About Me
Education
M.A.Sc in Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, CA
Sep. 2025 – Aug. 2027 · Advisor: Prof. Cyrus Neary
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering
Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE), Madurai, IN
Aug. 2020 – April 2024 · CGPA: 9.02/10.00 (First Class with Distinction)
Department Best Outgoing Student · Advisor: Prof. S. Saravana Perumal and Prof. C. Selva Kumar
Research Experience
Project Associate
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
July 2024 – Present · Advisor: Prof. Chandrashekar Lakshminarayanan
- Development of Deep RL based pursuit evasion solver with fixed wing UAV agents.
- Fighter pilot behavior cloning for Deep RL based aerobatic maneuvers.
- Rendering the simulations in Unreal Engine.
Research Intern
Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad
Jan. 2024 – June 2024 · Advisor: Prof. Shaikshavali Chitraganti
- Implemented Deep RL-based motion planners using ROS and Gazebo.
- Tested performance on Sim-to-Real experiments using TurtleBot3.
- Developed an energy-based model using action maximization for exploration.
Student Researcher — Vision Systems Lab
Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai
Sep. 2022 – Dec. 2023 · Advisor: Prof. S. Saravana Perumal and Prof. C. Selva Kumar
- Investigated multi-agent task scheduling using RL to minimize queuing delays.
- Devised a novel path planning algorithm for mobile fulfillment systems using RL.
Student Researcher — Artificial Intelligence Lab
Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai
Feb. 2022 – Aug. 2022 · Advisor: Prof. M. Suguna
- Developed an object detection model for fire using thermal images.
- Extracted saliency maps using BAS-Net & performed detection using YOLOv7.