Projects & Experience

Projects (Teaching and DEVELOPMENT)

This project was in response of the Covid-19 pandemic to enable effective online teaching and learning from emergency remote teaching. An online resource in the form of a website built as a self paced course as well as a repository of resources for teaching online. This was later extended to a number of FDPs and workshops at various IITs and other institutes of national importance. I was a co-creator and TA for resource and for a number of workshops associated with it. We also published a book chapter based on the experience which is as listed below.

Link - Course & Resource Site  Publication - Raina et. al, 2022


As a workgroup member among industry experts, driven by NASSCOM and Atal Tinker Labs we worked to create AI education modules for K-12 for the Atal Tinker Labs initiative. My role was towards the pedagogical design and activity design for the modules. We have also written a book chapter for one of the editions of Computational Thinking book series which is under review. This curriculum was included in the UNESCO survey of Govt endorsed curricula for for K-12 AI education. 

Link - AI Base Module, AI Step-up Module, Worksheet Mapping of Govt Endorsed K-12 AI Curricula in the world by UNESCO 


This is a one of a kind 4 week online course on computer networking based on the principles of analogical reasoning (for conceptual learning with stories), situated learning (by building a story around which the concepts and activities are designed) and active learning (use cisco packet simulator based projects to test knowledge). It was be designed in conversational manner and follows the LCM  guidelines. This course was conceptualized, created, produced and managed for the first offering by Prof Sridhar Iyer, Dr Kavya Alse and myself with the guidance of Dr Sameer Sahasrabuddhe, CDEEP and NPTEL. This course has since been managed by faculty researches of IDP in Educational Technology with NPTEL and SWAYAM for its subsequent runs. The course till now has had over 20K registrations and the 100 odd video course playlist on youtube has about 90 k views. I was involved in conceptualisation, design, production and, management of the first run on swayam. 

Links: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, Youtube Playlist


Me and Mr Herold PC as research scholars from our lab were involved in the planning, design and construction of a new allocated space to be converted into a dynamic research lab for IDP in education technology. The primary objective was to make a research lab that could be set and used in multiple configurations. The space needed to fulfill the collective research needs, encourage collaboration as well as provide research scholars enough space individually to carry out their research. This involved redevelopment of the internal space which involved re-designing the layout, electrical distribution and network. Further redesigning the interior selecting mobile, dynamic and purposeful furniture. 

The lab currently caters to about 45 research scholars has three primary areas which are the research scholars space with individual seating which can be configured as a big class room, conference room or a multi table collaboration room as required by the activities. The furniture is mobile and there are power sockets are also available on the floor allowing a number of possibilities for the way the space can be configured. This room also has a pantry and breakout area with a refrigerator, a microwave and a tea coffee vending machine. Next was have a study room and an observation room which have a one way mirror with privacy screens as they can also be used as small meeting room and discussions rooms. Third is a collaborative research scholar lab with round table based shared seating for the first year RS which can also be used for as a small class room or discussion space. 

Serivce

Courses and Workshops: 

Talks:

Education & Work

2016 - Present - Doctoral Research Scholar, Educational Technology (IDP), IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

2014 - 2016 - Masters of Engineering in Computer Science (Information Security) , (Punjab Engineering College) PEC University of Technology. 

2013 - 2014 - SRM Support Engineer, HP Global Soft Pvt Ltd, GRTP, Whitefield, Bangalore

2011 - 2012 - L2 support engineer, IBM India Pvt Ltd, EGL, Bangalore.

2007 - 2011 - Bachelors of Engineering in Computer Science, SBMJCE (now SET, Jain University) under Visveshvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, Karnataka.

Positions Of Responsibilities (2016 - present):-

2024 - Working group for restructuring the Grand Challanges Course of Plaksha University. 

2019 - 20: Workgroup Member for AI Curriculum Development, ATL, AIM, Niti Aayog, Govt of India

2018 - 19: G Sec and student representative IDPC , IDP Ed Tech, IIT Bombay.

2018: Conference Manager, ICALT 2018, IIT Bombay

2017-18: IRSCP Representative for IDP Edu Tech, IIT Bombay, 

2017-18: Senior conviner,Pixels Photography Club, IIT Bombay, 

2017-18: Works Visits secy IDP EduTech, IIT Bombay

2016-18: Design and Branding Secy, IDP EduTech, IIT Bombay

Awards, Certifications & Qualifications

CoolThink-JC scholarship for CTE 2020, IEEE TCLT student travel grant for T4E 2019, Employee of the month, and best trainee at HP global soft pvt ltd. 

Cisco Certified Network Associate R & S, Cisco Certified Network Associate Voice over IP, IPV6 Silver Certified Engineer, Specialization certificate in Digital Photography and in courses on Fundamentals of Graphics Design from coursera. Elete certificate in introduction to information security a course by NPTEL. 

Qualified Graduate Aptitude Testing Examination (GATE) in 2011, 2014 and 2016

Courses attended during PhD:-