Jithin B.P.

Director, CSpark Research

“I’m jithin B.P. and I’m a maker and founder at CSpark Research”

A passionate researcher and developer with a strong background in physics and a keen interest in robotics and embedded systems. My work focuses on creating practical, hands-on solutions, from academic research projects to founding a research-oriented company. I specialize in developing affordable data acquisition instruments and educational tools for nuclear physics and embedded systems. Download my Resume here

Location: 110067, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Email: jithinbp@gmail.com
Phone: (+91) 851100290
Website: https://jithinbp.in

GitHub: jithinbp
LinkedIn: Jithin BP
Twitter: jithinbp_

Education

Year	Education
2023-2025	Nava Kerala Chief minister’s post doctoral fellowship
2017-2021	Ph.D. In nuclear physics instrumentation from CUHP
2014	Masters in Physics from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, CGPA at the end of 10 Semesters – 7.5.
2009	Higher secondary school examination (XII), CBSE, The Mother’s International school, New Delhi, Aggregate – 87.8%
2007	Secondary school examination (X), CBSE, The Mother’s International school, New Delhi, Aggregate – 91.4%.

Awards

Year	Awards
2023	Chief Minister’s Nava Kerala Post Doctoral Fellowship
2016	Google Summer of Code (GSOC)
2007-2009	Won several awards for Programming and Robotics events at Tech fests in Delhi-NCR.
2008	Awarded Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) Scholarship by Dept. of Sc. and Tech., Govt. of India.
2007	Awarded Junior Science Talent Search Examination (JSTSE) Scholarship by Dte of Edu., Govt. of New Delhi.

Conferences

Year	Public Speaking
2025	IUPAP - International Conference on Physics Education - 2025, IIT Ropar. Hands-on Physics with Affordable Open-Source Measurement Tools: From Theory to Experiment with SEELAB3 `invited workshop host`, `upcoming`
2025	IndiaFOSS 2025, FossUnited @ Nimhans, Bangalore. KuttyPy : A no Cost transformation of the ubiquitous Arduino into an affordable data acquisition system for STEM `invited speaker`
2025	FossMeet 2025, NIT Calicut : KuttyPy : An alternative to Arduino `invited speaker`
2024	Pycon India 2024 `invited speaker`
2021	Pycon India 2021 : ExpEYES , Python Powered Measurement Device `invited speaker`
2020	Scipy. Speaker. Python based portable instrument for Science Experiments `invited speaker`
2019	Scipy . Speaker and Workshop organiser . Learning Microcontrollers with KuttyPy `invited speaker`
2019	Background Gamma Radiation Surveying in the IndianPeninsula with a Portable USB Spectrometer,” in Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 64 (2019), DAE - 2019
2019	Jithin B.P., “Simulation of N-Well Kronig- Penney Potential using Matrix Approach.,” in NACISP-2018, IAPT, 2018
2019	RINP. Gated MCA technique for demonstration of coincidence phenomena with a set of indigenously developed gamma spectrometers,” in Recent Issues in Nuclear and Particle Physics, Viswa Bharati, 2019
2019	Scipy. Jithin B.P., “Learning Microcontrollers with Python,” in Scipy India, 2019
2019	DAE. Compact dual-parameter MCA for γâĹŠγ Coinci- dence Measurements,” in Proceedings of the .DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 64 (2019) 920, 2019
2018	Speaker. Educode.be, Bruxelles, Belgium `invited speaker`
aug-2017	Speaker. Rencontrole Mondiales du Logiciels Libre, St Etienne, France `invited speaker`
Dec-2014	Speaker. Scipy.in for Scientific Computing, IIT Bombay. Sponsored by Enthought, FOSSEE, and MHRD.
Dec-2011	Scipy.in for Scientific Computing, IIT Bombay. Sponsored by Enthought, FOSSEE, and MHRD.
Oct-2009	Vijyoshi camp by JNCASR in association with KVPY at JNU, New Delhi.
July-2008	Attended Vijyoshi Camp in association with KVPY at IISc Bangalore.

Publications

Title	Journal	Author(s)	Device
Indigenously developed gamma spectrometer	Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 63 (2018) 1072	Jithin B.P. and O.S.K.S. Sastri	GammaSpec
Novel coincidence setup using indigenously developed portable USB gamma spectrometer and associated analysis software	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment	Jithin B.P. and O.S.K.S. Sastri	GammaSpec
Gated MCA technique for demonstration of coincidence phenomena with a set of indigenously developed gamma spectrometers	Recent Issues in Nuclear and Particle Physics (RINP2)	Jithin B.P. and O.S.K.S. Sastri	GammaSpec
Compact dual-parameter MCA for γ−γ Coincidence Measurements	Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 64 (2019)	Jithin B.P. and O.S.K.S. Sastri	GammaSpec
Background Gamma Radiation Surveying in the Indian Peninsula with a Portable USB Spectrometer	Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 64 (2019)	Jithin B.P. and O.S.K.S. Sastri	GammaSpec
Gamma Spectra of Non-Enriched Thorium Sources using PIN Photodiode and PMT based Detectors	Physics Education-IAPT Volume 38: No 1. Jan-Mar 2020	Jithin B.P. , Swapna Gora V.V.V. Satyanarayana , O.S.K.S Sastri & Ajith B.P.	GammaSpec
Measurement Model of an Alpha Spectrometer for Advanced Undergraduate Laboratories	Physics Education-IAPT Volume 35: No 1. Jan-Mar 2019	Jithin B.P. , V.V.V. Satyanarayana, Swapna Gora, O.S.K.S Sastri & Ajith B.P.	AlphaSpec1K
Research Based Development of Innovative and Indigenous Technologies for Nuclear Physics Laboratories	CUHP-Inflibnet	Jithin B.P.	-
Alpha Spectrum of 212-Bi Source Prepared using Electrolysis of Non-Enriched ThNO3 Salt	Physics Education-IAPT Volume 35: No. 1. Jan-Mar 2019	Swapna Gora, B.P. Jithin, V.V.V. Satyanarayana, O.S.K.S Sastri and B.P Ajith	AlphaSpec1K
SEELablet : A Technological Platform for Development of Innovative Experiments for Undergraduate Education	APT TUNES	Jithin B.P.	SEELablet
KuttyPy for Science: Lightning Talk	SCIPY India 2019	Jithin B.P.	KuttyPy

Computer Skills (Github) . As of 2013

Python

Developed several open source applications for data acquisition and analysis.
- Point Contact Andreev Reflection Spectroscopy, AC Susceptometry, Virtual Lab, PID control, Cryostat Magnet Control …
Various Simulations using Numpy, Scipy, OpenCV.
Parallel Processing as well as Distributive computing.
Familiar with leveraging supercomputing clusters effectively.
Other works include remote data acquisition via TCP sockets as well as XMPP based connections.
Well versed in interfacing scientific equipment with protocols such as GPIB, PCI-e, USB and TCP/UDP.
Software development for the vLabtool. Includes real time data acquisition, analysis, and visualization.

C

Pointers, linked lists, structures, dynamic memory allocation and file handling.
Applications developed range from an MS-DOS based CAD application and indie games, to fluid mechanics and ODE solvers.

Embedded C

Familiar with 16 and 8-bit MCUs from Microchip. Used them in conjunction with analog circuitry to develop low cost test and measurement equipment.
Worked with developing firmware for a Multi Channel Analyzer based on an ATMEGA32 chipset.
Getting acquainted with the ESP8266 low cost Wi-Fi chipset.

Interfacing Scientific Equipment

Working experience with a host of high end tools from KEITHLEY, Lakeshore, AMI, RHK, and SRS.
Developed dedicated standalone applications for transport and spectroscopic measurements as part of my Master’s Thesis work.
Presently working on an educational toolsuite targeted at physics and electronics teaching labs.
Driven towards using open-source tools wherever possible, instead of restrictive and proprietary environments such as LabVIEW.
Experience includes TCP/UDP, GPIB, USBTMC, RS-232, EUSART, SPI, I2C and IR.

C++

Classes, pointers, stacks, queues and dynamic memory allocation.

Java

Go to My Google Play Store Showcase
Running ExpEYES on Android devices with USB OTG.
An Android based web server for ExpEYES.
A Data Logger for Instruments that use SCPI commands and have Ethernet Connectivity.

Linux

Ubuntu is my go-to OS for just about all my software and coding needs.
Familiar with a variety of distros including Fedora, SUSE, Mint, and Slackware.
Kernel compilation for A13 based tablets, Raspberry Pi, and custom Real Time Schedulers.
Cloud setup with NFS sharing and NIS authentication.

Web Development

Apache, PHP, PHP-gd, DRUPAL CMS, Mod-python, Python-PSP, CherryPy, JavaScript, Jquery and AJAX.
Applications developed include a Drag and Drop programming interface, Webapps for scientific equipment, and embedded HTML in Qt Apps.
Designed this website, so I have a fair amount of WordPress familiarity.

Database Management

Sqlite3
MySQL

Office Tools

LibreOffice / Open Office
LATEX

Miscellaneous

PERL
REGEX
CGI, and SHELL scripting

Summer Projects (Pre-2014)

2013 - July: Remote Access for the Particle Accelerator framework, IUAC

Implemented a CherryPy based web server which hosts a dynamic, Jquery and AJAX based website to allow control and monitoring of various parts of the particle accelerators via the control system.

2013 - May, June: Techniques in Condensed Matter Physics. Dr. Goutam Sheet, IISER Mohali

Pulsed laser deposition of YBCO and SrRuo3 thin films. Sputter deposition of copper on insect wings.
Developed data acquisition software for superconductivity transition measurements using Lock-in amplifiers.
Compiled RTOS linux kernel for running PID loops for stabilizing tunnelling currents in STMs. Set up COMEDI drivers.

2012 - summer: Instrumentation and radiation detection. IISER Mohali, IUAC

Characterized crystal oscillators using a network analyser at The Ultra low temperature lab, IISER Mohali.
Developed electronics for driving a Geiger Muller tube and a Photomultiplier tube.
Extracted Thorium from Thorium nitrate for educational experiments.

2011 summer: Developing an MCA for Alpha particle detectors. IUAC, New Delhi

Developed firmware for an Atmega32 based MCA. Coded features include segregation based on peak energy, reading and writing from CMOS memory, and USB communication. Developed a Python-Tk based GUI. Calibration was carried out using Co-60.

2011 summer: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy. IUAC, New Delhi. Quazar Tech, New Delhi

Learnt about the design and construction of the instrument from its developers, and obtained atomic resolution scans of HOPG. Visited the manufacturing facility.

Summer 2010: Virtual Lab Project. IIT Kanpur, Dr. Anjan Gupta

Worked on developing a fully open source framework for controlling instruments remotely. Successfully hosted a resistivity measurement setup on the Intranet. A real time plot server for web browsers was developed. An oscilloscope interface was also made as part of this project.

2009: Senior Secondary School Exam - Project Work

Authored C++ based football video game with 8-bit VGA graphics. Standard Human Vs. Computer mode where the PC is capable of making decisions to coordinate its players.

2009 Summer: Electrodeposition and characterization of FeAu thin films. IIT Delhi, Dr. Ratnamala Chatterjee

Thin film deposition of Iron-Gold alloy films by using electro-deposition and subsequent Characterisation using X-ray diffraction and atomic force microscopy.

2007: 3D modelling software based on Ms-dos graphics.

Authored an interactive C program to create 3D drawings using basic shapes. Employs dynamic memory allocation, structures, and basic trigonometry to rotate the models.

2007: Sci-ELF robot - Atmega32 based line follower

Atmega32 based line follower developed for the science fair at The Mother’s International School.

Simulation of mixing of ideal gases, Prof Jasjeet Bagla
- Simulation of ideal gases mixing in an adiabatic box, and extracting thermodynamic data such as pressure and velocity distribution.
Developing interactive software for simulating and viewing 3-Dimensional phase portraits, Dr. Sudeshna Sinha
- Allows configuring equations for X,Y and Z directions. Lorentz attractor equations fed as default. Also simulated fractals.
Low temperature PID controller, Dr. Ananth Venkatesan
- Implemented a software PID loop in Python which was capable of stabilizing the temperature within a 25 milliKelvin error. Tested from 77K to 100K. Measured the temperature dependence of a carbon film resistor.
Simulation of Blonder, Tinkham, Klapwikj theory plots, Dr. Goutam Sheet.
- Simulated results of the BTK theory of transport phenomena across a metal-superconductor interface by using Python-Numpy and PyGrace.
Real time tracking of a sensitive torsion pendulum, Dr. K.P. Singh
- Developed an OpenCV based Python program to monitor a torsion pendulum in real time and hosted a dynamic web page to monitor oscillation plots and video feed.
Masters Thesis: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Transport Spectroscopy at Low temperature, Dr. Goutam Sheet, IISER Mohali
- Worked on my Masters thesis during the Academic Year 2013-2014. Developed several instruments, as well as learned several techniques dealing with low-temperature, high vacuum environment physics. Developed software and probes for Point Contact Andreev Reflection Spectroscopy, as well as a room temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope.

Hobby Projects, and Open Source Contributions

A Versatile Labtool
- A cost effective, multi-pronged data acquisition tool aimed at schools and colleges. It was in the running for the Hackaday Prize 2015, and won a few prizes too.
Python Powered Scientific Instrumentation Tool
- This work was presented at Scipy.in, an Intl. Conf. on Scientific Computing in 2014.
- The tool-suite includes an oscilloscope, a logic analyzer, several waveform generators, and the ability to interface with a wide variety of digital and analog sensors.
- It was also favorably reviewed on Hackaday.com, and won several awards as part of the events leading up to the quarterfinals of the Hackaday Prize 2015.
Android applications for the ExpEYES toolkit.
- Developed and published on the Play Store, Android applications for connected expEYES devices. Implemented several experiments and features.
Android Application for data acquisition and visualisation from TCP enabled Scientific Instruments.
Web browser based drag and drop programming interface.
- Based on a Jquery+AJAX frontend, and a CherryPy,Linux-GPIB,OpenCV,Python-usbtmc Backend.
OpenCV based Motion sensing security camera.
- Logs video clips. Alerts over GChat IRC using xmpppy.
Developing a web interface for ExpEYES low cost instrumentation tool.
Cluster Computing in Python
- Simulated the Ising model using the supercomputing cluster via multiprocessing in Python.
Advanced Quiz buzzer system with a USB interface.
- An ATMEGA32 based device developed for the IISER Mohali quiz club.
Money managing system for fundraising events.
- Python-xmpp based program maintains a database of all potential funders.

Other Skills and Interests

	Other Skills and Interests
Languages	English, Hindi, Malayalam, Basic French
Music	Sangeet Bhushan for vocal classical (Pracheen Kala Kendra). Guitarist. Owner and tinkerer of many other instruments.
Sports	Football, Volleyball, Badminton