Apprentice Software Engineer @Palo Alto Networks | Former Quantum Computing Intern @TechMahindra | Former Research Intern @OHSL | Python | C++ | Machine Learning | Generative AI

Bengaluru
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Los Gatos, California, United States

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Gurugram, Haryana, India

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science
amity University

K.R. Mangalam World School
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Software Engineer at Palo Alto Networks, Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos, Bengaluru, • Wrote automation scripts for cloud Host Compliance Service (HCS) validation and next-gen Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) testing in IKEv2 protocols. • Developed a full-stack AI tool that automates complex network test environment generation with 100% accuracy.
BCDA (Breast Cancer Data Alliance) Intern at Open Health Systems Laboratory(OHSL), May 2024 - Jul 2024 · 3 mos, Los Gatos, California, United States, OHSL Breast Cancer Data Alliance (BCDA) project aims to leverage the power of Big Data and precision medicine to better understand and address breast cancer, particularly focusing on risk factors and global trends. Work done during the internship period: - Studied proteomics, metabolomics and screen data to find risk factors for breast cancer in young age group. - Studied link between various environmental factors and cancer. - Built a web scraping tool to efficiently extract data from research papers. - Fine tuned FalconLLM on research papers to answer questions related to breast cancer.
Quantum Computing Research Intern at Tech Mahindra, May 2024 - Jul 2024 · 3 mos, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, - Familiarised self with basics of Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Computing. - Worked with IBM Qiskit to build quantum computing algorithms like Shor’s Algorithm and Grover’s Algorithm. - Implemented a Hybrid Quantum Generative Adversarial Network (QGAN) trained on MNIST dataset. - Additionally, worked on data collection for Garuda: LLM for Bahasa Language.
AR/VR Development Intern at Gesture Research, Jun 2023 - Jul 2023 · 2 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, - Created AR and VR applications using Unity Game Engine and C# programming. - Learnt deployment on mobile devices, oculus and windows.
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, amity University
K.R. Mangalam World School