Ankush Pandey

Need:
• 100 million new voters were going to vote for the first time
• 50% of the active Internet users in India were accessing Internet on mobile devices
• Lacking engagement between the youth and the Election Commission of India
• 23 million eligible voters aged between 18-19 years

Objective:
Encourage voters to participate in the national electoral process, provide an engagement medium, facilitate users and create awareness.

Contribution:
I led the development and launch of iVote. Worked with Government of India officials and the Election Commission of India to launch iVote mobile app during National Elections 2014.

Outcomes:
• President of India award for the 'Best Electoral Practice'
• iVote is being adopted by all the states in India
• 30,000 downloads in 30 days
• 4.4 average rating with 600+ reviews on Google Play Store

Stack: AWS, LAMP

Press: 'Mobile App gets ECI Approval' - The Tribune

Need:
• Taxi companies lacked proper dispatch system
• Traditional taxi services were losing market share to ride-sharing companies
• Difficulty in managing fleet operations and driver allocation
• Need for real-time tracking and communication

Objective:
Enable traditional taxi companies to compete with modern ride-sharing services by providing them with advanced technology solutions for fleet management, dispatch, and passenger experience.

Contribution:
I founded Caboom Technologies and developed the complete GoCaboom suite of applications including passenger app, driver app, admin dashboard, and call center interface.

Outcomes:
• Successfully deployed in multiple taxi companies
• Improved operational efficiency for partner companies
• Real-time fleet tracking and management
• Enhanced passenger experience with modern booking interface

Stack: AWS, Node.js, Real-time Communication

Need:
• Absence of advance centralized platform for managing inventory on the plethora of ecommerce platforms
• Cumbersome and inefficient process of updating inventory on individual ecommerce platform
• Lack of automation and dynamic pricing for merchants
• Excessive human intervention in inventory management

Objective:
Automate inventory management, making it effortless for merchants to sell online across various ecommerce marketplaces with a centralized application leveraging advance data analytics, visualization and dynamic pricing.

Contribution:
I developed a SaaS application based on multi-tenant architecture for enterprises. The application is database agnostic and can also be easily integrated with existing databases and systems.

Outcomes:
• Delivered the enterprise edition of our application to a merchant in Singapore
• Application integrated with Lazada and Qoo10 ecommerce platforms

Stack: AWS, Node.js, LoopBack, Angular, Docker

Need:
• Nielsen estimated that over 25 percent of those with incomes over $75,000 a year will own a smart TV in 2016
• Different development stacks for various smart TV brands
• Absence of a unified smart TV application development environment for connected devices
• Limited processing capability of smart TVs
• Lack of interfacing between smart TVs and remote sensors

Objective:
Demonstrate the cross-platform interfacing of remote sensors for smart TVs using a mobile device (or any Internet of Things sensor device) and Internet without installing native software on TV.

Contribution:
I developed Android and web-socket based applications that leveraged sensors on the host device, in particular, gyroscope of the mobile phone, to control and move a square-shaped object on smart TV's web browser.

Outcomes:
• Successful implementation of the proof of concept
• Developing a web browser based game with optimized performance comparable to Google Chromecast, which streams media / casts screen instead of controlling objects
• In synchronization with the industry trends of today – Google Chromecast (for games)
• A viable approach to interactive gaming as compared to screen mirroring devices

Stack: AWS, Node.js, EaselJS, Socket.IO