Experience

Roles, research, and recognition

Google Summer of Code Contributor

May 2026 — Present
Layer5 / Meshery (CNCF)

Remote

  • Selected under CNCF to develop Meshery, a cloud-native multi-mesh management platform for Kubernetes environments.
  • Authored 70+ PRs to Layer5 across UI reliability, registry workflows, navigation, Sistent integration, and Playwright E2E coverage.
  • Reviewed 130+ PRs across Layer5/Meshery.

Open Source Contributor

Dec 2025 — Apr 2026
Layer5 Ecosystem (Meshery, Kanvas, layer5.io)

Remote

  • Merged 18 PRs before GSoC selection (45 ecosystem-wide): Kanvas 11, meshery.io 4, layer5.io 3.
  • Shipped cursors, GitOps/collaboration features, program pages, and mobile improvements.

Research Intern

Oct 2025 — Present
AI Institute of the University of South Carolina (AIISC)

Remote

  • Researching LLM reliability and techniques for reducing hallucinations.
  • Developing knowledge graph integration techniques to ground LLMs and improve factual accuracy.
  • Designing evaluation frameworks for accuracy and scalability with the Indian AI Research Organisation (IAIRO).

Full-Stack Developer Intern

Oct 2024 — Sep 2025
AltHire AI

Remote · Seattle, USA

  • Built landing pages for AltHire, MockMate, and TalentBoost.
  • Cut load times by 70% through optimized component architecture.
  • Reduced batch API calls from 7×n to ~10 total (98% less network overhead).
  • Automated Playwright E2E tests and added AWS SES alerts for interview-agent connection failures.

Summer Intern

Jun 2025 — Jul 2025
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Onsite · Patiala

  • Built DriveSafeAI — an IoT + multimodal AI system for real-time driver fatigue and stress monitoring.
  • Integrated computer vision, speech processing, and sensor pipelines for predictive safety signals.
  • Used ResNet, DenseNet, MobileNet for visual cues; Wav2Vec2, Whisper, and CNNs for audio classification.

Computer Science Expert

Feb 2024 — Sep 2024
Chegg

Online

  • Solved 150+ computer science questions for students worldwide.
  • Maintained a quality check score of 4.01/5.

Open source

Layer5 / Meshery (CNCF)

Dec 2025 — Present

GSoC 2026 Fellow · 70+ PRs authored · 130+ reviewed

Contributing across the Layer5 ecosystem (Meshery, Kanvas, layer5.io) — UI reliability, registry workflows, navigation, Sistent integration, Playwright E2E coverage, GitOps/collaboration features, and program pages. 45+ PRs merged ecosystem-wide before GSoC selection.

meshery.io →

Education

B.E. Computer Engineering

CGPA 8.92 · 2023 — Expected 2027

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala

Intermediate / +2

85% · 2022

Saint Fateh Singh Convent School

Matriculation

92.8% · 2020

Saint Xavier's School

Achievements

  • 3rd Prize — Israeli-Indian Hackathon (600+ teams) for real-time physiotherapy insole analytics
  • Shortlisted for Smart India Hackathon 2023 & 2024
  • Reliance Scholar '23 — awarded $2,300
  • International Rank 97 — NSTSE '22 (Unified Council)
  • State Rank 6 — iTHO '17 (Silverzone)

Certifications