Saurabh jain

S-90 Uppal South End +91-93133-06841
Sohna Road saurabh.jain@gmail.co
Gurgaon – 122 018, m
INDIA http://saurabh.org.in/

Saurabh Jain

Objective To display on my website.

Experience Oct 2007-present Thinvent Technologies Pvt. Ltd. New
Delhi
Director and CEO
 Thinvent provides Linux based solutions to government
and NGO customers. These include thin clients, kiosks,
cluster servers, and unified messaging.
 We develop embedded firmware, with particular
emphasis on telecom and hand-held devices.

Mar 2006-Sep 2007 VXL Instruments Ltd.
Bangalore, KA
Engineer, Projects
 Headed VXL's Linux solutions division. Developed
packaged and customised IT solutions for verticals such
as e-governance, education, small and medium
business, telecenters and healthcare.
 Provided an IT training solution to IEG, a government
body. System uses diskless thin clients and servers
running Linux. Supports web and application
development, multimedia streaming, video conferencing,
etc.
 Provided a secure, robust ticketing kiosk to the Indian
Railways. Currently deployed in the Mumbai local train
network.
 Support escalations with VXL's Linux product chain,
worldwide, were resolved by me. Provided timely and
satisfactory support to customers.
 Managed the VXL IT system, including network, email,
ERP, R&D labs, remote access, WAN, VoIP, data and
application servers, etc.

Apr 2005-Mar 2006 Intel IIDC
Bangalore, KA
Software Engineer, MPSD
 Developed server management firmware for Intel’s
server products.
 Interacted with marketing and factories to resolve
customer issues.
 Lab manager for IIDC SMFW. Handled procurement,
safety standards enforcement, shifting and setup,
inventory, shipping, etc.

Feb 2005-Apr 2005 Intel IIDC
Bangalore, KA
Software Engineer, Ethernet Switching Operations
 Developed BSPs for Intel’s Ethernet switching products.
 Developed manufacturing diagnostics for switch blades.
 Worked on the I2C interaction between management
and switch modules.
 Formulated an idea for intensive in-chassis testing of
switch blades.

2004-2005 Impulsesoft Bangalore, KA
Senior Software Engineer
 Developed firmware for Bluetooth personal audio
devices.
 Created the audio and graphical user interface for an
A2DP and SCO compliant sink.
 Optimised the graphical engine manifold, so it could
perform on the limited processing ability of the
embedded processor. Simulated multitasking on a single
task RTOS, so that the engine does not interfere with
real time tasks such as audio and wireless.

2003-2004 Samsung SISO Bangalore, KA
Senior Software Engineer, Digital Printing Division
 Developed real time Internet fax firmware as per ITU-T
T.38.
 Developed embedded network applications for
multifunctional peripherals. Involved in complete project
lifecycles.
 Organised training, quizzing and team building activities
for the division.
 Co-ordinated the division’s patenting efforts. Filed nine
patents.
 Developed and enforced coding standards as per CMM
Level 5.
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2002-2003 IIT Madras Chennai, TN
Masters research under Dr. T G Venkatesh
 Established four cluster computers. Enhanced their
performance by 25%.
 Modelled the human visual cortex using artificial neural
networks.
 Created a job scheduler using parallel genetic
algorithms.
 Ethernet and IP network switching and management.

Summer 2002 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH,
USA
Summer Intern under Dr. Dharma P Agarwal
 Wireless access for rural communities using 802.11.
 Conducted simulations with ad-hoc routing protocols on
the ns-2 platform.
 Studied applications of directional antennas in extending
network range.

Project Student under Dr. Devendra Jalihal
 Voice switching, call monitoring and tones on DSP for
corDECT.
 Developed a Linux kernel driver to perform ARQ and CRC
on wireless data channels and interface them to a PPP
daemon.
 Worked on diskless workstations and concept thin
clients.

Summer 2001 MIT Media Lab Cambridge, MA, USA
Summer Intern under Dr. Michael M Best
 A VoIP tool for rural communities.
 Wrote algorithms and software to monitor the channel,
and adapt the codec parameters to varying bandwidth,
latency and jitter.
 Helped design an illiterate-friendly graphical user
interface for the tool.

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System Administrator, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
 Maintained servers, a hundred terminals and a thousand
user accounts.
 Responsible for email, DNS, proxy, remote access and
other services.
 Provided guidance and support to various networks in
IIT.

1990-1999 ITECHS Bhopal, MP
Operations Controller
 Itechs was our home business. Software development,
data processing, training, design and publishing, were
the major fields of activity.
 Technical: Hardware deployment. Network
management.
 Management: Counselling, marketing strategy and
staffing.
 Training: Various advanced software, hardware and
networking.

Publications  Saurabh Jain, Dharma P. Agrawal, “Wireless
Community Networks,” IEEE Computer, vol. 36, no. 8, pp.
90-92, Aug., 2003.
 Saurabh Jain, Sarin S B. “A method to forward
facsimile documents to other rendering devices.”
India patent no. 215445. Feb 26, 2008.
 Saurabh Jain, Sarin S B. “A method and system for
preventing the production of illegal hard copies of a
digital document marked with a predetermined security
tag.” India patent no. 219189. Apr 25, 2008.
 Saurabh Jain, Sarin S B. “A rendering device and
method for detecting the quality of printing paper.” India
patent no. 209598. Sep 5, 2007.
 Saurabh Jain, Sarin S B. “A multifunction peripheral
device capable of printing unordered pages of a
document in sequence.” India patent application no.
1018/CHE/2004A. Oct 27, 2006.
 Saurabh Jain, Sarin S B. “A rendering device capable of
detecting the quality of paper used for producing
hardcopies of documents.” India patent application no.
1019/CHE/2004A. Oct 27, 2006.
 Saurabh Jain, Sarin S B. “A method for enabling access
restriction to a peripheral that is connected to a
networked PC.” India patent application no.
1070/CHE/2005. Jan 4, 2008.
 Four more patents, filed while at Samsung SISO. Under
submission.

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Relevant Courses Communications
Covered  Computer Communication Networks
 Digital Signal Processing, Adaptive Signal Processing
 Image Signal Processing
 Digital Filter Design
 Analog and Digital Communications
 Principles of Communications, Communication Systems
 Artificial Neural Networks
 Networks and Systems

Electronics
 Microprocessors and Computer Architecture
 Analog and Digital Circuits
 Transducers

Operations Research
 Basic and Advanced Operations Research
 Queuing Theory
 Computer Simulation

Skills Software
 Embedded: XScale, ARM7, ADSP 218x and 219x, 8086,
8051 assembly.
 Languages: C, Java, C++, Pascal
 OS: VxWorks, Zeevo BlueOS, pSOS+, Linux, Windows,
Solaris
 Version Management and Bug Tracking: Rational
ClearCase, PVCS
 Web Development: HTML, JSP, Servlets
 Databases: Access, xBase, SQL with Oracle
 RAD: PowerBuilder, Visual Basic
 Graphics: CorelDraw, PageMaker, Corel Ventura

Hardware
 Experience with 8086, 8051, ARM7 and ADSP 219x
based boards
 ARM architecture
 I2C bus
 Microprocessor interfacing
 Computer assembly and troubleshooting
 Network installation and management

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Network Protocols
 FTP, SNPP, TFTP, DHCP, SMTP, POP3, SNMP, Telnet,
etc.

Technical Interests  Computer hardware, interfacing and networks.
 Assembly programming, DSP and digital hardware
design.
 Object orientation, database and system design.
 Making technology user friendly, and more accessible to
people.

Education 1998-2003 Indian Institute of Tech. Madras
Chennai, TN
 Studied in the Five year Dual Degree Communications
programme:
 B.Tech in Electrical Engineering
 M.Tech in Communication Systems
 Minor in Operations Research
 Secured All India Rank 663 in the IIT Joint Entrance
Examination.

1997-1998 Maulana Azad College of Tech.
Bhopal, MP
 Studied in First Year, Bachelor of Engineering program.

1993–1997 Campion School Bhopal, MP
 Cleared the All India Senior School Certificate
Examination conducted by the Central Board of
Secondary Education, New Delhi, in 1997.
 Cleared the All India Secondary School Examination
conducted by the Central Board of Secondary
Education, New Delhi, in 1995.

1983-1993 Mother’s International School New
Delhi
 Secured second rank in class throughout Primary
School.

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Academic Distinctions 2002 First place in Programming and second place in Web
Designing at the All India Cultural and Literary
Festival, 2002, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.
1996 Placed among the top five attendees at the Mathematics
Talent Search and Nurture Program conducted by the Centre
for Advanced Study in Mathematics, Panjab
University, Chandigarh.
1996 Third rank in Madhya Pradesh state in the Regional
Mathematics Olympiad.
1996 Second rank in Computer Quiz Contest conducted by
the Computer Society of India, Bhopal Chapter.
1996 First in the Lupin Inter School Science Competition,
Senior Group.
1996 First prize in Computer Awareness Quiz, St Xavier’s
Bhopal.
1995 Second rank in Bhopal Open Programming Contest
organised by the Computer Society of India.
1994 First rank in Vedic Mathematics course.
1992 Second rank in the all-Delhi Manav Sthali Inter-School
Mathematics Competition.
1990 Second rank in Delhi in the Aryabhatta Inter-School
Mathematics Competition.

Readings  Computer Networks, Andrew S. Tanenbaum
 Compiler Design, Aho, Ullman and Sethi
 Operating Systems, Silberschatz and Galvin
 Computer Graphics, Hearn and Baker

General Interests  Social and environmental volunteering
 Travelling; connecting with people
 Organising events; theatre
 Writing prose and poetry; reading; elocution; graphic
design
 Swimming

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Participation and 1998- Active member of the Association for India’s
Awards in date Development (AID-India), an international NGO.
Extra-Curricular 1999- Volunteer for Greenpeace, an international
Activities date environmental organisation.
1991-date Actively involved in theatre.
1998- Member of ASHA for Education, a charity
date organisation.
2005- Coordinating the rural IT outreach program of
date ELCIA Trust.
1998-200 Organised charity sales during various cultural
3 festivals at IIT.
2003 Core group member of March4AID, a charity show
organised by leading Chennai colleges.
2002 Core group member of March2Shiksha, a charity
show.
2002 Member of winning dramatics team at Cul-Ah! 2002,
MCC.
2001 Core group member of March2Gujarat, a charity
show.
2001 Core group member of Aurangzeb, a public
production by Stagecoach, IIT’s theatre group.
2000-200President of the Rotaract Club of IIT Madras.
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1999-200 Coordinator for the National Service Scheme, IIT
2 Madras.
1999-200 Vice President of the Rotaract Club of IIT
0 Madras.
1999 Secured second rank in collage at Bharat Utsav,
IIT Madras.
1999 Participated in the annual Wildlife Survey at the
Guindy National Park, Chennai.
1994 Stood second in Inter-House Extempore
Competition.
1993 Attended a course in Rock Climbing.
1993 Member of the winning team at abhinaya, an
annual inter school dramatics event at New
Delhi.
1987 Attended a Judo camp at JNS, Delhi.

Tips I am a hard worker. Spending time in computer labs has
been my passion since childhood.

References  Dr. Devendra Jalihal, Professor dj@tenet.res.in
Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras
 Dr. Dharma P. Agarwal, Professor dpa@ececs.uc.edu
ECECS, University of Cincinnati
Other references are available on request.
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