Academic Profile

I’m figuring things out — slowly, curiously, and mostly by building stuff and breaking it until something clicks.

Education

• University of Zurich (2025–present)
  MSc in Informatics – Focused on systems, cognition, and the edges of what software can do
• Pune Institute of Computer Technology (2019–2023)
  B.E. in Computer Engineering (CGPA: 9.53)
  Arguably the best place in Pune to study CS — competitive, high bar, and it pushed me.
• MIT Junior College (2017–2019)
  HSC (Score: 85.85%)
  Where I first switched to academic English, navigated new subjects, and landed into PICT.
• Akshar Nandan School – SSC (Score: 91.00%)
  A unique Marathi-medium school where curiosity was part of the culture — it shaped how I learn.

What I’ve Worked On

• Druva (2023–2025)
  Software Engineer in the Phoenix Product Team. Migrated major APIs to support “Daintree” (a new storage backend), developed and shipped two microservices (including a Lambda) as part of the “Threat Hunt” feature, and owned the design, testing, and deployment. No QA. You break it, you fix it.
• HyperSegment Automation (Internship, Jan–Mar 2021)
  Built a trading system in Python using Zerodha’s APIs — first exposure to real-world code, bugs, and the joy of watching automation actually work.

Workshops & Achievements

• Winter School at CMI (2022) – theory, logic, puzzles, and smart people who made it all look easy
• Codeforces Expert (Max: 1608) – Global Rank 402 in Div 2 Round 728
• CodeChef 5★ (Max: 2044) – Global Rank 63 in Starters 13
• 1st in PICT for ICPC Regionals 2020 – National Rank 179
• 1602 FIDE-rated chess player – learned early, still play
• Taught DSA via PICT ACM – tried to make algorithms less scary