G-401, INDRAPRASTHA-II, NEAR SHREYAS SCHOOL, AMBAWADI, AHMEDABAD • INDIA
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JISHNU KASHYAP DAVE
OBJECTIVE
To become an asset to the organization by utilizing my skills as an engineer & to maintain a
symbiotic relationship by gaining knowledge through its affiliation
EXPERIENCE
(UG Major) ASIC Trainee at eInfochips – Undergoing training in Verilog HDL, Perl/Tk &
working on ASIC/FPGA projects that involve design, verification, simulation, implementation
& optimization stages; January 2010-Present
(UG Minor) UG Student at Nirma University - “Design & performance evaluation of DSP
algorithms on FPGA-based multi-processor systems” - Design of a multi-MicroBlaze system
on Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA, benchmarking it with EEMBC CoreMark, implementation of DSP
algorithms like radix-2 FFT, profiling & optimizing the application & performance evaluation
in terms of clock cycles, speedup, resource utilization; June 2009-October 2009 (team of 2)
EDUCATION
Pursuing 8th semester of B. Tech. in Electronics & Communication (EC) Engineering at
Nirma University, Ahmedabad with PPI 8.26/10.00 (Expected Graduation: May 2010)
RESEARCH PUBLICATION
Jishnu Dave, Parth Lakhiya & Prof. Nagendra Gajjar, “Design & performance evaluation of
FFT algorithms on FPGA-based multi-processor systems”, International Conference on
Signals, Systems & Automation (ICSSA) at G. H. Patel College of Engineering & Technology
(GCET), Vallabh Vidyanagar; December 2009
SKILL SET
Languages: C, C++, Visual Basic, 8086 Assembly, Bash scripting, Perl/Tk, VHDL, Verilog
HDL
Embedded & VLSI tools: MASM, Keil uVision, BASCOM-AVR, WinAVR, AVR Studio,
Code Vision-AVR, IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM Kickstart, Dsch, Microwind, Altera
Quartus, Xilinx ISE (XPS), Xilinx EDK
Hardware platforms: 8086, 8051, AVR ATmega family, ARM LPC2148, MAX II CPLD,
Spartan-3 FPGA, Virtex-5 FPGA
Applications: MATLAB, Simulink
Circuit design, simulation, layout: Orcad Family (Pspice), Multisim, Circuit Maker, Eagle,
ExpressPCB
Conducted workshops on: Autonomous Robotics
Attended workshops/seminars on: Gen-Next Broadcasting, VLSI Testing, ARM Processors,
uCOS-II, VB, Robotics, Embedded Systems, Public Speaking, Vedic Mathematics
PROJECTS
“ROBOCON India 2010” – Represented Nirma University in the capacity of Team Leader.
Developed robots to build models of the three Giza Pyramids block by block in sequence
without using any binding material; November 2009-March 2010 (team of 16)
“ROBOCON India 2009” – Represented Nirma University. Developed a system of robots
programmed for qualities such as cooperation above & beyond the conventional speed, power
& precision; November 2008-March 2009 (team of 17)
“G.O.A.L.” - A robot that plays soccer against another opponent robot based on image
processing; December 2008-January 2009 (team of 3)
“Micromouse” - A robot that reaches the center of an unknown maze in the shortest possible
time; December 2008-January 2009 (team of 3)
“M-it” - A generic SMS-based inquiry/complaint management system for municipal
corporations, dam control systems as well as for commercial purposes; September 2008-
October 2008 (team of 2)
“Asia-Pacific ROBOCON 2008” – Represented INDIA & got the Mabuchi Motor Award.
Developed robots for fast, accurate pick & place operations in a way similar to human
pyramids formed in Janmashtami; May 2008-August 2008 (team of 7)
“Chessie 2.0” - A chess playing software based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms;
January 2008-March 2008 (team of 3)
ACHIEVEMENTS
Elected The Secretary, IEEE Student Branch, Nirma University for the year 2009 - Organizing
GBMs, fostering quality events, increasing membership base; January 2009
First in Hardware Project competition & Software Project competition at TechnOdyssey by
IEEE student branch, Nirma University; September 2008
First in Innovation – Hardware, a hardware project competition under Vidyut Adbhutam by
EE Students’ Association (EESA), Nirma University; March 2008
Second in Circuitect (circuit designing), Codessey (software project) & C Thru It (C
debugging) under Prevoyance by EC Organization (ECO), Nirma University; March 2008
Was a finalist (Rank 13) at Codathlon, a coding, reversing & networking competition under
Techfest, Asia’s Largest Technical Festival held at Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
(IIT-B); January 2008 (Was also offered an internship interview by MSIDC (Microsoft India
Development Center) in appreciation of good performance)
First in C & C++ programming competition under Radiance by IEEE Student Branch, Nirma
University; April 2007
SEMINARS/PAPERS
Delivered a seminar on “ARM Processors” under the Seminar course, Nirma University;
October 2008
Presented a paper on “Development of self-learning AI algorithms using Backpropagation
Neurocontrollers” under TechnOdyssey, organized by IEEE Student Branch, Nirma
University; September 2008
COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIPS
IEEE Student Branch, Nirma University; March 2008-March 2010
Electronics & Communication Organization (ECO), Nirma University; July 2006-Present
PREVIOUS ACHIEVEMENTS
Distinctive performance (AIR 157) in the final round of the 8th NSO by the SOF
Academic: Scholarships & certificates of excellence in Maths, English & Sanskrit (thrice) by
Amrit Jyoti High School
Extracurricular: Class 1 Sanskrit Bhushana, Blue Belt San Dan (Karate), First prizes in Hindi
essay-writing, Assembly, etc. & two prizes for excellence in Personality
