Brief CV

Experience

Purdue University, West Lafayette
Postdoctoral Scholar, School of Industrial Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Vaneet Aggarwal
Dates: 02/2025 – Present

Purdue University, West Lafayette
Visiting Scholar, School of Industrial Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Vaneet Aggarwal
Dates: 08/2023 – 01/2025
Supported by Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship, Aug 2023 - Jan 2025

Education

Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
PhD and MTech (Res), Department of Computer Science and Automation
Advisor: Dr. Gugan Thoppe
Thesis: On Policy Gradients, Momentum, and Learning with Adversaries: Algorithms and Convergence Analysis
Dates: 10/2020 – 02/2025
Prime Minister’s Research Fellow, Aug 2021 - Jan 2025

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Trivandrum
BS-MS, Mathematics Major with Biology Minor
Advisor: Dr. Sumit Mohanty
Thesis: Laplacian Matrix and Characteristic Vertices of Weighted Trees
Dates: 08/2015 – 07/2020
Supported by INSPIRE Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE), Aug 2015 - Jul 2020