Distinctions
Bronze: Hugging Face LeRobot Global Hackathon
2025
Our team won bronze (20th rank worldwide) among 600+ teams for the global hackathon. Our project dealt with fine-tuning two SmolVLA models for a collaborative pick-transfer-place task.
KIRIA Award: Hugging Face LeRobot Global Hackathon
2025
Awarded the KIRIA President’s Award by the Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement among the teams in the Daegu region. The hackathon was distributed among Daegu and Seoul in South Korea.
100% KAIST Scholarship
2024
Got admitted to the MS programme in Robotics at KAIST under KAIST scholarship with 100% tuition fee waiver and monthly stipend.
AS Grade: Digital Communication Course, EEE Department, IITG
2019
Earned AS (Outstanding) grade for the Digital Communication course by Dr. Ribhu Chopra. This grade is awarded for additional outstanding performance beyond highest scores for the course.
SPI: 10/10, Top-Ranked in 5th Semester, EEE Department, IITG
2019
Earned a full 10/10 Semester Performance Index in my 5th semester, earned by less than 1% of the students enrolled in a batch. This semester included Control systems, VLSI design, Digital signal processing and Digital communication courses.
Silver: DRDO SASE UAV Fleet Event, 8th Inter IIT Tech Meet
2019
Earned silver medal in the Inter IIT challenge that involved planning and coordinating multiple drones, built from scratch, for search and rescue missions.
Silver: DIC Terrace Farming Challenge, 8th Inter IIT Tech Meet
2019
Earned silver medal in the Inter IIT challenge that involved developing an autonomous terrace farming robot from scratch with climbing, seeding and harvesting capabilities.
Bronze: TCTD Agricultural Robot Challenge, 7th Inter IIT Tech Meet
2018
Earned bronze for the proof-of-concept robot design and autonomous soil testing capabilities. The robot equipped with GPS and soil NPK measurement tool to provide an overview of the soil nutrients across the field.
Distinctions before undergrad:
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State Rank 1: CBSE AISSCE Examination
2017
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Gold: AISMTA Math Olympiad
2016
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Rank 1: APJEE Diploma Entrance Exam