Research Assistant · Duke University
Jun 2026 – Present
Durham, NC · Remote
Alternative Data Lab.
Experience
Path so far
From L3 ADAS and automotive electronics to founding and scaling ventures, now building agentic AI and LLM systems, with engineering depth and operating experience across AI and product management.
At a glance
Where roles overlap, school and work were running in parallel. Full details for each role are in the list below.
Full-time / foundingInternship / researchEducation
AI & Product Intern · Stealth
Jun 2026 – Present
San Francisco Bay Area
AI products for healthcare. Working across AI engineering and product management.
Artificial Intelligence Intern · ProcessMaker
Jan 2026 – May 2026
Raleigh-Durham, NC · On-site
Built multi-agent AI systems for enterprise workflow automation.
- Multi-agent systems
- RAG
- LLMs
Founding Team · FleetK · Startup India
Jan 2024 – Jul 2025
Led the 0 to 1 build of an AI-powered fleet management and driver monitoring platform, working across AI and product management. Founded and scaled two ventures to ₹7.2M ARR combined.
- Product development
- Artificial Intelligence
Data Engineer · Magna International
Jul 2022 – Dec 2023
L3 ADAS development for the BMW i7, one of only three production cars in the world with certified SAE Level 3 autonomy. Driver monitoring systems for Toyota, Fisker, and Rivian.
- Autonomous vehicles
- Automotive electronics
- ADAS
Project Intern · iHub AWaDH · IIT Ropar
Mar 2022 – Jul 2022
Received a $13,000 startup grant and fellowship to work on agritech, selected from 800+ applicants.
Project Intern · Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)
Aug 2021 – Jan 2022
Fuel cell electric vehicle modeling and simulation; automatic gear transmission system.
- C
- Embedded systems
Research Intern · Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
May 2021 – Nov 2021
Development of a robotic harvester and autonomous weed sprayer. Two granted patents in agritech. Patents & PDF
- Python
- Robotics
Founder · ekirana express
Feb 2020 – Jan 2021
Nashik, India
Farm-to-kitchen vegetable delivery focused on eliminating middlemen clogging the supply chain.
Marketing Manager · MIT-WPU Texephyr
Oct 2019 – Jan 2020
Operations management for the university's technical festival.
Electronics Engineer · MIT Satellite Team
Oct 2018 – Jan 2019
Satellite ground station and CubeSat development.
Education
Duke University
Aug 2025 – May 2027
Master of Engineering (MEng), Artificial Intelligence
Attending on a full-ride merit-based scholarship (external).
Activities: Board Member, Duke Indian student community (1,000+ students).
Courses: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Intelligent Agents, Data Science.
Duke University – The Fuqua School of Business
Aug 2025 – May 2027
Graduate Certificate, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Courses: New Venture Discovery, Private Equity and Venture Capital, AI Entrepreneurship, Business Fundamentals, AI Product Management, Management in High-tech Industry.
MIT World Peace University
Jun 2018 – May 2022
Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Electrical and Electronics Engineering