Arun B.

Ganesan
8, Fifth Street, Lakshmi Nagar, Mobile: 9962422303
Velachery, Chennai - 600 042, India E-mail: arunbala@ymail.com

WORK EXPERIENCE
Internship SSN Research Centre, “Comprehensive Digital Database on Solar Energy Utilisation”
Experience May 2008 - June 2008
Internship HCL Infosystems - Provided extensive support on Troubleshooting and System Assembling
Experience Dec 2006
RELEVANT Data Structures, Algorithms, AI, Databases, C# & .Net, Compilers, Unix Internals, OOP
COURSE WORK Cryptography & Network Security, Theory of Computation, OS, Graphics & Multimedia
UG THESIS Ontological Free Form Context Based Search Engine with a
user friendly Speech synthesized interface for the Visually Impaired
PRIMARY RESEARCH / PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Handwriting The system, implemented using several Neural Network algorithms and aimed at serving the
Recognition visually impaired, recognizes handwritten characters when collected samples mapped to a
System predefined grid are fed to it. Tools used: ANSI C, HRE API.
Speaker Recognition The system (based on vector quantization), tested with 26 visually impaired students, records the
System voice of many users and then builds the dynamic database of users and analyses the digital
samples in question recognizing the speaker. Tools used: ANSI C, bash & tcsh scripting, HTK.
Digital Database on A Multimedia database of Solar Energy Technology and Ecosystem stakeholders was built to
Solar Energy increase the reach of the market potential of solar power. It is also currently being used as an
Utilisation internal resource for research workers in the area of Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal systems.
Tools used: DB2, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver & Adobe Flash CS3.
Blood Bank System Developed a platform independent blood bank system using Extreme Programming techniques.
It is deployed by the SSN Association of Voluntary Blood Donors. Tools used: Java, SQL.
Smart Designed an innovative application for the automobile industry, that showcases cars using videos,
Auto Vista images and descriptions acting as a tool for automakers looking for prospective buyers.
Kaleidoscope The Website Designing Project, on the theme “Unsung Heroes” of Computer Science made it to
of Indian Heroes the Top 55 in the world and won the Honorable Mention Award in IEEE Computer Society
International Web Designing Contest CHC61. Tools used: HTML, CSS, Photoshop, DHTML.
TEACHING AND TUTORING EXPERIENCE
Volunteer Tutor, Little Flower Convent Hr.Sec School for the blind, Chennai, teaching Computer Science and Math.
Microsoft Student Partner, recruited as one of the 1445 around the world, teaching various technologies, delivering
technical talks, conducting hands-on lab sessions, organizing state-of-the-art technical events and symposiums
AWARDS First prize Programming contest (C, C++, Java) won thrice at National Symposiums
Best Entry Award in World Vision ‘State Level Essay Writing Competition’, at school
Top Scorer Award at (Vedic) ICC Mathematics Academy of learning, Chennai (2002)
Best Player Award for Table Tennis, at school
LEADERSHIP SSN Microsoft Campus Club Founder – President, National Entrepreneurship Network CS Lead,
SSN Computer Society of India President, CS symposium Tech Committee Vice President
SSN Association of Voluntary Blood Donors Founder - President
ACTIVITIES SSN Newsletter Vibrations Editor, Campus Diary Editorial Member, CRY Volunteer, Youth Red Cross
Volunteer, English Literary Club Member, Blogging , CS Magazine Exemplar Editorial Member
Yoga and meditation, Travelling
EDUCATION Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science, SSN College of Engineering, Anna University (2005), India
REFERENCES Dr.Rangam Subramanian, MBA, PhD Dr. Shashikant V. Albal
Senior Consulting Manager and Practice Lead Director, SSN SASE
Strategy & Technology Group, inCode, A VeriSign Company SSN Group of Institutions
vsubramanian2008@kellogg.northwestern.edu svalbal@ssn.edu.in