Specific academic achievements such as publications are not detailed.
Research Experience
Currently a Pre-Doctoral Scholar at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), advised by Dr. Yogesh Simmhan and Dr. Gugan Thoppe, focusing on scaling blockchain systems for enterprise settings (e.g., NPCI, IBM), with a particular emphasis on financial applications.
Working with Prasoon Patidar at CMU on a robust data-attribution algorithm for classrooms, which assigns persistent student IDs that remain stable even under occlusions or sudden movements.
Pursuing a research project at the LiGHT Lab at EPFL, supervised by Dr. Annie Hartley, conducting a retrospective analysis of the effectiveness and applicability of LLMs using data from primary healthcare centers in Rwanda and Tanzania.
Interned at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Research under Dr. Gautam Shroff, developing ensemble methods for intra-day trading in Indian equities.
Worked with Asvin Kumar at the Laboratory for Image & Video Engineering (LIVE), UT Austin, under Dr. Alan Bovik, on reliable classification of diffusion-generated images.
Built a pipeline to detect, caption, and rank anomalous events (e.g., robbery, arson) from CCTV feeds at the IoT Lab, BITS Pilani with Dr. Vinay Chamola.
Collaborated with Dr. Somdyuti Paul at IIT Kharagpur on modeling the perceptual realness of generative images, combining human studies with statistical modeling of participant ratings.
Education
Currently in his 4th year at KIIT University pursuing a BTech in CS. He is also simultaneously pursuing a BSc at IIT Madras in Data Science and Programming.
Background
A passionate life-long learner and a happy-go-lucky academic. His research interests span multiple domains at the intersection of systems, machine learning, vision, and healthcare, with a deep passion for making a positive social impact on our civilization.
Miscellany
A Grade 8 pianist who enjoys playing football, tennis, and chess.