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Cool things I've done.
The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
Work Experience
2022 - 2024
Founder/CEO @ True Circle
Founded a not-for profit organization that distributes surplus food from restaurants to the underserved. Partnered with 18 restaurants, 2 NGOs and 2 food banks. 50,000+ meals distributed till date.
2024
AI Research Intern @ Harvard Department of Statistics
Developed an algorithm in Python to optimize batch sizes when training deep learning models, reducing training times by 30-40% across different model architectures under the mentorship of Prof. Natesh Pillai.
2024
Quality Management Intern @ Philips
Developed a novel computer vision model to automate the detection of performance
abnormalities in television screens using PyTorch and OpenCV.
2024
Research Intern @ Colgate University
Developed a novel architecture for protein-ligand binding affinity prediction to help narrow down potential drug candidates under the mentorship of Prof. Ahmet Ay. State-of-the-art performance; R value of 0.851.
2021 - 2024
Musician/Producer
Trinity Grade 8 Electric Guitar in 4 years. Produced/published 3 albums (19 songs) on Spotify. You can find me at hari!! :)
2023
Student Intern @ Plaksha University
Worked on Land-Borne Agricultural Robotics Systems with Integrated Soil Moisture Analysis and Fauna Classification Capabilities.
2022 - 2023
Founder/CEO @ Roxocorp
Founded a client acquisition agency to help small businesses in the flooring industry acquire clients through optimised sales funnels and marketing campaigns. Scaled to $5k/month. Shut down due to academic commitments.
2021 - 2022
Author, Felix North: Wind
Spent two years writing a 400-page fantasy novel; ebook/paperbook edition published globally (150+ countries) via OrangeBooks Publishing.
2019
First Lego League
Part of a 9-man team, The Martians, that built a robot using the LEGO Mindstorms Kit to compete in the FIRST Lego League. Only team from India to attend the Finals in Izmir, Turkey. Top 51 Teams Internationally.
Projects
2024
NOMORS: A Nano-Enhanced Therapeutic System for Precision Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy in Cancer Treatment
Wrote a review focusing on the use of nanoparticles for enhanced efficacy of nanoparticle- based drug delivery, which promises improved stability and biocompatibility, enhanced permeability and retention effect, and precise targeting.
2023
AutoGrad: An Automatic Differentiation Engine
Developed an automatic differentiation engine that implements reverse mode automatic differentiation (backpropagation) over a dynamically built DAG with a small neural network library on top. Inspired by Andrej Karpathy.
Awards
2024
Rise Global Finalist - Top 500 of 15,000
2024
USA Computing Olympiad Gold - top ~100 competitive programmers in India
2023
Top 5% of entries into the Pivotal Essay Competition (of 10,000)
2023
Harvard National Impact Initiative Finalist, Top 3 in Popular Vote
Education
2023 - 2025
Greenwood High International School, International Baccalaureate (IB) Program
Subjects: Mathematics AA HL, Physics HL, Economics HL, Chemistry SL, Spanish AB, English SL. Course average of 39/42 points. 1570 SAT - 800 Math, 770 EBRW.
2010 - 2023
Vibgyor High Marathahalli, Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE)
Subjects: Computer Science, Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, History, English Literature, English Language, French. 97.2% overall in ICSE Board Exams.
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