Gaurav Talwar Resume Dc

GAURAV

TALWAR

Phone: +91-9699370856 E-mail: [email protected] Date of Birth: Nov 18, 1985

EDUCATION Degree/ Certificate

Institute/School, City

Performance

B. Tech, Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

6.0/10

Class XII – Rajasthan Board

Central Academy Sr. Sec. School, Kota, Rajasthan

79%

Class X – Rajasthan Board

Govt. Adarsh Sec. School, Deeg, Bharatpur, Rajasthan

85%

SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS

 One of the 5 students of IIT Delhi, selected for International Internship in BECA Infrastructure, New Zealand  Received an invitation for research work from Prof. Rui. Pinho, University of Pavia, Italy (Year 2008)

 Secured “99.36 percentile” in Quantitative (Mathematics) Test in CAT (Combined Admission test) (Year 2008)  Ranked among the “Top 1%” students (over 0.30 million appeared) in IIT-JEE (Year 2005)

 Secured “23rd All India Rank”, in D.C.E. (Delhi College of Engineering Entrance Examination) (Year 2005)

 Awarded National Level Scholarship for securing “23rd Rank” in AIEEE at state level (Year 2005)

 Secured “8th Rank” in Rajasthan & scored “100% marks” in Mathematics in RPET (Year 2005)

AWARDS & HONOURS

 Awarded “Significant Contribution to Board of Recreational & Creative Activities, IIT Delhi” (Year 2008)  Awarded “Outstanding Contribution to Hindi Literary & Debating Club, IIT Delhi” (Year 2007)

 Awarded “Best Representative” Hindi Literary & Debating Club, IIT Delhi (Year 2006)

 Awarded “Best Adjudicator” in National Level Inter College Parliamentary Debate (InterCollege Level)

(Year 2008)

 Awarded “Best Speaker” in Prepared Debate Competition (Institute Level) (Year 2008)

INTERNSHIPS

BECA Infrastructure Limited, New Zealand (May-July 2008)

 Work: Analyzed the data of Sea city parking survey & proposed recommendations for overall

occupancies

 Learnt: New software "Space-Gass" in the company and Designed & Analyzed "Twin Cell

Culvert" using it  Achievement: Based on my performance, received Certificate of Appreciation by the company

Consultancy Engineering Services (CES), New Delhi (May-July 2007)

 Work: Worked in a team of 15 members on the project "Planning and Modeling of Oil Jetty,

Mauritius"

 Achievement: The Prototype designed was in final stage of implementation, during

completion of my internship KEY ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Model of the Hearst Tower, New York

(Feb –March 2007)

 Work: Designed & Constructed model of The Hearst Tower (A unique 36 floor tall sky scrapper building)  Achievement: Selected to be presented at Civil Engineering Society, IIT Delhi, awarded “Most Creative Project” Analysis on Performance Rating of Green Buildings with respect to Sustainability (July 2008- April 2009)

 Work: Developed a rating index, using rating system GRIHA of The Energy Research Institute (TERI), to rate the performance of buildings  Achievement: Provided recommendations for sustainable development and promoted Green Buildings by taking a practical example case for illustration and validation of concept TECHNICAL SKILLS  Languages: C++, Matlab, FORTON 90  Softwares: MS Office, STADD Pro., Space Gass, Solid Works, I-DEAS, Pro-E POSITION OF

RESPONSIBILITIES

Cultural Secretary, Vindhyachal Hostel, IIT Delhi (Year 2007-2008)

 Led the hostel to win most competitive “Board of Recreational & Creative Activities” B.R.C.A.

Trophy

 Led the hostel to win the Club Trophies of Music Club and Indoor Sports Club for Vindhyachal

hostel  Managed a budget INR 1, 20,000/-, approved by Dean of Students, IIT Delhi (maximum for

any hostel)

 Led a team of 9 representatives to mentor teams for over all 54 competitive & 25 non-

competitive events  Learning Outcome: Leadership skills, Team work, Mentorship, Healthy Competition

Overall Coordinator (Core Team), Marketing & Finance, SPORTECH’09 , IIT Delhi (Year 2008-2009)

 Led a team of 2 Coordinators, 3 Activity heads and 15 volunteers for marketing of Sportech’09

(Annual Sport Festival, IIT Delhi), hosted participation of more than 250 nationwide teams of 12 sports  Attracted sponsorship worth INR 10,00,000/-, with sponsors as Reebok, Nike, Red-Bull, State Bank of India  Learning Outcome: Finance Management, Negotiation, Leadership, Team work

Representative, Hindi Samiti, Vindhyachal Hostel , IIT Delhi (Year 2006-2007)

 Awarded The “Best Representative”, Hindi Samiti Club, B.R.C.A. (institute level)  Led the hostel team to win the “Runners up Trophy” of Hindi Samiti Club  Groomed 1st and 2nd year students by organizing regular practices and inculcated the culture

of debating  Learning Outcome: Mentorship, Team work, Hindi Litrature & Mythology

EXTRA-CURRICULAR

ACTIVITIES

Debating :  Organized a Model UN Debate, in which 15 countries were represented by various teams (Year 2008)

 Adjudged " Best Speaker" in Prepared Debate, Hindi Samiti club, BRCA, IIT Delhi (Year 2008)

 Awarded “Best Adjudicator” in National Inter College Parliamentary Debate “SADAN” IIT

Delhi (Year 2008)

 Represented IIT Delhi, in Inter-College Debate Competition in Miranda & Indraprastha

College

(Year 2006

 Winner in all forms of Hindi Debating Competitions held in IIT Delhi including

 1st Prize in Turn Court & Prepared Debating Competition (Year 2007-08)

 Learning Outcome: Communication skills, Logical reasoning

Short Movie Making & Dramatics :  Acted in an advertisement for “Redmat Entertainment”, a professional advertising agency  Acted & directed, videos for student welfare, focusing awareness of "Save Electricity "& "Quit Smoking"  Videos were officially selected to be put on IIT Delhi website (http://paniit.iitd.ac.in/~bsw/video.html)  Acted and wrote the script for a short movie on "IIT Delhi Life" ,which won “Best Short Movie Award”  Won 1st Position by Directing and acting a street play, comprising 16 team members (Year 2007)

 Learning Outcome: Creativity & innovation, Presentation & communication skills

Event Management :  Successfully Organized following workshops in IIT Delhi:  “Art of mind control” by Vedic academy of spiritual technology  Panel discussion “What does outside world expect from an IITian” by a team of 4 alumni  Organized an intra hostel Cultural Festival "ZEPHYRUS'07" & achieved 70% participation of hostel residents  Organized an Indian Evening, attended by over 100 people during my internship in New Zealand, which included a presentation on India’s culture and its advancements, followed by an Indian dinner  Learning Outcome: Presentation skills, Organization & Management skills HOBBIES & INTRESTS Travelling, Adventure-Sports, Music and Social-Service STATEMENT OF PURPOSE I am passionate towards work, with proven problem solving & communication skills, and with experience of mentoring and motivating students preparing for IIT-JEE. Mathematics is my passion and I’d enjoy making it easy to understand for students, by my methodological way of teaching.