Understanding systems from the inside.
My work has moved through distinct phases — full-stack web development first, then ethical hacking and offensive security from 2020, deepening into DevSecOps practice, and most recently converging on the intersection of AI and defense technology.
The throughline is hands-on understanding: breaking into deliberately vulnerable machines, writing a terminal text editor in raw C, getting language models to run locally on hardware they were never designed for. I want to know systems from the inside.
Today that means an active open-source presence, a heavily customized Linux workflow built on dozens of self-written automation scripts, and independent research aimed at technology that operates at national scale.
Six years of moving closer to the metal.
Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing
Self-taught the full offensive security lifecycle — reconnaissance, exploitation, post-exploitation, and responsible disclosure. Solved VM-based CTF challenges and attempted bug bounty programs.
Diploma in Computer Engineering
Parul University, Vadodara. Coursework spans AI/ML, Cloud-native Security, Advanced Databases, Networking Fundamentals, Operating Systems, and DevSecOps.
Web Development Intern · Picaggo
Built responsive, high-performance web architectures from design-centric specs and improved cross-device compatibility through targeted front-end optimizations.
Google Student Ambassador
Designed and led AI/ML technical bootcamps and hackathons to accelerate Gemini ecosystem adoption. Acted as technical liaison between Google product teams and the student community.
Campus Partner · Perplexity AI
Organized Prompt Engineering workshops and live demonstrations for student researchers and relayed structured UX feedback to Perplexity's product team.
Defense Technology Researcher (Independent)
Independent research and prototyping in Defense Intelligence and OSINT — building agentic AI systems and on-device inference for sovereign national-security applications.
The current toolchain.
AI / LLM
Claude API · Gemini API · Ollama · Hugging Face · RAG · Agentic Systems · OSINT Pipelines · On-Device Inference
Cybersecurity
Penetration Testing · Threat Modelling · Bug Bounty · Kali Linux · Burp Suite · Metasploit · Nmap · Wireshark
DevSecOps & Cloud
Docker · GitHub Actions · Terraform · CI/CD Pipelines · AWS (Certified) · Azure · SAST/DAST · Zero-Trust Architecture
Systems & Embedded
Arch Linux · Ubuntu · Kali Linux · WSL2 · Sensor Fusion (IMU, Thermal, RF) · Embedded C · LoRa Mesh Comms
Languages
Python · JavaScript · TypeScript · C · Bash · PowerShell · SQL
Backend & Databases
Node.js · Django · Flask · FastAPI · Firebase · Supabase · PostgreSQL · GraphQL
Frontend
React · Next.js · Angular · Tailwind CSS · Electron · Vite · CodeMirror 6
Networking
TCP/IP · DNS · HTTP/S · VPNs · Firewalls · Packet Analysis · LoRa / RF Mesh