Selected projects Research papers Other

Dhairya Dand
http://dhairyadand.com Mapping Paradise* ‘A Simple Wearable Hand Gesture Recognition Device Member of W3C HTML5 standards committee
dhairyadand@gmail.com An exploration into arts, history and open culture. Using iMEMS’ at IEEE SoCPaR ’09, Malaysia. Member of Mensa
+91 99205 51696 Co-Directed short film ‘Unbelong’ for BBC MyWorld
Internet & Democracy ‘Handicap Assistance Device for Appliance Control Photographer
Academia A research project examining how internet affects Using User-Defined Gestures’ at ISMS’10, UK.
democracy. Work featured in media
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science Awards
Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai Jellow National TV and News
Jun’06 – May’10 A communication device for the cerebral palsy kids. IBM’s The Great Mind Challenge Star News
ppl2.0 – Rural e-governance solution CNN-IBN
Microsoft Research Summer School on Networks Horizon Top 20 out of 13,000 teams DNA
Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore A wireless hand-gesture glove.
Jun’09 Texas Instruments International Design Challenge State TV and News
Map-Editor Jellow – A communication device for CP kids Star Majha
Experience A visual map-editor plugin. 1st Prize Loksatta
Maharashtra Times
EYEBEAM Center for Art and Technology, New York ppl2.0 Technonvanza ’09
Open Culture Research Group A low-cost framework for e-governance focused Horizon – Hand gesture device Skills
Digital Artefact Research Intern towards rural computer-illiterate crowds. Best exhibit
Apr’10 – Present System Design
QRNavSys Technovanza ’09 C, C++, Visual Basic Adobe Photoshop
Collaborating with artists Caraballo-Farman on the
2D Barcode based Information and Navigation System. GestureWheelChair Adobe Dreamweaver
Mapping Paradise project. Web Adobe Flash
Award for innovation
PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Adobe Illustrator
Industrial Design Center, IIT-Bombay SmartMedBoxes AJAX, XML Adobe InDesign
Physical Computing Lab Never forget to take a medicine again ! The box that Exhibitions
Research Assistant blinks and buzzes. Scientific Video
Jul’09 – Mar’10 Victoria & Albert Museum (Est.1872), Mumbai R, Stata Adobe After Effects
Created digital products for cerebral palsy kids and GestureWheelChair Digital interactive art form embodying the history of
Automating the wheel chair with hand gestures. Mumbai. ( Upcoming ) Image Processing Wireframing
physical embodied digital artefacts. Worked with MatLab Pencil
Prof. Ravi Poovaiah and Prof. Keyur Sorathia. Adobe Fireworks
EmoTweet Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Dynamic
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA A real-time emotional analysis of tweets with nifty Horizon – Hand gesture device. ( Feb’09 ) Ruby, Rails Framework Visualization
Berkman Center for Internet and Society graphics! Processing
Innovative Technologies in Manufacturing Expo Robotic
Intern
SMS-CV GestureWheelChair. ( Mar’09 ) Microsoft VPL Hardware
Apr’09 – Jun’09 Arduino, XBee, Sensors,
Worked with Jason Callina and Anita Patel on the Empowering careers for the net-deprived.
Databases Actuators, RFID
Internet and Democracy project. Workshops
MySQL, IBM DB2
tweet-a-fleur* Circuit Design
Google Summer of Code, Google, CA A physical flower that embodies the happiness quotient Co-conducted a workshop on ‘New modes of Operating Systems Fritzing
Geeklog CMS of the world. Interaction’ at IndiaHCI ’10 at IDC, IIT-Bombay. Windows, Ubuntu
Contract Developer
Portable Braille* Grants *References happily available on request
Apr’08 – Jun’08
Worked with Justin Carlson on the Visual Map plugin. Connect, translate and morph.
Berkman Center, Harvard University, MA Updated May’10
ASUS, India BookBazzar Internet & Democracy Project ($5000)
World Gaming Tournament’08 A used book buy + sell portal for students.
Marketing Intern Google Open Source Programs Office, Google, CA
Sep’07 – Jan’08 Odyssey Map Editor ($4500)
Handled marketing across all Mumbai colleges. Interactive alumni media information system.
Industrial Design Center (IDC), IIT-Bombay
*Ongoing Jellow ($800)

V.J.T.I., Mumbai for Horizon ($500)