Graduate Research Assistant under Prof. Philip W.L. Fong

University of Calgary

May 2025 - Aug 2025

  • Developed a comprehensive simulation framework for comparing zero-trust security models.
  • Implemented a sophisticated zero-trust simulation environment that models user behaviour, authentication challenges and security policies in enterprise networks.

Graduate Research Assistant under Prof. Philip W.L. Fong

University of Calgary

May 2024 - Aug 2024

  • Developed solutions for computational problems in policy mining and analysis in zero trust security and architecture using SAT Solvers on the Advanced Research Computing (ARC) High Performance Cluster.
  • Developed two efficient SAT encodings and the framework for a family of Zero-Trust Access Control Models, and an application layer segmentation tool for the Resource Grouping Problem in zero-trust architectures.

Research Intern under Prof. Arash Habibi Lashkari

York University (MITACS Globalink Research Internship)

Jun 2022 - Sep 2022

  • Worked on intelligence driven cyber attribution systems
  • Developed source code authorship attribution solutions

Software Development & Alexa Intern

Amicus Brain

Apr 2022 - Dec 2023

  • Developed a scalable pre-backend proxy server using Django, FASTAPI and Python to handle requests between external connector applications/endpoints and Keiko (AI-based medical decision-making platform) and deploying it on Google Cloud.
  • Developed the foundation for an interactive Alexa skill to enable the use of Keiko through Alexa devices.

Intern in the Risk Consulting SBU

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Aug 2021 - Nov 2021

  • Worked for a client on a project involving review of documentation and creation of content for e-Training/e-Learning courses on cyber security policy & implementation, digital forensics, incident & breach response, and cyber investigation & crime.

Technical Intern

Cushman & Wakefield

Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  • Developed an occupancy manager application for the facility management team
  • Implemented optimal seating and COVID-19 sanitization features using Microsoft's Power and Productivity Toolkit

Languages & Tools

Programming Languages

Python C/C++ Java Scheme Racket Prolog SQL Shell LaTeX

Development & Cloud

Linux Django Flask REST Framework MongoDB Git Postman Heroku AWS CircleCI Travis GDB

Cybersecurity & Data Science

SAT Solvers SLURM on HPC clusters Pandas NumPy Scikit-learn Matplotlib Jupyter Notebook

Languages

English (Fluent) Hindi (Fluent) German (Intermediate)

Academic Leadership & Service

Teaching

Teaching Assistant

University of Calgary

  • CPSC 331: Data Structures, Algorithms & their Analysis Head TA (Jan - Apr 2024, Aug - Dec 2024, Aug - Dec 2025)
  • CPSC 505/604: Foundations of Access Control (Jan - Apr 2025)
  • CPSC 319: Data Structures, Algorithms & their Applications (Jan - Apr 2025)
  • CPSC 457: Principles of Operating Systems (Sep - Dec 2023)

Committee Service

Graduate Student Representative, Awards Committee, Faculty of Science

University of Calgary

Sep 2024 - Apr 2025

  • Adjudication of internal Faculty of Science Awards of Excellence and identification of external awards and nominees.

Graduate Student Representative, Info-Sec Hiring Committee (Tenure Track Research Stream)

University of Calgary

Sep 2024 - Aug 2025

  • Scrutinized applications, short-listed applicants, attended hiring committee meetings as a full voting member of the committee, and all formal in-person interviews, including candidate presentations for roles in applied cybersecurity and privacy & citizenship.

Graduate Student Representative, Info-Sec Hiring Committee (Limited-term Teaching Stream)

University of Calgary

Apr - Aug 2024

  • Received diversity training for equitable and inclusive hiring for academic selection.
  • Scrutinized applications, short-listed applicants, attended hiring committee meetings as a full voting member of the committee, and all formal in-person interviews, including candidate presentations.

Leadership Initiatives

Co-founder & Technical Lead of Product Development Club SRM

SRM Institute of Science & Technology

Jan 2022 - May 2023

  • Designed the backend application framework and led a team of students that developed and are maintaining a Sports Event Management & Planning mobile application for M/s Ardent Sport, which is live on PlayStore.