May 2025 Graduated M.S. Computer Science, NJIT.
2026 Extending TAPE (arXiv:2602.19633) - anchor-scored sequential graph merging for agentic LLM planning. In progress
2026 Built Rack [Agentic Career Assistant] - RAG-based multi-step AI agent with vLLM inference and hallucination safeguards.
2025 Fine-tuned StarCoder2-15B using LoRA/QLoRA - 70% GPU memory reduction, maintained quality.
Applied AI Engineer
Uber
Present

Developed predictive models to identify high-engagement participants and improve retention; built a RAG system over program data (curricula, grants, jobs, records) for natural language querying; and fine-tuned LLMs on noisy real-world data to improve robustness and domain alignment.

Machine Learning Engineer
Dell Technologies
2022 – 2023

ML pipelines for event data processing (XGBoost, scikit-learn). Real-time inference APIs in FastAPI, sub-200ms latency. Precision/recall evaluation with A/B-style comparisons.

Project Engineer - Full Stack & Cloud
Wipro
2021 – 2022

Java backend services on AWS. 40% API latency reduction. Docker + Kubernetes for service reliability at scale.

Junior Data Scientist
Robosoft Technologies
2020 – 2021

At Robosoft, I built and deployed machine learning solutions for mobile app analytics, from large-scale data pipelines and EDA to predictive models that improved system performance, automated workflows, and reduced operational bottlenecks.

Founder & Lead Engineer
Cnotes.in
2019 – 2021

Solo-built a full-stack CRM (LAMP + React) for Local Cable Operators — scaled to 50K+ users. Idempotent billing, audit-ready event logs, role-based auth.

i.
In Progress · arXiv Extension
Stability-Ranked Sequential Merging for Agentic Planning Graphs

Extends TAPE's batch graph construction with an anchor-scored sequential merge pipeline. Novel edge-retention policy and ILP feasibility formulation for constrained LLM agent planning under tool-guided adaptive execution.

LLM AgentsPlanningILPGraph Merging
ii.
IEEE · Published
Prediction of CERN Electron Mass Collision using CATBoosting and LGBMR

Ensemble ML applied at particle physics scale. CatBoost + LightGBM with advanced feature engineering — 99% accuracy on CERN electron mass collision prediction.

CatBoostLightGBMEnsemble MLPhysics
iii.
IJNRD · Published
Detecting Diabetic Retinopathy using Deep Learning

Fully convolutional neural network for early-stage retinopathy screening. 93% accuracy, end-to-end clinical usability with TensorFlow and Django.

FCNTensorFlowMedical AI
iv.
IEEE · Published
Cirrhosis disease classification by using polynomial feature and XGBoosting

Cirrhosis disease classification using polynomial feature engineering and XGBoost, improving diagnostic prediction accuracy. Applied machine learning techniques to enable early detection and cost-effective diagnosis in healthcare settings.

AI / LLM
RAG · LangChain · vLLM · ONNX
LoRA · QLoRA · PEFT · HuggingFace
FAISS · Pinecone · ChromaDB
ML & Data
PyTorch · TensorFlow · XGBoost
Scikit-learn · MLflow · Drift Monitoring
Sentence Transformers · Model Eval
Backend
Python · Java · TypeScript
FastAPI · Django · Node.js
PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Redis
Infra & Cloud
Docker · Kubernetes
AWS (EKS · SQS · Lambda)
Kafka · GitHub Actions

Actively looking for AI/MLEngineer, Forward Deployment, and Backend roles.

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