SHUBHAM SINGAL (328/44)

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Institute
IIM Calcutta
IIT Delhi
St. Xaviers School, Delhi
St. Xaviers School, Delhi

Year
2007
2006
2002
2000

Degree
PGDM
B.Tech. in Computer Science & Engineering (CSE)
CBSE (XII)
CBSE (X)

%/CGPA
8.4/9.0 (Rank 3)
8.39/10
92.2% (Rank 1)
91.4% (Rank 2)

ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS

Amongst the 6 students selected for summer internship by Morgan Stanley London from IIM Calcutta, 2007
The only student across the 43/44th batches to be selected to represent IIM C at IIM Bs B-School Festival, 2007
ALL INDIA RANK 140 in IIT Joint Entrance Examination 2002, among more than 160,000 students
Kalpana Chawla Scholarship (sole awardee) for outstanding contribution to research at IIT Delhi, 2006
Best B.Tech Project Award in Computer Science Department at IIT Delhi felicitated by Tata Consultancy Services, 2006
Best Runner-up Project (UG) Award amongst all departments by IIT Delhi Alumni Association during OpenHouse, 2006
Stony Brook University, NY: Admission offer with full financial aid in CSE PhD Program; GRE: Quantitative Section 800/800
GPA of 9.5/10 in all Mathematics courses for 3 consecutive years & 9.75/10 in all CSE projects at IIT Delhi

CO-CURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS

Bloomberg Magazine: Only IITian to be featured on behalf of LimeWire LLC, USA, 2007
Google Code Jam: Ranked amongst Asias TOP 160 programmers from over 15,000 participants, 2006
Microsoft Corporation: Employment offer with the MSN Search Team, Redmond, Washington, 2006
Yahoo! Inc: Amongst 8 students selected from IIT Delhi for summer internship, 2005
2nd in Technical Paper Presentation, Tryst, IIT Delhis National Level Technical Festival, 2005
Amongst 8 students selected across all IITs by LimeWire with the highest package ever throughout IITs ($90,000 per annum)
National Stock Exchange of Indias Certification in Financial Markets: Basic (97%), Derivatives (93.5%) & Capital Markets (84%)

SELECT PROJECTS AND PAPERS

B.Tech Project
IIT Delhi
July 05-May 06

Developed automated real time software for surveillance, activity recognition & semi-automated learning
The Hindustan Times national daily & NDTV national television featured the project during OpenHouse
1st Technical Paper Presentation & 2nd Software Design, Tryst, IIT Delhis National Level Technical Festival, 2006

WORK EXPERIENCE
LIMEWIRE LLC,
NEW YORK
June 06-June 07

Given full responsibility for the Lime Exchange Project including all the business & technical aspects
Development of WebDAV protocol enabled servers in C++ & Ruby for the LimeSpot Project
Participated in recruitment activities & conducted technical interviews on behalf of the company
Rated as one of the most prolific programmers within the company

INTERNSHIP
Yahoo! Inc.
May 05-July 05

Implemented nearest neighbor search algorithm for multimedia search & java plug-in for metadata collection
Commended for quick learning, ability to grasp complex concepts & applying them to real world problems

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Head, Training & Placement (Computer Science, IIT Delhi 2006): Led a team of 10 volunteers for organizing presentations, tests &
interviews for over 20 companies during campus placements; Awarded certificate of excellence for heading the best nucleus committee
Activity Head, Rendezvous (IIT Delhis National Level Cultural Festival, 2004): Organized events with over 30 participating colleges
Member, External Relations Cell: Published articles on the student exchange program at IIMC in Economic Times & Telegraph
Member, Finance Club: Submitted a study on Real Estate Sector in India for the club magazine
Member, Media & PR, Intaglio Team: Involved with top media houses for partnership & ensuring extensive coverage for the event
President, Abacus Club, St Xaviers: Led a team of 30 to organize an interschool technical festival with 16 participating schools

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS

Debating
Literary
Stock Trading
Sports
Other

Best Speaker, For the Motion, Disputatio, Opening Debate of the year at IIM Calcutta
Zonal Champion, Interschool English Declamation Contest
1st Debating Contest, Montfort School; 2nd Group Discussion, Modern School
Student Journalist: Published various articles in The Campus Paper, a city level magazine for Delhi University
Editor, Creative Writing, Xavier Times: Contributed various articles for the magazine throughout schooling
Stock Trading: Trading in stocks for the last 1 year, with a portfolio value in excess of Rs 1 lakh
5th in Stock Punter, simulated equity trading game with over 150 participant students at IIM Calcutta
Silver in Inter Hostel Football Tournament, IIT Delhi 2003. Silver in Inter House Football, St Xaviers
Silver in Free Style Inter House Swimming Competition St Xaviers
Mr. CEO Contest, Tryst (IIT Delhis National Level Technical Festival): Certificate of excellence as a finalist
AIESEC IIT Delhi Chapter: Selected to be a member of the worlds largest international student organization
National Association for the Blind (NAB): Contributed towards making teaching aids for blind children
Email: shubham.singal@gmail.com
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta