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Education, research experience, honors, teaching, and service. Use the PDF icon to download the complete CV.
Education
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2026– Incoming Graduate Student
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA - Incoming graduate student beginning September 2026.
- Faculty advisor and research supervisor: Prof. Ramesh Raskar.
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2021–2026 B.Tech. (Honours) + M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India - Thesis advisors: Prof. Abhishek Sinha and Prof. Sayak Ray Chowdhury.
- Ranked among the top five students at IIT Kharagpur by GPA at the end of freshman year.
Research Experience
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2026 Visiting Student
Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi, UAE - Department of Machine Learning, May–July 2026.
- Hosted by Prof. Junpei Komiyama.
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2021–2026 Undergraduate Researcher
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India - Research on the theoretical foundations of machine learning and reinforcement learning.
- Advised by Prof. Abhishek Sinha, Prof. Sayak Ray Chowdhury, and Prof. Vaneet Aggarwal.
Research Interests
- Sequential decision-making and interactive learning
- Test-time alignment of large language models
- Generative models
- Theoretical foundations of machine learning
- Stochastic optimization
- Computational optimal transport
Selected Publications
- View the complete publication list, including papers at ICML 2026, AISTATS 2026, AAAI 2026, and the NeurIPS 2024 TSALM Workshop.
Honors, Awards, and Grants
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2026 - AAAI-26 Student Scholarship & Volunteer Award, including a $1,250 travel scholarship and complimentary registration.
- AISTATS 2026 registration fee waiver.
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2021 - Joint Entrance Examination rank 309 among approximately one million candidates.
- Indian Statistical Institute B.Stat entrance test rank 38.
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2020–2021 - Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana Fellowship, awarded in Grades 11 and 12.
- National top 1% in both the Indian Olympiad Qualifier in Physics and Chemistry.
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2019 - JBNSTS Junior Scholarship.
- Second place in the SUMMIT mathematics camp organized by the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
Teaching and Professional Service
- Teaching Assistant, Statistical Learning Theory (CS60018), IIT Kharagpur, Autumn 2025.
- Teaching Assistant, Programming and Data Structures (CS10003), IIT Kharagpur, Spring 2026.
- Reviewer, AAAI 2026.
Leadership and Outreach
- General Secretary Management, CodeClub, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur.
- Mentor for first-year students, Student Welfare Group, IIT Kharagpur.
- Programming and Data Structures mentor for first-year students, Student Welfare Group, IIT Kharagpur.
- Reporter, The Scholars’ Avenue, IIT Kharagpur.
- Unit Leader, National Service Scheme, IIT Kharagpur.