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2005 - 2017
Akshar Nandan School
A Marathi-medium school where curiosity was part of the culture and where I developed the habits of learning independently.
MSc Informatics · University of Zurich
Research Assistant · ETH Zurich
Engineering for
complex positions.
Zurich, Switzerland
Explore the game record ↓ Why chess? I have played chess since I was eight
Chess taught me
how to think.
The board is a decoration: each move marks a chapter in my professional life. A creative way to tell my professional story.
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Chapter 1 of 15 ← / → to navigate
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2017 - 2019
MIT Junior College
Studied Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Electronics. Everything in English for the first time
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2019 - 2023
Pune Institute of Computer Technology
Arguably the best place in Pune to study Computer Science. Competitive, high bar, and it pushed me.
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During PICT
Competitive Programming
Competitive programming strengthened my algorithmic thinking and led to first place in PICT at ICPC Regionals 2020. Attended Chennai Mathematical Institute's Algorithms and Lower Bounds Workshop
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2021
Python Developer Intern
At Hypersegment Automation, built Python tooling around Zerodha APIs for trading workflows and automated market-data extraction from public sources.
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2022
Blockchain Development
At Cybernetics Software, developed and deployed an Ethereum-based application on the Kovan test network as a prototype.
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2023 - 2025
Druva Inc.
Joined Druva as a software engineer and worked on production systems where ownership meant contributing across design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
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Druva
Threat Hunt
Built two Golang microservices from the ground up for the Threat Hunt feature, including API design, error classification, and a framework for independent testing.
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Druva
Storage APIs
Migrated RESTful APIs for a new storage system across authentication, middleware, transport, data, and business layers while maintaining automated tests.
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2025 - Present
University of Zürich
Moved to Zürich to pursue Msc Informatics with major in Software Systems and Data Science as minor.
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2025 - Present
ETH Zürich
Joined ETH Zurich as a special student, expanding my theoretical and systems perspective through coursework including Cloud Computing Architecture.
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ETH Zürich
Research Assistant @ ETH
Creating a end-to-end data pipeline to collect text data from Wikipedia and perform topic modelling for actionable insights.
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Now
What Comes Next?
Continuing to develop as an engineer and researcher