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Jithin Sunny

Entrepreneur | Educator | Engineer | Author
Jithin Sunny
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Passionate and enthusiastic Entrepreneur and Educator with excellent communication skills and strong foundations in technology and Business Administration. 5+ years of experience in running Educational and Retail based start-ups with excellent project management abilities. Real-world problem solver with expertise in Management, Robotics, Internet of Things [IoT], Web Design and Development and Digital Marketing. He loves being with students and mentoring them to build real life solutions. Jithin has inspired and mentored about 10,000+ students till date.


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His primary focus is on providing quality hands-on education to people of various age groups. He believes in converting textbook prodigies into confident problem solvers who have real practical skills to create useful things / solutions. Although he began his career as a web developer, he is also well versed in Robotics and IoT and loves building solutions to real-world problems.

 

He is a hackathon enthusiast and also champion of about 20+ National and International Hackathons. During his free time, he tries hand at cooking and playing musical instruments like keyboard, guitar, and mouth organ.

Experience

XeA Innovations Pvt. Ltd.

Director & Embedded Systems Engineer

October 2020 - Present

GramworkX, Bangalore

• Made the company self-sustaining and profitable within 2 years of it's launch. Helped the organization raise over $65,000 in funding by preparing pitch deck and financial projections.

• Trained and mentored over 17,000+ Students across 27+ Institutions in latest technologies maintaining an average workshop rating of 9.6/10.

• Managed team size of upto 50 members (including interns).

• Skilled in recruiting candidates, training, processing payroll, updating policies, maintaining records, handling business expansions and operations.

• In 2022, slashed payroll and administration costs 50% by negotiating pricing and lay-offs of poorly skilled staff, while ensuring the continuation and enhancements of services.

• Lead the Company's Embedded Systems Project Development - : Azure Machine Learning Studio, Sensor Integration, SPI, I2C, UART, MQTT and SMTP Protocol, Radio Frequency Data Transmission and Receiving, GPS and LED Interfacing, APM2.8 Flight Controller, STM32, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Blynk, Facial Recognition .

Hardware IoT Engineer (Intern)

July 2020 - August 2020

• Helped the company bring predictability to farming through its iconic device - GramworkX - IoT Device for Smart Farms.

• Single handedly designed, prototyped and deployed the device to help the company cut down the cost by 50% and timeframe by about 66%.

• This device reads critical farm parameters such as Atmospheric Temperature, Pressure, Humidity, Rainfall and Soil Moisture every 10 minutes. All this information is sent to the GramworkX back end cloud on an hourly basis to be processed.

Microsoft

β Microsoft Student Partner

October 2018 - August 2020

• The first Microsoft Student Partner from Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal who established the student community at Manipal.

• Winner of Microsoft Student Partners’ Open Hack, Australia [2019] & Outstanding Microsoft Student Partner in Asia Region

• Trained and mentored over 2,000+ Students in Microsoft relevant technologies.

• Hosted several tech events, workshops and hacakthons at the campus and surrounding towns.

• Built a growing community of students on-campus and online.

Engineer’s Nook

Embedded Systems Engineer

(Intern)

July 2018

National University of Singapore

Academic Intern

June2018

HPE, Singapore

Academic Intern

July 2018

CubeViva Technologies

Zonal Manager

May 2017 - July 2017

• Handled the responsibilities of taking down the client requirements, building home automation projects based on 8051 Microcontroller and Arduino for the clients.

• Hands-on training programme on Data Analytics using Artificial Neural Networks .

• Built an application for the blind to help them navigate and in their daily needs.

• Was offered an extended internship duration with stipend for the project.

• Hands-on training on Big Data Analytics and Hadoop.

• Initially joined the company as a core JAVA Trainer and later got promoted to Zonal manager within 2 weeks of joining.

• Handled the responsibilities of hiring the candidates, screening, providing the trainings, understanding and preparing the project goals, deliverables and resource allocations.

Awards & Recognitions

Runners Up | Hack to Enable [2021]

Winner | Exact Sciences OCR Hack [2020]

First Runners Up| #CODE19 Hackathon Against COVID-19 [2020]

Winner| Stanford Health++ Hackathon, USA [2019]

Second Runners Up| Microsoft CodeFunDo++ [2019-20]

Winner| India Innovation Series [2019]

Winner & Outstanding Microsoft Student Partner in Asia Region | Microsoft Student Partners’ Open Hack, Australia [2019]

National Level Finalist| Microsoft’s Axle [2019]

Second Runners Up| Microsoft Hack [MSHACK] Bengaluru [2019]

Winner| Microsoft CodeFunDo++ [2018-19]

Finalist| IBM Hackathon, Bengaluru [2018]

Winner| Microsoft Axle [2018]

First Runners up | Microsoft CodeFunDo [On-campus Hackathon – Senior League] [2017]

Winner | Microsoft CodeFunDo [Online Hackathon – Junior League] [2017]

Winner| Create Your Robot Wayfarers Contest, Middlesex University, London [2016]

Technical Projects & Publications

TELEVITAL

TeleVital is a remote vitals monitoring platform that helps doctors remotely monitor the health of the patients through contactless methods. The platform measures vitals such as heart rate, respiratory rate, spo2 and body temperature without any contact-based measurement tools such as pulse oximeter as that would potentially increase the spread of contact-based infections/diseases.

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https://youtu.be/YF1iGY_dRSA

VOTIZEN

VotiZen is a mobile application where one can cast his / her vote without actually going to a polling booth. VotiZen [ along with the tab and fingerprint scanner] can be used in voting booths to make the process of voting more secure, reliable and transparent when compared to the existing EVM. VotiZen is built on Microsoft Azure. It uses Blockchain as a service on Azure to make the transactions secure.

 

https://youtu.be/vJIrxhcRFsg

NERO

Nero [νερÏŒ] is a complete water quality solution. It monitors the live water quality [ measuring the parameters such as: PH, Turbidity, Temperature and Lead Content] if it detects a quality less than the ones prescribed by WHO, the water supply is automatically cut off and the concerned authorities will be notified / alerted regarding the same.

SIGNAL GENERATOR

Signal generator is a pure analog system-based project which was designed and printed on PCB as a part of my academic program at MIT,Manipal. It can generate square, triangle and sine waves. It was built using 741 Op-amp. One can vary the frequency and amplitude of the generated waves up to 2KHz, 12V.

MEDRONE

Medrone is a medical emergency drone which is completely autonomous and can help in delivering blood/ organs/ anything else where time plays a critical factor. It was built using an APM 2.8 flight controller integrated with Mission Planner to make it completely autonomous during its delivery operation.

MEDATA

Medata is an online platform which converts all the medical prescriptions / records into digital form. One can view his or her past medical records on this platform. The special feature of this project is that a patient's medical details can be retrieved through his fingerprint [ which plays a major role during emergencies like an accident where time plays a critical role].

COVID-19 X-RAY ANALYZER

Covid-19 X-Ray Analyzer is an AI-based analysis platform to bring down the cost of Covid-19 testing.

Although there might be many other methods currently under development in the market, this project aims at analyzing the chest x-ray of a possibly infected person and can give a quick analysis

RESCUE

Rescue is a women safety solution majorly built on Arduino Lilypad and HC-05 Bluetooth module integrated with our custom mobile application. During an emergency, the device produces electric shock for self-defense and triggers SMS with live location to the selected contacts. 

It also records the live audio and video as a proof / evidence and triggers a distress alarm to gather nearby help during an emergency.

 

https://devpost.com/software/rescue-5wht2g

SMART BIN

Smart Bin is a new generation waste collection and disposal system built using the latest technologies [mainly IoT and ML].  Smart Bin keeps a real-time track of the data [waste quantity] and notifies the concerned authorities when the bin is about to be full. It automatically opens by detecting a handwave so that one need not come in touch with the dustbin. It is also integrated with Microsoft Cortana and Azure Machine Learning Studio to give the user a better experience.  

 

https://youtu.be/7ucBvHImM7g

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https://ijsrem.com/download/development-of-an-automated-smart-waste-collection-system-using-iot/

P2 GENERATOR

P2 Generator or Portable Power Generator is an analog system-based project which I did as a part of my academic program at MIT,Manipal. One can charge his or her mobile phones using this device by extracting electricity from nature in different forms. 

P2 Generator extracts energy from moving water, air, sunlight, walking and fire/heat and stores it into batteries which can be later used to charge mobile phones / any other application. This is handy for people living in remote areas where there is little or no electricity supply.

BLIND AID

Blind Aid is a hardware cum software solution to help blind people navigate efficiently. The hardware mainly consists of NodeMCU, Ultrasonic Sound sensors and buzzers. On detecting an obstacle, the buzzer alerts the user. The software solution is an app which runs an YOLO algorithm on it to identify objects in real-time and voice it out with its position for the visually impaired.

 

https://youtu.be/HLu4_kM0ZdM

PEDI-POD

Pedi-Pod is an Augmented Reality based, no internet solution for emergency physicians to quickly administer the right dose of medication to pediatric patients by estimating height and weight through a mobile device. It also helps the parents have a track of their child's growth using the same app.

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https://devpost.com/software/pedi-pod

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https://youtu.be/mTQTxxgVz_M

TRAKIT

TraKit is a one stop billing solution to gas, water and electricity. Normally in the metropolitan cities, there are separate bills and meters for water, gas and electricity and it is a hectic thing to keep track of the same.

 

TraKit monitors the consumption of gas, water and electricity in real-time and uploads the live data to Firebase. A custom-built website helps the customer view his bill and keep a track of the consumption. A gas leakage system was also integrated with TraKit to ensure safety for its users.

AMPHIBIE

Amphibie is a disaster management and prediction robot. Amphibie can travel both on land and water, it can deliver supplies to people struck at a place during a natural disaster. This bot can work irrespective of the network connection, it can work well with the help of the Internet [ through IoT] or Bluetooth or RF signals.  

 

The bot can be manually controlled or completely automated. It looks out for people struck at possible locations during a natural disaster and alerts the operator with the precise GPS location of the victim with the calculated relevant parameters. 

It can also predict Earthquakes and Floods using Azure Machine Learning Studio.

 

https://youtu.be/vmZyyhxdrdY

HOME AUTOMATION

The highlights of the home automation project are: automated temperature control inside the rooms, voice and motion based lighting, automated waste monitoring, fingerprint and facial recognition based door locking system.

FACIAL RECOGNITION BASED SECURITY SYSTEM

This project was completely built on Raspberry Pi. The PIR sensor attached looks for any motion around the system. If a motion is detected, the camera attached looks for the valid user. If the user authentication is valid, it disables the system for 10 seconds and if not, it alerts the owner about the intruder by sending an SMS and SOS alarm is set high. 

Publications

TeleVital: Enhancing the quality of contactless health assessment

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In the midst of rising positive cases of COVID-19, the hospitals face a newfound difficulty to prioritize on their patients and accommodate them. Moreover, crowding of patients at hospitals pose a threat to the healthcare workers and other patients at the hospital. With that in mind, a non-contact method of measuring the necessary vitals such as heart rate, respiratory rate and SPO2 will prove highly beneficial for the hospitals to tackle this issue. This paper discusses our approach in achieving the non-contact measurement of vitals with the sole help of a webcam and further our design of an e-hospital platform for doctors and patients to attend appointments virtually. The platform also provides the doctor with an option to provide with voice-based prescriptions or digital prescriptions, to simplify the daily, exhausting routine of a doctor.

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2020, ArXiv.Computer Science - Human-Computer Interaction

https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.00762

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Development of an Automated Smart Waste Collection System Using IoT

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This paper presents a cost-effective and intelligent way of collecting waste in Smart Offices and Cities. India faces major environmental challenge associated with waste collection and disposal. Current outdated techniques followed in India cannot cope up with the large volumes of waste generated by an expo-nentially increasing population, and this has a major impact on the environment and public health. Waste management is a primary problem among developing and developed countries. The key issue is that the garbage bins get overflowed much before the next cleaning process. This project proposes a smart alert + clearing system for garbage clearance in Offices / Hospitals and Smart Cities by giving an alert signal to the janitor’s mobile for instant cleaning of dustbin with proper verification based on level of garbage in the bin and also navigating autonomously to the dumping yard. It also monitors the garbage collected from every place and gives us an accurate data which can further be used for analysis and detecting trends/patterns.

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International Journal of Scientific Research in Engineering And Management [IJSREM]

https://ijsrem.com/download/development-of-an-automated-smart-waste-collection-system-using-iot/

Stand-ups to Start-ups: A book to help you mind your own Business!

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Stand-ups to Start-ups is a beginner's guide to launch a start-up from scratch. The book gives you a sound understanding of selecting an idea, preparing a business plan, selecting your team, executing your ideas, debugging the issues that you might encounter, all the way to selling your start-up!

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ISBN: 978-93-95563-62-8

The Write Order Publications

Completed Courses

• Sensing, Automation, Robotics and IoT using Arduino and Raspberry Pi

• Project Management

• Blockchain Basics

• Web Design & Development

• Android & iOS App Development

• Certified UAV / Drone Pilot

• Microsoft Azure - Web Hosting

• Big Data Analytics using ANN

• Big Data and Hadoop System Administration

• 8051 Microcontroller

• Data Science

• Digital Marketing Specialization

Skills

Programming Languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, Embedded C, C++, Python,Swift.

Operating System: Windows & Linux.

Database: MySQL & Firebase.

Technical : Git & GitHub, ESP-8266, ESP-32, 8051 Microcontroller, APM Flight Controller, PCB Designing, MS Office, Digital Marketing, SEO.

Non-Technical: Communication, Motivation, Negotiation, Leadership, Team Management, Mentoring, Project Management, Relationship Building.

Languages: English, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and Tamil.

Education

Masters of Business Administration in Information Technology & Fintech

Manipal University, Jaipur.

Electrical and Electronics Engineering [B.Tech EEE]

Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal.

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