RITESH BANKA

Medicaid Systems,                                                                                  Phone # +91- 9779400832

#389, Phase -2, Industrial Area,                                                        http://www.riteshbanka.com/ 

Chandigarh 160001. India.                                                                      ritesh024 [AT] gmail.com

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

           Software Engineering, Analysis of Algorithms and Embedded Systems.

EDUCATION:

            BTech in Computer Science and Engineering,                          August, 2003 - July, 2007

         Chitkara Institute of Engg. and Tech., Jhansla, India.

            Aggregate percentage (8 semesters): 65 % (First Class).                                    

PUBLICATIONS:

1. ·Ritesh Banka, Farshad Nourbakhsh, AG Ramakrishnan, “Extraction of Handwritten and Signature regions from Binary Printed Documents”, International Workshop on Combinatorial Image Analysis (IWCIA-2008), New York. Proceedings published in Springer.
   

WORK EXPERIENCE:

1. • Software Engineer                                                                         August, 2008 - Till Date
   

           Medicaid Systems, Chandigarh

                  -     Currently implementing algorithm for the Extraction and Segmentation of EMG     

                         signal.

                  -     Worked on a Project titled - Attention Span System for kids.

                  -     Development Environment - LabVIEW with Signal Processing and Database    

                        Toolkits.

1. ·Research Assistant                                                                       August, 2007 - July, 2008
   

          Medical Intelligence and Language Engg. Lab

      Indian Institute of Science(IISc.), India

1. 1. –Worked for a Research Project titled - Online Handwriting Recognition for Indian Languages.
      

2.                   Funded by Ministry of Information technology, India.
   

             -    Worked for a Research Project titled - Field Extraction from Document Images.

                   Funded by First Indian Corporation(FIC), Bangalore, India.

   

    

INTERNSHIP:

1. ·Project Intern                                                                      August, 2006 - December, 2006
   

          Medical Intelligence and Language Engg. Lab

      Indian Institute of Science(IISc.), India

            -   Undertaken BE Final Year Project - Extraction of Handwritten and Signature

                       regions from Binary Printed Documents.

          

1. ·Project Intern                                                                               June, 2005 - August, 2005
   

          Medical Intelligence and Language Engg. Lab

      Indian Institute of Science(IISc.), India

            -   Undertaken Sophomore Year Project - Spell Checker for Kannada Language.

   

SKILL SET:

1. ·Programing Language - C/C++, VC++, JAVA, Familiar with C#.
   

2. ·Software and Utilities - LabVIEW, SQL, Latex, Photoshop and other general softwares.
   

3. ·Platforms - MacOS X, Linux, Windows.
   

4. ·LabVIEW Toolkits - Digital Signal Processing, Database and Report Generation.
   

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

1. ·Ranked 3rd in the Inter School Chess Championship in 1999.
   

2. ·Scored 2nd position in Sports Quiz Contest in College in 2004.
   

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

1. •Member of College Cricket Team.
   

2. •One of the active Training and Placement Cell members at my college for the year 2007.
   

3. •Member of IEEE Computer Society.
   

4. •Attended Landmark Education programs - Landmark Forum and Advanced Course, 2007.
   

REFERENCES

1. ·Dr. A.G. Ramakrishnan
   

     Professor

          Department of Electrical Engineering,

          Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.