Education

• Ph.D in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA, 2026 (expected)
• M.S.E in Robotics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 2021
• B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur, India, 2018

Work experience

• June 2021 - Present: Graduate Research Assistant, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
  • Developed hedonic game-based coalition formation algorithms for 10,000-robot simulated collectives demonstrating an 88% runtime improvement and a 99% reduction in communication compared to an existing collective coalition formation algorithm.
  • Developed a Decision Support System and a Unity-based User Interface that provided visualization and interaction capabilities to assist human operators in autonomous underwater grasping.
  • Supervisor: Prof. Julie A. Adams
• January 2024 - March 2024: Student Intern, Honda Research Institute (HRI), Ann Arbor, USA
  • Developed a double-round auction-based dynamic coalition formation algorithm for multi-robot systems.
  • Supervisor: Dr. Vaishnav Tadiparthi
• June 2020 - March 2021: Graduate Researcher, The Laboratory for Progress, Ann Arbor, USA
  • Partially Observable Monte-Carlo Planning (POMCP) for Multi-object search.
  • Supervisor: Dr. Zhen Zeng and Prof. Chad Jenkins
• January 2020 - April 2021: Graduate Research Assistant, UM Ford Center for Autonomous Vehicles (FCAV), Ann Arbor, USA
  • Developed transformer models that leveraged trajectory shape and smoothness to improve pedestrian trajectory prediction.
  • Supervisor: Dr. Xiaoxiao Du and Prof. Ram Vasudevan (PI)
• July 2018 - April 2019: Research Assistant, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India
  • Developed a flexible gripper using a 1-way Shape Memory Alloy for gripping objects of variable curvatures and textures.
  • Supervisor: Prof. K. Madhava Krishna
• December 2017: Internship, Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay, Mumbai, India *

Skills

• Programming Languages: C/C++, Python, Basic Javascript and C#
• Softwares and Libraries: Unity, ROS, Gazebo, Pytorch, OpenCV, MATLAB, Solidworks, Eagle CAD, Cura.

Competitions

• Participant, Soft Material Robot Challenge, ICRA 2017.
• Represented India at Hurocup, Federation of International Robot-Sport Association (FIRA), Beijing, 2016

Service

Reviewing

• AAAI 2026
• ICAPS 2025
• IROS 2025
• CASE 2023

Leadership

• Co-President, Artificial Intelligence Graduate Student Association (AIGSA), 2024-2025

Mentoring:

• AI Application Support Program Mentor : Guiding students applying to graduate programs at OSU - 2024, 2025
• Project Mentor: Mentored a high school student developing an image-detection framework to identify humans in natural disasters, 2022
• Graduate Student Mentor for University of Michigan Robotics graduate and undergraduate students.

Volunteering:

• Heartland Humane Shelter, Corvallis: Helping furbabies find their forever homes! (2025-present)
• ICRA 2017, Singapore: Registration desk, Session organization, Lab tour guide.