VIKRAMADITYA ASHOK GAONKAR

vag.10M264@nitk.edu.in

Home Address #42, new income tax layout Jyothi Nagar, Chandra layout Nagarbhavi I stage Bangalore India-560072

Campus Address Room no. D611 Tower 2(Grey tower) NITKS hostels NITK, Surathkal India-575025

Objective: Research Internship/Project in the field of Wind Turbines during the summer of 2013 for a period of 2/3 months Education: AIEEE all India rank: 1282 (out of 1,100,000 candidates) IIT-JEE all India rank: 7246
School/ college National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal-575025 KLE Societys Independent PU College, Bangalore Sharada Vidyalaya( CBSE), Mangalore Course Mechanical Engineering (B. Tech) II PU 10th (anticipated) completion June 2014 May 2009 March 2007 CGPA/ percentage 7.68 76.33% 90.4%

Technical Work:
Undertook an internship on Design and Analysis of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines for Micro-power applications under the guidance of Dr. Shankar Krishnapillai, Machine Design Section, IITMadras during the summer of 2012 Currently working under Prof.K.V.Gangadharan (Mechanical department, NITK Surathkal) on a project to build a mechanism to emulate the motion of a crab using Theo Jansen mechanism (expected completion date: September 2012) Working on a project to build a life size hovercraft and analyze its response with a warm air cushion as an executive member of IEEE-NITK(expected completion date : November 2012) Successfully built a battle robot that won third place in an event called ROBOWARS in ENGINEER 2011, the annual technical festival of NITK Surathkal Built a robot which moved on water for an event called PROTEUS in ENGINEER 2010 Worked on MATLAB to design an oscillating cylinder and analyze its position, velocity and acceleration as part of college curriculum Undertook an Industrial Training at HAL(Aircraft Division) during the summer of 2011

Technical Skills:
Have worked extensively with CATIA and ANSYS
Proficient in programming using MATLAB Have studied Basic and Applied Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics as part of College Curriculum

Co-curricular and Extra Curricular Activities:

Team member of Chassis subsystem of FSAE team ( NITK Racing ) Executive member, IEEE, NITK Chapter. Have organized various technical events as a part of the club and conducted training sessions on CATIA for club members. Recipient of the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) Scholarship (state level) since 2007 Have represented my school in various regional and national level quizzes. Qualified to the semi-finals of national finals of Terra Quiz 2006 jointly organized by the ministry of forests in New Delhi Executive member of the Office committee during Engineer 2011, the annual technical festival of NITK Executive member of SAE(Society of Automotive Engineers) India Executive member of Star Gazing Club(an amateur astronomers club) at NITK Volunteered during INCIDENT 2011, the cultural festival of NITK

Academic Interests
CFD Analysis CAD modeling Thermodynamics

Personal Details: Date of birth: 24 September 1991 Mobile number: +91 9535253113 Email id: vag.10M264@nitk.edu.in