Work Experience

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Academic Advising Chatbot 

Undergraduate Researcher, Primary Investigator

• Developed an academic advising chatbot using commercial LLMs and APIs for the College of IST to assist students with course selections and academic queries, reducing student advising load by 35% with 74% more details.

• Published a research paper for ACM SiGCSE(2025) on the development, implementation, and impact of the academic advising chatbot, its influence on students and its relevance in the current academic landscape.

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Autonomous UAV Research Project - MCREU

Undergraduate Researcher, Primary Investigator

• Conducted research on the impact of cloud and icing conditions on UAV performance using torque & RPM data: +/- 25%.

• Developed a methodology to monitor UAV propeller performance using onboard computers, and data analysis.

• Analyzed data to understand cloud properties, including water content and droplet volume, and their effects on UAV systems.

• Proposed future research directions focusing on real-time data processing algorithms to mitigate icing effects on drones.

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IST 130 - Intro to AI & Art

Lead Learning Assistant, IST 130

• Leading a team of 14 Learning assistants, managing grading, correspondence, and class operations.

• Trained and mentored 20 LAs, designed coursework and created documentation for future semesters and possible handover.

• Curated a list of Artificial Intelligence tools useful for the class; added more than 68 unique AI tools, categorized them by type, and added reviews for ease of access, to be shared with >400 students each semester.

Autonomous Vehicle Research Project - HTI Lab

Undergraduate Researcher

▪ Assisted in conducting a driving simulator experiment to investigate how drivers behave when they interact with Autonomous

and Human-driven vehicles on the road with varying amounts of market penetration - 25%, 50%, 75% & 100%.

• Helped streamline the Experiment design and learned how to write code and documentation for the simulation scenarios in the

proprietary software for STISIM3’s driving simulator, and created 4 new simulation environments.

Electrobotics

Intern, Robocon Team Lead

▪ Learnt about Aerofoil Design & Drone Engineering at the in-house R&D lab, and applied those concepts.

▪ Led a team to the National level robotics championship - Nirma University Robocon.

▪ Designed and built a robot (4 Wheel AWD & 4 axis robotic arm) from scratch with a team of 3 students and 2 advisors.

Tide Foundation

Newsletter Head, PR Representative

▪ Established and managed a monthly newsletter for TIDE Foundation, which included curating and writing content, designing the layout, and distributing it to the organization's mailing list.

▪ Streamlined new processes and communication chains to publish all on-field work to Instagram and Facebook and to do that repeatedly every week.