Saichand Akella

CAREER OBJECTIVE
I am an M.Tech. Computer Science graduate with a background in Mathematics, good programming and
problem-solving skills aiming to pursue a career in Software development organization.

KEY ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

❏ AIR (All India Rank) 8944, GATE 2017 in Computer Science.
❏ Consistent among the top three in the University.

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Languages Java, C++, C, Python, working knowledge in UML.
Tools GNU Debugger, LATEX and PyTorch.
IDE Eclipse, Intellij IDEA, Jupyter Notebook.
Build Tools Working knowledge in Ant and Maven.

GRADUATE PROJECTS
M. Tech. (Computer Science) | Graduate Project | June, 2018 – March, 2019
“Scalability Of Blockchain And Secure Adaptive System”
❏ 20% rise in tps on HBaseChainDB by decreasing message transfers through two-tier network.
❏ Simulated a System for data validation through blockchain for pre-trained DL models.
❏ Languages: Java, C++, Python; IDE: Eclipse, Vim, Jupyter Notebook; Frameworks: Pytorch.

M.Sc.(Mathematics), Spec. in Computer Science |Graduate Dissertation| June, 2016 – March, 2017
“A study of Conformal Prediction for Validating Classifiers”
❏ Studied and implemented the conformal prediction framework for validating classifiers.
❏ Validated K-Nearest Neighbors, Decision Tree, Artificial Neural Networks and Random Forest
classifiers using the framework for binary-labeled and multi-labeled data sets.

OTHER PROJECTS
❏ Bachelor’s Project: C implementation of Basic Text Editor.
❏ Pet Projects: C++ Implementation of B+ Tree, User friendly Games like Hangman, Sudoku, etc.
❏ Group Projects: Image classification using Fashion-Mnist Dataset as part of Machine Learning Lab,
Developed Variants of ResNet50 on CIFAR10 and CIFAR100 as part of Deep Learning Lab.

PUBLICATIONS
“Blended Learning - Assimilating Authentic Data into Deep Learning Models”1, paper presented at the
AIMB Workshop, 25th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data and,
Analytics (HIPC - 2018), Bengaluru, India.

1Co-authored with Pallav Kumar Baruah.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
University: SRI SATHYA SAI INSTITUTE OF HIGHER LEARNING, Prasanthi Nilayam,
Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India – 515134.
M.Tech. in Computer Science|CGPA – 8.1/10.0 (Three Semesters) | June, 2017 – April, 2019

M. Sc. in Mathematics, Spec. in Computer Science | CGPA – 8.1/10.0 | June, 2015 – April, 2017
❏ Sri Sathya Sai All Rounder Gold Medal Nominee Nominated in recognition of outstanding
and meritorious overall performance in all aspects, both academic and integral, at the Prasanthi
Nilayam Campus of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning.

B.Sc. in Mathematics| CGPA – 7.8/10.0 | June, 2012 – April, 2015

COLLOQUIUMS AND SEMINARS

❏ Locality Optimizations of Multi Level Caches.
❏ GAN Research Frontiers.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
❏ Won many prizes at the school and institute level across sports and games like Chess, Carrom, Shuttle
Badminton, Cricket, Ball Badminton and Football, and cultural events like Telugu and English
Elocution, Painting and Sketching, Orchestra & Dramatics.
❏ Performed events like Bungee Jumping, Rope Stunts, Gymnastics, Roller Blades and danced at the
Sports and Cultural Meet of the University.
❏ Lead the Prashanthi Dance Group for 4 successive years performing Indian classical dance on various
festive occasions in Sai Kulwant Hall with a seating capacity of about 20,000.
❏ Volunteer, Sri Sathya Sai Village Service Program, ‘Gram Seva’ (2000-2016), an annual social service
program spread over 150 villages in Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh, for 7 successive years
(2010-16).

CONTACT INFORMATION
Phone: +91-9493493814
Email: saichandakella@gmail.com
Linked in: www.linkedin.com/in/saichanda

1The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has granted an accreditation of ’A’ to this Institution in 2011, placing it in the top
grade among the Indian Universities.