Experience
Current & past roles
Research Scientist
Singapore Management University · Full-time
School of Computing and Information Systems. Advisor: Prof. Archan Misra. Human-centred pervasive computing, wearable sensing, and intelligent ubiquitous systems.
Visiting Researcher
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
MPSC Lab under Prof. Nirmalya Roy. Domain adaptation for wearable human activity recognition.
Teaching Assistant
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
Ten courses across Mobile and Pervasive Computing, Data Structures, Database Systems, Operating Systems, and more. Outstanding TA Award, 2022.
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Web Developer (Research)
Futural Solutions
Android Developer (Internship)
Airports Authority of India
Education
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
Dual Ph.D. – M.Tech., Computer Science and Engineering
Prime Minister Research Fellow (PMRF). Supervisors: Dr. Suchetana Chakraborty (IIT Jodhpur) and Dr. Sandip Chakraborty (IIT Kharagpur).
Ph.D. thesis: Wearables for Personal Well Being and Digital Health: A Pervasive Sensing Perspective
M.Tech. thesis: Quantifying Attention using eSense Devices (2021–2022)
Departmental Rank 1 · MHRD–GATE Fellowship 2020–2023
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
B.Tech., Computer Science and Engineering
Merit Scholarship for academic excellence, Government of Delhi (2017–2020). GATE 2020: 98.74 percentile.
Graduate coursework
Machine learning & AI
Machine Learning I, Statistical Techniques, Optimization, Artificial Intelligence II
Systems & networking
Computer Architecture, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks, Software and Data Engineering, Algorithms for Big Data
Security & cryptography
Security and Applications, Cryptography
Ubiquitous computing
Mobile and Pervasive Computing
Labs I have been a part of
School of Computing and Information Systems
Singapore Management University
UbiSys Research Group
IIT Jodhpur
MPSC Lab (Mobile, Pervasive & Sensor Computing)
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Systems I built
12 sensing systems and tools, from prototype to user study. Each links to its paper; code and video links appear as they are released.
MorsEar
Covert messaging through jaw-tap Morse code sensed by earable IMUs.
HydratEar
Non-invasive hydration monitoring with in-ear acoustic reflectometry.
BiteSense
Eating-behaviour assessment from earable inertial signals.
SpineSense
Spine and neck movement monitoring to combat neck pain.
WristSense
Hidden wrist strain in routine activities via inertial tokenisation and LLM feedback.
EarControl
Hands-free mobile interaction driven by earable gestures.
CompulsEar
Detection of body-focused repetitive behaviours with earables.
EarFence
Lightweight ultrasonic defence for smart earbuds against hidden commands.
EarDesk
Desktop BLE framework for eSense IMU data collection and configuration.
enVolve
Monitoring involvement of silent listeners in online meetings.
VectionSense
Multimodal inertial-physiological cybersickness detection in consumer VR.
LegalHelper
Low-cost tool for smart translation and creation of legal contracts.
Teaching
IIT Jodhpur
- 2025 – CS7460, Mobile and Pervasive Computing [Fall], 21 students
- 2025 – CSL2020, Data Structure and Algorithms [Spring], 84 students
- 2024 – CSL3050, Database Systems [Fall], 93 students
- 2024 – CSL2020, Data Structure and Algorithms [Spring], 204 students
- 2023 – AIL7460, Fundamentals of Distributed Computing [Summer], 34 students
- 2023 – CS7460, Mobile and Pervasive Computing [Spring], 76 students
- 2022 – CSL3030, Operating Systems [Fall], 99 students
- 2021 – CSL2040, Mathematics for Computing [Fall], 89 students
- 2021 – CSL1010, Introduction to Computer Science [Spring], 245 students
- 2021 – CSL3020, Computer Architecture [Fall], 150 students
PMRF outreach & external teaching
- 2025 – Tutorials on IoT, IIIT Sonepat, India
- 2024 – Tutorials on Fundamentals of Computer Science, Nehru Inter College, Siddharth Nagar (U.P.), India
- 2024 – Tutorials on DBMS, IIIT Sonepat, India
- 2023 – Tutorial on Awareness on ICT Tools, Sarvodaya Boys Sr. Sec. School, Delhi, India
Mentorship
- Mentored 2 Master’s Thesis Projects (MTP), 2 Bachelor’s Thesis Projects (BTP), and 20 research interns at UbiSys Research Lab, IIT Jodhpur (2020–2025)
- Supervised ~60 undergraduate and graduate students on projects in Mobile and Pervasive Computing, Ubiquitous Sensing, and Applied Machine Learning
Skills & languages
- Programming: C, C++, Java, Python, Swift, JavaScript, NodeJS, React, MySQL, Firebase
- Tools & Frameworks: Git, Android Studio, NetBeans, Material UI, XCode, LaTeX
- Research Skills: End-to-end user study design, survey creation, large-scale data collection, data preprocessing, statistical analysis, experimental design
- Applied Domains: Ubiquitous Computing, Mobile and Pervasive Systems, Machine Learning for Sensing, Human Activity Recognition, Edge Computing
- Languages: English (Fluent, C1), Hindi (Native), French (Basic, A1)