The Curious Kid
Mar 1, 2019
Army Public School: Curiosity Takes Flight
School was where my journey of curiosity and achievement truly began. I wasn’t just a student, I was constantly looking for opportunities to push myself, represent my school, and grow as a person.
Consistently a high achiever, excelling in academics and beyond.
Participated in every competition I could, from science model exhibitions to quiz contests, debates, and cultural events.
Loved building and experimenting, often recognized for innovative science models that blended creativity with practicality.
Joined the NCC Air Wing, where the army lifestyle shaped my discipline, time management, and resilience.
Honored as the Best Cadet for Karnataka, a recognition that gave me confidence to take on leadership roles early in life.
The combination of academics, competitions, and NCC gave me a holistic foundation, curiosity, discipline, and the drive to always aim higher.
The Explorer
Apr 1, 2021
KV Malleswaram: Foundation for the Future
My years at KV Malleswaram were quieter compared to school life before, but they were equally transformative. Life revolved around preparation for competitive exams, and I poured myself into the curriculum. Looking back, this phase laid the technical foundation I still rely on every day.
Spent most of my time deeply immersed in Maths, Physics, and Chemistry.
Found the curriculum engaging enough that I rarely needed distractions beyond academics.
Developed rigorous problem-solving skills through competitive exam preparation, which sharpened my logical thinking.
Learned discipline and focus, building the stamina to handle long hours of study, a skill that still helps in research and engineering work.
Scored 90% in CBSE 12th, which cemented my path toward engineering.
More than marks, this phase gave me the core mindset and technical base that powered my later work in computer vision, data science, and AI.
The Builder
Sep 1, 2021
MSRIT: From Student to Builder
College life at MSRIT was a mix of projects, startups, friendships, and the occasional exam panic. This was the phase where I learned to balance multiple worlds and discovered that “student life” can make you feel like a superhero.
Pursued a B.E. in Information Science & Engineering, graduating with a CGPA of 8.4/10.
Joined Edhitha, the technical club, and spent a year building drones and testing computer vision models for real-world applications.
Learned how to turn theory into working systems, and how to explain to friends why I was training models instead of playing cricket.
Balanced college + AltQube work at the same time, splitting days between lectures and building fintech pipelines at a startup.
Developed time management and prioritization skills (translation: learned how to finish assignments in record-breaking time before deadlines).
Like every engineering student, discovered our secret superpower: opening the book one day before exams and still scoring well the next day. This made me realise how quickly we could learn a skill on the job.
Beyond academics, I made lifelong friends, gained unique experiences, and learned that growth comes from balancing seriousness with fun.
The Architect
Sep 1, 2022
AltQube: Turning Finance Into Data-Driven Systems
AltQube was where I went from being a curious intern to a founding member and Data Science Lead, shaping the product, the tech, and the team. What began as small experiments soon turned into a broker-agnostic investment advisory platform, now live on the Google Play Store.
Started as an intern analyst, diving deep into crude shipping data (tracking tanker movements, flows, and density) to test if we could generate alpha for trading crude oil.
Grew into a core team member and later a founding member, trusted to take AltQube’s vision beyond analysis into full-scale product design and engineering.
Architected a broker-agnostic platform where users could:
Buy mutual funds through BSE Star MF integrations.
Invest in AI-powered equity portfolios (smallcases) across brokers.
Get AI-driven insights into their holdings, the kind of advice professional advisors charge heavily for.
Built the Portfolio Health microservice, crunching risk, volatility, diversification, and drawdowns, serving results in <500 ms to mobile + web apps.
Designed and deployed a Markowitz-based recommendation engine, cutting portfolio risk by ~25% while preserving expected returns.
Scaled 12 FastAPI microservices streaming market + alternative data (Google Trends, FII flows, crude tanker density, macro releases) into real-time alerts and analytics.
Beyond backend: I hired the entire tech and product team and led the design of the app, from product vision to UI decisions.
The result? AltQube is now live on the Play Store, giving everyday investors access to professional-grade advisory tools.
AltQube was my finishing school in product building, from intern analyst to founding member, from shipping scrappy signals to leading a product that shipped to thousands. It was here that I learned I wasn’t just building code, I was building a company, a product, and a team.
The Changemaker
Jun 1, 2024
Silofortune: AI for Social Impact
If AltQube taught me how to build products, Silofortune taught me how to create impact. This is where I turned cutting-edge AI into tools so useful that they are now part of essential veterinary workflows in Karnataka.
Joined as a Founding Member & Data Science Lead, entrusted with building the product and the team from scratch.
Architected a 22-model computer vision stack blending YOLO detectors, pose estimation, segmentation, monocular depth, and regression heads, enabling real-time cattle health insights like Body Condition Score, milk yield, disease detection, and market value.
Learned to work with veterinary doctors, understand their science and diagnostic methods, and translate it into computer vision pipelines that could replicate and scale their expertise.
Built a WhatsApp chatbot + API, making these tools accessible to farmers in their everyday workflows — today handling 400–500 paid scans per day.
Achieved state-level validation: my work has been recognized by the Government of Karnataka and is now actively used by doctors at government veterinary hospitals, where it has become an essential diagnostic tool.
Went beyond AI research — I hired engineers, managed cloud infrastructure (serverless AWS Lambda pipelines cutting inference time from 14s → 4s), and built a human-in-the-loop data engine that grew our labeled dataset 5×.
Currently leading new innovations for farmers, including:
Chatbots that provide AI-driven advisory in real time.
Visual Question Answering (VQA) systems for farmers to simply “point, ask, and get answers.”
Voice-native interfaces to serve uneducated farmers, ensuring inclusivity and accessibility.
Silofortune is not just a workplace, it’s where I proved that AI can change lives. From cloud architecture to hiring, from working with doctors to empowering farmers, this is where I became a technologist who builds for impact, not just scale.