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
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Research focus: Reinforcement Learning, Optimal Control, Gaussian Processes
Master of Research (MRes)
Focus: Machine Learning, High Performance Computing
Master of Science (MSc)
Focus: Statistical Signal Processing, Machine Learning
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)
Focus: Signal Processing, Telecommunications
Awards & Fellowships
J.P. Morgan Chase Prolific Inventor
5+ Patents filed in a single year
AI Research PhD Fellowship
Google EMEA Scholarship 2016/17
EPSRC Overseas Student Grant
Competitive grant, only 1 per course
Marie Curie Research Fellowship
Highly selective fellowship
Financial Aid for International Students
Merit & need based
Nominee for Deutschlandstipendium
Top 1% peer group
Junior Research Fellowship
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.