Sai Bharadwaj Kala

@SaiBharadwajKala

Junior Research Fellow at National Institute of Technology Durgapur

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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National Institute of Technology Durgapur

Sai Bharadwaj Kala is a Junior Research Fellow at the National Institute of Technology Durgapur with three years of research experience and over seven years in sales and business development. He specializes in Unmanned Aircraft Systems, specifically modeling quadrotors and designing sliding mode controllers in MATLAB/Simulink. Previously, he served as a Technology Business Development Manager at Kapture CRM, where he was a top performer in international lead generation. He is also a published author and IEEE researcher focused on autonomous vehicles.

Experience

Junior Research Fellow

National Institute of Technology Durgapur

•Dec 2024 - Present•Durgapur

Currently working on Capacity building for human resource development in Unmanned Aircraft System (Drone and related Technology). Modelled 6-DoF quadrotor in MATLAB/Simulink. Have worked on designing Sliding mode controller for quadrotors in MATLAB/Simulink. Calibrated drones for a living.

Independent Financial Advisor

Max Life Insurance Company Limited

•Sep 2024 - Present•Bengaluru

Freelance Consultant

Self-employed

Freelance•Jul 2023 - Present•Bengaluru

Author

Self-employed

•Jul 2023 - Present•Bengaluru

I started to write books with the penname ironsun. This is a self employment program to quench my thirst for writing.

Technology Business Development Manager

Kapture CRM

•Feb 2022 - Jul 2023

Responsible for lead generation and business development in UK and North America. Was a consecutive top performer for 3 months. Generated new leads, identified decision-makers, and screened potential business opportunities. Managed a team of pre sales executives and research analysts. Experience in Software Sales (B2B).

Business Development Manager

Freak X Apps

•Aug 2021 - Dec 2021•New Delhi

Partnering with large content companies to adopt HTML5 games for distribution. Knowledge of licensing agreements, revenue sharing deals, and distribution alliances. Build and maintain relationships with new and existing clients.

Intern

South western railway (traction distribution division, Bengaluru)

•Dec 2019 - Dec 2019•Bengaluru

Skills learnt: Breaker maintenance, Transformer maintenance, daily Scheduling of power, Traction SubStation maintenance.

Freelance Consultant

Self-employed

Freelance•Jun 2016 - Jun 2019•Bengaluru

Associate Manager-Business Development

OneOrigin

•Apr 2016 - Jun 2016•Bengaluru

Unified business and technology solutions. Consultative selling approach. Proactively engage with prospects to develop relationships and business opportunities.

Campus Relationship Manager

Aspiring Minds

•Jun 2015 - Mar 2016

Visiting campuses and convincing Placement Officers/college Directors/Deans about the product. Giving presentation to students and converting them to buy the product.

Marketing Specialist

HiveMinds Innovative Market Solutions

•Nov 2014 - May 2015•Bangalore

Vendor, blog and content management.

Design and estimation engineer

Power Plus (Bangalore) Pvt. Ltd.

•Apr 2014 - Oct 2014

Associate Software Engineer

Tech Mahindra

•Oct 2013 - Feb 2014