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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
2024
Set to work on an algorithm to detect abnormal fluctuations in pixel brightness to streamline the quality management process.
Upcoming Intern @ Phillips
2024
Working on developing an assistive technology unit for the visually impaired using computer vision, image recognition, and LLM API calls to help the visually impaired interact more naturally with the world around them.
Founder @ Ibis
2024
Working with Prof. Natesh Pillai on reducing goal misgeneralization in models by relieving distribution shift using optimized algorithmic intervention.
Research Intern @ Harvard Department of Statistics
2024
Working with Prof. Ahmet Ay on improving virtual screening for drug-target binding affinity prediction using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs).
Student Researcher @ Pioneer Academics
2023
Repurposing leftover food from restaurants to feed those in need. Partnered with 3 restaurants and 2 food banks as of now. Fed over 4000 people.
Founder @ True Circle
2023
Worked on Land-Borne Agricultural Robotics Systems with Integrated Soil Moisture Analysis and Fauna Classification Capabilities.
Student Researcher @ Plaksha University
2023
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.
Founder @ Roxocorp
2019
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.
FIRST Lego League
Projects
2024
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.
NOMORS: A Nano-Enhanced Therapeutic System for Precision Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy in Cancer Treatment
2023
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.
AutoGrad: An Automatic Differentiation Engine
Awards
2024
Rise Global Finalist - top 500 participants out of 50,000.
2024
USA Computing Olympiad Silver - perfect score in USACO Bronze.
2023
Harvard Impact Initiative Finalist - top 5 out of 120.
Education
2023 - 2025
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.
Greenwood High International School, International Baccalaureate (IB) Program.
2010 - 2023
Subjects: Computer Science, Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, History, English Literature, English Language, French. 97.2% overall in ICSE Board Exams.
Vibgyor High Marathahalli, Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE).
