Experience

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  ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation

  • India
  • Defense and Space Manufacturing
  • 300 - 400 Employee

  • Scientific Officer

    • Jan 2021 - Present

    Working in Programme Planning & Monitoring Division of Programme Planning & Evaluation Group (PPEG) at Development & Educational Communication Unit (DECU)-ISRO.Project Management - Role: Project Manager/Project Coordinator.Activities: Involved in strategic, general & project management related activities to manage year-on-year satellite communication based Telemedicine and Tele-Education programmes, along with social research, video programme production and infrastructure upgradation.As the centre’s budget focal point, responsible for all budget related activities of the centre as per the ISRO Budget Lifecycle. Presented & negotiated Budget Proposal to ISRO HQ for approval and managed yearly budget estimate of around Rs. 20 Crore. Liaised proactively with various management levels to provide necessary information to support decision-making. Coordinated with and compiled data from several stakeholders to prepare timely response to various queries posed by the Parliament, Ministries/Departments, RTI and Audit.Output: Assisted in drafting centre’s Decadal Plan for Indian Space Programme 2020-30. Established/maintained around 250 Telemedicine & 30,000 Tele-Education nodes nationwide over the years. Supported video production related activities generating around 200 video programmes/year. Major Technical Projects -Research & Development Project on Next Gen Rollabout Telemedicine System (Health ATM)Role: As a Project Manager, leading a 05 member multidisciplinary team.Activities: Designing a new Telemedicine system exhibiting Technology Readiness Level 6. Prepared Technology Development Project proposal document and obtained project approval. Developed questionnaires, spearheaded meetings and interviewed 20 strategic and general end-users to identify needs and preferences. Conceptualised the prototype design with state-of-the-art medical diagnostic equipment and around 50% cost savings. Coordinating & developing vendors for fabricating & assembling prototype.

  • Sr. Scientific Assistant

    • Jan 2016 - Dec 2020

    Project Management - Role: Project Manager/Project Coordinator.Activities: Successfully managed year-on-year satellite communication based Telemedicine and Tele-Education programmes, along with social research, video programme production and infrastructure upgradation. Collaborated with stakeholders to identify and prioritise requirements in sync with strategic Vision, Decadal and Five Year Plans. Generated comprehensive project plans for new projects with scope, schedule & zero-base budget and presented to top management for approvals. Conducted regular status review meetings, monitored KPIs, carried out corrective actions and reported status to management. Carried out procurement related activities. Assessed manpower requirements. Output: Assisted in drafting centre’s strategic documents such as Fifteen Year Vision, Seven Year Strategy & Three Year Action Agenda in compliance with United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals for NITI Aayog and 13th Five Year Plan. Drafted 07 MoUs for various Ministries. Generated project proposals, technical documents, presentations and Request for Proposals (RFPs). Prepared presentations for manpower approvals & IIT recruitment leading to recruitment of around 15 personnel.Major Technical Projects -Revival & Sustenance of North-East Tele-Education ProjectRole: Project Coordinator.Activities: Brainstormed requirements and drafted MoU. Developed comprehensive project proposal document. Contributed in RFP formulation for procurement. Monitored progress & implemented corrective actions. As a Budget Coordinator, obtained budget approvals and tracked expenditure related to operations & maintenance of the network for 04 years.Output: Reactivated 07 Hubs, upgraded 07 Teaching-Ends and around 325 Satellite Interactive Terminals and provided operations support with a total outlay of Rs. 17.50 Crore.'Daksh' Learning Management System DevelopmentRole: Project Member.e-Governance Study on 'Geo-MGNREGA'Role: Project Member.

  • Scientific Assistant

    • Mar 2012 - Dec 2015

    Project Management - Role: Project Expeditor.Activities: Successfully managed year-on-year satellite communication based Telemedicine and Tele-Education programmes, along with social research, video programme production and infrastructure upgradation. Majorly contributed in zero-base budgeting and programmatic progress & expenditure monitoring.Output: Generated technical documents & presentations such as Project Proposal, Operating Budget, Quarterly Targets, Budget Proposal, Expenditure Reports, Outcome Budget, Results Framework, Re-Revised Estimates, Monthly Report, Annual Plan & Report, etc.Major Technical Projects -Augmented Reality (AR) mobile application ‘Sakaar’Role: As a Project Manager & Developer, led a 06 member cross-functional team.Activities: Initiated project with direction from Chairman, ISRO. Ideated, planned, executed & programmed end-to-end development of the application with market-first features.Output: The Union Minister of State and other senior delegates released ISRO’s first AR mobile application ‘Sakaar’ in a press conference at New Delhi.New DECU WebsiteRole: As a Project Manager & Developer, led a 02-member team.Activities: Envisaged new DECU website, gathered requirements, drafted project proposal and managed the overall development.Output: New website with ISRO’s first Hadoop based search facility with web-crawler. Vikram Sarabhai Space ExhibitionRole: Project Member/Member SecretaryActivities: Provided & implemented creative & innovative ideas for setting-up a modern, state-of-the-art space exhibition. Output: Space-themed professional 3D Theatre, Virtual Presenter, Augmented Reality, Holography Box, Auto-Stereoscopy Display, Interactive Touch Tables, Static Content with QR Codes, etc.

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  Scanpoint Geomatics Limited

  • Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

  • Software Developer

    • Jan 2011 - Apr 2011
    • Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

    Contributed in the development of a Geographical Information System (GIS) based Decision Support System (DSS) named 'Bauxite Inventory Estimation for Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. (GMDC)' with the aim to carry out bauxite reserve estimation in the districts of Jamnagar and Porbandar in Gujarat.Developed resource database for the same.Tools used - IGiS version 1.1 and AutoCAD 2006.

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  N/A

  • Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

  • Software Developer

    • May 2010 - Jul 2010
    • Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

    Contributed in the development of a research project named 'Air-Fuel Balance Detector-Corrector in Combustion Engine'.The main aim was to design an autonomous software simulation that could optimise & control the air-fuel mixture in a combustion engine so as to minimize the emission of harmful gases such as Carbon Monoxide (CO) and to improve the combustion efficiency.Tools used - MATLAB (Fuzzy Logic Toolbox - ANFIS) and JAVA (Swing).

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  Gateway Technolabs Pvt. Ltd.

  • Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

  • Software Developer

    • Aug 2008 - Jan 2009
    • Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

    Developed a desktop application named Stock Market Information System.In this application the server side contained a socket based / HTTP based non-user Interface that read the stock data from predefined stock market site and parsed the data received.At the client side, a JAVA swing based application connected to the server and read the data over the socket and provided functionality such as viewing of live data, downloading of archived stock and mutual fund data, chart based comparisons of stocks, viewing of gainers and losers, profile tracker, etc.Tools used - JAVA (Swing) and MySQL.