ABOUT

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[Engineering + AI] I've received Master's degree (advanced program) - Master of Artificial Intelligence (MAI) from Monash University, Australia. Previously, I've actively contributed (CMOS Image Sensor SW team) at Samsung Research (Bangalore, INDIA) working on building cutting-edge mobile image sensors (such as industry-first 200 MP).

I'd graduated from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, INDIA with a Bachelor of Technology (BTech - Double Major program) in Mechanical Engineering & Electrical Engineering (ME-EE). During my senior year in the undergrad, I've also collaborated with Prof Pratap Tokekar (Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, USA), who supervised me on the research topic of aerial robotic vision. Also, my BTech Project: Modular Aerial Vehicle (quadrotor configuration) was advised by Prof Ashish Dutta (Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur).

EXPERIENCE

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FOUNDING RESEARCH ENGINEER	(April'25 - Present)
I) Independent research and development in AI computing system (*confidential) II) NCIIPC Startup, AI Grand Challenge - 2025 > Automatic annotation of satellite imagery > Inference for underwater domain awareness [code]
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER System LSI, SAMSUNG RESEARCH (India)	(July'19 - November'22)
> Devised a simpler & efficient Flicker Mitigation Algorithm for preview mode of super slow motion videos (480, 960 fps). > Developed & owned Bad Pixel Compensation, Remosiac & Upscaler related modules of firmware for various mobile image sensors (such as flagship Galaxy S series).
DATA SCIENCE INTERN Gramophone (India)	(May'18 - August'18)
> Deep Learning based auto-detection of crop diseases in RGB images. > Created Ask Anna: chat assistant (an information retrieval system). > Build Recommendation system for the personalized community posts.
RESEARCH SCHOLAR Robotics Algorithms and Autonomous Systems (RAAS) Lab, Virginia Tech, USA	(June'17 - March'18)
> Visual Odometry for UAVs to autonomously inspect bridges: - Comprehensively analyzed the integration of visual data with Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) using various VIO/SLAM methods. - Formulated a novel method to integrate 2D LiDAR data with the odometry pipeline as a feedback loop. - Presented VIO analysis in the Proceedings of the 2018 International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, ISER-2018.
RESEARCH INTERN Swaayatt Robots (India)	(June'17 - August'18)
> Simultaneous Localization and Mapping for robots in warehouses and self-driving car: - Build highly robust, accurate SLAM algorithm (based on ORB SLAM2) for indoor environments & ultimately package it for self driving cars. - Proposed a system with the front end based on deep learning architecture for image (or feature) matching and the backend involves optimization & robust filtering of wrong loop closure detection.

PROJECTS

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AI-powered web-applications to promote good health & well-being in Australia Team of 4, Industry Experience Studio, Monash University {Please contact to request for demo of web-app} [Product doc] [DS/AI ppt]	(August'24 - November'24)
AI strategies for climate action initiatives Internship, Oracle Australia	(June'24 - July'24)
Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) {game theoretic modeling} Term Project, Faculty of IT, Monash University	(August'23 - November'23)
Visual Question Answering (VQA) Supervisor: Prof Harish Karnick, Dept. of CSE, IIT Kanpur [pdf]	(March'18 - April'18)
Vision based Active Target Tracking Supervisor: Prof Mangal Kothari, Dept. of AE, IIT Kanpur [pdf]	(February'18 - April'18)
BTech Project: Modular Aerial Vehicle (ModAV) - decentralized control & scalable configurations Supervisor: Prof Ashish Dutta, Dept. of ME, IIT Kanpur [poster] [flight video]	(August'17 - April'18)
LiDAR Odometry And Mapping (LOAM) Supervisor: Prof Gaurav Pandey, Dept. of EE, IIT Kanpur [pdf] [ppt]	(March'17 - April'17)

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

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• Short guest talk on 'AI in Project Management' in FIT5057 lecture (Monash University) [ppt]
• Leadership & Volunteering, Monash Students' Association (MSA), Monash University
  
• English Connect, Monash University
  
• Senator (BT/BS Y14), Students' Gymkhana, IIT Kanpur
  
• Senior Executive, Science & Technology Council, IIT Kanpur
  
• Coordinator, Astronomy Club, IIT Kanpur
  
• Secretary, Fine Arts Club, IIT Kanpur
  

PEN PAL

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Evolution of the enlightened society {by Late Dr APJ Abdul Kalam at European parliament} [video] 3 guiding principles to achieve happy, prosperous & peaceful society of our planet: i. Education with value system - by inculcating righteousness in the heart ii. Religion transformation into spirituality iii. Economic development for societal transformation	(July'26)
Time and Space [pdf]	(June'26)

CONTACT

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