Talks, hackathons, internships, and the occasional paper — a running log of where I’ve been and what I’ve been part of.
2026
Aug 2026
PrefHEtch: The Cost of Query Privacy in Encrypted Vector Search
Under review · VecDB26 @ VLDB
First-author paper on a two-phase design that reduces the latency cost of privacy in encrypted vector search.
2026
Rootconf — Topical Edition on Databases
Emcee & Volunteer
Hosted and helped run the databases edition of Rootconf.
Apr 2026
Reusable Intermediate Results in ML Pipelines: A Survey
Accepted · ICCAI 2026
A survey of techniques for reusing intermediate artifacts across data and ML pipelines to cut recomputation.
2026
Bengaluru Systems
Volunteer
Helped run meetups for the local systems community.
2025
Aug 2025 – Apr 2026
Vice Chair, ACM PESUECC
PES University
Led the student chapter's technical initiatives and events.
Jun – Aug 2025
Research Intern, The Innovation Lab
Bangalore
Built PrefHEtch in a team of four — private, scalable vector search with FAISS and homomorphic encryption.
2025
Ingenious Hackathon — 2nd Place
SmartGC
Built a prototype garbage collector for C and placed second.
2025
Delta Time Hackathon — Special Mention
2D Multiplayer Racing Game (Godot)
A networked multiplayer racing game built as part of a 24-hour Hackathon.
2024
2024
Core Organizer, Hacknight 7.0
PESUECC
Ran logistics, onboarding, and technical mentorship for the overnight hackathon.
2024
Mentor, HackerSpace PESUECC
Open source & systems
Guided students through open-source contributions and systems programming projects.
2023
Aug 2023
Started B.Tech CSE at PES University
CSE @ PES University
Began undergraduation.