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EDUCATION
Harvard University | Cambridge, MA Expected May 2026
John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences: A.B. in Computer Science, S.M. (Concurrent Masters) in Computer Science
● Cumulative GPA: 3.92/4.0 | Extracurricular Activities: Harvard Tech for Social Good, Harvard Undergraduate Capital Partners, Harvard Computer Society, Harvard Bhangra.
● Relevant Coursework: Systems Programming and Machine Organization, Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra and Real Analysis I, Discrete Mathematics.

South Windsor High School | South Windsor, CT August 2018 - June 2022
● Valedictorian | Cumulative GPA: 4.46/4.0 | SAT: 1580/1600 (Math: 800/800, EBRW: 780/800) | 2022 Coca-Cola Scholar | Harvard Prize Book Award
● 2x AIME Qualifier | AIME Score: 11 | USA Math Olympiad (USAMO) Index: 219.5

WORK EXPERIENCE
Harvard University | Computer Science Teaching Assistant | Cambridge, MA January 2023 - present
● Grading student assignments and holding office hours for COMPSCI E-20 Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science under Dr. Rebecca Nesson.

Art of Problem Solving | Teaching Assistant and Grader | San Diego, CA (Remote) May 2022 - present
● Grading student assignments for computer science courses and serving as a teaching assistant for Introduction to Programming with Python.

North South Foundation | Software Engineering Intern | Chicago, IL (Remote) January 2022 - June 2022
● Developed online donations platform using React and Node.js, and implemented transaction processing using Stripe and Braintree APIs.
● Built an authentication system for verified donors to access the payment portal easily and securely. Created a scheduling algorithm to allow donors to schedule donations.

EXTRACURRICULAR & LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Harvard Programming Languages Group | Undergraduate Researcher February 2023 - present
● Exploring the incorporation of formal verification into large language models under Professor Nada Amin.

Harvard Tech for Social Good | Senior Software Engineer September 2022 - present
● Co-developed a web app for OkaySo (React & Node.js, 10,000+ lines of code). OkaySo enables users to ask questions regarding identity, relationships, and more.
● Implemented secure expert authentication and developed core, cache-optimized expert live chat feature for fast messaging.

Harvard Undergraduate Capital Partners | Sourcing Analyst September 2022 - present

● Sourcing early-stage startups and connecting them with prominent venture capital firms.

CodeSavant | Founder, Author, and Programming Instructor April 2020 - present

● Developed a computer science curriculum and taught beginner and intermediate Python programming classes nationwide, raising ~$2,000 for COVID-related causes.
● Published Python and Java programming books on Amazon and created CodeSavant YouTube Channel (~1125 subs/250k+ views).

MetricMix, LLC | Founder and Mobile App Developer September 2018 - present
● (Using Swift for iOS App Development) Developed GeoScholar, a geography quiz app; Scholar.ly, an advanced GPA calculator; Gene Xpress, a protein synthesis simulator; GSEF
Official, an economics resource app; and ReadSpeak, an accent translation app.

PROJECTS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Table Tennis CV | Computer Vision-Machine Learning Application August 2021
● Built a computer vision-machine learning application to track active table tennis gameplay using Python and OpenCV.
● Leveraged frame differentiation and elliptical Hough transform to track a moving ball in view.
● Trained a machine learning model using the Scikit-Learn library in Python to predict where a ball lands based on the initial return location.

Pillola | Automated Pill Dispenser Prototype July 2021

● Designed all dispenser parts and conducted structural analyses using Autodesk Fusion 360, meant for use in senior living facilities.
● Used Arduino and C++ to automate pill dispensing, scheduling, and secure fingerprint/keypad authentication.

FIRST Robotics Team | Captain and Lead Programmer September 2018 - June 2022
● Implemented Limelight vision pipeline to integrate real-time object-tracking.
● Developed path trajectories using Hermite clamped cubic splines with PID feedback control for autonomous path-following.

Java Decaffeinated | Published Book | View on Amazon October 2021

● Published an introductory Java programming book covering types, control structures, and object-oriented programming concepts.

The Python Starterpack | Published Book | View on Amazon April 2020

● Published an introductory Python programming book covering types, control structures, and object-oriented programming concepts.

Shortest Paths Revisited and NP-Complete Problems | Stanford Online | Certificate January 2021

Graph Search, Shortest Paths, and Data Structures | Stanford Online | Certificate December 2020

Greedy Algorithms, Minimum Spanning Trees, and Dynamic Programming | Stanford Online | Certificate December 2020

Divide and Conquer, Sorting and Searching, and Randomized Algorithms | Stanford Online | Certificate November 2020

SKILLS AND INTERESTS

Languages: English (fluent) | Tamil (native) | French (business proficiency)
Programming Languages and Frameworks: Python, C++, Java, JavaScript, React, Node.js, Swift, Dart
Computer/Software: Alexa Developer Console, Autodesk Inventor, C++, Canva, Figma, Firebase, Flutter, Git, GitHub, Homebrew, HTML/CSS, LaTeX, Markdown, Matplotlib,
Microsoft Office Suite, Notion, NumPy, Onshape, OpenCV, PyCharm, SoftCover, Visual Studio Code
Interests: Tennis | Piano | Chess | Indian folk dance