Professional Experience

Assistant Professor
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala
26 Dec 2024
Present
Postdoc Research Scientist
Tel Aviv University, Israel
Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel
01 Jan 2023
25 Dec 2024
Assistant Professor
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala
07 Aug 2017
31 Dec 2022
Assistant Professor
Chandigarh University, Mohali
22 Jul 2014
04 Aug 2017
Teaching Assistantship
TEQIP Sponsored
Chandigarh Engineering College, Mohali
25 Jul 2012
28 May 2014

Key Achievements & Leadership Roles

  • Pediatric Epilepsy Research Symposium (PGIMER, 2026): Mentored the student team that won 1st Position in the Clinical/Engineering Category at the Pediatric Epilepsy Research Symposium, PGIMER, Chandigarh, 2026.
  • SakshAI: AI for Inclusion Hackathon (2026): Hackathon organised by the TIET-UQ Centre of Excellence in Data Science & AI, with winning teams including Mentor (Plaksha University) and Caffeine++ (TIET).
  • AROGAYA CIBioD – Innovation & Enterprise Leadership Award: Received the Innovation and Enterprise Leadership Award from the Indian Council of Medical Research – Centre for Innovation and Bio-Design (ICMR-CIBioD) on 11 November 2021 for contribution to affordable healthcare.
  • Entrepreneurship Development Cell (ED Cell), TIET: Served as Vice President from 9 March 2022 to June 2025, organising expert talks and startup sessions.
  • Google Developer Student Club (GDSC), TIET Patiala: Serving as Society President since 24 January 2020, organising bootcamps, tech talks, hackathons and workshops.
  • Alibaba Cloud MVP: Recognized as an Alibaba Cloud Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in the 11th Batch of Alibaba Cloud MVPs, announced on 8 January 2020, for technical leadership and contributions to the technology community.
  • QueenBelt Innovation: Developed QueenBelt, a wearable safety belt with an automatic rape detection and prevention mechanism, along with student Javtesh Singh. The innovation was featured by ANI and subsequently covered by India Today, Hindustan Times, Zee News, Times of India, Business Standard and other media organizations.
  • QueenBelt – Canada–India Acceleration Program: QueenBelt was shortlisted among the Top 10 female-led technology startups from India for the Canada–India Acceleration Program (CIAP-2018), formulated under the MoU between AICTE and Carleton University.
  • Patent Innovation: Inventor of the patented “Device for Safety and Security of Personnel”, granted by the Indian Patent Office in 2023.
  • Smart India Hackathon 2022: Served as Nodal Officer and SPOC for the Smart India Hackathon 2022 internal competition. A total of 55 teams participated, 15 teams were shortlisted for the finale, and six teams won a combined cash prize of ₹6 Lakhs.
  • Smart India Hackathon 2020: Served as Nodal Officer and SPOC and organized the Smart India Internal Hackathon. A total of 50 teams participated and 10 teams were shortlisted for the finale; three teams won a combined cash prize of ₹3 Lakhs.
  • Smart India Hackathon 2019: Served as Nodal Officer and SPOC at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology. Organised the SIH 2019 internal round and shortlisted teams for the finale; four teams won cash prizes of ₹4 Lakhs along with trophies in their respective categories.
  • United Nations Hult Prize Coordinator: Coordinated the United Nations Hult Prize OnCampus Program at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, an international student entrepreneurship and startup competition.
  • Experiential Learning Centre – Arduino: Coordinated online experiential learning activities using simulation environments and Arduino-based projects (Tinkercad) for 1,156 students in 2021.
  • Experiential Learning Centre – Robotics: Coordinated hands-on experiential learning and open-ended robotics-arm projects for approximately 750 students in 2019 and 1,200 students in 2020, in collaboration with the University of Waterloo, Canada.
  • Training & Internship Coordinator: Coordinated internships of all circuit branches at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (August 2018 – May 2019) and facilitated stipend-based internships for approximately 500 students.
  • Machine Learning & Deep Learning Summer School: Served as Co-Coordinator of the Thapar Six Week Summer School on Machine Learning and Deep Learning using Python and R in 2018 and as Coordinator in 2019 and 2022.
  • Machine Learning & Optimization Summer School: Coordinated the Six Week Summer School on Machine Learning and Optimization at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology in 2018.
  • Student Mentorship & Innovation: Mentored student teams that secured first positions in ION<athon> 1.0 (2020, cash prize of ₹2,00,000 for “God’s Eye”, AI-based spectacles for visually impaired people), Coopathon 2.0 (2019, NCUI New Delhi, ₹20,000) and the Infosys Digital Makeathon 2018 (₹20,000, Credit Card Fraud Detection System), along with a third position and ₹20,000 in the Startup India Program (2018, Startup Punjab and Invest India, ISB Chandigarh).
  • Best Research Paper – Student Mentoring: Mentored a student team (Sai Siddartha Maram, Tanuj Vishnoi and Sachin Pandey) that won the Best Research Paper Award and a cash prize of ₹10,000 for their paper “Neural Network based adaptable solution for Crop Vandalism” at TEAMC18, hosted by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Institute of Technology (NSIT) with Springer and ICT Journal, 26–28 March 2018.
  • Session Chair: Chaired Session TS07 (Intelligent Data Analytics and Computing) at ICCIS 2020 and Session TS12 (Informatics and Applications) at ICCCT 2021, the RTU TEQIP-III sponsored 2nd International Conferences on Communication and Intelligent Systems and on Communication and Computational Technologies.
  • Doctoral Research: Completed a part-time Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala (2016–2020), with a CGPA of 8.33.
  • Teaching Experience: Taught Data Structures, Object-Oriented Programming and Operating Systems using PPT, chalk-board teaching, role play and analogy-based interactive teaching methodologies.
  • UIMS Coordinator: Served as University Information Management System (UIMS) In-charge at Chandigarh University (May 2015 – June 2016), managing departmental workload allocation, attendance and online subject allocation through the university portal.
  • FOSS Organizer: Organized and conducted FOSS examinations under the Talk To A Teacher initiative of the Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT Bombay (MHRD, Government of India), and facilitated more than 150 student certifications in programming modules.

Administrative Experience

24 Jan 2020 – Present

Society President

Google Developer Student Club (GDSC) – TIET, Patiala

Bootcamps, tech talks, hackathons and workshops.

09 Mar 2022 – June 2025

Vice President

Entrepreneurship Development Cell (ED Cell), TIET

Organize expert talks and startup sessions.

09 Feb 2022 – 02 Sep 2022

Nodal Officer and SPOC, Smart India Hackathon 2022

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Organised the SIH 2022 internal round: 55 teams participated and 15 teams were shortlisted for the finale. Outcome: 6 teams won ₹6 Lakhs (cash prize).

20 Nov 2020 – 14 Apr 2021

Experiential Learning Centre Coordinator (1st year)

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Responsible for providing hands-on experience on Tinkercad.

10 Sep 2020 – 14 Dec 2020

Coordinator, United Nations Hult Prize OnCampus Program

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Coordinated the United Nations Hult Prize OnCampus Program at TIET.

01 Feb 2020

In-charge, Activity Project Space

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Responsible for handling and maintaining capstone projects.

01 Jan 2020 – 01 Feb 2020

Nodal Officer and SPOC, Smart India Hackathon 2020

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Organised the SIH 2020 internal round: 50 teams participated and 10 teams were shortlisted for the finale. Outcome: 3 teams won ₹3 Lakhs (cash prize).

12 Aug 2019 – 02 Jan 2020

Experiential Learning Centre Coordinator (1st year)

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Curriculum development and responsible for providing hands-on experience on the robotic arm.

16 Jan 2019 – 26 May 2019

Nodal Officer and SPOC, Smart India Hackathon 2019

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Organised the SIH 2019 internal round and shortlisted teams for the finale. Outcome: 4 teams won ₹4 Lakhs (cash prize) and trophies in their respective categories.

15 Aug 2018 – 26 May 2019

Experiential Learning Centre Coordinator

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Curriculum development and responsible for providing hands-on experience on the robotic arm.

13 Aug 2018 – 26 May 2019

Training and Internship Coordinator

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Coordinating internships of all circuit branches.

04 Jun 2018 – 13 Jul 2018

Coordinator, Thapar Six Week Summer School on Machine Learning

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Coordinated the Thapar Six Week Summer School on Machine Learning.

06 May 2016 – 29 May 2017

Placement Coordinator

Chandigarh University

Coordinated various placement drives.

24 Nov 2016 – 26 May 2017

Tech Mahindra Coordinator

Chandigarh University

Coordinated the 5th batch of the Tech Mahindra IMS Academy.

29 May 2015 – 09 Jun 2016

UIMS In-charge

Chandigarh University

Managing the load share and attendance of the whole department.

02 Jan 2015 – 22 Oct 2015

Organizer, Talk To A Teacher Project

Chandigarh University

Organizer of the Talk To A Teacher project through ICT, MHRD, Government of India.

Faculty Development Programmes, Workshops & Short Term Courses

  • AICTE-recognised FDP — “Machine Learning Algorithms using Python”: In association with Intel Higher Education, conducted by NITTTR Chandigarh at Chandigarh University, 24–28 July 2017.
  • Workshop — “Machine Learning and Data Analytics”: Sponsored by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow; conducted at IMS Engineering College, Ghaziabad, 12–16 June 2017.
  • AICTE-recognised STC — “Research Methodology”: Conducted by NITTTR Chandigarh, 14–18 September 2015; sponsored by ICT.
  • Workshop — “Global System for Mobile Communications”: Conducted by NITTTR Chandigarh, 7–11 September 2015.
  • AICTE-recognised STC — “Cyber Crime and Forensic Tools”: Conducted by NITTTR Chandigarh at Chandigarh University, 31 August – 4 September 2015; sponsored by ICT.
  • Big Data by IBM: Conducted at Chandigarh University, 1–6 June 2015.
  • Application Security Management by IBM: Conducted at Chandigarh University, 25–30 May 2015.
  • Cognos BI Administration by IBM: Conducted at Chandigarh University, 19–23 May 2015.
  • Advance Database Management by IBM: Conducted at Chandigarh University, 12–18 May 2015.

Certifications

  • Machine Learning Foundations: A Case Study Approach: MOOC from the University of Washington, offered through Coursera. Certificate earned on 7 May 2016.
  • Understanding Deepfakes with Keras: Online non-credit course authorized by Rhyme and offered through Coursera.

Academic Achievements

  • Pediatric Epilepsy Research Symposium: Mentoring achievement — student team placed 1st in the Clinical/Engineering Category (2026).
  • TEQIP Scholarship: Selected for the TEQIP scheme as a teaching assistant, sponsored by the World Bank, at CEC Mohali during M.Tech (CSE).
  • Technical: Attained first position in the Aptitude and Technical test conducted by the Eternal Technocrats club at ACET, Baru Sahib.
  • Olympiads: Appeared and received merit (97.2) in the Global Mathematical Olympiad (Talent Probe organized by IFSE).