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Last updated Dec 2025.

Research interests

Machine Learning: Foundation Models, Representation Learning, Time Series Forecasting. Information Theory: Source Coding, Channel Coding, Distributed Compression.

Work

  • 2025.06 - 2025.08

    New York City, NY

    Capital One
    Applied Research Intern
    • Scalable architectures for long-context time-series foundation models.
  • 2024.05 - 2024.08

    Cupertino, CA

    Apple Inc.
    Machine Learning Intern
    • Tabular generative models for synthetic data generation to model rare scenarios.
  • 2023.05 - 2023.08

    Plano, TX

    Samsung Research America
    AI Research Intern
    • Sequence modeling for design of polar codes with Transformers using policy gradient methods.
  • 2019.07 - 2021.07

    Bangalore, India

    Qualcomm Research India
    Research Engineer
    • Developed and deployed multiple transceiver algorithms for next-generation WiFi chipsets.

Education

  • 2021.08 - 2026.05

    Austin, TX

    Ph.D.
    The University of Texas at Austin
    Electrical and Computer Engineering
    GPA: 4.0/4.0
  • 2014.08 - 2019.05

    Chennai, India

    B.Tech & M.Tech
    Indian Institute of Technology Madras
    Electrical Engineering
    Bachelor's GPA: 8.52/10; Master's GPA: 9.45/10

Academic Achievements

  • Agnes T. and Charles F. Wiebusch Fellowship from the Cockrell School of Engineering, 2025.
  • Harry and Rubye Gaston Graduate Scholarship from the Cockrell School of Engineering, 2024.
  • Finalist, Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship - North America (among 271 applicants), 2024.
  • Recipient of student travel awards to present research at NeurIPS, ISIT, and ICC, 2023.
  • Wilson - Tayabali Family Fellowship from the Cockrell School of Engineering, 2022.
  • George J. Heuer, Jr. Ph.D. Endowed Graduate Fellowship, 2021.
  • Secured a national rank of 337 out of 1.4M+ students in JEE (Advanced), 2014.