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West Lafayette, IN, US

United States

• Conducted one-on-one mentoring sessions with students and early-career professionals, providing personalized guidance on career navigation and professional growth.
• Advised mentees on setting achievable career goals, developing skills, and building effective resumes and LinkedIn profiles.
• Offered insights into industry trends and emerging opportunities in the engineering field, empowering mentees to make informed career decisions.

• Led a team of 15 engineers as the primary liaison between Microsoft and Purdue's Data Mine, ensuring seamless communication and alignment on project goals, priorities, and expectations throughout the project lifecycle.
• Designed and managed the product backlog, translating high-level objectives into detailed Jira user stories and product specifications to drive clear development goals and streamline delivery for Microsoft’s project.
• Conducted regular scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives, to track progress, promote accountability, and optimize team performance.
• Drove cross-functional collaboration, ensuring effective communication between data science, engineering, and Microsoft stakeholders to meet strategic objectives and deliver impactful results for the Data Mine project.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Software Product Development:
• Orchestrated the migration of applications to public cloud, implementing baseline security policies across 6 AWS services for enhanced security and integration.
• Led architectural design efforts to enhance prompt detection of unauthorized access and errors, resulting in a 35% improvement in security posture.
• Implemented continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, automating deployments across AWS services and cutting deployment times by 60%, contributing to smoother development cycles and faster.
• Spearheaded security audits and vulnerability assessments for cloud infrastructure, working with cybersecurity experts to proactively address potential threats, leading to a 25% decrease in security incidents.Product.
• Facilitated PI (Program Increment) planning sessions as part of the Agile Release Train, ensuring alignment between product teams, engineering, and stakeholders, resulting in a 20% improvement in roadmap delivery.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Executed a 5G network edge simulation as a part of Cisco’s 5G Edge team, enhancing network behavior understanding by 40% and optimizing edge computing strategies.
• Led automation efforts, identifying process improvement opportunities for deploying 1RU devices on Cisco UCS M5 and M6 servers, resulting in a 90% reduction in deployment times.
• Implemented and customized Grafana dashboards for real-time monitoring of routers and switches, enabling proactive issue identification and reducing network downtime by 30%.
• Collaborated with cross-country teams, aligning with the US team to share insights and implement best practices, maintaining synchronization of project goals and deliverables.

Bangalore

• Competed in the National Supra Competition, achieving a commendable 3rd place finish, which increased team visibility and credibility within the racing community by 50%.
• Designed and built the electrical harness and display system for Team Haya Racing, utilizing CAN bus protocols, leading to a 20% increase in system reliability.
• Mentored interns on integrating the Electronic Throttle Control assembly onto the car pedal, resulting in a 30% reduction in integration time and improved team efficiency.
• Coordinated with cross-functional teams (powertrain, engine, chassis, brakes, and wheels) to ensure optimal performance, which enhanced overall vehicle performance by 25% during tests.
• Integrated GPS tracking and monitoring systems into the racing car, providing real-time positioning data that improved driver situational awareness by 40%, leading to faster decision-making on the track.

• Architected an API incorporating HEVC compression for optimized PPG video uploads, elevating data-driven heuristics generation by 60%, then facilitated accurate calculation of vital metrics such as SpO2 and PRbpm.
• Applied machine learning algorithms to analyze PPG signals, predicting blood pressure with a 95% accuracy rate.
• Upgraded user experience by enforcing secure Firebase Dynamic Links for Single Sign-On (SSO), streamlining access while enforcing stringent data encryption and access controls to safeguard doctors' sensitive data on.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Orchestrated a nationwide Robotics Competition with 250 participants, including an exclusive panel with robotics expert Ricardo Tellez.
• Organized a Robotics Hackathon and various workshops, creating tailored learning paths to support students with different levels of knowledge in robotics.
• Established a robotics lab at my college, providing hands-on learning opportunities for students.
• Led projects and mentored students to help them publish four papers during my tenure, contributing to the academic discourse in robotics.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Completed practical task modules in Establishing Financial Data Feeds, Front end Web Development,Data Visualization with Perspective.

Bangalore

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Worked under Dr.J Manikandan on a Touch Screen FM Radio using the TEA5767 module, which can be easily interfaced with Arduino, Raspberry Pi via I2C interface.

Master'S, Engineering Management

Activities and Societies: Purdue Society of Women Engineers Coursework: Project Management, Entrepreneurship and Business Strategy.

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech Minors, Computer Science

Coursework: Database Management Systems, Data Structures and its Applications, Operating Systems, Design and Analysis of Algorithms

Btech - Bachelor Of Technology, Electronics And Communication Engineering, 3.83/4

Coursework: Artificial Neural Networks, Digital Image Processing, Computer Communication Networks, Computer Organization