Jul 2025 – Oct 2025 · 3 mos · Palo Alto, California, United States

• Amazon Stores Foundational AI

Jan 2025 – Mar 2025 · 2 mos

• Working under Dr. SK Gupta with Jeon Ho Kang (2nd Year PhD) on robotic manipulation and simulation at Realization of Robotic Systems Lab ( CAM - Center for Advance Manufacturing)

May 2024 – Apr 2025 · 11 mos

• At the Viterbi Admissions and Student Engagement team, I played a key role in enhancing the experience of incoming students by managing and updating the official New Student Website—a vital resource accessed by all new students before arriving on campus. I was responsible for both the design and content updates, ensuring the site remained user-friendly, informative, and visually engaging. In addition, I wrote newsletters to communicate important information to students and helped organize major events by coordinating logistics such as venues, food, and scheduling with multiple stakeholders. This role allowed me to blend creativity with organization, while developing strong communication, design, and project management skills in a fast-paced, student-facing environment

Feb 2024 – Sep 2024 · 7 mos

• SA for CSCI 529 Advanced Game Projects Course under Prof. Andrew Nealen

Dec 2023 – Feb 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Assisted the Viterbi Admissions and Student Engagement (VASE) team in organizing and executing orientation and engagement events for over 1,500 incoming engineering students. As part of the Viterbi Graduate Orientation Leaders (VGOL) team, I led small-group student life sessions where I shared insights about academics, campus life, and USC resources to help new students feel welcomed and supported. I served as a primary point of contact for student questions, ranging from housing and classes to cultural adjustment, ensuring a smooth transition into the Viterbi community. This experience allowed me to contribute meaningfully to student success while strengthening my leadership, public speaking, and mentorship skills.

Sep 2024 – May 2025 · 8 mos · Compton, California, United States

May 2024 – Aug 2024 · 3 mos · Compton, California, United States

Feb 2022 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos · Pune

• Research focused on optimization using socio-inspired metaheuristics, contributing to advancements in AI-driven problem-solving techniques. Published four research papers in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes. Worked on solving the Asset and Liability Management Problem using Cohort Intelligence and Goal Programming, with findings published in Optimization Methods for Product and System Design. Conducted a comprehensive review of classical and deep learning-based time series models, published in AI-Based Metaheuristics for Information Security and Digital Media. Additionally, authored a review on toxicity analysis using deep learning techniques, with research published in the same volume.

Sep 2021 – Feb 2022 · 5 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Responsible for developing and deploying machine learning models while managing end-to-end pipelines across multiple projects. Worked on Demography Analysis and Facial Emotion Recognition using MediaPipe, TensorFlow, OpenCV, and AWS SageMaker. Designed and implemented a WhatsApp chatbot utilizing Dialogflow and Twilio to enhance automated communication. Responsibilities included training an LSTM-based model for stock price prediction and developing a keyword search volume forecasting system using Facebook Prophet. Worked on Natural Language Processing (NLP) applications, leveraging techniques such as Bag of Words, Word2Vec, and TF-IDF for text analysis. Developed a Forex Prediction Web Application and implemented image segmentation using Unet with the COCO dataset and Mask R-CNN. Additionally, built a Hindi-to-English speech-to-text translation system, further strengthening expertise in deep learning and NLP applications.