Resume - INSEAD - PhD Programme

ASHISH SANTOSH KABRAEDUCATIONBirla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, IndiaB.E. (Hons.) Computer Science (2005-2009)PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEBravo Lucy Technologies Pvt. Ltd., IndiaNov, 2009-PresentProduct Developer Part time Since Aug, 2010As a part of the core technical team, I am primarily responsible for research and development of variousInventory models which are integral part of the analytics system.INSEAD, SingaporeResearch Assistant, Prof. Nils Rudi Part time Since Aug, 2010My role as a Research Assistant has involved working on demand estimation from sales data and using thisdata to determine the benefit of ordering by Prepositioning when launching a new product.Adobe Systems, IndiaMember of Technical Staff June-Nov, 2009As a part of Core Technologies team I worked on improving PDF Library which is integral part of multipleAdobe products.INTERNSHIPSComputational Research Laboratories, IndiaProject Internship January-June 2009Advisor: Dr. Dhananjay BrahmeWe worked on optimizing sparse matrix and vector multiplication and implementing linear solver usingpreconditioned conjugate gradients method on a Supercomputing machine.Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI), Chennai, IndiaResearch InternshipAdvisor: Prof. Samir Datta May-July 2008We worked on the finding a fast parallel algorithm for testing planarity of a graph (belonging to NCcomplexity class).ISI (Indian Statistical Institute), Kolkata, IndiaNurture Camp May-June 2006Studied Abstract Algebra, Real Analysis, Probability Theory and Combinatorics as part of the camp and wasawarded scholarship based on the performance in the tests conducted.SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS Selected among top 30 students in India to attend International Mathematics Olympiad TrainingCamp (IMOTC) in 2003-2004.

Selected among top 50 students in India to attend International Physics Olympiad Training Camp(IPhOTC) in 2004-2005.Received prestigious NCERT scholarship after being selected among 0.05% students in India inNational Talent Search Examination in 2003.Secured Second Prize in ACM Coding Competition in APOGEE 2008, an all India level annualtechnical festival conducted at BITS-Pilani, India.SKILLSProgramming Languages - C, C++, Java, Perl, MySQL, Flex.ELECTIVES AND RELEVANT COURSESAdvanced Algorithms and Complexity, Optimization, Operations Research, Numerical Analysis, LinearAlgebra, Data structures and Algorithms, Theory of Computation, Programming Languages and CompilerConstruction, Algebra IREFERENCESProf. Nils Rudi, Associate Professor, INSEAD, Singapore. (Nils.RUDI@insead.edu)Prof. Samir Datta, Associate Professor, Chennai Mathematical Institute, India. (sdatta@cmi.ac.in)Prof. Aditya Jain, Assistant Professor, ISB, India. (Aditya_Jain@isb.edu)