Aug 2022 – Jul 2023 · 11 mos

• Leading team of 45 students working on designing and developing a state-of-the-art AUV, capable of smart decision-making, object detection, and navigation, enabling it to perform realistic naval tasks in marine conditions autonomously. The project was supported by Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO)
• Young Researchers' Award at IEEE OES 2021
• RoboSub: Best Wild Card 2022, 3 Awards in 2021, Best Performing Indian AUV 2012-2022
• NIOT SAVe: Winner 2019
• Leading collaborations with L&T Defence, Indian Navy (INS Shivaji)
• Managing operations, logistics, and knowledge transfer in a 4-tier multi-disciplinary student-run team
• Spearheading development in Electrical, Mechanical, Business, and Software teams

Aug 2021 – Jul 2022 · 11 mos

• Working on the design and development of an underwater Class-1, Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), aimed to be deployed for mid-sea inspection, scanning, and maintenance in seawater
• Wrote low-level serial drivers to interface with the Doppler Velocity Log (DVL), Inertial Measurement Unit
• (IMU), Pressure Sensor, Joystick Controller (PlayStation), and Servo Motors
• Implemented a safety system for the ROV which detects obstacles and automatically avoids collisions
• Implemented an image stitching algorithm for scarcely featured underwater images, and 3D Hull reconstruction using photogrammetry
• Designed and implemented a Linear-Quadratic Regulator (LQR) Controller for all 6 Degrees of Freedom across the 8 thrusters of the AUV, using MATLAB, C++ and Robot Operating System (ROS)
• Co-authored a Technical Design Report (TDR) on Matsya 6A for RoboSub 2020 and 2021

Oct 2019 – Jul 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Designed a driver architecture for the Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) customised to work purely on Linux, which can also perform in-house calibration, eliminating the use of external software and improving reliability
• Developed automated dataset generation tool for Computer Vision models by building Bounding Box plugin for Gazebo which labels tasks in the camera feed (determined using perspective projection)
• Curated scripts for complete automation, logging and data analysis of the simulation process (on Gazebo)
• Tested a Generalized Cross-Correlation Phase Transform (GCC-PHAT) algorithm for Acoustic Localization
• Refactored and modernized Matsya's 15,000+ lines codebase, upgrading Ubuntu, ROS and Python versions

May 2022 – Aug 2022 · 3 mos

May 2021 – Aug 2021 · 3 mos

• A Computer Algebra System (CAS) written in Python with 2.5+ million monthly downloads. Among the 6 students shortlisted by SymPy out of 40+ candidates. Achieved a 40% speed-up for limit calculations by amending make-shift solutions to raise exceptions, and implementing proper handling of the exceptions across multiple modules. Refactored the Order and Accumulation Bounds classes in SymPy, to better handle basic operations.

May 2022 – Jul 2022 · 2 mos

May 2021 – Apr 2022 · 11 mos

• Nominated to lead a 10‑member team to manage one of the country’s largest student clubs, catering to 10,000+ students. Increased bot completion rate in the flagship event, XLR8, to 100% from 65%. Boosted social media presence by 300%

May 2020 – Apr 2021 · 11 mos

Nov 2020 – Mar 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

• UG Teaching Assistant for ME 119 - Engineering Drawing (2 terms) and CS 101 - Computer Programming and Utilization (1 term).

Jun 2020 – May 2021 · 11 mos