i grew up in tirupati, a small town in southern india known for being home to one of the largest temples in the country.

for the final two years of high school, i moved across the country to attend jayshree periwal international school in jaipur. leaving home to live at a boarding school was one of the biggest turning points in my life. i met people whose lives looked completely different from mine, and the world suddenly felt much larger than the one i had known growing up.

during high school, i started asking myself a question: what would i willingly stay up all night doing, even if nobody paid me? the answer i keep returning to is building technology alongside people who are excited to solve really hard problems.

that journey eventually brought me to lehigh, where a full scholarship made it possible for me to study in the united states. lehigh has become a second home to me, largely because of the people i have found here. i have spent my time developing skills in the subjects i care about, building projects with some incredibly curious people, and bringing people together through scholars of finance.

throughout my life, i have been fortunate to be supported by scholarships and incredible mentors. that support has made me think a lot about access, what becomes possible with the right opportunity, and what i should do with the chances i have been given.

beneath everything i do is a fairly simple north star: i want my work to be useful to people beyond myself. i do not yet know what form that will take. i am still learning what i should spend my time doing and what kind of work is uniquely mine to do. for now, i am following my curiosity wherever it takes me, becoming more technically capable along the way, and trying not to take life or myself too seriously