I’m a PhD student at Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT), National University of Singapore (NUS). I’m honoured to be advised by Prof. Divesh Aggarwal.
I did a joint bachelors and masters in CS from IIIT Hyderabad, affiliated with CSTAR, IIIT Hyderabad and CQST, IIIT Hyderabad where I was fortunate to be advised by Prof. Shantanav Chakraborty and Prof Indranil Chakrabarty. Here I was working on Quantum Algorithms.
NEWS: Our work Mind the Gap? Not for SVP Hardness under ETH! is up on arXiv.
NEWS: Our work On the practicality of quantum sieving algorithms for the shortest vector problem has been accepted for a talk at QCTiP 2025.
Research Interests
My research interests span theoretical computer science, but I particularly like algorithms (approximation and quantum algorithms, applied to optimization, natural sciences, and lattices), and complexity theory (hardness, non-approximability and its connections to cryptography and physics). Recently I have been studying computational lattice problems. You can find my publications here.
Another side of me loves to program large software systems with heavy low-level optimisations, particularly in C++. I got particularly interested in this after by brief stint at Goldman Sachs working on a highly performant distributed database system (SecDB).
My CV (Updated Apr 2025) PDF
About Me
I love to lift weights, jog and practice various Martial Arts. In my free time I like to read and watch Sci-Fi. You can find some of the books I like here. I love to code and read about large software systems. You can find some of the projects I’ve worked on here. I identify as a chaotic good druid . Feel free to reach out to me about stuff you think I’ll like, or talk about whatever.