PALLAV RANKA Email: pallav@iitk.ac.

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Phone: (+91)7991445529
Homepage: home.iitk.ac.in/~pallav/
Civil Engineering | Structural Engineering Address: A118, Hall9, IIT Kanpur (208016), India

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Year Degree Institution CPI/Percentage
2018 M. Tech. in Structural Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 9.1/10.0
2017 B. Tech. in Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 8.1/10.0
2017 Minor in Industrial Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 8.0/10.0
2012 Class XII (MPBSE) Green Field School, Ujjain 70.8/100.0
2010 Class X (CBSE) Kalidas Montessori School, Ujjain 7.2/10.0

INTERNSHIPS
Preferential Allotment in Emerging Market Jun. 2017 Jul. 2017
Guide: Prof. Venkatesh Panchapagesan, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Click here for report
Minimized opportunity cost to get optimal investment financing decision of the firm for positive Net Present Value projects
Proposed empirically verifiable hypothesis for announcement period reaction and validated them using Bloomberg database
Utilized Prowess-CMIE database to acquire announcement dates of preferential allotment and verified them using BSE India
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Machine Learning in Structural Engineering Dec. 2015

Guide: Prof. C S Manohar, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Click here for report
Analyzed time series responses after separating them into independent components to get information about hidden factors
Implemented ICA code in MATLAB exploiting multivariate statistical techniques and validated it using cocktail party problem
Extended code to employ PCA algorithm for dimensionality reduction of signals with the aim of retaining useful information

RESEARCH PROJECT
Energy Trend in Structural Health Monitoring Jan. 2017 Apr. 2017
Guide: Prof. Suparno Mukhopadhyay, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Click here for report
Simulated model of structure using finite elements methods and performed dynamic analysis to collect time series responses
Studied different statistical properties of collected displacement and acceleration time series responses in MATLAB and R
Reduced computational complexity to O(n) from O(n2) by acquiring energy based approach to monitor health of structures

STRENGTHS
Programming: MATLAB | Python | R | C | C++ | LaTex
Web Designing: HTML | CSS | PHP | JavaScript | MySQL
Software: Autodesk AutoCAD | Adobe Illustrator | Autodesk 3ds Max | Adobe Photoshop | Autodesk Inventor | Microsoft Office

CONFERENCE
8th ISSS National Conference Sep. 2016
Guide: Prof. Suparno Mukhopadhyay, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Click here for report
Presented poster emphasizing on FPCOMAC method and differentiated it from more commonly adopted COMAC method
Compared FPCOMAC and COMAC responses to get severity of damages using Finite Element model of structural beams
Simulated model of beam in MATLAB for damage localization in case of single and multiple damages of various magnitudes

COURSEWORK
Probability and Statistics | Financial Engineering | Machine Learning* | Game Theory | Business Analytics | Stochastic Process
Microeconomics | PDEs | Finite Element Methods | Fundamental of Computing | Computational Methods in Engineering (* MOOCs)

ACHIEVEMENTS
Secured 1st position in Brick Maker project at IIT Kanpur amongst class of 400+ students 2015
Secured an All India Rank 2360 in JEE (Advanced) 2013 amongst 0.15 million students 2013
Secured 164th position in MP-PET 2012 conducted by Vyapam amongst 0.15 million students 2012
Secured 1st position in MOCK-PET 2012 conducted by SGSITS, Ujjain and won bike worth INR 60,000 2012
Secured 6th position in talent explore exam 2012 conducted by Alpine Institute amongst 5K students 2012

CLUB PROJECTS
Semi-Autonomous Model of Air Hockey Game May 2014 Jul. 2014
Robotics Club, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Built an autonomous opponent robot that beats a manual robot in hockey game in an enclosed arena of size 3m x 2m
Utilized real time digital image data and serial communication for predicting location of ball to drive the autonomous bot
Devised an efficient novel kicking mechanism based on the solenoid gun principle generating muzzle velocity up to 10 m/s
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Nonstationary Stochastic response of Structural Systems Jan. 2017 Apr. 2017
Guide: Prof. Vinay Kumar Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Click here for report
Employed stochastic techniques and structural dynamics to study effects of earthquake on structures in probabilistic sense
Estimated nonlinear response of system subjected to process resembling earthquake using random vibrations techniques
Quantified effects of different damper properties on structures to prevent structural destructions caused by an earthquakes
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Stock Market Prediction using ANN Jan. 2017 Apr. 2017

Guide: Prof. Kripa Shankar, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Click here for report
Implemented Feed Forward Backpropagation Neural Network in MALTAB to predict adjusted closing stock price of GOOG
Utilized yahoo finance to collect historical data for prediction purpose and obtained promising results within 5% error
Extended code to predict adjusted closing price in almost real time by continuously updating model at an interval of 0.1 second
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Stock Market Prediction using Kalman Filter Jan. 2017 Apr. 2017
Guide: Prof. Avijit Khanra, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Click here for report
Adopted state-space representation of Kalman filter to predict adjusted closing price of stocks implementing code in MATLAB
Employed yahoo finance to collect past data for prediction purpose and attained very good results for GOOG and AAPL stocks
Algorithm uses time update (prediction) and measurement update (correction) procedure for prediction of time-series data
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Earthquake Response of a Structure on Sliding Foundation Jan. 2017 Apr. 2017

Guide: Prof. Durgesh C. Rai, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Click here for report
Exploited advantages of base isolation techniques and restoring devices to reduce effect of seismic activities on the structure
Modeled structure by conventional method considering structure as rigid mass and foundations resistance as coulomb friction
Revamped conventional model by considering restoring device and observed drastic reduction in maximum slip of structure
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Response of Bridge for SHM Jan. 2016 Apr. 2016

Guide: Prof. Suparno Mukhopadhyay, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Simulated model of bridge using Kirchhoff-Love plate bending theory for thin plates and Finite Element Methods in MATLAB
Carried out dynamic analysis using Newmark-beta method to collect acceleration responses for monitoring health of bridge
Performed structural analysis and dynamic analysis to achieve deformations and vibrations of bridge under tolerance level
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CEB Press Jan. 2015 Apr. 2015

Guide: Prof. Shashank Shekhar, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Invented novel mechanism to make bricks in time efficient manner using metallurgical processes like casting, welding and brazing
Made single lever arm mechanical equipment to mould the bricks and extract the casted brick at the rate of 3 bricks/minute
Appreciated as best project in class for proposing viable model incorporating limitations of resources and financial constraint
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Mechanical Spider Jan. 2014 Apr. 2014

Guide: Prof. Vijay Kumar Jain, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Employed human-powered crankshaft mechanism for using manufacturing processes like Lathe Turning, Milling and Drilling
Maximized walking steps of spider by designing it in Autodesk Inventor to get synchronous movement of three legs at a time
Manufactured model walks on uneven terrain that is not possible for commonly used mechanical equipment working on wheels

CERTIFICATIONS
Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms | Advanced C++ | Web Programming

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Teaching Assistant, IIT Kanpur Supervised 150+ students in the Steel Design course 2017
Design Executive, ACP, IIT Kanpur Designed posters for Alumni Contact Program IITK for a year 2015
Calling Team, ACP, IIT Kanpur Convinced alumni of IITK for sponsorships in a year program 2015
Design Executive, Antaragni, IIT Kanpur Designed posters which released for a cultural festival college 2014
Design Executive, MUN, IIT Kanpur Managed whole design work for the event in the festival 2014
Marketing Team, Udghosh, IIT Kanpur Interacted with companies and convinced for sponsorship 2014
Secretary, Animation Club, IIT Kanpur Made a lot of 3D models and animations using 3ds Max 2013
Secretary Hospitality, Antaragni, IIT Kanpur Managed reception of Antaragni participants along with team 2013

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Attended workshops on Ethical Hacking, Cyber Forensics and Mobile Hacking conducted by Techkriti 2014, IIT Kanpur
Accomplished a year-long training of NCC Cadet in 2013 at National Cadet corporation, IIT Kanpur

REFEREES
Prof. Suparno Mukhopadhyay | Email: suparno@iitk.ac.in | Address: FB-303, IIT Kanpur (208016), India
Prof. Vinay Kumar Gupta | Email: vinaykg@iitk.ac.in | Address: T-101 Structural Engineering Laboratory, IIT Kanpur (208016), India

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