Accomplishments

India Semiconductor Workforce Development Program Fellowship – Grade I Awardee

Individual

May 2025

Selected as Grade I Fellow from 2,800+ applicants.
Completed a 3-month multi-level program covering semiconductor physics, TCAD, and fabrication processes.
Modeled semiconductor devices using Synopsys Sentaurus TCAD with geometry and doping parameterization.
Automated simulations using Sentaurus Workbench and command-based scripting.
Analyzed electrical characteristics, carrier behavior, and field profiles using Sentaurus Inspect and Visual.
Recognized among Top Performers of Cohort 5 Custom Module on Electrical Characterization of Material and Device by Tektronix.

FIR Accelerator SoC Proposal Accepted – Microwatt Momentum (OpenPOWER Hardware Design Hackathon)

Individual Proposal

2025

Proposal for a parameterizable FIR accelerator SoC accepted at the Microwatt Momentum international hardware design hackathon.
Designed a low-power DSP accelerator with configurable taps and coefficients using a Wishbone-Lite interface.
Shortlisted for potential fabrication consideration via ChipFoundry and Efabless OpenMPW Shuttle.

ISRO IROC-U Robotics Challenge – Elimination Round Qualifier

Team

Dec 2024

Ranked Top 24 nationally in IRoC-U 2025.
Built an autonomous drone system for GNSS-denied navigation and surface mapping.
Participated in national-level elimination rounds.

Design Events

Electronics Design Events — Tathva Annual Tech Fest, NIT Calicut

Team

Circuit Conclave (Analog Circuit Design & Debugging): 1st Place (Tathva ’24), 3rd Place (Tathva ’25).
Disarmamine (Digital Circuit Design & Debugging): 3rd Place (Tathva ’24).

Digital Circuit Design Challenge (DCDC) — NIT Trichy, Probe ’25

Team

Qualified for Round 2 (Digital logic design, Verilog, Xilinx Vivado testbench debugging).

Analog Circuit Design Challenge (ACDC) — IIT Madras, Shastra ’26

Team

Qualified for Round 2 (Op-amps, amplifiers, CMOS circuit analysis).

Robotics and ML Challenges

Robotrix ’24 — NIT Surathkal

Individual

Dec 2024

Round 1 Qualified

Developed stereo vision-based 3D control pipeline for dynamic object interception.
Implemented disparity-based 3D reconstruction and projectile motion prediction.
Controlled 3-axis actuated system using independent PID loops in CoppeliaSim (24-hour simulation round).

Flipkart GRiD 6.0 Robotics Challenge — Smart Vision Quality Analysis

Individual

Aug 2024

Round 1 Qualified

Built vision-based grocery quality and quantity analysis system.
Constructed multi-domain dataset using Roboflow pipelines.
Trained YOLOv7-based detection model for classification and counting.
Implemented OCR-driven validation and freshness assessment logic.

AWS Student DeepRacer Program — Reinforcement Learning & Autonomous Driving

Individual

Mar 2024

Completed AI/ML coursework under AWS AI/ML Scholarship (Udacity & Amazon).
Trained PPO-based reinforcement learning models using AWS DeepRacer and Amazon SageMaker.
Placed on the global leaderboard in AWS AI/ML Global Student League.

Other Hackathons and Challenges

C2S Chip to Startup Digital Hackathon

Team

Feb 2025

Participated in digital electronics-focused hackathon under MeitY initiative.

Nokia FPGA Hackathon

Team

Mar 2025

Participated in FPGA-based quiz (Round 1).

Bajaj Auto Ohm Challenge

Team

Feb 2025

Engineering competition emphasizing electrical and electronic innovation.

Bharatiya Antariksh Hackathon (BAH ’24)

Team

July 2024

Developed AI/ML-based crater and boulder detection system using OHRC imagery.

Bit N Build Around The World 2024

Individual

Oct 2024

24-hour hackathon; developed city traffic prediction system using computer vision.