About Me

I am Nithish, a third-year Ph.D. student at Purdue. I am advised by Prof. Elena Grigorescu.

I am primarily interested in Graph Network design where I use algorithmic techniques to unify and generalize challenging and relevant problems in network design. In the past, I have also worked in the Stochastic Block Model and the cops and robbers problem. I co-organized the Purdue CS theory reading group along with Raymond Song and Blake Holman for the Fall 2023 semester.

I completed my master's in Computer Science at Purdue in 2021 where I was advised by Prof. Simina Brânzei. I graduated with a bachelor's in Computer Science and Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli in Jul 2019.

Outside of work, I am very passionate about world history and I try to read and learn more whenever I can. I play games of strategy and watch movies. I also enjoy writing short stories.