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Mr. Kiran Trivedi
Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Communication)
Master of Engineering (Communication Systems Engineering)
India
Kiran Trivedi has over 10+ years' of experience in teaching graduate students of Engineering experience in Electronics & Communication, IT and mobile systems and applications related subjects. He is based within the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Shantilal Shah Engineering College, Bhavnagar University, Gujarat, India. Kiran has published extensively many research papers in his area of interest. He focus his current research on innovative mobile application development with external sensors and hardware interfacing and specially in Location based services. He has been active player in organizing Forum Nokia related activities in his university and many faculties, students and developers have benefited out of it.
Development Areas of Interest
Mobile platforms
S60
Application categories
Location-based services (LBS) , medical and healthcare, utilities, multimedia
Programming languages
Python, C, C++, Java
Integrated development environments (IDEs)
Python for Windows
Wireless device technologies
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth technology
Personal Competencies
Languages
Mobile competencies
- Rapid mobile-application development using Python for S60
- Organizing mobile-application-development-related short-term training programs for students and faculty and making them aware of the programs
- Research: implementation of innovative ideas
- Guiding students in mobile-application-related projects
- GPS-related interfacing
Forum Nokia Community activity areas
Python for S60, giving talks, being the administrator of the Forum Nokia Wiki
Forum Nokia Discussion Board user name
Main Achievements
Applications
- Location-Based Services Using Nokia Mobile Phones
- Phone Book SMS
- Context Aware Reminder
- SANJAY
- ATM Locator
- Battery Life Saver
- Mobile Eye
- Emergency Messenger System
- Context Aware Spy
- Inbox Grabber
- Mobile Yellow Pages
- GSM Speedometer
Books and other publications
International Conferences:
- E-Learn 2002 — "Higher Education in an Era of Digital Competition: Gist and Boundaries," Montreal, Canada.
- ITPC-2003 — "Emergency Messenger: An Economical System for Disaster Management," Katmandu, Nepal.
- Global Conference on Excellence in Education and Training — 2004, "Short Message Service (SMS): An Innovative Educational Tool", Singapore Polytechnic, SP Convention Centre, Singapore.
- CITA '07 — SANJAY: Location-Cognizant Automated System for Blind People — navigation in suburban trains and buses using a duo wireless approach. Social Computing: Engaging Communities — 2007, University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Malaysia.
- Mobile Learning & Edutainment Conference 2007 (Invited speaker) — to be published; www.lttcom.com
- NCICT-2005 — "Smart Lightweight Wireless-Messaging Applications: A Novel Approach for Multiple-Destination Diversion and Customized Auto Response for Mobile Phone Messaging," Ahmedabad, India.
- ETCIT ’07 — GGAPRS (global positioning system [GPS]-GSM Automatic Position-Reporting System): Handheld GSM-Satellite-Enabled Speedometer and Navigator with APRS Using Short Message Service (SMS), Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), and E-Mail. National conference on recent trends in communication and information technology, Punjab, India.
- ETCIT ’07 — Money on the Move. ATM Locator: Location-Aware Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) Mobile Application with Directions.
Speaking engagements
- Invited to Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore to deliver lectures on developing SMS applications.
- Invited as a speaker at a hands-on mobile-learning workshop at Mobile Learning & Edutainment Conference 2007, Malaysia.
- Invited speaker at mServe India 2007 Conference, Convergence Technologies: Opportunities for the Future (FMC, voice over IP [VoIP], mobile TV, and Internet mobile radio)
Awards
- 2004: Engineers Association Bhavnagar — Award for innovation of Emergency Messenger System (EMS
- 2005: Mega prize — Nokia 7610, Nokia Imagine contest, 2005.
- 2006: Air India — BOLT (Broader Outlook Learner Teacher) Award 2006.
- 2007: Nokia E65, Token of appreciation by Nokia R&D, Bangalore for Nokia short-term training program.
- 2007: Forum Nokia Champion global recognition award, Forum Nokia.
Hosted Web pages
Mobile communities in which you are active
Python, Forum Nokia blogs
Other achievement
- Emergency Messenger System (EMS), which uses mobile phones for disasters. Featured in national news channels and magazines such as Aaj Tak, E TV, Alpha TV, DD news, India Today, and Rediff.com (2003).
- "Wireless Eye System" featured in Sahara news.
- Demonstration of EMS to the president of India, the Honorable A.P.J. Abdul Kalam at Science City, Ahmedabad.
- Technical articles on such mobile technologies as Symbian, Wi-Fi, MMS in Gujarat’s leading newspaper, Divya Bhaskar.
- Invited to Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore to deliver lectures on developing SMS-based applications.
- Invited to speak at Mobile Learning & Edutainment Conference 2007, Malaysia.
- Delivered speeches on technical topics related to smartcards and mobile phones’ SAR at All India Radio, Daman 101.1 MHz FM.
- Location-based services (LBS), a blend of such technologies as GPS, GSM, general packet radio service (GPRS), GIS , Bluetooth technology, Python for S60, and the Web.
- Member, Board of Studies for Information Technology and Electronics & Communications Engineering at Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India.
- Expert member, screening team, DOEACC Western Region, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology.
- Executive member, engineers’ association, Bhavnagar district.
- Program committee member: Computer Science & Information Technology Education Conference CSITEd 2007, the Republic of Mauritius.
- Paper reviewer: World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society 2007 conference in Greece. www.wseas.com
- Member, state level committee for campuswide networking at Gujarat State.
- Selection board member: Doordarshan — Prasar Bharti, Government of India
Contact Information
E-mail address
krtrivedi@gmail.com
