About

I am a PhD student in Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Kharagpur, advised by Prof. Pawan Goyal. I am working on alternatives to conventional token-level language modelling. My research explores concept- and byte-level representations that generalize more naturally across languages and modalities. In parallel, I study how computational models can understand art beyond its surface-level content, including its meaning, emotional impact, and creative intent. More broadly, I am interested in the relationships between concepts, geometry, and creativity, and in how these connections can lead to richer and more human-centred representations of information.

Interests

  • Concept-level Language Models
  • Token & Byte-level Representations
  • Generative Retrieval
  • Composed Image Retrieval
  • Diffusion Language Models
  • LLM-based Embeddings

Education

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering2025 – PresentIIT Kharagpur, Advisor: Prof. Pawan Goyal
  • BS-MS in Data Science & Engineering2019 – 2024IISER Bhopal

Experience

  • Summer Research InternMay 2026 – Aug 2026Dolby Laboratories, Bangalore
  • Senior Project Officer (Research)May 2024 – Jul 2025IIT Kharagpur, with Prof. Pawan Goyal
  • Research InternMay 2023 – Apr 2024IIT Hyderabad, with Prof. Maunendra Sankar Desarkar

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