I was an undergraduate researcher at the Robotic Caregiving and Human Interaction Lab, working with Professor Zackory Erikson on software and hardware development and evaluation of assistive robotic interfaces for people with motor impairments. I've had the opportunity to co-author several papers, two of which won a Best Paper Award at the Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Conference in 2024 and 2026, respectively. You can access the rest of my publications below or on Google Scholar. I was also the Undergraduate Coordinator for the lab, leading community-building initiatives, managing social logistics, budgeting, and stakeholder engagement to support undergraduate integration and lab recruitment.

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In addition to research, I was a Software Engineering Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs in 2025, where I worked on AI tools integrated into an internal Banker Copilot for Mergers and Acquisitions under their Investment Banking Engineering division. Before that, I was a Software Engineer Intern at Palo Alto Networks in 2024 on the AI Runtime Security team, where I worked on guardrails to ensure the safety of LLM-integrated applications.

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I am also a trained Odissi (Indian classical) dancer and served as Captain, Assistant Captain and Senior Advisor for CMU Abhinaya, Carnegie Mellon University's competitive Indian classical dance team, in addition to being a dancer, through all 4 years of college.

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I completed my Senior Honours Thesis in December 2025, which you can view here. Talk coming soon!​​​​