RAGHAV MOAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS

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Program Institution %/CGPA Highlight Completion

B.Tech in Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Madras 9.08/10 Top 1% 2020 Higher Secondary Education P. Jog College, Pune 92.80% Top 0.1% 2016 Senior Secondary Education B. K. Birla Centre for Education, Pune 10/10 Rank 1 2014 SKILLS & TOOLS

• Programming Languages: Python (scikit-learn, Pytorch, NumPy, Pandas, Tensorflow, Keras, OpenCV, Apache Spark, Hadoop), R (TSA, tseries, astsa, sapa, and forecast), C++, C, HTML, CSS, SQL

• Software: MATLAB, Aspen Plus, Arduino, LaTeX, Simulink, Linux, Tableau, LINDO, Advanced EXCEL

• Spoken Language: English(fluent), Hindi(native), Marathi(native), Marwadi(native), Tamil (Beginners) RESEARCH & INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS

• White-Box Machine Learning Approaches to Identify Governing Equations for Dynamics in Complex Manufacturing Systems and Their Comparison

(Research Project at Purdue University, Guide: Prof. Shweta Singh) MAR’20-PRESENT

Generate dynamic data for Distillation column in ASPEN

Implement and verify performance White-Box Machine Learning Algorithms in predicting dynamics (governing equations) of complex dynamic systems like distillation column

• 2-Isomorphism Identification during Network Reconstruction from Data:

(Bachelor Thesis, Guide: Prof. Dr. Shankar Narasimhan) AUG’19-PRESENT

Working on realizing graphs using cut-sets with theory development on the when will the graph show 2- isomorphism and when will a unique graph is realized

Has numerous applications like identifying inaccessible network flows in industries

• Energy Optimization at FAGP Plant:

(Industrial Internship, WIPRO Consumer Care, Guide: Nishant Gupta) MAY’19-JUL’19

To reduce the cost of production by reducing the consumption of utilities to process per ton of oil

This involved both experimental and modeling activities of various process equipment’s and their full process understanding related to the plant

Suggested and implemented process modification to reduce 11% of combined steam and power consumption at an ROI of 8 months and created an interactive tool to track energy consumption.

Also received a pre-placement offer to work with them full time

• Jaano India:

(Volunteer Project at Swaniti Initiative) NOV’18-JAN’19

Analyzed the collected data to create useful insights that will help in policy making for a district in Rajasthan

Created a bilingual interactive tool that helped the representatives to visualize the data in a comparative manner

Positively impacted the lives of 2 million people living in that area

• Safest Route Prediction:

(Sangam Hackathon Competition) AUG-19

Using various stationery and motion sensors collected data containing 22 air quality and road parameters

Indulged in extensive data cleaning employing a variety of creative techniques for data imputation and outlier removal and merging of offline-online data

Involved doing temporospatial visualization of air quality index and temporospatial predictions along with the relation between parameters visualized

Used modified Dijkstra’s algorithm to find the safest route considering road and air conditions

• Warehouse Repositioning Post-GST:

(Internship, Mondelez International (Cadbury) Guide: A Aravind) MAY’17-JUL’17

Worked in a team of 4 to reduce the cost of maintaining warehouses & transportation by reducing the number of warehouses and by placing them strategically

Involved solving an optimization problem on 230 variables with more than 400 constraints using LINDO software

Resulted in a yearly saving of 3,000,000 USD for the company

• Laser Show (Multi-colored Laser projector):

(Technical Project at Techno Entertainment CLUB, CFI) AUG’17-DEC’17

Build video processing framework for edge detection and color extraction of pixels, generated G-code using Inkscape

Increased projected area by 300% and reduced memory usage by 40% using bit optimization technique

Presented in Envisage 6.0, the Techno-Entertainment Show of IIT Madras, to a 6000+ audience

• 3D Printed Prosthetic hand:

(Research Project at 3DP CLUB, CFI) OCT’16-FEB’17

Involved study of joints of writs and fingers, Build CAD models for it

Controlled the fingers using servo motors, which were controlled by Arduino

Mayo Band and its software were integrated with the Arduino code to give the human to think and control the hand. Achieved 5 basic sets of motion

RELEVANT COURSES (* will be completed in Jan-May 2020)

• Pattern Recognition and Machine learning (Python) • Deep learning (focus on Computer Vision) (Python)

• Applied Time Series Analysis (R) • Multivariate Data Analysis for Process Modeling*

• Mathematical Foundation of Data Science • Probability & Statistics

• Operation Research • Computational Techniques and Numerical Methods

• Computational Programming Lab (MATLAB) • Data Analytics Laboratory

• Computational Fluid Dynamics* • Life Sciences - focus on Bio-signals and Big data

• Multi Variate Calculus • Material Sciences for Chemical Engineers

• Game Theory • Process Dynamics and Control

• Human Factors in Design • Principal of Economics COURSE PROJECTS

• Everybody Can Dance Now (Video game version) [github link]:

(Course Project in Deep Learning) OCT’19-NOV’19

Implemented human to game character transfer based on the UCB paper with the same name

Used pose estimation API by CMU and trained a pix 2 pix generative adversarial network to generate a video game character with pose estimated stick figure as an input

Further refinement in the project can be of great use to get an animated version of real-life movies

• Prediction of Netflix movie ratings [github link]:

(Kaggle Contest in Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning) APR’19-MAY’19

Implemented multiple collaborative filtering models such as user and movie based regressor, Neighborhood model, Latent factor model, Repeated matrix construction on the Netflix rating big data

Secured 1st position amongst approximately 50 teams by bagging multiple models to get a final MSE score of 0.719 with the second-highest score being 0.724

• Plant Design:

(Course Project in Chemical Technology Design) SEP’19-NOV’19

Designed a propylene production plant with a production capacity of 1,200,000 ton/year

Dehydrogenation process was selected based on preliminary cost analysis

Optimized Energy efficiency of the plant by building a heat exchanger network

Also did a design and cost calculation for a distillation column using first principles SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

• Member of Robert Bosch Center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (2018-present)

• Enactus IIT Madras Student Chapter (2017-Present)

• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2016-Present)

• Institute Drama Club (2016-2018)

• Techno-Entertainment Club, Center for Innovation (2016-2018)

• Shaastra, Institute Technical Festival Group, (2017-Present) SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS

• Finalist at the Enactus National Championship, Delhi (2019)

• Winner of Sangam ML hackathon, national level (2019)

• KPMG Business Ethics Grant for Project Trishna, Enactus IIT Madras (2017-2018)

• Got Research Scholarship for being among the top 1% from over 14 lakh students in HSC exam (2016)

• Received Student Topper award among 110 students in 10th in B K Birla Pune (2014)

• International Maths Olympiad Student topper in School (2008-2014)

• Recipient of Maharashtra Talent Search Exam Scholarship (MHTSE), state-level (2013)

• Merit Cum Means Scholarship for being a top performer in academics and co-cocurricular activities (2016-present) CO-CURRICULAR

• Strategist at Enactus India: OCT’18-PRESENT

Works as a volunteer towards solving relevant social problems in Chennai, for sustainable development, using entrepreneurial actions

Leading Project Trishna, a social entrepreneur project, helping in providing clean drinking water in rural areas around Chennai City

Project Trishna till now have provided an alternate source of livelihood to 20 Potter families and has positively impacted 40,000 residents of 12 villages

• Quality Manager at Shaastra: MAY’19-PRESENT

Responsible for bringing in Patronage like Make In India and Start-Up India for our student-run technical festival Shaastra

Responsible for managing a team tasked to bring 100,000 USD worth of sponsorship money

• Hostel Secretary: JULY’18-MAY’19

Elected by 450 hostel inmates for managing day-to-day activities of Hostel

Responsible for spending a budget of 23,000 USD on hostel well being

Organizing multiple events for improving bonding within inmates with a team of 10 volunteers

• Tutoring: Nov’16-PRESENT

Actively involved teaching and helping high school students in their doubts on Toppr (online platform)

Also, part of ACAD Buddy Program in IIT, helping first-year students with their courses

• Theatre: AUG’16-PRESENT

An active member of the Institute Drama Club. Performed 3 onstage drama in the past 2 years.

• Skating: JULY’10-PRESENT

State-level Player in roll-ball (Basketball on skates) (2016); have won 30+ interschool level medals

Selected for National Sports Organization (N.S.O.) in Skating

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