portable, Wearable Input Device” for people suffering from cerebral palsy – Patent Applied in India & USA

o Patentable design of the “Elastic Switch” and “Finger Mouse” – No patent applied Additionally,

8 months of Internship at iRobot Design Centre, India for independently building the microcontroller based Robotic Human Feeder as part of my MS Project in Embedded Systems Design

9 months as a freelance Assistive Technology Researcher, Designer and Developer for Spastic Society of Karnataka (SSK) and Association for People with Disabilities (APD) in India

IT Related Experience –May 1991 –May 2008

Total 17+ years of experience in the IT Industry working for Wipro, MindTree with experience working with international clients. Details can be provided on request Awards & Recognition

Inventor of the Piezo device for Oxygen detection- 2014 - patent has been filed for the same in India

Gold Medallist - 2010 – received a gold medal by the National Design and Research Forum (NDRF), Institute of Engineers; India (IEI), in the All India Engineering Students Design Competition in the Electronics and Communication category. This was for the design of the Robotic Human Feeder.

Short-listed by IIT Kharagpur, for the Dr Nina Saxena Technology Excellence award - 2009

Inventor of the “Elastic Finger Switch” – 2008 – No patent filed. Device being used by a spastic girl from Spastic Society of Karnataka

Inventor of the “Portable Wearable Input Device” - 2008- Patent filed in the US & Indian Patent Office, March, 2009

Difference in Action - Certificate of Achievement - Awarded by Wipro Technologies for valued performance beyond the scope of normal work. This award was received within just 3 months of joining Wipro

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Learning Catalyst Award – Recognition at MindTree for the contribution towards technology mentoring for the new campus recruits

Valued Member of the Team - Awarded by Management Staff of Farmers Insurance, USA

Team Award - Client Satisfaction - Recognition by Ebiz leadership, Wipro Technologies for showing great ownership and maturity in project execution and also for unsurpassed dedication and commitment as key member of the Best Buy project, USA. R & D – Technical Skills

Languages Embedded C, Turbo C, Verilog C, VHDL,

python 2.7

Boards/Platforms/Micro Controllers Arduino due and Uno, Attiny85, Atmega16, Atmega128, Cypress PSOC, PIC 18F6620,

16F877, Rasberry pi 2, Zilinx ISE 6.0,

Renesas, ZiLOG ZDS II, DM 6446 – Da Vinci

Platform

IDE Win AVR Studio Ver 4.18, Mikro C, MPLAB

ICD, Arduino sketch

Debugger JTAG ICE 2.0

Electronic Software – Schematics ExpressSCH, Orcad Electronic Software - PCB Layout ExpressPCB

Electronic Software -

Hardware Metal Sheet Cutting, Drilling, Filing, PCB Board Etching, PCB hole drilling, Mounting

components, soldering

Robotics Related Have independently developed hardware and embedded software for control system

applications in Robotics using PIC and

Atmega microcontrollers. Knowledge of

programming Stepper and DC motor control,

Gear arrangements (Spur, worm), making a

gear box, building IR Sensors for obstacle

avoidance, Avago Encoders, HCTL2022

Decoders, PIR Sensors, Ultrasonic Sensors

Medical Devices Working with Pumps/motors, solenoids, valves, flow switches, Blood Leak detectors,

Air Bubble detectors, Air pressure sensors.

Complete understanding of the Dialysis

Hydraulic and Blood Circuits

Assistive Technology Software NVDA text to speech software, GazeTalk 5.0, Dasher 4.6, CoWriter, JoyStick 2 Mouse,

Keyboard controllers, Mouthstick, tact

switches, USB Switch Interface, Doxygen,

HTML Workshop

Wireless Zigbee Research on using Zigbee for Home

Automation and Smart Energy

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Career Achievements

Pesit University, Bangalore – As Research Scientist, I have successfully designed and developed 3 embedded products related to robotics and gas sensors, having filed for a patent for one of my inventions. Currently leading a team for the development of a low cost dialysis machine

MindTree R&D Services – In spite of successfully being in the IT Services space for 17 years chose to move to an R&D group because of a passion for technology and innovation. As part of the Medical Electronics group, personal contribution include:-

- Inventor of the “Portable Wearable Input Device” which can be used by Spastic Kids to interface with the computers

- Inventor of the “Elastic Finger Switch”

- Single-handedly helped MindTree establish itself in the Assistive Technologies space

- Designing the Telemedicine Platform,

- Reverse engineering project for leading fitness Equipment Company in the US Paper Presentation / Conferences Attended

Speaker at the National Conference on Eco-

SocialSensitivity,Entrepreneurship in

HomeScience&Design - February 2012

Mount Carmel College, Bangalore

Presented a paper at the International

Conference on Assistive Technologies

IISC, Bangalore

Conference on Disability and Assistive

Technologies

International Society for Alternative and

Augmentative communication (ISAAC)-

Mumbai

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R&D Experience

Research Scientist at Crucible for Research & Innovation (CORI) – PES University, Bangalore - India

Project Dialysis Machine

Client Renalyx Bangalore, CORI Labs, Narayana hrudayalaya Period Sept 2014 – Till date

Project

Description

ÿ This project has been granted funds by the Department of Science & Technology, India, to develop a low cost Dialysis Machine. Presently Dialysis machines are not built in the country and are mostly imported at a very high cost. The goal is to make a low cost dialysis machine in India

Contribution - I am leading this project with 3 research associates and 3 mtech students in my team. Have independently understood the complete hydraulic system of the dialysis machine. Have successfully completed the hardware of the hydraulics system for the dialysis machine. Also key person in electronic design and embedded system development.

Team size 5 – R&D Director and ex-ISRO scientist, Senior Mechanical Professor, Research Scientist (myself) & 3 Research Associates Research Scientist at Crucible for Research & Innovation (CORI) – PES University, Bangalore - India

Project Keyfer –Early detection of RO Water Filter blockage Client Keypro Engineering –Hamburg, Germany

Period April 2014 - August 2014

Project

Description

ÿ The need of this project is to come up with a device which can do early detection of ferric oxide impurity that is leaked in the water filtration process. This impurity results in blockage of the RO filter. Contribution - Designed a gadget that can detect the level of ferric oxide impurity or blockage of the RO filter

Two versions of Keyfer has been successfully developed and have been sent to Germany

Team size 3 – R&D Director and ex-ISRO scientist, Research Scientist (myself) & 2 Research Associates

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Research Scientist at Crucible for Research & Innovation (CORI) – PES University, Bangalore - India

Project KeyBall – Detection of Oxygen impurity during welding of steel pipes Client Keypro Engineering– Hamburg, Germany

Period Feb 2014 - March 2014

Project

Description

ÿ This project is related to building a device which can detect oxygen impurities when steel pipes are welded. The device which is placed inside a pipe needs to wirelessly communicate detection outside the pipe.

Contribution - Came up with a unique patentable approach to detect oxygen and wirelessly communicate outside the steel pipe

- Independently came up with the design of the portable hand held device and developed a prototype

Client thought it was a great idea and felt it was more sophisticated than what they had in mind and could be considered as version 2.0 of the product. I have also come up with another design of the Keyball in which the sound of the buzzer is amplified innovatively using sound resonance.

A patent has been filed in India with me as the primary inventor of the device Team size 3 – R&D Director, Research Scientist one junior mechanical Engineer and myself

Research Scientist at Crucible for Research & Innovation (CORI) – PES University, Bangalore - India

Project Control System – Robotics

Client Internal Research & Development

Period November 2011 - August 2014

Project

Description

ÿ Building a control system for an Industrial Robot Contribution ÿ Current Responsibilities include:-

- Designing and developing the software for the complete control system of the transporter robot.

- Designing and Prototyping Hardware boards used for Motor Control,

- IR Sensing for line following,

- I2C/TWI communication between microcontrollers,

- RS232 Communication

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- Researching all the existing technologies used for navigation, Obstacle detection, edge detection using sensors

- Evaluating RF wireless communication using Zigbee

- Preparation of Schematics for all circuits

- Wiring plan for all the components of the robot

- BreadBoard and Generic PCB Assembly for prototype boards

- Testing of all hardware

- Testing of the Atmega16 Embedded Software

- Integration of all the controllers and peripherals

- Using encoder/decoder data for closed feedback motor control

- Defining Robot path for all point to point movement

- Get Involved in the mechanical design aspects of the robot Have contributed in every aspect of the project – Electronics, Embedded software and the mechanics

Designed and Independently developed and successfully tested the prototypes for the motor controller board, HCTL 2022 Decoder Board and the IR Sensor Boards Independently wrote the whole program logic for linear motion and Forklift motion of the robot using Atmega16 microcontroller and embedded C The project is in the final testing phase and is due for commissioning Team size 3 – One ex-ISRO Scientist, one junior mechanical Engineer and myself Design Engineer at Lab Anek Technovations, Bangalore - India Project Home Automation System – Using wireless Zigbee Client Internal Research & Development

Period April 2011 - On going

Project

Description

ÿ Building a Home Automation System using wireless technologies Contribution ÿ Responsibilities include:-

- Evaluating all the chip manufactures for reference designs related to implementing Home Automation using Zigbee

- Evaluating available Zigbee Coordinators, routers, sensors and end devices

- Understanding the ZStack – Home Automation and Smart Energy profiles

- Technology evaluation of Zigbee versus Zwave, Dash7 and other competing wireless solutions

Was able to quickly generate a technology evaluation report highlighting the differences between other competing wireless protocols – parameters used for comparision included operating frequency, range, power consumption, cost, availability, standards followed, etc

Developed a demo kit for showing a wireless home automation system to prospective customers.

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Team size 3

Design Engineer at Lab Anek Technovations, Bangalore - India Project GCOLT - Version 2

Client Internal Research & Development

Period February 2011 - October 2011

Project

Description

ÿ GCOLT is a LED light controlling device through a touch sense interface

ÿ Product uses a Cypress PSOC for the Capsense functionality ÿ Product uses an RGB LED strip – different colours are generated by the device using a microcontroller

ÿ A capsense colour palette allows selecting different colours ÿ Auto Mode allows lthe LED light strip to automatically change the colour – totally 20 colours are provided

ÿ The speed mode allows the colour change to happen for 1, 2, 4 and 6 seconds

ÿ A touch slider is provided to change the intensity/brightness of the light

Contribution ÿ Responsibilities include:-

- Independently designing and developing the PSoc firmware for the next version of the GCOLT product

- Complete responsibility of vendor management for the aluminium casing and the packaging

- Firmware Testing of all the GCOLT devices

- Quality inspection of the product

- Packaging of the product

Successfully got the metal casing manufactured – Had to independently carry out the entire vendor management for the casing, which included shortlisting vendors, negotiating the cost for manufacturing, carrying out detailed discussions with the vendor related to the design/dimensions of the product.

Introduced the new “fader” mode in the GCOLT device, which resulted in additional business and enhanced the product features.

Integrated the colour changing mode and the fader mode in the product Team size 2

MS Internship at iRobot, Mysore - India

Project Robotic Human Feeder

Client Self - Taken up as MS Project work

Period May 2010 - January 2011

Project ÿ Project involved building a Robotic Human Feeder based on microcontroller and stepper motors, designed specifically for a Jude Pereira mobile: 984-***-****

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Description requirement at Spastics Society of Karnataka, India ÿ The robotic feeder was designed as a robotic arm with four degrees of freedom (DOF)

ÿ The feeding cycle could be started using a simple elastic switch that could be worn on a finger

ÿ The feeding cycle involved the spoon going to a bowl and scooping the food and bringing it to the mouth of the diner ÿ The feeder has installed with IR sensors to ensure that the user was not harmed if his/her body part came in the path of the feeder while it was in operation

ÿ Another switch was provided to stop and start the feeding cycle at any point of the feeding cycle, by the user

ÿ The feeding bowl was mounted on a rotating table, so that food could be scooped up from all areas as it rotated

ÿ The robotic feeder could automatically detect the homing position and could come to the original position when switched on Contribution ÿ Independently designed and developed every aspect of the robotic feeder which included

- Designing and developing the gear and gear boxes for the robotic arm

- Designed the Electronic schematics for the board design using ExpressSch

- Designed the PCB Layout using the ExpressPCB software

- Etched the PCB board and assembled all the components

- Coded all the modules required to drive the stepper motors for the shoulder, elbow and spoon motion. This was coded using Mikro C and MPLAB IDE using Embedded C

- Designed and developed the IR sensors for the obstacle avoidance

- Learnt the mechanical aspects such as metal sheet cutting, filling, drilling, etc

- Learnt how to Program both the PIC 18F6620 and the PIC 16F877 microcontroller

Won a gold medal in an All India Engineering Students Design competition, awarded by the National Design and Research Forum (NDRF), Institute of Engineers India (IEI). Received a 10/10 (A+ grade) for the MS project. A prototype of the Robotic Feeder was successfully built.

Team size 1

Research - Assistive Technologies, Bangalore – India Project Research on Assistive Technologies

Client Spastic Society of Karnataka/ Association for People with Disabilities Period November 2009 - April 2010

Project

Description

ÿ Extensively researched existing tools/technologies and products and solutions available for people with disabilities

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Contribution ÿ Independently explored innovative and patentable ideas which could be developed in India

Team size 1

Technologist–Assistive Technologies –MindTree Limited, Bangalore – India Project Developing Computer Interfaces for Spastic Kids Client Spastic Society of Karnataka -

Period September 2008 - October 2009

Project

Description

This Assistive Technologies project involved :-

ÿ Providing solutions to the computing needs of Kids affected with Cerebral Palsy or CP

ÿ Understand the medical condition and the physical limitations of the spastic kids

ÿ Customize the solution to meet the specific need of every kid affected with CP

ÿ Research, Innovate, Invent new products which are cost effective to address these needs

Contribution ÿ Was the only person who took the initiative to spear head this project

ÿ Extensively researched existing tools/technologies and products and solutions available for people with disabilities

ÿ Invented the “Portable Wearable Input Device” specifically to allow spastic kids be able to type on a computer with ease ÿ This invention was a real success as it helped a spastic kid use the computer for the first time that to, in a normal sitting position. The spastic kid was able to make upto 15 to 20 key strokes a minute. Earlier making even one keystroke per minute was a very difficult task.

ÿ Spastic Society of Karnataka has asked MindTree for more such switch interfaces for the spastic kids

ÿ The invention also helped reduce the cost of the solution from the existing $300 to $500 to a mere Rs 300

This resulted in MindTree R&D establishing itself in the ‘Assistive Technologies’ space MindTree has filed for a patent for this invention in the Indian Patent Office Team size 1

IT Project Experience – Complete details can be shared on request Higher Studies

Completed MS in Embedded Systems Design from Manipal University, Bangalore India

– February 201I

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Education

Year of passing /

percentage

Degree University /

2011 - 8.94 (CGPA) MS in Embedded Systems Design Manipal University 1991 - Distinction Honours Diploma in Systems

Management

NIIT - Bombay

1989 – 58.5% B.Sc Physics (major) Bombay University 1986 – 61.5% Higher Secondary HSC Bombay University 1984 - 74.5% SSC Pune Board

Personal Details

Date of Birth 24th December, 1967 – Age 48 Years

Marital Status Married

Passport Indian Passport – K9777507 – Valid till 3/2/2023 Address C3-907, L&T SouthCity, Arakere Mico Layout, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore, Karnataka, India – 560076

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