About Me

I am a Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) working with Dr. Vaibhav Katewa. I am an electronics engineer from Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) in Vellore, India. My research journey started with Dr. Shunmuga Perumal at the Automotive Research Center at VIT working on perception models for Autonomous Vehicles in challenging environment with poor road infrastructure. I also interned at ETH in Zurich, where I worked on using Computer Vision to extract PPG data from facial videos under the expert guidance of Dr. Moe Elgendi and Dr. Carlo Menon. My research interests lie in the developing perception for autonomous systems, and I am excited to continue my education and research in this field.

I have also had the privilege of leading the Avionics and Software departments at Assailing Falcons, a team that achieved 3rd place Worldwide and 1st place in Asia in the SAE Aero Design Competition in 2021-2022. I also founded the VIT Amateur Radio Club (VARC) under the guidance of Dr. Harish Kittur.

In my free time, I love building and flying drones, capturing breathtaking footage that you can find here. I’m also a licenced amateur radio operator (Callsign: VU3DTU) and an avid traveler, having visited 7 countries (CH, AT, DE, FR, LI, AE & NP) and almost all the states in India.