.:. Avi Mehta .:.
.:.Personal Achievements.:.
- Successfully completed the Ajax Form Creator for Drupal CMS as a part of Google Summer of Code 2006.
- Working with Development Seed on Application of latest technologies for better usability in content browsing and viewing.
- Won the IBM Initiative to Nurture a Vibrant IT Ecosystem, Gujarat 2005 contest for developing the Web Portal "Kala Academy" with Content Management Functionalities.
- Worked on websites for Alumni Association and French Club.
- Lead the Dhirubhai Ambani Developers Program, University Relations Program team in semester III-IV for developing a J2ME based mobile application.
- Founder member of French club in college in association with Alliance Française.
- Worked as the technical editor in Press Club for the student Magazine "Entelechy" in college.
.:.Academic-Projects.:.
- Working on On-line Devnagari Handwriting Recognition as a part of B Tech Project
- Currently managing a team of students for a software project as a part of Software Project Management Course
- Worked on "A protocol for Sensors to detect Mango Ripening" as a part of design project
- Developed a GPS based Navigation System as a part of Embedded Systems course
- Simulated Various cases of Birth Death Queuing Processes in OMNeT++ as a part of Discrete Simulation and Modeling course
- Developed Canvas, a complete web-based, user-friendly, customizable Information Dissemination system in Software Engineering course
- Developed SIMS a School Information Management System as a part of project in Database Management Systems course using VB with back-end as Oracle
- Developed a personal organizer ePDA in JAVA in Object Oriented Programming course
- Made a presentation on Disaster Management Model that addresses legal and aid issues, as part of the Science, Technology and Society course
- Conceived and implemented Mathematics Reloaded, a card-game with online documentation for simplifying high-school math
.:.Skills.:.
- Programming Languages C, Java, PHP, JSP, JavaScript, HTML, Visual Basic
- Tools - Designing Adobe Flash, Dreamweaver, Rational Rose
- Tools - Simulation TI Code Composer Studio, OMNet++, Scilab/ Matlab
- Databases mySQL, Oracle, FoxPro
- Others CSS, AJAX and other Web 2.0 technologies
.:.Academic-Profile.:.
- From 2003 B. Tech. (ICT) DA-IICT Cumulative GPA 3.61 /4 till 7th Semester
- 2001-2003 Higher Secondary Certificate CBSE 88%
- 2001 Senior Secondary Certificate RBSE 83.67%
.:.Internships.:.
- Studied and explored various Digital Image Watermarking techniques in Research Internship
- Worked with Bhasha Kendra, Gujarat and Explored problems and opportunities for development in rural areas and role that ICT can play in it
- Worked with ASCG group at Reliance Infocomm for developing mobile Application for Chatting in J2ME, JSP etc during summer Industry Internship
.:.Interest-Areas.:.
- Semantic Classification and understanding of Images
- Digital Image Processing with focus on Human-Computer Interaction.
- Designing interfaces specially using web technologies
