Hello!

I'm a PhD research student at Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad (IIT) Palakkad, working in the area of bioinformatics and computational drug discovery.

Research interests

My research focuses on using 3D molecular structures to develop machine learning models for drug design, with a particular interest in making 3D graph-based models more explainable and easier to understand.

  • 3D Graph Kernels
  • 3D Graph Neural Networks
  • 3D Molecule Generation
  • Explaiable Artificial Intellegence (XAI)
  • Graph Representation Learning
  • Graph Machine Learning
  • Drug Discovery
  • Bioinformatics

Education

2022 โ€” present

PhD in Data Science

Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad

2021 โ€” 2022

M.Phil. in Mathematics

Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

2018 โ€” 2020

M.Sc. in Mathematics

Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

2015 โ€” 2018

B.Sc. Hons. in Mathematics

Government Degree College Sanjauli, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Teaching Assistantships

Fall 2023

Teaching Assistant โ€” Optimization (DS-2010)

Department of Data Science, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Palakkad

Spring 2024

Teaching Assistant โ€” Responsible Artificial Intelligence (DS-5604)

Department of Data Science, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Palakkad

Fall 2024

Teaching Assistant โ€” Introduction to Machine Learning (DS-3010)

Department of Data Science, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Palakkad

Spring 2025

Teaching Assistant โ€” Introduction to Deep Learning (DS-3040)

Department of Data Science, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Palakkad

Fall 2025

Teaching Assistant โ€” Introduction to Machine Learning (DS-3010)

Department of Data Science, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Palakkad

Spring 2026

Teaching Assistant โ€” Deep Learning (DS-5007)

Department of Data Science, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Palakkad

Fall 2026

Teaching Assistant โ€” Data Structures and Algorithms for Data Science (DS-2030)

Department of Data Science, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Palakkad