About Me

01/2024 – Present	Freelance Data Scientist, AI for Positive Climate Action
08/2017 – 08/2023	Graduate Researcher, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA AI and Signal Processing for Automated Astrophysical Event Discovery
06/2022 – 08/2022	Machine Learning Researcher, Frontier Development Lab USA Time Series Forecast of Earthquake Rates from Underground Carbon Storage
09/2021 – 06/2022	Visiting Researcher, University of California, Berkeley, USA Software Development for Radar Detection from Alien Worlds [Reuters press release] [NPR Podcast]

Programming	Python (PyTorch, scikit-learn, NumPy, pandas, geopandas, xarray, matplotlib, seaborn, plotly), bash scripting, SQL, \(\LaTeX\), HTML
Machine learning	Supervised learning: Linear regression, lasso & ridge regularization Decision trees, random forest Support vector machine \(K\)-nearest neighbors Convolutional neural networks Recurrent neural networks Long short-term memory networks Unsupervised learning: \(k\)-means clustering Gaussian mixture models Reinforcement learning Principal component analysis Batch and stochastic gradient descent, Adam optimization
Software Engineering	Production code development, high performance computing
Cloud Computing	Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services
Operating Systems	Linux, iOS
Geospatial Software	ArcGIS Pro, QGIS
Other Software	Microsoft 365 Suite

Major: Astronomy
Minor: Physics

GPA: 4.0/4.0
Cranson & Edna B. Shelley Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (2019)

Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Pune

Major: Physics
Minor: Mathematics

GPA: 9.9/10
Institute Gold Medal (2017)

11/2024	NPTEL Online Certification (Elite + Gold): Reinforcement Learning
05/2024	Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing Certification, GIS Vision India
04/2023	Erdös Institute Data Visualization Mini-course
06/2022	Erdös Institute Data Science Bootcamp

I have been an avid cricket fan since my teenage years. When possible, I attempt to experience major cricketing matches live in stadiums worldwide. Attending the World T20 final 2022 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground is my most cherished cricketing memory to date.

I enjoy destressing from work through board games and food. Gameistry Entertainment (Chennai, India) and Victory Point Cafe (Berkeley, CA, USA) are two personal favorite board game destinations. I maintain here a list of board games I have played since 2020. Hoping to grow this list further in the coming years!
I love taking time out from my schedule to appreciate the Earth’s natural wonders. Witnessing the dance of the Aurora Borealis (aka the Northern Lights) in interior Alaska was a dream come true in 2022.