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: New preprint On the practicality of quantum sieving algorithms for the shortest vector problem is up on arxiv.

Research Interests

My research interests span theoretical computer science, but I particularly like algorithms (approximation and quantum algorithms, applied to optimization, natural sciences, and numerical analysis), and complexity theory (hardness, non-approximability and its connections to cryptography and physics). 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 Aug 2024) PDF

About Me

I love to lift weights, jog and practice Martial Arts. In my free time I like to read and watch Sci-Fi. You can find some of the books and papers 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’m probably a chaotic good druid although I occasionally identify as a bard. Feel free to reach out to me about stuff you think I’ll like, or talk about whatever.