Sakshat Rao - Verification Engineer at NVIDIA

My name is

Sakshat Rao

About Me

I was born in the coastal town of Udupi, Karnataka and was brought up in Mumbai.
I am fluent in English, Hindi, Kannada & Tulu.
Udupi Sri Krishna Matha temple in Karnataka, India -  width=
Sakshat Rao playing keyboard - 15+ years of musical experience
Playing music is my most fulfilling pastime. I have played the keyboard for 15+ years.
I also enjoy sports, poetry & dance.
My most relatable quote 🤩
"We mature in knowledge and wisdom but never leave the playground of our hearts."
-Terri Guillemets
Sakshat Rao with siblings - family photo

Experience & Education

2021

Verification Engineer
NVIDIA

I have mainly worked in safety & performance verification for NVIDIA's Tegra SoC and Spectrum Switch chips.

2020

Hardware Intern
NVIDIA

I learned and applied formal verification techniques during my 2-month internship.

2017

B.Tech. in E&C
NITK Surathkal

I pursued B.Tech. in Electronics & Communication Engineering and graduated with a 9.44 CGPA.

Technical Skills

Hardware Verification

I have developed skills in functional verification, testbench design & post-silicon validation.

I am proficient in SV-UVM & Specman E.

I have developed skills in functional verification, testbench design & post-silicon validation.

Embedded Design

I am experienced in embedded coding, IoT system design & driver development.

I am experienced in C++ & C.

I have experience in embedded coding, IoT systems & driver development.

Data Analysis

I have skills in hypothesis testing, feature engineering and clean data visualizations.

I am proficient in Python & R.

I have skills in hypothesis testing, feature engineering and clean data visualizations.

Other areas where I've poked my nose

Machine Learning

I have worked with different types of predictor models & neural networks.

Web Development

I have functional knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Achievements

Sakshat Rao - Winner at Wharton People Analytics Case Competition 2021
Winning Team

Wharton People Analytics
Case Competition 2021

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Sakshat Rao - Winner at ASEAN-India Hackathon 2021
Winning Team

ASEAN-India Hackathon 2021

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Sakshat Rao - Winner at Smart India Hackathon 2020
Winning Team

Smart India Hackathon 2020

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Sakshat Rao - Winner at R2 Data Labs Hackathon 2023 by Rolls-Royce
Winner

R2 Data Labs Hackathon 2023

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Projects

Smart Hospital IoT Project by Sakshat Rao - Automated Patient Health Monitoring System
Hospital Operation Management System

Automated & continuous Patient Health Monitoring IoT system integrated to a web server

AI-boosted Online Ordering System by Sakshat Rao - CubeStops Virtual Menu with AI Recommendations
AI-boosted Online Ordering for CubeStops

Virtual food menu with AI-assisted recommendation and customer feedback

Signalytics Project by Sakshat Rao - Traffic Signal Scheduling Simulation Tool
Signalytics

Simulation & analytics tool for testing dynamic traffic signal scheduling algorithms

Kaggle Data Analysis by Sakshat Rao - Data Visualizations and Insights
Data Analysis on Kaggle

Interesting analyses & insightful visualizations on various Kaggle datasets

Contact

Bengaluru, Karnataka
sakshatrao99@gmail.com

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