Doctoral Researcher

University of Warwick

Jan 2026 - Present

• PhD Student with the Predictive Systems in Biomedicine (PRISM) Lab at the Tissue Image Analytics (TIA) Centre.

Visiting Researcher - Machine Learning (Object Detection)

Neuroethology Laboratory

May 2024 - Jan 2026

• Coauthored a manuscript on depression-like behaviour in zebrafish using a pipeline to analyze 10 hours of data.
• Conducted statistical analyses to uncover context-specific advantages of behaviours typically perceived as unfavourable.

Research Assistant

Neuroethology Laboratory

Jan 2023 - May 2024

• Designed and implemented a YOLOv8 pipeline for automated animal movement tracking in behavioural experiments.
• Achieved an mAP of 98.29% and annotated/processed 8,000 video frames in Roboflow for training.

Research Assistant - Generative AI

University of Birmingham

Nov 2024 - Mar 2025

• Worked on methods for text-conditioned oral cancer image synthesis.
• Leveraged cross-attention-based concept learning to improve embeddings.
• Used textual inversion, latent diffusion, and multi-concept-prompt-learning to improve diffusion model performance.

Research Assistant - Generative AI

Ashoka University

Jan 2024 - May 2024

• Advised by Prof. Debayan Gupta.
• Enhanced a text-conditioned latent diffusion model, improving FID from 22.39 to 21.11 with 7% lower GPU memory usage.
• Conducted literature review and authored a pre-print manuscript under review.

Research Assistant

Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University

Jan 2023 - Jan 2024

• Advised by Dr. Tanveer Ahmad and Dr. Rintu Kutum.
• Developed and technically validated India's first multi-centre oral cancer image dataset with 300,000+ annotated images.
• Co-authored a Scientific Data (Nature) publication introducing the dataset and technical validation.

Research Assistant - Data Organization and Machine Learning

Ashoka University

Apr 2023 - Sep 2023

• Collaborated with IISER Pune to develop a large-scale histopathology image dataset of 1,000 images.
• Led data pipeline automation and reduced processing time by 30%, while mentoring a team handling 5,000 GB of data.

Research Assistant - Machine Learning (Oncology Classification)

Ashoka University

Sep 2022 - Dec 2022

• Advised by Prof. Subashis Banerjee.
• Developed randomized patch generation for breast cancer whole-slide images.
• Adapted pretrained models for tumour microenvironment detection and explored labelling strategies with pathologists.

Research Assistant - Machine Learning

Centre for Health Analytics Research and Trends (CHART)

Dec 2022 - Jan 2023

• Advised by Dr. Rintu Kutum.
• Co-designed a TB diagnostic model using MFCC features and ANN, achieving 92.87% accuracy and 6th place in CODA-TB-Dream Challenge 2023.
• Developed deep spectral methods for unsupervised tissue segmentation in breast cancer histopathology and contributed to a manuscript.

Summer Research Intern - Machine Learning

Mphasis

Apr 2022 - Sep 2022

• Advised by Dr. Madhura Kulkarni, Prof. L. S. Sashidhara, Prof. Subashis Banerjee, and Dr. Rintu Kutum.
• Co-founded a student-led research think-tank integrating machine learning with breast cancer research.
• Built reproducible multi-modal data workflows using PyTorch, TensorFlow, HPC, Conda, and Python.

Teaching Assistant

Ashoka University

Jan 2024 - May 2024

• Assisted in teaching CS1206 - Design and Analysis of Algorithms.
• Focused on dynamic programming and competitive coding style problems.
• Graded assignments, quizzes, and exams, and streamlined discussions for effective learning.

Teaching Assistant

IIT Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Jun 2023 - Sep 2023

• Assisted in teaching CSL2010 - Introduction to Machine Learning.
• Graded assignments, quizzes, and exams; facilitated discussions.

Teaching Assistant

Ashoka University

Jan 2023 - May 2023

• Assisted in teaching CS2378 - The New Geography of the Information Age.
• Supported development of technical student projects.
• Graded assignments, quizzes, and exams; facilitated classroom discussions.

Teaching Assistant

Ashoka University

Sep 2022 - Dec 2022

• Assisted in teaching CS1230 - Data Structures 1.
• Focused on tree structures and dynamic programming.
• Graded assignments/exams and held tutorials and additional lectures.

Teaching Assistant

Ashoka University

Jan 2022 - May 2022

• Assisted in teaching CS2378 - The New Geography of the Information Age.
• Focused on student research ideas related to surveillance and technology.
• Graded assignments, quizzes, and exams; facilitated effective discussions.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science

University of Warwick

Jan 2026 - Jan 2030

Master of Science (MS), Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

University of Birmingham

Jul 2024 - Sep 2025

Postgraduate Degree, Computer Science

Ashoka University

May 2023 - May 2024

Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science

Ashoka University

Sep 2020 - May 2023