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PhD

University of Montreal, Canada

• Trying to understand neural computations underlying sequential decisions making - "persistance and flexibility". I do this by leveraging electrophysiology and electrical stimulation in non-human primate brains.

BS-MS

Indian institute of science education and research, Pune

AI scientist

Endovision

• Trained and deployed deep learning models for real-time abnormality detection during endoscopic procedures

Lead TA for neuroscience

Neuromatch inc.

• Served as a TA for a summer school, teaching computational neuroscience and deep learning to students from worldwide.

Scientific talk at SfN 2025

SfN 2025

• Gave my first conference talk at the same nanosymposium, SfN 2025. It marks a significant moment in my scientific career.

Chaired nanosymposium SfN 2025

SfN 2025

• Organised and chaired a nanosymposium (14 speakers) at world's biggest neuroscience conference "SfN" 2025. The topic was adaptive choice.

Organized Sponsored Reading Club on Recurrent Neural Networks

Université de Montréal

• Planned and led a university-wide reading group exploring the application of recurrent neural networks in neuroscience.

Completed Beneva Marathon

Montreal, Canada

• superfun reaching a personal milestone by completing the Beneva Marathon (apparently, phd is a marathon!)

Elected Member, Student Council

IISER Pune

• Represented students, safeguarded their rights, and contributed to the development of student welfare policies.

UNIQUE best poster award

UNIQUE

• Best PhD poster award at UNIQUE retreat.

UNIQUE travel grant

Travel award for AI & neuroscience

• A travel award to present my work at SfN 2025.

UNIQUE Excellence Scholarship

Interdisciplinary Research in AI & Neuroscience

• Awarded a scholarship supporting interdisciplinary research and training in artificial intelligence and neuroscience for graduate students.

Scientific Outreach Grant

Faculty of Medicine

• Awarded funding to present research at the world’s largest neuroscience conference – Society for Neuroscience.

CIRCA Outreach Scholarship

Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche sur le Cerveau et l’Apprentissage (CIRCA)

• Travel award granted to support interdisciplinary research presentations in brain sciences.

Neural Control of Movement Diversity Fellowship

Neural Control of Movement Conference

• Travel award granted for presenting research at the Neural Control of Movement conference.

Artificial Intelligence Scholarship

Montreal Declaration for Responsible AI

• Awarded to support research advancing neuroscience in alignment with the principles of responsible artificial intelligence.

INSPIRE Scholarship

Government of India

• Prestigious higher education scholarship awarded to students within the top 1% pursuing studies in the natural sciences.