Education & Awards

Academic journey from undergraduate studies in India to PhD at Imperial College London, supported by prestigious fellowships and recognition for research excellence.

Academic Degrees

2016–2020

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Computer Science
Imperial College London — London, UK

Research focus: Reinforcement Learning, Optimal Control, Gaussian Processes

Thesis: Probabilistic models for data efficient reinforcement learning
Advisor: Marc Deisenroth (Statistical Machine Learning Lab)
2015–2016

Master of Research (MRes)

Distinction
Machine Learning and Data Science
Imperial College London — London, UK

Focus: Machine Learning, High Performance Computing

2011–2013

Master of Science (MSc)

Information and Communication Engineering
TU Darmstadt — Darmstadt, Germany

Focus: Statistical Signal Processing, Machine Learning

2004–2008

Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)

Electronics and Telecommunications
University of Pune — Pune, India

Focus: Signal Processing, Telecommunications

Awards & Fellowships

2023

J.P. Morgan Chase Prolific Inventor

5+ Patents filed in a single year

2019-2020

AI Research PhD Fellowship

J.P. Morgan AI Research
2016

Google EMEA Scholarship 2016/17

Google
2015-2019

EPSRC Overseas Student Grant

EPSRC (UK Government)

Competitive grant, only 1 per course

2014-2017

Marie Curie Research Fellowship

European Union

Highly selective fellowship

2013

Financial Aid for International Students

TU Darmstadt

Merit & need based

2012/13

Nominee for Deutschlandstipendium

ETiT Department, TU Darmstadt

Top 1% peer group

2010/11

Junior Research Fellowship

Government of India

Highly selective fellowship

Research Highlights

PhD Research

Developed novel algorithms for data-efficient reinforcement learning using Gaussian processes and probabilistic model predictive control. Published at leading ML conferences including AISTATS and contributed to advancing safe model-based RL for robotics applications.

International Collaboration

Conducted research across multiple countries and institutions including Imperial College London, PROWLER.io (Cambridge), J.P. Morgan AI Research, and University of Twente (Netherlands), fostering cross-border research collaborations.

Industry Impact

Transitioned research expertise to industry applications, leading to 5+ patents in machine learning and quantitative finance, and development of production ML systems at scale.