Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Summer 2025
8-Week Research Internship – Sonar Hand Tracking and EOG Analysis
- Developed a denoising pipeline for EOG signals using bandpass filtering and wavelet denoising followed by custom blink-template matching.
- Built a 1D hand-motion tracking tool with live plotting and data logging through a Raspberry Pi web interface. Implemented movement onset, peak velocity, and duration analysis with feature-specific histograms.
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BITS Pilani, Hyderabad
2024 – Present
Student Researcher – Laser Beam Shaping and Microscopy
- Shaping laser beams using Spatial Light Modulators to aid in imaging cancer tissue slides faster than confocal raster scan method.
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BITS Pilani, Hyderabad
2024 – 2025
Student Researcher – Scutoid Loading Optimization
- Designed parametric scutoid-like cellular geometries using Rhino; simulated compression behavior and stress profiles with ABAQUS finite element analysis.
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BITS Pilani, Hyderabad
2024
Student Researcher – Blood Brain Barrier organ on a chip
- Designing an organ on a chip model for a blood brain barrier to check for change in its permeability upon application of neuro toxic substances.
LAM Research Robotics Competition
2025 – Present
Team Member
- Advanced CAD design and robot assembly; finalist team being one of the top teams of 1500+ total teams from all over the country. Worked with control systems involving mechanical, electrical systems. Developed familiarity with Ubuntu-based software like CoppeliaSim, Gazebo, ROS, and CAD tools like Fusion.
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University of Hyderabad
2025 – Present
Eye Tracker Project
- Developing a novel Eye Tracker building an Eye tracker using IR illumination reflected off the eyes to photodiodes pointing at the eye as input to determine the direction in which eyes are pointing.
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University of Hyderabad
Summer 2024
Insect Neuroscience Project
- Integrated Raspberry Pi with LED matrices for insect VR environment creation to map behavioral and visual-neural responses.
- Performed insect electrophysiology: extracted bee brain tissue and recorded optic-lobe spikes in grasshoppers under varying light conditions.
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Prototyping Project
2023
Rigid Body Simulation Development
- Developed Galton board simulations in MANIM and Cinema4D with modifiable environmental parameters including gravity, viscosity, vibration, and geometry.
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Research Collaboration
2023
Organ-on-Chip Design for Blood-Brain Barrier
- Collaborated with PhD researchers from BITS Hyderabad on microfluidic designs to study blood-brain barrier permeability and pressure response.
Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad
2020
National Astronomy Presentation
- Presented research on exoplanet habitability and interstellar travel feasibility before ISRO scientists; selected among 30 national participants.
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Leadership & Extracurriculars
Event Management and Clubs
2022 – Present
- Built IoT hardware projects using Arduino, ESP8266, and Raspberry Pi (e.g., web-controlled light switch).
- Participated in Brain Computation and Learning workshop at IISc, interacting with renowned neuroscientists like Carlos Ponce, Rajesh Rao, and Maneesh Sahani.
- Attended entrepreneurship summits at BITS and got to learn about what matters in businesses other than just the primary ideas.
- Created Hyderabad Pool Samithi, a widely-used campus pooling group for local students.
- Contributed as digital artist and poster designer to the movie club on campus.
- Founded cycling, photography, and art interest groups to foster community engagement and conducted friendly meetups.
- Organized physics, rocketry, and linguistics events through Spectrum, SEDS, and SAFL clubs.