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Tushar Chugh

Tushar Chugh

Tushar is a Software Developer at Microsoft. He recently completed his stint in the Hardware Division at Microsoft Research- Cambridge where he worked on ‘Sticker Circuits’ project. Sticker Circuits are a new way to build electronic prototypes by levering instant inkjet techniques which enables us to prints conductive circuits on photo paper. He is from the founding batch of the Young India Fellowship Programme (YIFP)– a multi-disciplinary, post graduate program started in 2011 in collaboration with University of Pennsylvania. Tushar is passionate about learning new technologies and making it accessible to the masses. He has participated and won many national and international competitions including project Wizitank (an unmanned ground vehicle) where his team represented India at Microsoft Imagine Cup 2010 in Warsaw- Poland and PregnaCare (for mother and child healthcare) which won second prize at the Imagine Cup 2011 national finals. His research interests include embedded system and robotics. One of his team projects named ‘viSparsh’, an electronic navigation belt for visually impaired was selected among the top 12 finalists of Asian Innovations Awards 2012 by The Wall Street Journal and was also titled ‘Innovation Jockeys 2012’ in a country wide contest powered by Accenture and Yahoo. His team also developed a wearable prototype (in the form of a t-shirt) for real-time health monitoring for which they won the first runner up prize at Health2.0 Developer’s World Cup 2012 at San Francisco by competing other country winners. He is an electronics and Communication Engineer. Company Site: www.microsoft.com Project viSparsh: www.visparsh.blogspot.com...

Rolly Seth

Rolly Seth

Rolly is a Program Manager at Microsoft. She has around four years of work experience in diverse fields like design, technology and management. Her interests lie in creative and interdisciplinary research work. She is from the founding batch of the Young India Fellowship Programme (YIFP)– a multi-disciplinary, post graduate program started in 2011 in collaboration with University of Pennsylvania. One of her team projects named ‘viSparsh’, an electronic navigation belt for visually impaired was selected among the top 12 finalists of Asian Innovations Awards 2012 by The Wall Street Journal and was also titled ‘Accenture Innovation Jockeys 2012’ in a country wide contest powered by Yahoo. Her team also developed a wearable prototype (in the form of a t-shirt) for real-time health monitoring for which they won the first runner up prize at Health2.0 Developer’s World Cup 2012 at San Francisco by competing other country winners. Rolly started her career as a Scientist Fellow at Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), an autonomous body under Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India and had other stints in research organizations like Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and Raman Research Institute. She currently lives in Hyderabad- India. Company Site: www.microsoft.com YIFP Link: http://www.youngindiafellowship.com/ Project viSparsh: www.visparsh.blogspot.com...

Aakanksha Mitra

Aakanksha Mitra

Aakanksha is working as a Software programmer at Microsoft. She has been with Microsoft for 3 years now. Currently she is working towards creating an extensible framework around augmented reality cum infotainment system, named Ripple. A fast paced learner and enthusiast, She has also worked with the Windows Phone and Microsoft Compact Embedded team to deliver an end-to-end framework for end-users. She collaborated with the teams across Microsoft to create an application which can do intelligent Optical Character recognition post enhancements and automatically share it with people via email. She also has experience in domains like file systems, viruses/Trojans, data performance optimizations and Cloud. When not working, she likes to Play Sports like Cricket and Basketball. She graduated in Computer Science from NIT Kurukshetra in the year 2011. Company Site: www.microsoft.com...