About Me

A decade of experience crafting innovative AI solutions across diverse industries including AR/VR, robotics, retail, and agriculture.

Demonstrated success in leading high-performance teams and delivering scalable, production-ready machine learning models.

Passionate about bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and real-world applications.


Experience

Bonsai Robotics - Director, Computer vision (2022 - 2024)

Apple - Tech Lead Manager (2018 - 2022)

Gumgum - Computer Vision Scientist (2016-2018)


Education

MS Robotics, Johns Hopkins University

BE Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani


Academic associations

Carnegie Mellon University

Technical University of Munich

Bhabha Atomic Research Center


Publications

High Fidelity 3D Reconstructions with Limited Physical Views (Link)

Resonance-driven dynamic manipulation (Link)

Learning obstacle behavior for improved threat mapping during navigation (Link)


Awards

Classified as an "alien of extraordinary ability" by the United States government and awarded the EB-1A Green Card (2024).

Awarded the prestigious Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation (NSF) Scholarship to pursue a higher degree (MS) in the United States (2014).

Awarded the DAAD WISE Scholarship as an undergraduate student to pursue robotics research at TU Munich (2013).


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