E-115, HOR Men, DA-IICT Gandhinagar,Gujarat,India

AKSHAY RATAN

+91-8866338972 , +91-9415753517 [email protected]

DOB: April 16, 1993 EDUCATION   

Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology(DA-IICT), Gandhinagar Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech), Information and Communication Technology (Currently in the 6th semester) La Martiniere College, Lucknow, India Indian School Certificate Examination (ISC) – 95.75 % La Martiniere College, Lucknow, India Indian School Certificate Examination (ISC) – 97.00 %

2011-2015 2010-2011 2008-2009

SKILLS     

Written real-world, long-term-maintainable software as a part of globally distributed development teams Fast learner with excellent code reading and understanding abilities Ability to work with and motivate the team Keen interest in Data Structures and Algorithms, Object Oriented Programming, OpenCV2 Open-source software enthusiast

Programming Languages and database systems  Proficient in Java, Python, C++ and QML  Significant experience with C, Ruby, HTML, CSS and Javascript  Dabbled with Haskell  Knowledge of MySQL and Postgres Tools and Specific Technologies  Qt Cross Platform Application Framework, KDE, GNOME, REST API’s, Plasma Workstation, BASH, Android App Development  Version Control Systems: git  Build Tools: CMake, qmake, GNU make  Debugging: gdb  IDE’s: MATLAB, NetBeans, Eclipse, QtCreator, CodeBlocks  Micro-controllers: Arduino and AVR  Operating Systems: Linux(On Ubuntu, Fedora, Kubuntu, Mint and ArchLinux), Windows, Android 4.0.1(Based on Linux kernel 3.0.1) EXPERIENCE Contract Software Developer, Google Mentors: Sinny Kumari and Shantanu Tushar Jha   

June 2013-September 2013

Worked with the KDE Project in the feature enhancement of the Plasma Media Center-an integrated desktop cum TV application for playing music, videos and browsing pictures. Platform: C++ and Qt Cross Platform Application Framework, KDevelop Link: : http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/project/google/gsoc2013/akshay_ratan/27001

Team Leader and Developer  

Google Summer of Code 2013

Imagine Cup 2013, Microsoft

November 2013-till date

Developing an innovative Windows 8 desktop app which aims to revolutionize and ease user’s search habits on the internet Pitching the idea in startup fests

PROJECTS Summer of KDE 2012 May 2012- August 2012 Mentor: Frederick Gladhorn  Open-source project, worked in KDesktopEnvironment (KDE) Project on Accessibility features particularly in the improvement of the automatic mouse click desktop software application KMouseTool.  Community Link: http://community.kde.org/GSoC/2012/StatusReports#Akshay_Ratan Schneider Electric Innovation Challenge 2012 September 2012 Team Size: 4  As a group leader, led the team to the conception of the innovative, energy efficient abstract idea-GRAISOL( Green Artificial Intelligence Solar).  OpenCV Libraries were used extensively for the idea.  Community Link: http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/107169565/INNOVATION%20CHALLENGE%202012.pdf

Computer Game: Fossicking Ralph September 2013- November 2013 Team Size: 3 Guide: Prof. Nitin Raje  Designed and implemented a treasure hunt interactive game using Python and C++ bindings on Panda3D platform.  Repository Link: https://github.com/akshayratan/FossickingRalph POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY      

Deputy Convener, Google Developers Group ( GDG DA-IICT) Sponsorship Head, Annual Fest Committee(Synapse), 2014, DA-IICT Organizer, conf.kde.in 2014 (Annual KDE Conference) Core Committee Member, The Debate Club, DA-IICT Marketing and PR Head, KDE Meetup 2013 School Prefect and House Flag Bearer, La Martiniere College, Lucknow

September 2012-till date September 2013-till date October 2013-till date July 2013-till date September 2012-February 2013 August 2010- April 2011

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS     

Granted a scholarship of Rs 4 Lakhs from the Govt. of India to pursue any science course for being in the top 1% in ISC Board Exams,2011 Selected as the Google Summer of Code 2013 student for KDE Speaker at various conferences of GDG, GSA and KDE on open-source software development and technologies Qualified the preliminary round of Google Code Jam 2013 Winner-Debate and Quiz competition, BITS Goa, Annual Fest-Waves,2012

INTERESTS AND HOBBIES Debating, Cricket, Football, Table-Tennis, Reading, Writing, Photography Blogs  

http://akshayratan.blogspot.in/ http://www.akshaycode.blogspot.com/

(General blog) (Coding/Technical blog)

LinkedIn Profile Link Github Profile Link Declaration: The above information is correct to the best of my knowledge. Akshay Ratan Dated: December,2013