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​Office Bearers

PicturePresident
B.Tech. 2004,
IIT Kanpur
Pankaj Agarwal is the Co-Founder and CEO of TagHive, a spin off from Samsung where his 12+ years spanned across several roles – enthusiastic engineer, strategic innovation manager, advisor to the CTO of Samsung and Creative Leader. Pankaj is an inventor on multiple US patents (11 issued to date, 30+ patents pending) in the domain of smart phones and smart TVs. He is also a trained magician and is fluent in Korean. He has a Bachelor of Technology degree in EE from IIT Kanpur, an MS from Seoul National University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. MIT Tech Review & Mint honored Pankaj with "Top 10 Innovators Under 35" from India in 2017. ​


PictureVP - Operations,
B.Tech & M.tech. 2016,
IIT Madras
Saikiran NT is currently pursuing his MBA studies at Seoul National University in Seoul. He has a B.Tech degree in Mechanical Engineering and M.tech degree in Product Design from IIT Madras. He is selected for the "Global Scholarship Program" by Hyundai Motor Company, as a part of which he receives full funding for his MBA program and is expected to join Hyundai in 2018. He likes learning new languages and cultures and enjoys table tennis, adventure sports and cooking.


PictureVP - Social Events,
B.Tech. 2012,
IIT Madras
Adiki Madhu Babu is a Product Manager with the Hyundai Motors Company HQ in Seoul where he is currently managing two new upcoming products (automobiles) for international markets. He finished his B.Tech (ME) from IIT Madras in 2012, and was selected for the “Global Blue Wave Program” by Hyundai, as part of which he pursued his MBA from Yonsei University in Seoul. In his free time he likes to read non-fiction books and workout or play basketball.


PictureVP - PR & Finance,
B.Tech. 2015,
IIT Bombay
Vivek Agarwal is currently  working as a software engineer at Samsung HQ, Suwon. A 2015 IIT Bombay graduate, he is employed with Visual Display team and primarily works in the field of data analysis and machine learning. His interest include painting and poetry. ​


PictureVP - Professional Events,
B.Tech. 2016
IIT Bombay
Palash Kala  currently working in Networks division at Samsung Digital city, Suwon, studied at IIT Bombay and comes from Jalna, a small district in Maharashtra. His team's project is on Software Defined Networking. He is interested in studying economics and playing basketball and chess.


Members

PictureB.Tech 2011,
IIT Roorkee
Ayush Rastogi is currently working on development and deployment of 4G (LTE) networks. In future, he aspires to contribute immensely to the field of wireless communication and allied technologies. He graduated from Seoul National University (MS - 2013) and IIT-Roorkee (B.Tech - 2011).


PictureB.Tech 2012,
IIT Kanpur
Anil Kanwat graduated from IIT Kanpur in 2012 from the Department of Material Science and Engineering. Always passionate for sports and research, he played hockey for consequently 3 years at inter IIT sports meet. Also, he actively participated in athletic and helped organizing sports festival throughout these years.  All his contributions led to the institute awarding him with the title of Best outgoing sports person in 2011. During his stay at IITK, his research was geared towards finding a suitable material for better electrical switching contact. His passion in research brought him to Korea in the department of information display, Kyung Hee university in 2012 where he joined as a Masters student. Since then he is working with Prof. Jin Jang in advanced display research laboratory (ADRC).  He has already published 3 papers (OPV, OLED) in high impact journals and participated in many conferences. I graduated from the Masters program in 2014 with a focus on making stable organic photovoltaics (OPV).  He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in the same lab (ADRC) and is inclined to do groundbreaking research on perovskite solar cell and perovskite LED.


PictureB.Tech 2015,
IIT Bombay
Sai Bhargav Yalamanchi is part of the Advanced Technology Group, Networks Business and deploys machine learning based solutions to optimise (4G LTE) network characteristics. He majored in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Computer Science at IITB. He is passionate about data science, AI and game development. He enjoys playing the acoustic guitar, dabbles in chess and is an avid console gamer. He loves trying out new cuisines and hopes to travel around the world and explore new cultures. 


PictureB.Tech. 2003
IIT Roorkee
Santosh Kumar is currently working as Senior Technology & Market Analyst at Yole Développement. He is involved in the market, technology and strategic analysis of the microelectronic assembly and packaging technologies. He worked as senior R&D engineer at MK Electron Co. Ltd where he was engaged in the electronics packaging materials development and technical marketing. His main interest areas are advanced electronic packaging materials and technology including TSV and 3D packaging, modeling and simulation, reliability and material characterization, wire bonding and novel solder materials and process etc. He received the bachelor and master degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee and University of Seoul respectively. He has published more than 50 papers in peer reviewed journals and has obtained 2 patents. He has presented and given talks at numerous conferences and technical symposiums related to advanced microelectronics packaging. 


Dilip K Kainikkara works for Samsung Electronics. He graduated from IIT Bombay in 2015 with a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering. His expertise lies in Computer Vision and Statistical Learning

Shiv Garg works for Samsung Electronics. He graduated from IIT Bombay in 2016. 

Venkata Damodar Veesam works for Samsung Electronics. He got his Masters from IIT Guwahati in 2005. His expertise lies in SIP, IMS, VoIP, Multimedia framework, Android, Linux, SVOICE

Vishnu Vardhan Vinjam works for Samsung Electronics. He graduated from IIT Bombay in 2014 with a Bachelors in Computer Science. His expertise lies in Software Engineering.

Siddharth KM works for Samsung R&D. He graduated from IIT Delhi in 2016 with a Bachelors in Computer Science.
PicturePGDIT 2003,
IIT Kharagpur
Sumit Kumar Gaur has been working in field of Data center and Cloud management solutions since last 12 years in companies including Sun Microsystems and HP. He completed his PGDIT from IIT Kharagpur in 2003. He has been with Samsung SDS Korea since last 2 years and  is working as a Solution Architect in Cloud RnD lab. He likes to play Badminton and Cricket and is also a member of the organizing committee of Samsung SDS Cricket Club.


PictureM. Tech 2001,
Kharagpur
Anil Agiwal is a research engineer at Samsung and currently working on research and standardisation of 5G radio access network technologies. During his 14 years of career at Samsung, he has worked extensively on 3G/4G technologies (like LTE-D2D, LTE, Advanced WiMAX, and CDMA) research, standardisation, algorithm and protocol stack software development. He has a Bachelor of Science and Engineering degree in EE from Dayalbagh Educational Institute Agra and Master of Technology Degree in CS & IT from IIT Kharagpur.


PictureB.Tech. 2015
IIT Bombay
​Nilesh Kulkarni is currently with the Artificial Intelligence lab at Software R&D center, Samsung Electronics, South Korea. He completed his B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay. Apart from academics he loves to play Soccer and Badminton, traveling to explore new places, hiking and reading fiction.


PictureB.Tech 2015,
IIT Delhi
Jatin Garg is currently part of Samsung VD Business Unit in Suwon where he works on Big Data Analytics and Deep Learning. Apart from his job, he loves watching sitcoms, listening to bollywood music and playing chess. After coming to Korea, he has found new interests in travelling and cooking.


PictureB. Tech. 2015,
IIT Delhi
​Nupur Kala is currently an Electronics Engineer in Samsung RnD Campus, Seoul. A 2015 IIT Delhi graduate, she works in the area of human visual processing with especial focus on Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality devices. She has been highly active in social work during her college days, with experience in teaching and organising events. Recipient of the institute Gold Medal for her academic performance, she loves reading, travelling and yoga.


Ankit Kumar graduated from IIT Bombay in 2016 with honours in Electrical Engineering.

Sanket Makarand Kanjalkar works for Samsung Electronics. He graduated from IIT Bombay in 2016 with a Bachelors in Computer Science. His expertise lies in Data and systems security

Akhil Kedia works for Samsung Electronics. He graduated from IIT Delhi in 2015 with a Bachelors in Computer Science. His expertise lies in Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Numerical Optimisation algorithms, Number theory and Abstract Mathematics

Gaurav Triveshkumar Pooniwala  works for Samsung Electronics. He graduated from IIT Bombay in 2015 with a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering.

Lokesh Gurram works for Samsung Electronics. He graduated from IIT Delhi in 2016 with a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering

Bhavya Goyal works for Samsung Electronics. He graduated from IIT Delhi in 2016.

Vivek Tiwari works for Statoil. He graduated from IIT Bombay in 2003 with a Masters. His expertise lies in Contracts and Procurement.

Pradeep Anand works for Samsung Electronics. He graduated from IIT Bombay in 2001 with a Masters. His expertise lies in Medical Devices, Systems Engineering, Quality and Reliability Engineering and Power Electronics.
PictureB.Tech. 2008,
IIT Kharagpur
Subhojit Chakladar works on state-of-the art technology in Samsung that is redefining how users interact with mobile devices using voice. He is a recipient of Samsung Mobile CTO’s Award of Excellence in 2014 for his contribution in the field of Patents. He did his B.Tech from IIT Kharagpur and MS from Seoul National University, sponsored by the Samsung Global Scholarship Program, where he was the editor of the University English magazine. He is also a passionate bird photographer and conservationist.


PictureB.Tech 2012,
IIT Madras
Parepalli Tharun Kumar  is currently working on the detection of Piping System in Laser scanned point clouds as a researcher in Seoul National University. He would like to gain expertise in the Shipbuilding/Oil & Gas industry in the industry dominant Korea and would like to utilize it to start on his own in India in future. He earned his B.Tech and MS degrees in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from IIT Madras and Seoul National University respectively.


PictureB.Tech 2014,
IIT Delhi
Parichay Kapoor is currently working on Performance Optimizations in DMC R&D Centre at Samsung Electronics. He is a graduate of Computer Science, IIT Delhi 2014 batch. He enjoys traveling, exploring different cultures and eating different kinds of food. He is also interested sports, mainly Cricket, Football and Snooker.


PictureB.Tech 2015,
IIT Delhi
Kunal Chawla currently works as a software engineer in Seoul R&D Center, Samsung Electronics. He works on contextual analysis of Data in Tizen platform team. A 2015 graduate from IIT Delhi, his interests include travelling, socializing, reading, music and exploring new interests.


PictureB. Tech 2015,
IIT Bombay
​Nishit Bhandari is software engineer working at Samsung Electronics, HQ in Suwon, South Korea. A 2015 IIT Bombay graduate, Nishit works is involved in handling android security by employing cryptographic techniques and secure key management. He is passionate about mathematic and algorithmic trading and loves to travel all around the globe. Apart from this, he is an amateur photographer who is always looking for new challenges.


Prashant Purwar is currently enrolled as a student in Seoul National University. He got his masters from IIT Kharagpur in 2009. His expertise lies in Biophysics

Jitendra Kumar works for Samsung Electronics. He graduated from IIT BHU in 1996 with a Bachelors in Electronics and Communications Engineering. His expertise lies in Wireless connectivity such as Bluetooth, GPS, WiFi, UMTS.

Gaurav Varshney works for Global Strategy Group of Samsung Electronics. He graduated from IIT Bombay in 2011 with a Bachelors and Masters in Electrical Engineering.

Bhargava Reddy works for Samsung Electronics. He graduated from IIT Bombay in 2015. His expertise lies in Machine Learning

Sai Kiriti Badam works for Samsung Electronics. He graduated from IIT Madras in 2015 with a Bachelors in Computer Science. His expertise lies in Web Programming

Shashank works for Samsung Electronics. He graduated from IIT Bombay in 2004 with a Masters in Electrical Engineering. His expertise lies in Semiconductors

Ayush Jain works for Samsung Electronics. He graduated from IIT Delhi in 2016 with a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering.

Shubham Mehta works for Samsung Electronics. He graduated from IIT Bombay in 2015 with a Bachelors in Computer Science. His expertise lies in Distributed Systems and Networks, Computer Vision, Image Processing

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