A Versatile Engineer

 I am a Masters graduate in Artificial Intelligence from the best ranked technical university in Germany and B. Tech. graduate in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the best ranked NIT in India, having additionally cleared several national entrance exams in India, landing within the top percentile. At the end of the day, I consider myself an engineer.
I work best in environments where there are constant opportunities for growth, keeping up with latest developments and technologies and extracting and drawing meaningful inferences from large amounts of data. Being a visual thinker with a mathematical bent of mind, I draw motivation from knowing the bigger picture of what implications my work has and to be able to quantify and represent visually facts, figures and mechanisms wherever there is scope. I have an innate drive and to an extent laziness to find the most efficient and effective way to do smaller tasks, at times redoing them to note the time, which makes me open to adapt automation and AI-based tools in my workflow where I can. I primarily see myself working with data analysis or applying and even expanding the capabilities of neural networks, while at the same time increasing my depth and breadth of knowledge in various aspects of software engineering.

Abstract Thinking

I believe that the quest for excellence is a universal force. An undergraduate degree in engineering revealed to me several facets of what it means to be an engineer which are skills I reflect upon and refine till this day. I learnt the nitty gritty of powering up homes and creating improvised models or building blocks of the most marvellous of human creations – our artificial assistants and even companions ranging all the way up from microcontrollers to intelligent machines and computers. My subsequent endeavour to build on my skillset in a way that would allow me to help people and make the world a better place to live in, led me to my Masters in Biomedical Computing which started my dialogue with the field of Artificial Intelligence and opened up a world of possibilities to contribute to medical research and allowed me to form a purposeful relationship with the field.
Independent of my career path in technology, I invest considerably in pursuing or learning about a wide range of interests, taking groups at a time and aiming for proficiency as and where apt. These include but are not limited to travel, food around the world, sustainability and health and wellness. In doing so, I ensure coverage and minimize redundance by focussing on ones that place the highest in priority. While the goal with each skill is to add richness of knowledge, the backbone connecting these skills is based on the principle that with increasing proficiency, the boundaries between some skills and to a smaller extent, all skills dissolve which means that a command over one translates, with qualification, to that in another.

Education and Social Welfare

One of the most fulfilling joys of the human experience is to pass knowledge onto another. I would even argue that we are hardwired to be willing to teach and share. My strength lies in the ability to break down arbitrarily complex concepts into terms that even a layman can understand, with the so called “logical thinking” referred to in the widely regarded book “Thinking Fast and Slow” , and to be able to convey that tastefully to an audience. 
I got a chance to hone my skill when I was working with a team of neuroscientists who had remarkable curiosity in learning about the field of data science and artificial intelligence. It gave me the chance to work through their questions, taking into account their background and tailor a select few topics from my field or at the overlap between AI and neuroscience in a way that they would learn best and possibly find inspiration or direction to their curiosity. This invaluable experience also ended up training me in a skill that the founder of my department at my alma mater, Computer Aided Medical Procedures and Augmented Reality (CAMPAR), Prof. Nassir Navab had emphasized time and again – putting yourself in the shoes of the clinician/end user and fulfilling their requirements.
A true engineer is a scientist. I strive to continue creating educational content not just about science and technology but any skill that when broken down into simpler form has the power to transform and heal another’s life for the better and ensure it having the chance to reach a deserving audience.