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# Biplab Sarkar on Tal

## Headline

Senior Staff Research Specialist at Nokia \| Ph\.D\. in Engineering Design \(IISc\) \| 25\+ Years in Telecom Infrastructure, Distributed Platforms & 5G/6G Research

## About

Sr\. Staff Research Specialist and passionate systems developer with 25\+ years of hands\-on coding and building large\-scale distributed platforms\. Deep expertise in C/C\+\+, Python, and modern AI\-augmented development tools—personally implementing simulation engines, infrastructure automation, and reliability systems at scale\. Equally skilled at designing elegant algorithms and optimizing performance\-critical code as at leading infrastructure, Kubernetes deployments, and production reliability initiatives for 5G/6G research and telecom platforms\. Experienced in on\-call ownership, incident response, and live\-site operations for mission\-critical services\. Thrives on solving hard technical challenges with clean, maintainable code while delivering measurable improvements in infrastructure efficiency, build performance, and development productivity\. Love coding and building with modern tools—AI\-assisted development makes systems engineering even more creative and fun\. Specialties: Software design and development for Telecom Infrastructure\.

## Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

## AI stack

cursor

github copilot

ollama

opencode

## Work experience

Senior Staff Research Specialist at Nokia, Nov 2022 \- Present · 3 yrs 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, \- Engaged in the development of simulators for 5G\-Adv and 6G mobile wireless research\. \- I have also setup a kubernetes\-based linux development environment for my department, as a cost\-effective compute solution\.

Technical Specialist at Nokia, Aug 2020 \- Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, \- Led the development and management of platform software for Nokia's CBRS Domain Proxy product\. \- Achieved a significant reduction in effort during the development of the configuration management feature through template\-based code generation\. \- Involved in the development of Airphone 5G simulator test tool\.

Technical Lead at Nokia, Feb 2020 \- Aug 2020 · 7 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, \- Contributed to the development and management of platform software for Nokia's CBRS Domain Proxy product\. \- Successfully upgraded software components to address security issues\.

Software Engineer at Murmuration Solutions Pvt Ltd, Oct 2015 \- May 2016 · 8 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, \- Contributed to the development of the backend server for a cloud\-based secure communication mobile app software\.

Senior Research Fellow at Indian Institute of Science \(IISc\), Aug 2011 \- Oct 2015 · 4 yrs 3 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, \- Worked on a project funded by NPMASS, Government of India, focusing on the automatic synthesis of concepts for sensors\. \- Developed a web\-based software to demonstrate the approach and validate hypotheses\. \- Responsible for maintaining the IT infrastructure of the laboratory\.

Junior Research Fellow at Indian Institute of Science \(IISc\), Aug 2009 \- Jul 2011 · 2 yrs, Greater Bengaluru Area, \- Worked in a project funded by National Programme on Micro and Smart\-Materials and Systems \(NPMASS\), Government of India\. \- Maintained the IT infrastructure of my laboratory\.

Principal Member of Technical Staff at Starent Networks, Sep 2005 \- Aug 2009 · 4 yrs, Greater Bengaluru Area, \- Contributed to the PDSN product, adopting the ROHC stack into the PDSN product\. \- Actively involved in the IETF's ROHC Chapter for the development of RFC4815 and RFC5795\.

Senior Software Developer at Motorola India Electronics Limited, Aug 2001 \- Sep 2005 · 4 yrs 2 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, \- Worked on various components for Motorola's 3G1x CDMA solution\. \- Received multiple Bravo Awards for significant contributions\.

## Education

Doctor of Philosophy \(Ph\.D\.\), Enigneering Design, Indian Institute of Science \(IISc\)

Master’s Degree \( M\. Tech\.\), Computer Science, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

## Public links

- github: https://github\.com/ritz123

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