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		Education Ph.D student, Geodetic Science and Surveying 2006-Till Date, The Ohio State University, Columbus Specialization: Photogrammetric Computer Vision Advisor: Prof. Toni Schenk Performance: 3.84/4.0 Courses: http://hcgl.eng.ohio-state.edu/~amar.3/courses.htm Completed one year of PhD program in Department of Geography got Transfer to OSU 2005-2006, University of Memphis, Memphis Specialization: Geography Advisor: Dr. Thad Wasklewicz Performance: 3.98/4.0 after 1^st year Courses:http://hcgl.eng.ohio-state.edu/~amar.3/courses.htm Master of Technology (M.Tech), Department of Civil Engineering 2003-2005 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Specialization: Geoinformatics Advisor: Dr. Bharat Lohani Performance: 9.52/10 Thesis: Building reconstruction through DLT using historical photographs and laser scanning Courses: http://hcgl.eng.ohio-state.edu/~amar.3/courses.htm Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech), Department of Civil Engineering 1998-2002 Regional Engineering College Hamirpur (now NIT Hamirpur) Performance: 77.64/100 (Percentage) with honors Undergraduate Project: Structural design and estimation of a school building (extension). Higher Secondary School Examination July 1997, DAV Public School, Solan (H.P.). CBSE Board, India Performance: 73.80/ 100 (Percentage). Secondary School Certificate July 1995, Dayanand Public School, Shimla (H .P.). CBSE Board, India Performance: 74.80/ 100 (Percentage). Achievements Fellowship 2006-07, The Ohio State University. First in Graduate class in Geoinformatics specialization 2005, IIT Kanpur. Received Special Technical book prize 2003-2004 from All India Council for technical education for technical editing of Hindi translation of monograph "Guidelines for earthquake Resistant Non-Engineered Construction" published by NICEE. Study tour to Switzerland: Selected among top 20 students in India for study tour to Switzerland, 2004 under programme, "Leaders of Tomorrow" by "Presence Switzerland". Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2003, Percentile Score: 97.37 Second in Undergraduate Degree Class in Civil Engineering, 2002, REC, Hamirpur Publications: Amar Ekta, Lohani Bharat, March 2006, Illustrative paper presentation in 2006 Meeting of The AAG, Chicago, IL on "Registration of terrestrial laser scanner data without the aid of artificial targets". Amar Ekta, Building reconstruction through DLT using historical photographs and laser scanning. M.Tech Thesis, May 2005, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. Amar Ekta, Lohani Bharat, Sep 2004, Paper presentation in Third International Symposium on "New Technologies for urban safety of mega cities in Asia" on "Registration of laser scanner point cloud for large and complex building". Computer Literacy: Languages: VB, C, C++, Python 2.4, Project design using UML Software packages: Leica's Cyclone, ImageStation Photogrammetry Suite, Microsoft Office including FrontPage and Visio, Matlab, ESRI products ArcMap, ArcObjects, MathCad 5.0, Surfacer V10.0, Surfer 8, Maple 10.0, Translev, and WinDesc Modern Survey Instruments Used Terrestrial Laser Scanner Leica’s HDS 3000 Digital Theodolites Nikon NE203 Digital Level Auto level Nikon AC2S Differential GPS Leica SR530 Handheld GPS receivers Trimble Robotic and Motorized Total Survey Station Trimble 5601 DR 200+ Digital Camera for photogrammetric application Professional Experience Employer: Patrick Engineering Inc., Lisle, IL Post Held: Summer Internship Duration: June 2007 - Sept 2007 Work Done: Processing Leveling Data, Planning GPS, Writing Technical Reports of processed Leveled Data Employer: University of Memphis, Memphis, USA Post Held: Graduate Teaching assistant Duration: Aug 2006 - Dec 2006 Work Done: Taught Geography to undergraduate students. Employer: Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India Post Held: Project Associate Project Investigator: Dr. S.K.Jain, Duration: 3^rd September 2002 – 10^th July 2003 Work Done: I worked at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) as project associate under guidance of Prof. Sudhir K Jain. I along with my fellow colleagues prepared a report on the seismic design of a double D pavement bridge over river Ganges. I also completed technical editing of monograph, “Guidelines for earthquake Resistant Non-Engineered Construction” translated to Hindi language and published by National Information Center of Earthquake Engineering (NICEE). Employer: IBM, India Post Held: Software Engineer Duration: July 2005 – August 2005 Work Done: Training on COBOL, Mainframe, and database. Professional Societies Association of American Geographer (AAG) 2005-2006. Proffesional Surveyor Magazine since 2007. GIM international since 2008. Extracurricular Activities 1998-00, Member of Rotract Club, REC Hamirpur, India 2000-01, Hindi club Coordinator, HILL-FFAIR, REC Hamirpur, India 2001, Joint Secretary of NSS, REC Hamirpur, India 2004, Student guide in counseling service, IIT Kanpur, India 2004, Executive member in SOCE, IIT Kanpur, India 2004, Volunteer in SPIC MACAY, IIT Kanpur, India 2004-05, Learned basic course of French language as foreign language, IIT Kanpur, India 2005, Coordinator first national level Paper Presentation contest, ‘Civ-illuminare’05’, IIT Kanpur, India