Mission
I am Charudatta Gurudas Korde — an engineer, developer, researcher, and educator driven by curiosity and depth. I think in systems. I build with intention. I research with discipline. And I teach to simplify complexity. My work lives at the intersection of architecture and abstraction — where ideas become structured systems and theory becomes implementation. I am drawn to decentralized technologies, open knowledge, and designing solutions that are minimal yet comprehensive. Beyond engineering, I am a lifelong learner. I enjoy binge-watching anime, exploring good food, gardening, reading, and coding not just as a profession but as a creative outlet. I value rest and reflection as much as productivity. I am also spiritual at heart. I believe technology should not only advance capability but also elevate awareness. For me, growth is holistic — intellectual, creative, and inner. Currently, I am exploring new creative dimensions — gaming, photography, cartooning, and storytelling — expanding not just as a technologist, but as a creator. I build systems with logic, explore ideas with curiosity, and live with awareness.
Education
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Ph.D. in VLSI & Reconfigurable
Computing
Research focus: Hardware acceleration of GANs on FPGA-based edge devices
2017 - 2026 (Expected) -
M.Tech. in Microelectronics
2015 - 2017 • 80% -
B.E. in Electrical & Electronics
Engineering
2011 - 2015 • 76% -
Higher Secondary School Certificate
(HSSC)
2009 - 2011 • 72% -
Secondary School Certificate (SSC)
1999 - 2009 • 69%
Experience
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Contract Lecturer
National Forensic Sciences University (2024 - Present)
Teaching Incident Response and Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing (VAPT), integrating applied cybersecurity practice with system-level analysis and research-informed instruction. -
Visiting Faculty
Goa Polytechnic College (2024)
Conducted laboratory instruction in Basic Electronics, emphasizing circuit fundamentals, measurement techniques, and applied engineering principles. -
Research Scholar
National Institute of Technology Goa (2018 - Present)
Doctoral research in FPGA-based AI acceleration, focusing on GAN architectures, hardware-software co-design, and resource-efficient intelligent systems. Contributed to academic mentoring and laboratory guidance as Teaching Assistant. -
Software Validation Engineer
Intel (2019)
Validated Quartus tool flows, contributing to verification processes, workflow robustness, and software quality assurance. -
Independent Research & Open-Source
Development
2015 - Present
Led analytical and software development projects spanning medical signal analysis, data-intensive systems, and automation tooling. Contributed open-source utilities supporting documentation generation, file system organization, and programmatic graphics.
Skills
Core Expertise
Programming & Hardware
AI / ML Stack
Security & Systems
Achievements
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Contract Lecturer
National Forensic Sciences University (2024 - Present)
Teaching Incident Response and Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing (VAPT), integrating applied cybersecurity practice with system-level analysis and research-informed instruction. -
Visiting Faculty
Goa Polytechnic College (2024)
Conducted laboratory instruction in Basic Electronics, emphasizing circuit fundamentals, measurement techniques, and applied engineering principles. -
Research Scholar
National Institute of Technology Goa (2018 - Present)
Doctoral research in FPGA-based AI acceleration, focusing on GAN architectures, hardware-software co-design, and resource-efficient intelligent systems. Contributed to academic mentoring and laboratory guidance as Teaching Assistant.
Achievements & Mentorship
- Guided 6 Postgraduate Students in Thesis Writing — Mentored research scholars in problem formulation, experimental design, system implementation, and academic structuring across AI, GAN optimization, and hardware-accelerated architectures.
- Cleared Stage 1 - AI Grand Challenge — Successfully qualified in the initial evaluation round of the national-level AI Grand Challenge, demonstrating applied problem-solving capability in competitive research settings.
- Completed 5K Marathon — Demonstrated discipline, endurance, and long-term consistency—traits directly aligned with sustained research and systems engineering work.
- Presented Research in Poster Competition — Topic: Edge computing optimization techniques. Received positive recognition for clarity of communication across technical and non-technical audiences.
- State-Level Chess Tournament Competitor — Strengthened strategic reasoning, foresight, and pattern recognition— skills transferable to AI modeling and distributed systems design.