PAVAN KATKAR
1776, Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Email: pkatkar@rand.org
Tel: (310) 393-0411, ext. 6178
Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. Candidate
King’s College London
M.A. Science and Security
Santa Monica, CA
2014-present
London, United Kingdom
2011-12
National Institute of Engineering
B.E. Information Science and Engineering
Mysore, India
2004-08
SKILLS
Computer skills
Statistical Packages: R, NumPy
MS Office Suite: Excel, Word, PowerPoint
Other: C, C++, C#, Python, Perl, Windows, Linux, Unix, PHP
Languages
English, Kannada, Hindi, and Marathi
EXPERIENCE
Project Officer
Center for Technology and Policy,
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
 Studied the technology and policy interactions of Green
Revolution in India to derive it implications for future policies
 Collected data and analyzed if there are any correlations between
Global El Niño and Droughts in India that could be used to
develop drought based insurance schemes
Senior Research Associate
Delhi Policy Group
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Assessed the role of an indigenous Indian Operating System in
providing adequate cyber security for India
Studied the role of new technology for improving policing
services in India
Lead all research activities for a project that aimed to assess the
role of governments in improving the status of women in India
Chennai, India
Mar – Sep, 2014
New Delhi, India
2013-2014
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Edited all Policy Briefs, Issue Briefs and other occasional
reports and chapters
Senior Software Engineer
Philips Electronics
 Developed software that enabled radiologists to create scan protocols
for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems
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Bangalore, India
2010-2011
Measured and improved performance of modules that dealt with all aspects
scan protocols
Performed code reviews and developer testing
Software Engineer
Geodesic Ltd.
 Developed a generic document viewing software that could open all
kinds of popular document formats for a tablet computing device that
was being developed
 Developed software that enabled users to annotate documents, take
notes and share notes with each other
 Developed data compression algorithm that allowed to compress
millions of bytes of graphic data into a few kilo bytes
Bangalore, India
2008-2010
PUBLICATIONS
Katkar, Pavan and Srinivasan, T.N., “Green Revolution: A Case Study of Technology and Policy
Interaction”, Center for Technology and Policy, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2014.
Katkar, Pavan, et al, Gender Scorecard 2013, Delhi Policy Group, New Delhi, Aug, 2013.
Katkar, Pavan, “Does an Indian OS Provide Cyber Security?”, Delhi Policy Group, New Delhi,
May 2013
Conflict Simulation
Katkar, Pavan, “Russia-Georgia War 2008”, London, 2012 (Available on King’s College
Website)