Ameya Karanjkar

Ameya Karanjkar Æ- • Q- Education Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Masters of Technology in Computer Science Engineering September 2020 – Present BML Munjal University Bachelors of Technology in Computer Science - 86.4% Related Coursework: ○␣ ○␣ Computer programming in C Spoken English and communication skills ○␣ ○␣ ○␣ Data Structures and Algorithms Operating Systems Computer Networks July 2014 – August 2018 ○␣ Database Management System DPS Ruby Park, Kolkata Higher Secondary Schooling(11th and 12th) September 2012 – May 2014 Campion School, Bhopal Secondary Schooling (10th) September 2011 – May 2012 Projects Imusica Application ○␣ ○␣ ○␣ ○␣ ○␣ May 2018 Android app implemented in Android Studio. Motivation was the fondness towards Indian classical music and a problem I faced in university. Introduces various topics in music like basic thoery of Indian classical music, great maestros in the field of music, and includes singing and performing tips section. Provides a functionality where users could form teams based on their requirements. Added a basic functionality for vocal riyaz(practice) which could help the users practice the 12 notes. Similar questions retrieval ○␣ ○␣ ○␣ ○␣ ○␣ ○␣ ○␣ March 2020 Developed the backend using Python and the frontend using Tkinter. Important libraries used were tensorflow, tkinter, numpy and pandas. Collected a question corpus from various Q/A sites like stackoverflow, gateoverflow, and stackexchange. Tried implementing and optimizing a variation of standard Tf-Idf technique. Researched about various models used to encode text data into numerical vector representations. Retrieved top N questions from the corpus similar to the given user query. Achieved an accuracy of over 60%. Achievements AIR 222 in GATE 2020 ○␣ March 2020 Achieved 99.77 percentile with an AIR of 222 in GATE 2020. Third position in Shrimad Bhagavad Gita Quiz ○␣ November 2020 Achieved third position in a quiz on Shrimad Bhagavad Gita held by IIT kanpur. AIR 926 in GATE 2019 ○␣ March 2019 Achieved an AIR of 926 in GATE 2019. Best Goalkeeper award and Captain of University football team ○␣ Lead Vocalist of the University Band ○␣ December 2010 In CBSE clusters athletics meet, achieved 4th place in Triple Jump event and 3rd place in Relay Race event. Best All-rounder award ○␣ March 2015 – November 2017 I was the lead vocalist of the university band and took part in various competitions. Merit position in CBSE clusters meet ○␣ March 2018 Received the best goalkeeper award in inter university meet and captained the team for two years. 2010 – 2011 Received the best all-rounder award for the academic year 2010 - 2011 for good performance in all areas, from academics to sports. Skills Technical skills ○␣ ○␣ ○␣ Familiar with C, C++, python, and MySQL. Proficient in Data structures and algorithms. Competent in Computer Networks, Operating Systems and Database Management Systems. Soft skills ○␣ ○␣ ○␣ ○␣ I am adaptable and quick learner. I have interacted and worked with multi-cultural and multi-lingual people. Competent in English, Hindi, Marathi and familiar with Bengali. Comfortable with working in teams. Motivated to make a difference in others lives through my knowledge and work. Extracurriculars and Hobbies Sports ○␣ ○␣ I like to watch and play almost all sports. I also like to play football video games as along with begin fun, they help improve concentration and general game sense. Computer programming (coding) ○␣ I also like to solve programming problems in my leisure time. Listening and practicing music ○␣ ○␣ I am very fond of indian classical music and devotional music. Listening to music and singing help relax the mind and develop patience and calmness. Spirituality ○␣ I am involved with the Bhaktivedanta club and I also spend time reading and contemplating on various spiritual texts.