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Experience

Research internships, education, awards, and community work.

Education

BE, Computer Science and Engineering

Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering (DSCE)

Minor in Economics and Finance, CGPA 9.63 / 10.0

Sep 2022 – Jun 2026 (expected)

Relevant coursework

Machine LearningDeep LearningNLPCorporate FinanceSecurity Analysis & Portfolio ManagementFinancial MathematicsInvestment Management

Roles

current

Student Research Intern, AI/ML for Biomedical Imaging

Indiana University Bloomington, School of Optometry·Bloomington, USA·Jan 2026 – May 2026

Deep learning for ocular signal and image analysis. Built preprocessing, feature extraction, and sequence-modelling pipelines for vertical EOG data.

Contributions

  • Built preprocessing, feature extraction, and sequence modelling pipelines for vertical EOG data.
  • Implemented BiLSTM architectures for blink-phase segmentation across normal and dry-eye cohorts.
  • Ran model validation and statistical analysis. Wrote up the results for ARVO 2026.
PyTorchBiLSTMSignal ProcessingEOGBiomedical Imaging
current

Econometrics and Applied Research Intern

JSPM University, Pune·Remote·Jan 2026 – present (part-time)

Applied econometrics on confidential macro-financial and institutional datasets, including panel regression and time-series methods.

Contributions

  • Panel regression and time-series methods on macro-financial panels.
  • Statistical inference, robustness checks, and empirical validation in Python.
  • Contributed to draft research outputs through quantitative modelling and documentation.
PythonPandasStatsmodelsPanel DataEconometrics

AI/ML & Research Intern

SISA Information Security·Bengaluru, India·Jan 2025 – July 2025

LLM input/output validation and adversarial testing for enterprise security settings.

Contributions

  • Designed an input/output validation pipeline for enterprise LLMs covering intent classification, keyword filtering, and sentiment-aware response controls.
  • Evaluated model behaviour under adversarial and edge-case prompts to improve compliance posture.
  • Worked with security analysts to align outputs against legal, ethical, and operational risk constraints.
LLMsPyTorchHuggingFaceIntent ClassificationPrompt EngineeringAdversarial Testing

Awards and Certifications

Student Travel Grant Award, ICEdge 2025

Dec 2025

ICEdge, IISc Bangalore

Competitive travel grant to present at the International Conference on Edge Computing.

Fourth Place, Agri-Hackathon 2025

Oct 2025

District-level hackathon for tech solutions aimed at problems Indian farmers actually deal with.

IBM RAG and Agentic AI Specialization

Oct 2025

IBM via Coursera

RAG, agentic frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI), vector databases, multimodal generative AI.

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Third Prize, Antariksha Avalokam

Aug 2025

Dept. of ETE, DSCE

Project presentation competition.

Winner, Ideathon'25 (Green Energy Track)

Jun 2025

IEEE DSCE & IEEE CAS

Best Research Paper Award

Apr 2025

MET IOM International Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation

For "The Power of AI/ML in Entrepreneurial Growth".

Certificate of Merit, ISRO IIRS

Mar 2025

ISRO IIRS

Geodata Processing using Python and ML, with an A+ grade.

Winner, Innotech Ideathon'24

Dec 2024

INR 100,000 prize for a scalable sewage water recycling solution.

Leadership

Coordinator, ByteXync, Dept. of CSE, DSCE
May 2024 – Aug 2025

Student-run tech club. Guided project teams, ran workshops, and helped peers through the research and technical deep-ends.

PR Lead, OSCode DSCE
May 2024 – Nov 2024

Led PR and outreach for coding events. Mostly the unglamorous logistics that decide whether a workshop fills up.

Content Strategy, IEDC DSCE
Dec 2022 – Sep 2024

Contributed to content strategy for innovation and entrepreneurship events.