I am a first-year year CS PhD student at the University of Virginia, USA, advised by Prof. Rohan Chandra as a part of the CRAL Lab.

Broadly, my research interest lies at the intersection of machine learning, and robotics. Specifically, I am interested in (1) scene understanding for planning and autonomous navigation, and (2) decision-making in multi-agent systems through agile, safe learning approaches. This will enable embodied agents such as autonomous aerial and/or ground vehicles to solve complex tasks (like, integrating embodied agents in unstructured environments, or environments that require close proximity to humans, and other motion dynamics) in the real world. To this end, I strive to build full-stack robotic systems that perceive, decide, reason, and act with high levels of proficiency, enabling them to solve complex problems in the real world and augment human capabilities in single-agent, and multi-agent systems.

Previously, I was a Research Fellow at Moon Lab, IISER Bhopal, working with Prof. P.B. Sujit. Before that, I held research positions at the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (UNB, Canada) with Prof. Daniel J. Rea, and the Robotics Research Center (IIIT Hyderabad) with Prof. Madhava Krishna, Prof. Harikumar Kandath, and Prof. Ravi Kiran Sarvadevabhatla.

Beyond my academic pursuits, I am passionate about open-source development. I have contributed to multiple organizations as a developer, community manager, and strategist. My leadership experience includes serving as an Organization Administrator, and Mentor for programs like Google Summer of Code, Google Season of Docs, and the Linux Foundation Mentorship Program. In recognition of my contributions, I was honored to receive the Google Open Source Peer Bonus award. You can explore the full scope of my contributions on my dedicated open source page.