Background
Education & Skills
A trajectory from mechanical foundations in Mumbai to autonomous robotic systems at Drexel University — each step building toward the convergence of physical sensing and machine intelligence.
Education
CurrentPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Ph.D. Researcher — Drexel University
Drexel University
Research Area: Robotics, Physical AI, Computer Vision & Robot Learning. Investigating sensor-guided robotic manipulation and autonomous inspection, with nondestructive evaluation as the primary research application.
CompletedTempe, Arizona, USA
MS — Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Arizona State University
Graduate studies in robotic perception, planning, machine learning, and autonomous system design.
CompletedMumbai, India
B.Tech — Mechanical Engineering
VJTI — Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute
Undergraduate foundation in engineering mechanics, manufacturing, thermodynamics, and systems design.
Technical Skills
Robot Learning & Simulation
Imitation Learning (ongoing research)Reinforcement Learning (ongoing research)Sim-to-Real TransferMuJoCoNVIDIA Isaac SimIsaac Lab
Robotics & Sensing
Robotic ManipulationForce SensingSensor-Guided ControlROS / ROS 2Ultrasonic (UPV)Acoustic EmissionHyperspectral CamerasLaser TriangulationLiDARIMU Fusion
AI & Machine Learning
Qwen2.5-VLGrounding DINOSAM 2CLIPDeep Learning (PyTorch)Signal ProcessingGaussian SplattingAnomaly Detection3D Reconstruction
Software & Tools
PythonC++MATLABOpen3DOpenCVSLAM frameworksLinux
Domain Expertise
Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE)Structural Health MonitoringCivil Infrastructure AssessmentAdditively Manufactured Concrete