CV

Education

Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), 2022
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), 2018
B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, 2016

Aug 2022 – Jan 2026: Postdoctoral Researcher
- Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
- Worked on recommendation systems that learn from comparisons
- Supervisor: Professor Matthias Grossglauser
Aug 2016 – Jul 2022: Graduate Research Assistant
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
- Worked on blockchains (PhD thesis) and community detection (MS thesis)
- Supervisor: Professor Bruce Hajek
Summer 2019: Research Internship
- IBM Research, Bengaluru
- Worked on solving supply-chain problems using blockchains
- Supervisor: Dr. Kameshwaran Sampath
July 2015 – July 2016: B.Tech. Project
- Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay
- Worked on concert segmentation via tempo detection in Hindustani classical music
- Supervisor: Professor Preeti Rao
Summer 2015: Summer Internship
- Qualcomm, Bengaluru
- Worked on RFIC chip design
- Supervisor: Dr. Apu Sivadas
Summer 2014: Summer Internship
- Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
- Worked on perovskite solar cells
- Supervisor: Professor Gary Hodes
Summer 2013: Summer Internship
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
- Worked on fluorescent sensors for autophagy
- Supervisor: Professor Ankona Datta

Fall 2025: CS 303 – Principles of Online Decision Making, EPFL
- Instructor: Professor Matthias Grossglauser
- Designed slides, homework questions, exam questions
Fall 2021: ECE 567 – Communication Network Analysis, UIUC
- Instructor: Professor R. Srikant
- Gave three lectures on blockchains and payment channel networks
Spring 2021: ECE 598 – Principles of Blockchains, UIUC
- Instructor: Professor Pramod Viswanath
- Prepared lecture notes for a new course
Fall 2019: ECE 598 – High-Dimensional Data Analysis, UIUC
- Instructor: Professor Zhizhen Zhao
- Official TA: held weekly tutorial sessions, office hours, and graded exams
Fall 2018: ECE 534 – Random Processes, UIUC
- Instructor: Professor Olgica Milenkovic
- Official TA: held weekly tutorial sessions, office hours, and graded exams
Spring 2018: ECE 543 – Statistical Learning Theory, UIUC
- Instructor: Professor Maxim Raginsky
- Official TA: held office hours, graded assignments and project presentations
Spring 2016: MA 106 & 108 – Linear Algebra & Differential Equations, IIT Bombay
- Instructor: Professor Anandavardhanan and Professor Neela Nataraj
- Held weekly tutorial sessions and graded exams