Experience
My professional, academic, and leadership journey across research, development, robotics, and entrepreneurship.
Professional Experience
Independent Researcher · TBD
August 2026 - PresentTempe, Arizona
Designing and formally verifying an FPGA-resident hardware safety monitor for LLM/MCP-controlled systems. The monitor sits between a soft processor and physical actuators to enforce hard output ceilings, interlocks, and rate limits even if the host software or firmware is compromised. Evaluating adversarial-command rejection, formal correctness, latency, and Artix-7 resource cost on a Nexys A7-100T.
Founder and CEO · WoofCare Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
May 2025 - PresentIndia
Developing a mobile app using Flutter + Firebase + a Python backend, connecting dog lovers & dog care services to improve lives of stray dogs in India. Project funded by EPICS (Engineering Projects In Community Service) at ASU. Integrated Google's Admob & Apps API to facilitate seamless location-based services & crowdfunds, partnering with over 60+ local and large NGOs in Pune, India including Voice of Stray Dogs (VOSD) and Dogs Friendly Pune.
Machine Learning Researcher and Developer · Collective Design Lab (CoDe) @ ASU
May 2024 - PresentTempe, Arizona
Developing Reinforcement Learning techniques to optimize Earth science missions to autonomously determine priority observations in space, under the mentorship of Dr. Paul Grogan of SCAI Faculty at ASU. Co-authoring a review paper discussing relation between OSSEs & Mission Engineering. Trained DQN and QRDQN models using Pytorch, GeoPandas, TAT-C, Seaborn on NASA's Geos5 dataset, achieving 67% precision and 87% recall resp. Receiving total $4600 through FURI and GCSP Research funding.
Product Development Manager · MentorU
July 2025 - August 2025Los Angeles, California
Managed/Led a team of 5 developers developing a full-stack online platform for college admission counseling startup, to automate features like scholarship finder and personal story-building. Increased UX Research success by 150%.
Team Member · Invincibles Robotics
August 2022 - December 2023Delhi, India
Designed and built power distribution boards, safety mechanisms, TX/RX configurations and ESC modifications for Battlebots, ranging from 15lbs to 60lbs. Led the team (sponsored by Roboverse) to 30+ international and national wins, with 100k+ collected over prize money.
Electrical Subsystems Engineer · Team Inferno, Delhi Technological University (DTU)
December 2022 - February 2023Delhi, India
Developed custom PCBs on Allegro for incorporating embedded systems on-board the prototype Mars Rover for University Rover Challenge (URC). Programmed perception and navigation systems using ROS, OpenGL and SLAM on Python, along with various other system simulations on Gazebo.
Software Developer Intern · IIRIS Consultancy Pvt. Ltd.
June 2022 - August 2022Gurugram, India
Maintained customer/client databases for more than 100 clients using Python and PostgreSQL. Automated Meetings Scheduler and Emailing System for Marketing Leads for 20+ distinct Services.
Club Leadership & Programs
Vice President · HackerDevils
Grand Challenges Scholar · Grand Challenges Scholars Program
Member · DevilQuant
Founder · WoofCare
Startup Founder · Venture Devils · INDU
Startup Founder · Venture Devils · Kavvy
PivotedDirector of Technology · ACM Chapter at ASU
Spring 2025 · FormerMember · Combat Ready Robotics
Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 · FormerElectrical Subsystems Engineer · Sun Devil Satellite Laboratory
Fall 2023 · FormerProject Leader · EPICS · WoofCare
Fall 2024 - Fall 2025 · FormerPrototyping Lead · EPICS · Spain Beach Cleanup
Spring 2025 · FormerPrototyping Lead · EPICS · Vietnam Acid Rainwater Monitor
Spring 2024 · FormerAcademic Roles
ASU 101 Section Leader · Arizona State University
Fall 2024Grader · FSE 100 · Arizona State University
Fall 2025Grader · FSE 301 · Arizona State University
Fall 2025 - PresentEngineering Futures Mentor · Arizona State University
Fall 2025 - Spring 2026