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.
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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