About / The long version

A curious path through code.

From a first line of C at fifteen to AI research, infrastructure, and a growing collection of things I wanted to exist.

The Journey So Far

From writing my first line of code at 15 to managing GPU fleets at scale.

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2018
2018

First Line of Code

Started learning C from YouTube at 15. The beginning of everything.

2021
Nov 2021Key Moment

IIT Indore

Started undergraduate degree in Computer Science at IIT Indore.

2022
Feb 2022

First Published Game

Published "Keep Up" on the Play Store; my first shipped product.

Oct 2022

First Research Paper

Published paper on RL-based closed loop control of PSFB topology at SAE conference.

Nov 2022

TicTacToe Robot

Built a robotic arm that plays Tic-Tac-Toe using computer vision and inverse kinematics.

Dec 2022

Inter IIT Silver Medal

Won Silver in High Prep NLP problem statement at Inter IIT Tech Meet.

2023
Apr 2023Key Moment

President of Cynaptics

Became President of the ML club at IIT Indore. Built the team, organized workshops, grew the community.

May 2023

13th in IBM Quantum Challenge

Finished 13th globally in the IBM Quantum Computing Spring Challenge.

Jun 2023Key Moment

Joined Segmind

Started as an ML Research Intern at Segmind, working on diffusion model optimization.

Jul 2023

Distill SD

Released Distill SD; shrunk Stable Diffusion 1.5 to half the size while improving quality.

Aug 2023

Campus AI Assistant

Built and deployed an AI robot outside the mess to help new students with campus questions. HOD of CSE shared it on LinkedIn.

Oct 2023Key Moment

SSD-1B Released

Released SSD-1B; distilled SDXL to half the size with better quality. Hit 2M+ downloads on HuggingFace.

Dec 2023Key Moment

Inter IIT Contingent Leader

Led IIT Indore at Inter IIT Tech Meet. Managed 90+ people across 15 problem statements. Secured 6th place overall with 4 podium finishes.

Inter IIT Contingent Leader
2024
Jan 2024

SegMoE

Created SegMoE; combines multiple SDXL/SD finetunes into mixture-of-experts without training.

Feb 2024

Dropshot with Jon Oringer

Worked with the Shutterstock founder on Dropshot; AI-powered social media. Built the ML pipeline and infrastructure.

May 2024Key Moment

Joined Fal

Joined Fal as ML Engineer. Deployed 30+ models and optimized inference pipelines.

Sep 2024

Fluxus ML Workshop

Conducted ML workshop for 100+ students at Fluxus; Central India's biggest techno-cultural fest.

Dec 2024

Inter IIT Sports Host

Hosted the Inter IIT Sports Meet at IIT Indore.

2025
Jan 2025

Pitch It Off Runner-up

Won second place in Pitch It Off entrepreneurship competition.

Feb 2025Key Moment

Infrastructure Engineer at Fal

Switched to infrastructure team. Now own Fal Compute, App Files feature, and manage the GPU fleet.

Mar 2025

Podcast Feature

Featured in a podcast discussing my journey in AI and engineering.

Jun 2025Key Moment

Graduated IIT Indore

Graduated with a CPI of 9.16 from IIT Indore.

Oct 2025

PyTorch Conference SF

Represented Fal at the PyTorch Conference in San Francisco.

And the journey continues...