Kunal Sonar

KUNAL SONAR Email:- Phone No. : - Education ● Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar B.Tech, Information and Communication Technology CPI: 6.48/10 ● Essar International School, Surat, Gujarat Central Board of Secondary Education AISSCE (12th): 81.00 % ● Essar International School, Surat, Gujarat Central Board of Secondary Education AISCE (10th): 93.20 % Aug 11 - Apr 15 Mar 10 - Mar 11 Mar 08 - Mar 09 Professional Experience 3D Data Visualisation Engineer, SocialCops, Delhi Apr 16 - Present Team size: 3 ● Developed 3D visualisations to represent data for various government projects such as Census, SmartCity and Military Defence, efficiently leveraging the third dimension for deeper insights ● Gained in depth knowledge about Unity custom editor classes, Procedural Mesh generation and Shaders while developing prototypes ● Grappled with cutting edge technologies like Augmented and Virtual Reality Software Engineer, Hashcube Software, Bangalore Oct 15 - Jan 16 Team size: 8 ● Explored and experimented with technologies like Game Closure, xCode, Devkit and PHP ● Contributed to development and updates of Sudoku Quest on both client and server side by implementing UI changes, gameplay logic and data collection logic along with maintaining iOS data collection modules using xCode ● Responsible for handling crash errors and logs on iTunes connect ● Available on iOS App Store, Google Play, Amazon App Store and Facebook apps Software Developer, DYU Solutions, Bangalore Jul 15 - Oct 15 Team size: 4 ● Designed and developed the Virtual Dressing room software using Unity 3D game engine (C#) and Kinect v2 technology ● Coded the software from ground up, which calculates real body measurements using the Body Tracking technology and depth sensors, to put on real 3d cloth on the viewer’s body, enabling them to conveniently try on clothes with a realistic feel Interest Projects Ifelse Oct 16 Team Size: 2 ● Designed and developed a blog using React and Webpack frameworks along with AWS S3 to manage content on the backend Triangle Trouble Oct 14 - Mar 15 Team Size: 2 ● Conceptualised, designed and coded a gyro-based endless runner arcade adventure game using Unity 3D game engine ● Developed the features to enable cloud and social services in the app and integrated game services to enable higher engagement ● Published the game on Android and iOS platforms attracting a traction of approximately 500 downloads on both, within a week ● Available on iOS App Store and Google Play Woorddict (Word Game) Dec 13 - Apr 14 Team Size: 2 ● Designed and developed a simple tile based word game using Unity game engine and published the app on Android, iOS and Windows mobile platforms ● Featured in more than 25 countries including India, US, Canada and UK on the Windows mobile marketplace ● Available on iOS App Store, Google Play Store and Windows 8 Store Tail It Team Size: 2 ● Developed a casual mini game with minimal controls (screenshots) using Unity game engine May 15 Tower Defence Prototype Aug 14 - Aug 14 Team Size: 1 ● Developed a tower defence prototype which included tower management and map features along with the enemy pathfinding procedure based on the BFS algorithm using Unity game engine Academic Projects Gender and Gaming Jan 15 - Apr 15 Team Size: 2 ● Researched the gender dynamics and representation of female characters in games and the consequent negative connotations of stereotypical depictions ● Developed a method to eliminate gender misrepresentations by obtaining approximate mathematical values for behavioural attributes for a target population consisting of both the sexes and proposed a revaluation of the incorporation of these traits in the coding of game characters Educational Website (EduBook) Jan 14 - Apr 14 Team Size: 10 ● Coded and developed a website aimed at easing the interactions between students, teachers and schools Trading Company Database Management System Aug 13 - Nov 13 Team Size: 2 ● Developed a DBMS for a trading company to keep track of inventory, sales, purchases, clients, tax information and transport, by designing the ERD and SRS documents to specify functional and nonfunctional requirements and generated the required schemas in PostgreSQL Internship Research Intern, DA-IICT Gandhinagar May 14 - Jul 14 Team size: 2 ● Examined multiplayer and community-based network games to research the potential of video games to be used as a tool to study human psychology in the respective simulated environment, working with defined parameters and a methodology to study user behaviour Intern, Foundation of Ecological Security, Anand Dec 12 Team Size: 2 ● Part of a surveying team with an objective to study Production, Socio-Cultural and Ecological benefits to the people under the NGOs project area Intern, Seamless Education Pvt. Lim., Pune May 12 - Jul 12 Team Size: 3 ● Worked on a FPS game on Unity game engine as a Game programmer. C# was used to develop and code the prototype that included player movements on the map, managing the weapon system and basic enemy artificial intelligence (AI) (Youtube Videos) Extra-Curricular Activities Member of College Football Squad, DA-IICT Jan 11 – Apr 15 ● Won and achieved respected positions in several inter college sport meets Game Development Mentor, Microsoft Student Technical Club(MSTC), DA-IICT Jul 14 - Nov 14 ● Mentored and encouraged club members for developing games using the Unity game engine Coordinator Campus Design Club, National College Fest (Synapse), DA-IICT Jan 13 – Feb 13 ● Spearheaded a team of 10 to conceptualise and implement designs for the techno-cultural fest and strategise the entire process including raw material gathering and other logistics, attracting a turnout of approximately 8000 students from all over the country Awards and Achievements ● Awarded the “Student Game of the Year” (Jury Category) for developing Triangle Trouble at Nasscom Game Developer’s Conference amongst 12 nominations from all over India in 2015 ● Awarded the “Student Game of the Year” (People’s Choice Award) for developing Woorddict at the Nasscom Game Developer’s Conference amongst 10 nominations from all over India in 2014 ● Represented Essar International School football team in the first version of Gujarat Khel Mahakumbh and stood 1st on the district level in 2010 ● Competed in Subroto Cup U-17 2009, representing Essar International School on State Level and stood 2nd in the state ● Ranked 30th in the National Cyber Olympiad in 2007 ● Ranked 1st in the District Science Olympiad in 2005 Interest and Hobbies Football, Gaming, Game Development, Interactive Technologies, Designing, Music (Rock, Pop), Travelling