Research Assistant · Duke University
Jun 2026 – Present
Durham, NC · Remote
Alternative Data Lab. I turn unconventional data sources into signals a decision-maker can act on.
Experience
Path so far
Engineer on a certified L3 program, then co-founder of two ventures, now building AI agent products at a stealth healthcare startup. In each one I had to decide what to build within fixed constraints, then ship it.
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. I own the problem framing and the agent design, then build the first version myself.
- AI product management
- LLM agents
- Healthcare
Artificial Intelligence Intern · ProcessMaker
Jan 2026 – May 2026
Raleigh-Durham, NC · On-site
Multi-agent systems for enterprise workflow automation. I owned the question of when an agent acts and when it hands a step to a person, then built the agents that read a process and propose the automation.
- Multi-agent systems
- RAG
- LLMs
- Enterprise workflows
Co-founder, Product · Fleet Kawach · Startup India
Jan 2024 – Jul 2025
Led the 0 to 1 build of an AI fleet management and driver monitoring platform: discovery with fleet operators, roadmap, pricing, and the first models. Fleet Kawach and Agrofix together reached ₹7.2M (about $86K) ARR.
- 0 to 1 product
- Founder
- Computer vision
Data Engineer · Magna International
Jul 2022 – Dec 2023
L3 ADAS development for the BMW 7 Series Personal Pilot, one of the first certified SAE Level 3 systems in production. 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, set up to cut out the middlemen in 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: AI Product Management, AI Entrepreneurship, New Venture Discovery, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Business Fundamentals, Management in High-tech Industry.
MIT World Peace University
Jun 2018 – May 2022
Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Electrical and Electronics Engineering