Sharada Prasad Shantharam

Research and Implementation of IEEE 802.15.4 MAC layer Channel Access methods for sensor nodes in an Industrial Wireless Sensor Network infrastructure. Design of Networked Control System with Wireless Sensor Networks and benchmarking the performance of the same.

Safety and Security analysis of a distributed control infrastructure for Industry 4.0. Implementation of proof of concept of a possible attack-defence scenario in an Industrial Automation infrastructure called 4diac using Raspberry Pi, Open CV, OPC UA and Software Defined Networking.

Spearheaded the Embedded System development portfolio, starting from concept till end product, including design of sensor circuits, development of microcontroller applications and communication systems for IoT based projects. Coordinated review meetings with customers, orchestrated conversion of business requirements to technical specifications and ensured successful project delivery in an agile, exciting Start-up environment.

As a Developer in the platform team for Cisco ASR 1000 series of routers, contributed to the enablement of SFP transceivers, CPAKs(100Gig Fibre modules) and Ethernet Port Adaptors. Also, involved in the development of Cisco ASR1000 consolidated routing platforms, Route processors and Forwarding processors. Successfully carried out device testing of Network Interface Cards, Network protocols with Cisco ISR series of routers using white box testing methodologies.

Digital Electronics, Embedded Systems, Computer Architecture, Operating Systems, Computer Networks, Wireless Sensor Networks.