About

Padma Balaji Leelavinodhan is a technology consultant with a passion for contributing her skills and expertise to industries that are dedicated to reducing carbon footprints to combat global warming. Her current role is as an Industrial PhD student at Fondazione Bruno Kessler - FBK, where she is working on Energy-aware IoT Decentralized Smart Architectures. Padma has previous experience as an intern at FBK Create-Net, where she worked on embedded solutions for precision agriculture. Her study focused on balancing energy harvesting and battery power supply to collect environmental in-field parameters, developing real-time data collection systems for small PV panels, and estimating power generation potential based on collected data. She also interfaced an anemometer with Arduino to analyze power requirements and developed different scenarios based on power generation potential and requirements. Padma holds a Master's degree in Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering and is currently pursuing her Doctor of Philosophy in Energy-aware IoT Decentralized Smart Architectures from the Università di Trento. She also holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology. Her passion for contributing to industries that are working towards reducing carbon footprints is evident from her LinkedIn summary, where she mentions that her Ikigai (reason to live) is to contribute her time, effort, and skills to save the Earth from global warming. Her tech stack includes decentralized technologies, and she has 2.29 years of relevant experience in her field.