Dr. Raghavendra V.

Kulkarni
Designation, Department and Affiliated Institute: Professor in the Department of Electronics and
Communication Engineering Reva Institute of Technology and Management, Bengaluru
Research Area: Computational Intelligence, Sensor Networks, Adaptive Critic Designs
Academic Profile:
• Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering Missouri University of Science and
Technology, Rolla, USA, April 2010.
CGPA: 3.64/4
Dissertation title: Computational Intelligence Methods in Wireless Sensor Networks
• Master of Technology in Electronics Engineering Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu
University, Varanasi, India, Spring 1994.
CGPA: 9.14/10
Dissertation title: Design and Development of TMS32010-based Speech Operated Scientific
Calculator
• Bachelor of Electronics and Communication Engineering First Class Karnatak University,
Dharwad, India, Fall 1987.
Teaching and Research Experience
1. Professor, ECE Department, Reva Institute of Technology and Management, Bengaluru, India
(26 December 2011 to date).
2. Associate Professor, Amrita Center for Wireless Networks and Applications, Amrita
University, Amritapuri, Kollam, Kerala, India (28 December 2010 to 23 December 2011).
3. Visiting researcher, Real-Time Power and Intelligent Systems Laboratory, Missouri
University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, USA (11 April 2011 to 15 June 2011).
4. Professor in Electronics and Communication Engineering at Gogte Institute of Technology,
Belgaum, India (22 May 2010 to 24 December 2010).
5. Research Assistant, Real-Time Power and Intelligent Systems Laboratory, Missouri
University of Science and Technology, Rolla, USA (2 August 2006 to 15 May 2010).
6. Assistant Professor in Electronics and Communication Engineering at Gogte Institute of
Technology, Belgaum, India (1 October 2003 to 30 July 2006).
7. Senior Lecturer in Electronics and Communication Engineering at Gogte Institute of
Technology, Belgaum, India (9 October 1996 to 30 September 2003).
8. Lecturer in Electronics and Communication Engineering at KLE Society’s College of
Engineering and Technology, Belgaum, India (August 1987 to September 1996). Out of this
duration, I was an M Tech student at the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi, from 21 August 1992 to 20 January 1994.
Publication:
International Journals: 5
Active Senior Member of IEEE
Contributions to IEEE Student Branch
 Revived the branch in 1994

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 Started the Technical Lecture Series Infinity
 Recently he has been awarded

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 Hemant Kamat
Co-founder and CTO at Shalaka Technologies Pvt Ltd
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Eucation:
Mangalore University
M, Tech,, Industrial Electronics
1984 – 1986
Master of Technology in Industrial Electronics
National Institute of Technology Karnataka
M.Tech, Industrial Electronics
1984 – 1986
Master of Technology in Industrial Electronics
Activities and Societies: Student Member IEEE and IEEE Computer Society
Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum
B.E., Electronics and Communication Engineering
1980 – 1984
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering
B.E., Electronics and Communication Engineering
1980 – 1984
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering
Interests
 Automotive Embedded Systems,
 RFID,
 Biometrics,
 GPS,
 Wireless Sensor Nodes,
 Industrial Instrumentation and Control,
 Industrial Automation,
 Machine Vision,
 Enterprise Software Solutions,
 Web Development,
 HTML5,
 Silverlight,
 JQuery,
 Corporate and Academic Training in Embedded Systems,
 RTOS,
 Communication Interfaces

Experience
CTO
Shalaka Technologies Pvt Ltd
August 2004 – Present (10 years 7 months)Pune, Maharashtra, India
Build the technical roadmap for the Company. Mentor resources, interact with clients, vendor
development are other things that I do at Shalaka.

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 Project Manager
Softcell Technologies Ltd
April 2003 – April 2004 (1 year 1 month)Pune, Maharashtra, India
Responsible for managing multiple teams developing software solutions in Lotus Domino and
JSP. Interacted with clients and assisted in System Analysis, architecture design, plan software
development, manage development activitiy, deploy and implement solution at client site.

Team Leader- Systems Engineering

PMC-Sierra India Networking Pvt Ltd (Subsidiary of PMC-Sierra Inc. Canada)
July 2000 – February 2003 (2 years 8 months)Pune, Maharashtra, India
Responsible for a team working on development of device drivers for Windows NT, Solaris,
Linux and VxWorks for TCP/IP Packet Processing and Filtering chip, Broadband interface
devices, development of SDK and reference applications of these devices.

Designed architecture of applications based on ANSI and ITU-T standards and developed the
solftware.
Assistant Professor
Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum, India
May 1986 – December 1999 (13 years 8 months)Belgaum, Karnataka, India
I taught undergraduate students and mentored their final year projects. I taught semester courses
in Microprocessors and Microcontrollers, Instrumentation, Software programming, Operating
systems, Computer Architecture.

I also conducted research in controls and instrumentation. I have published journal and
conference research papers in Neuro-control systems, Fuzzylogic and Neuro-fuzzy systems.
Volunteer Experience & Causes
Causes Hemant cares about:
 Animal Welfare
 Education
 Environment
 Science and Technology

Active Member of IEEE

Contributions to IEEE Student Branch
 Contributed to the growth of the branch
 Delivered invited Lecture for the Branch

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Prof. Vineeta P. Gejji

Active member of IEEE

Contributions to IEEE Student Branch

 Took over as branch counselor in 2009
 Instrumental in starting the WIE affinity group of IEEE in 2008
 Conducts panel discussions for GIT students to achieve work-life balance
 Under the star program of WIE we were featured in IEEE-USA & also was
instrumental in getting funds from IEEE-USA for the star-program