Founding Researcher and MTS at Secure AI Futures Lab. Building (and breaking) robots at BluSigma Robotics. Previously, Data Engineer at SteadRise. Graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, with a B.Tech in textile engineering and an M.Tech in computer science, advised by Prof. Srikanta J Bedathur.
Tech
- Can discrete Ricci flow signal capability transition in Transformers?
- Understanding System One Models Using Interpretability Tools
- The Lament of a Young ML Researcher
- Day 1 of n: Reading (and Implementing) Ilya's 30 ML Papers
- Trial by Fire: Tenure as Head of Technology at Rendezvous ‘25
- Implement a Minimax Agent for Optimal Tic Tac Toe Play
Writing
- Songs of My Life (So Far)
- A System's Approach To Understanding Islam
- Indians Are Really Bad At Picking Opponents
- The society we are engineering and the death of manners
- Reflections on the Mahabharata
- On Swimming
Travel
- Meditations from the Beach: Solo Trip To Vizag
- Bonjour Monsieur: Paris '2026
- A Spiritual Reconnect: Trip to Ajmer and Udaipur
Reading
Currently: The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant, and Skunk Works by Ben Rich. Everything else lives on the bookshelf and sometimes on Goodreads.
Watching
Directors I admire are Satoshi Itoh, Satoshi Kon, and Akira Kurosawa (Japanese); Hitchcock and Kubrick (American). Rohmer and Truffaut (French). All-time favourite: Through the Olive Trees by Abbas Kiarostami (respect).
Making (Art|Poems|Comics|Films)
Short films -- the latest is The Secret Lives of Oranges and Pomegranates (2025). Some old poems are here and here. Picking up cooking now. Check out my comics and animations @basil.icious.
Elsewhere in life
Black-red belt in Taekwondo. Beginner swimmer and runner. Speak English, Hindi, Bengali and Urdu; currently learning Mandarin (你好).
Urdu Poetry
خودی کو کر بلند اتنا
کہ ہر تقدیر سے پہلے
خدا بندے سے خود پوچھے
بتا تیری رضا کیا ہےEndow your will with such power
— Allama Muhammad Iqbal
that at every turn of fate
God Himself asks of His slave —
‘What is it that pleases thee?’
Say hello
I find it difficult to express my emotions to total strangers, which has cost me a fair amount of anguish over the years. I may come across as distant, but I love hearing from people who reach out. Write to me at gs454236@gmail.com.
Curious about me in particular? Here is the long version.
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