Namaste!

• Feb. 2026 : Organised a 2-day Phase Field Modelling and MicroSim Workshop at NITK - LinkedIn Post 1, Post 2.
• Feb. 2026 : As a member of Team AeroNITK, secured Second Runners-Up in the Best Payload Dropping System category at SAEINDIA's Autonomous Drone Development Challenge (ADDC'26), a national-level competition for autonomous drone design and development.
• Jan. 2026 : Wrote my first blog - 'A Retreat in the Name of Science', documenting my summer internship and experience at MicroSim Workshop (July 2025).
• Dec. 2025 : Attended IIM-ATM and the International Conference on Advanced Materials and Critical Minerals at IIT Hyderabad, India as a Tata Student Delegate, sponsored by Tata Steel.

- Secured my first paid internship at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
- Delved into research, guided by Prof. Abhik Choudhury (Group).
- Worked on (as well as mentored) some projects.
- First paper as a co-author.

Onwards and Upwards 🚀