Journey
From the very start to now: the places, people, and problems that made me, one chapter at a time.
Part I · 2004–2009 · Age 0–5
Early years
Where it all started.
Age 0
2004
Age 0 · 2004
Born near Shirdi
I was born in a small village near Shirdi, in Maharashtra.
Age 3
2007
Age 3 · 2007
A new home at Atma Malik Dhyanpeeth
When I was around three, my family moved to Atma Malik Dhyanpeeth, where my father had started working.
Part II · 2010–2021 · Age 6–17
School days
Kindergarten to 12th, all in Atma Malik Dhyanpeeth's schools.
Age 6
2010
Age 6 · 2010
Learning in Marathi
From kindergarten all the way to 12th, I studied in different schools of Atma Malik Dhyanpeeth.
From 1st to 10th standard, I studied in my mother tongue, Marathi, and that helped me grow.
Age 10
2014
Age 10 · 2014
Atma Malik Gurukul
From 5th to 10th, I studied at Atma Malik Secondary and Higher Secondary Gurukul.
It taught me to dream, and to dream big. It taught me the value of hard work, and a lot more.
- Gurukul
Part IV · 2024–now · Age 20–22
Building in the real world
Internships, research, a startup, a community, and a lot of hackathons.
Age 20
2024
Age 20 · 2024
Shipping on AWS at Runverve
Joined Runverve, a Chennai sports-tech startup, as an AI/ML and cloud engineering intern. I led the backend and deployment interns shipping Flask and PostgreSQL microservices on AWS, with Docker and CI/CD.
On the ML side, I built fitness models and an NER-based system that pulls structured data out of prescriptions.
- Internship
- Backend
- ML
Age 21
2025
Age 21 · 2025
Leading a team at Zeex AI
Became technical lead at Zeex AI, a student startup pre-incubated at IIT Madras, heading a 10–15 person team building computer-vision products end to end: system design, MLOps, and AWS deployment.
We built Z-Tracs, an AI traffic management system that reached the final round of the CUMTA Open Innovation Challenge, and started Z-Market, AI analytics for supermarkets.
- Leadership
- Computer vision
Age 21
2025
Age 21 · 2025
Research at RuTAG, IIT Madras
Started as a research intern at the Rural Technology Action Group, putting computer vision on edge hardware for cardamom drying: ResNet-18 and ViT models on a Raspberry Pi, at 89% accuracy.
The dryer's camera and sensor control contributed to an observed 10% improvement in cardamom market value, and the work led to two patent filings.
- Research
- Edge AI
- 2 patents filed
Age 21
2025
Age 21 · 2025
Captain of the AWS Cloud Club
Took on the captaincy of the AWS Cloud Club at IIT Madras, which grew to 1,000+ members and one of the top 200 AWS Cloud Clubs worldwide.
- Community
Age 21
2025
Age 21 · 2025
Hackathon season
Led the team that won the Block-a-thon AI & Blockchain Hackathon with an AI agent-based DeFi yield optimisation protocol, reached the final of the Google Agentic AI Hackathon with a financial copilot, and placed runner-up at Avishkar with a digital twin for predictive pipeline maintenance.
- Hackathons
Age 22
2026
Age 22 · 2026
Winning Paytm Build for India
Won the Paytm Build for India AI Hackathon with Munim AI, an AI assistant for small-business management.
- Winner
Age 22
Now
Age 22 · Now
AI intern at Edio, finishing two degrees
Interning in AI at Edio Electronics while finishing two degrees at once, both in 2027: data science at IIT Madras and electronics at SRM University.
- Present
The details of each role are on the work experience and community pages.