Education

Aug 2024 - Dec 2025

M.Eng - Artificial Intelligence, Duke University

GPA: 4.0, Relevant coursework: Explainable AI, Modeling Process & Algorithms, Deep Learning, LLMs

  • GPA: 4.0, Relevant coursework: Explainable AI, Modeling Process & Algorithms, Deep Learning, LLMs
  • Research Assistant for CREATE: Center for Research & Engineering of AI Technology in Education. Building Classwise2.0: An AI powered platform used by Duke professors and students as a companion for learning and tracking progress through AI-generated quizzes, evaluation, and feedback.
  • Won the “First Grand Prize” and “Best Use of Agents” special prize in the DukeAI Hackathon amongst 500+ participants. Built Inception-Swarm, a multi-agent system capable of building multi-agent systems based on natural language prompts.
  • Published articles and code demos on XAI topics such as Adversarial Attacks on LLMs and Mechanistic Interpretability.
Aug 2018 - Aug 2022

B.Tech - Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore

GPA: 3.47, Relevant coursework: Calculus, Linear Algebra and ODE’s, Numerical Methods, Computer Programming

  • Won silver medal in Inter-IIT Technical Meet, 2021: Led a 10-member team as part of the AI-ML Club.
  • Published a book chapter titled “Deep learning-based methods for detecting surface defects in steel plates” in Elsevier.
  • Finalist, Smart India Hackathon 2020: Participated in a nationwide 36-hour product development competition.
  • Nominee, Best B.Tech Project Award: Recognized for outstanding project work.
  • Recipient, Summer Research Fellowship, Indian Academy of Sciences, 2020