I am currently a Chief Technologist at [Collins Aerospace Applied Research & Technology](https://www.collinsaerospace.com/) (formerly United Technologies Research Center) in Cork, Ireland.
I received my Doctor of Philosophy in 2014 and Master of Science in 2009 in [Electrical and Computer Engineering](https://www.ece.cmu.edu/) from [Carnegie Mellon University](https://www.cmu.edu/). Previously in 2008, I received the degree of Bachelor of Technology in [Engineering Physics](http://www.phy.iitb.ac.in/) at the [Indian Institute of Technology Bombay](http://www.iitb.ac.in/).
My paper titled “[Longest Straight Line Paths on Water or Land on the Earth](https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.07389)” recently received some publicity on the Internet. Among other outlets, [Science](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/04/ocean-path-will-take-you-longest-straight-line-journey-earth), [MIT Technology Review](https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611012/computer-scientists-have-found-the-longest-straight-line-you-could-sail-without-hitting/), [Atlas Obscura](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-the-longest-straight-line-over-water), [Popular Mechanics](https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a20114871/longest-route-sail-straight-line-without-hitting-land/), [Gizmodo](https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-longest-straight-path-you-could-travel-on-w-1825725532), [Smithsonian](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/longest-straight-line-ocean-journey-earth-180968930/), and [Newsweek](https://www.newsweek.com/whats-longest-straight-path-you-could-sail-without-touching-land-scientists-906744) published articles about it. On 19th November 2018, the quiz show [Wer weiß denn sowas?](https://www.daserste.de/unterhaltung/quiz-show/wer-weiss-denn-sowas/index.html) on the German channel [Das Erste](https://www.daserste.de/) featured it as a [question](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZCEPsAzaRI).
In 2003, I represented India in the [Eighth International Astronomy Olympiad](http://www.issp.ac.ru/iao/2003/index_e.html) held at Stockholm, Sweden, from October 2nd to 8th, and won a gold medal.
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