Curriculum Vitae

Current Position

Department of Mathematics
Indian Institute of Science

INSPIRE Faculty Fellow 

Mentor: Prof. Arvind Ayyer 

Starting date: 1st August 2025

Education

2012 - 2015

Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre

Bachelor of Mathematics (Honours)

After high school, I joined ISI Bangalore Centre for B.Math. It was a three-year degree consisting of mostly Mathematical courses, with a few Statistics and Physics courses sprinkled in.  During this period, I worked on several summer projects in number theory, algebra, and set theory.

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2015 - 2021

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

Integrated Ph.D. in Mathematics

Thesis Advisor: Prof. Amalendu Krishna

After completing B.Math, I joined TIFR Mumbai for an Integrated Ph.D. Under the supervision of Prof. Amalendu Krishna, I worked on algebraic geometry, more specifically Bertini-type problems and class field theory for varieties over finite fields. I defended my thesis titled Bertini theorems, class field theory and Roitman torsion for open varieties in September 2021, for which I received the Harish Chandra Memorial Commendation - Best Thesis in Mathematics (2022) from TIFR.

Previous Positions

Nov 2021 - Aug 2023

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali

Institute Postdoctoral Fellow

Mentor: Prof. Kapil Hari Paranjape

After my Ph.D., I joined IISER Mohali as a postdoctoral fellow. I conducted independent research and served as a teaching associate for several undergraduate courses as part of my duties. I got interested in and studied homotopy type theory during my stay here. I also studied some parts of Jacob Lurie's thesis in an effort to learn derived algebraic geometry.

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Aug 2023 - Dec 2023

Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre

Visiting Scientist

Mentor: Prof. B. Sury

Following IISER, I joined ISI Bangalore as a visiting scientist. I worked on algebraic geometry and additive number theory during my stay here.

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Jan 2024 - July 2025
Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre

NBHM Postdoctoral Fellow 

Mentor: Prof. B. Sury

I continued my academic journey  at ISI Bangalore under the mentorship of Prof. B. Sury, this time as an NBHM postdoctoral fellow. Aside from continuing my research, I performed teaching duties for several B.Math courses. I taught the second year course Discrete Mathematics I during this time.