About

I am deeply passionate about AI and the way it can transform a wide range of fields. With over five years of experience in AI-driven solutions, my work spans scientific simulations, computer vision, and social sciences, and is enriched by experience in the space, medical, and automation sectors.

More recently, I was a Computer Vision Engineer on the Perception and AI founding team at Circu Li-ion, a startup focused on sustainable lithium battery upcycling, where I developed AI-based vision solutions to automate robotic disassembly of electric vehicle battery packs.

Previously, I was a postdoctoral researcher with the Legato Team at the University of Luxembourg, where I also completed my PhD under the mentorship of Prof. Stéphane Bordas. My research focused on developing AI techniques for scientific simulations and computer vision, particularly through Bayesian and geometric deep learning models (refer Publications). My PhD thesis, ‘Data Driven Surrogate Frameworks for Computational Mechanics: Bayesian and Geometric Deep Learning Approaches’, was supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions fellowship as part of the ITN Rainbow network and received the Excellent Thesis Award at the University of Luxembourg.

Prior to that, I spent two wonderful years as a Scientist/Engineer ‘SC’ at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). I graduated with an integrated bachelor’s and master’s degree in mechanical engineering (specialisation in product design) from IIT Madras in 2017. I have also spent a semester at the Technical University of Munich.

“The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.”
Richard P. Feynman

Hobbies

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Awards

Selected achievements:

• Excellent Doctoral Thesis Award at the University of Luxembourg (see here )(2023)
• Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions fellowship for pursuing the doctorate degree (2019-22)
• State Bank of India meritorious fellowship covering 95% of tuition fee at the IIT Madras (2012-17)
• KVPY fellowship from the Government of India, offering full financial support to pursue a bachelor in pure sciences (2012)
• INSPIRE fellowship from the Government of India, offering full financial support to pursue a bachelor in pure sciences (2012)
• Cleared Regional Maths Olympiad by securing region ranks 6 (2009) & 26 (2011) respectively
• Travel awards from
  • IWR Heidelberg to attend computational mathematics summer school in Thailand (2017)
  • IIT Madras to present at the First National Finite Element developers conference (2016)
  • IIT Madras for spending a semester at TUM, Germany and SNU, South Korea (2016)