Ankit Curriculum Vitae 

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS Year Degree/Examination Board/Institute Result (%) 

2017 
2017 
Undergraduate, Pre-Final Year Production and Industrial Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, 
Roorkee ankitvyas.me@gmail.com, +917417227013 
B. Tech in Production & Industrial Engineering, Third Year 
Micro-masters in Supply Chain Management 
Indian Institute of Technology, 
Roorkee 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology on EdX 
8.89/10(*) 
42 credits 
2014 Class XII CBSE 93.2 %(**) 
2012 Class X CBSE CGPA: 10 
*Current Rank in the Department: 4/60 

RESEARCH INVOLVEMENT, PROJECTS & INTERNSHIPS 

1. Demand forecasting using Recurrent Neural Networks August-Nov. 2017 
Prof. Ramesh Anbanandam, Dept. of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee 
The aim of this project was to forecast the demand for perishable items (fruits and vegetables) for a 
startup based in Bangalore that aimed to expand its e-commerce branch to food items. I implemented a 
Long Short Term Memory (LSTM) RNN for the demand forecasting due to its excellent ability to capture 
sequences. The regression was performed using a 3 layer neural network to identify complex 
relationships; the LSTM has 2 neuronal inputs – lag and error. The Cross-validation was performed over 
7 lags (which incorporates a week). I wrote the code from scratch using Python Deep Learning Libraries, 
particularly Keras. 
2. P Predictive Modelling of Spectacles Supply Chain December 2017 – present 
Prof. S Venkatramaniah, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow 
I am working on this project in association with a chain of hospitals in South India and IIML to provide 
low cost eye solutions to the poor. I am performing extensive Data analysis of about 1000 camps set up 
by the hospital over 2 years to find trends in the requirements of eye lenses during these camps. I am 
developing an unsupervised model using Python for predicting inventory of eye lenses for on the spot 
delivery of spectacles. This project includes heavy data pre-processing and cleaning, extensive data 
analysis, followed by training multiple models (SVM, KNN, Clustering).I am using Python for Data 
Analysis as well as training the model. 
3. Design of Sustainable Intermodal Freight Transportation Model 
Prof. Ramesh Anbanandam, Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee July 2017 - present 
The proposed outcome of this project is the design of a multimodal freight transportation network to offer 
the decision makers an informed choice of compromised solution across 3 dimensions – transportation, 
social and environmental cost. I have modelled the economic, social & environmental constraints as a 
multi-objective cost function. Currently, I am developing the MATLAB code for the mixed integer linear 
programming problem from scratch. The final outcome is the generation of a 3-dimensional 
pareto-solution, where each solution represents a transportation scheme with optimised cost, time and 
CO2 emissions. 
 
4. Modeling , Design and Finite Element Analysis of Connecting Rod Used in Vehicles January-April, 
2016 
Prof. Siladitya Pal and Prof. Avinash Parashar, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Dept., IIT Roorkee 
The project involved thorough literature review of connecting rods made of C60 steel alloy and 
Aluminium-7075. I modelled and designed the rod on SOLIDWORKS and performed the finite element 
analysis on ANSYS Workbench 15.0, using von Mises criterion of failure. The I-groove was tapered for 
weight reduction and sharp corners were filleted with an optimum factor of safety between 3 and 4. The 
results established that Al rods have high weight reduction capacity but half the ultimate strength than that 
of C-60 alloy steel rods, and must only be used when weight reduction is the primary requirement. 

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE 
1. Jindal Stainless Limited | Reduction of Turnaround Time for Outbound Logistics May-July, 2017 
I analysed the TAT process for 66,000 tons per month outbound logistics, approximately 7500 trucks on 
the basis of place of delivery, truck capacity, materials and freight service provider for two plants – Hot 
Rolling and Cold Rolling Divisions. By making changes to the as-is process, I coordinated with the PPC, 
security, logistics and IT department for implementation of the proposed solutions. 
• Decreased the Turnaround Time (TAT) of outbound trucks by 3 hours, approx.. 10% by simplifying the 
process 
• Bifurcated & benchmarked TAT into value-added (15%) & non-value added (85%) time; proposed TAT 
↓ by 30% 
• Successfully conducted trial run of opening checkout in night shift which decreased TAT by 30 
mins/truck 
2. ITC Limited | Operational Excellence Internee November-December, 2016 
The Packaging and Printing division of ITC Limited was experiencing economic loss due to unsustainable 
maintenance of the shop floor. By analyzing the output data for the last 6 months for 5 machines whose 
output was fed to 4 other machines, I designed the shop floor plan and implemented it which reduced 
wastes and worker movements. 
• Decreased downtime of hot foil stamping machine by 8 min/hr, increased output by 400 sheets/hr, 
approx.. 15% 
• Performed break-even analysis of ₹2.4M add-on to decrease job changeover time from 2 hrs to 10 mins 
• Designed & implemented sustainable shop floor plan, reduced waste & left out pallets & decreased 
worker 
movements 

RELEVANT COURSEWORK 
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Operations Research 
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Operations Management* 
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Production Planning and Control 

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Project Management 
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Industrial Management 
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Quality Management* 
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Work System Design 

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Probability and Statistics 

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Computer Programming (C++) 

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Economics 
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Engineering Economy 

SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS 
• Winner of the Procter and Gamble IT Business Virtual Challenge held across 34 Asian & European 
countries (‘17) 
• Honored with ENCORE Award by the Director, IITR & Batch of 1989; top 5/980 students in 2019 
batch (‘16) 
• Recognized as the best student in the Mechanical Dept. (140 students) by the Heritage Foundation, USA 
(‘16) 
• Secured All India Rank: 6657, %ile=95.96 in IITJEE Advanced and rank: 18270, %ile = 99.75 in JEE 
Mains (‘15) 
• Received Indra Award and Silver Medal from the Govt. of Delhi for securing rank-1 in Delhi zone in 
class XII (‘15) 
• Secured rank: 720, %ile = 99.8 (0.37M candidates, 11 countries) in National Level Science Talent 
Search Exam (‘13) 
 
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 
1. Joint Secretary | Institute Alumni Relations Cell (IARC), IIT Roorkee April 2017-present 
• Spearheaded the launch of Student Alumni Mentorship Program; 500 mentees, 200 mentors (alumni) 
• Leading content team of 8 members; published alumni newsletter & annual report on behalf of Director, 
IITR 
• Nominated by Dean Alumni Affairs as the coordinator of SPARC (combined alumni cell of all IITS) 
from IITR 
2. Senior Associate|Qrius (formerly The Indian Economist) Nov 2016-present 
• Reviewed articles and blogs for final publication on the website; performed market research for 100+ 
colleges 
• Represented Qrius to cover the launch Talentedge, an online executive platform in IIM-Kashipur 
MENTORSHIP • Guiding 6 first year students for transition from school to college by counselling & 
1-on-1 interaction 
SPORTS • Proficiency holder of Himalayan Explorer’s Club for 2 years; participated in many treks in the 
Himalayas WRITING • Editor in IIT Heartbeat – Official Inter IIT Magazine, published 2 articles in print 
& online 
SOCIAL SERVICE • Volunteered in National Service Scheme; taught 30 underprivileged children in 
nearby areas 

ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRIAL REFERENCES 

1. Prof. Ramesh Anbanandam 
Assistant Professor Dept. of Management Studies IIT Roorkee Email: ram77fdm@iitr.ac.in 
3. Mr. Vipul Arora 
Manager-Operations ITC Limited Email: Vipul.arora@itc.in 
2. Prof. S Venkatramaniah Associate Professor Chair - Operations Management Group Indian Institute of 
Management, Lucknow Email: svenkat@iiml.ac.in 
4. Mr. Rajesh Jain 
General Manager - PPC Jindal Stainless Limited Email: rajesh.jain@jshl.in