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Robotics & Autonomy Researcher
Building autonomous systems that perceive, reason, and act
I'm a graduate student at Stanford University pursuing an MS in Aeronautics & Astronautics, supported by three national fellowships. My research at the Stanford Multi-Robot Systems Lab (MSL) focuses on language-steered autonomy and semantic feature extraction — building systems that can follow complex natural language navigation tasks through rich, semantically-aware world representations. Before Stanford, I graduated top of my class from VIT with a BS in Mechanical Engineering, led a 25-member university robotics team deploying 7 UAVs and robots, and held engineering roles at Boeing and Tata Motors.
Developing a semantic feature extraction layer for autonomous navigation using egocentric vision data from 3D Gaussian Splats (3D-GS). Designing a model that can autonomously follow complex language-guided navigation tasks through a novel sparse-feature world representation trained in a 3D-GS simulation environment, targeting robust sim-to-real transfer for deployment on physical robot platforms.
Broader Research Interests
A hierarchical autonomy stack that interprets natural language commands to drive safely in complex urban environments.
A decoupled policy architecture for long-horizon manipulation that remains stable under significant perception noise.
A complete on-robot autonomy system for indoor navigation in cluttered, dynamic environments with moving obstacles.
An IMM-based tracker that blends motion models and social dynamics to accurately track multiple objects in 3D.
Probabilistic localization for lunar rovers using star pattern recognition and particle filtering from sky imagery alone.
1:10 scale eVTOL prototype with autonomous waypoint navigation and obstacle avoidance — Rank 1 at GKN Aerospace.
Design-build-fly of a compact STOL aircraft with a novel oblique wing mechanism enabling 10-second emergency deployment.
Physics-based braking algorithm using ROM and computer vision to assist pilots on inclined runways.
MS in Aeronautics & Astronautics
GPA: 4.0 / 4.0
Sep 2025 – Mar 2027
Robot Autonomy (Multi-Robot Systems) · State Estimation · Model Order Reduction
BS in Mechanical Engineering
GPA: 4.0 / 4.0
Jul 2021 – Jul 2025
Results in Engineering — Elsevier · Impact Factor 7.9
Experimental study of microstructural evolution mechanisms in high-performance GRCop copper alloys for aerospace propulsion applications under thermomechanical deformation.
Feb 2025Peer-Reviewed Journal · 2025
Comparative aerodynamic assessment and performance analysis of tail configurations for fixed-wing aircraft design.
2025Utility Patent · No. 202541056455
Novel instrumentation for in-situ wear analysis of mechanical components in marine vessel environments.
Jun 2025Patent · No. 427140-001
Electronic control mechanism for improved steam trap efficiency and reliability in industrial process systems.
Oct 2024One of India's most prestigious postgraduate fellowships — awarded to exceptional students pursuing graduate studies at top global universities
Aug 2025National fellowship from the KC Mahindra Education Trust for outstanding students pursuing higher education at top universities abroad
Jul 2025Jain International Trade Organization fellowship for exceptional postgraduate students studying at leading international institutions
Jun 2025National competition — INR 300,000 (≈$3,600) prize for autonomous eVTOL systems integration
Nov 2023Ranked 1st among 200+ participants nationwide for technical innovation
Mar 2024Runner-up nationally — INR 50,000 prize for aerospace systems innovation
Mar 2023Top 3 nationally for dynamic braking safety system for inclined runway operations
Feb 2024Seeking a summer 2026 research internship in robotics, autonomous systems, or AI — open to industry R&D labs and academic research positions.
If you're working on hard problems in autonomy, language-guided robotics, or robot learning — let's talk.