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Software Engineer

CREST @ The University of Adelaide

• Engineered a mutation testing approach for Ansible modules, identifying and reporting three new bugs to the community.
• Identified limitations in selecting optimal test cases for an LLM testing framework. Implemented methods leveraging various optimization algorithms to improve test case selection efficiency.
• Collaborated on a project to develop an open-source tool framework for the streamlined management of software supply chain metadata generation, distribution and storage.

Research Assistant

CREST @ The University of Adelaide

• Enhanced penetration testing efficiency by contributing to a security orchestration project. Built a Neo4j knowledge base to integrate offensive security tools with a Python application, enabling their streamlined execution for penetration testing.
• Supported a publication for ICST 2024 by significantly contributing to a project evaluating large language models using metamorphic testing techniques.
• Played a key role in projects focused on building and testing backdoored DNNs, and leveraging LLMs to improve penetration testing.
• Contributed to research activities by performing general research assistant duties such as literature reviews, data collection, and assisting with experiment design and execution.

Teaching Assistant

The University of Adelaide

• Supported the effective delivery of the Secure Software Engineering and Cybersecurity Fundamentals courses at the School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences.
• Enhanced student learning by identifying knowledge gaps, addressing student inquiries, and grading coursework.
• Maintained course relevance by recommending enhancements and participating in the update of course structure and study materials to reflect current industry standards.

Junior Penetration Tester

Wattlecorp Cybersecurity Labs LLP

• Enhanced cybersecurity expertise by independently developing and practising skills in penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, and reporting findings on realistic web and network environments.
• Mentored and collaborated with a team of interns and content creators responsible for contributing to blog posts and social media content for the organization.
• Contributed to the growth of a national cybersecurity community by assisting in building and managing a platform of passionate students and professionals.

Master's Degree

The University of Adelaide

Cyber Security

• Cyber Security Fundamentals
• Computer Networks
• Business Data & Cyber Security
• Information Risks, Threats & Controls

Bachelor's Degree

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Computer Science and Engineering

• Object Oriented Programming
• Data Structures and Algorithms
• Design and Analysis of Algorithms
• Operating Systems
• Database Management Systems
• Software Engineering
• Cryptography
• Software Project Management

Information Risk Management Framework (IRMF)

Led and collaborated with a team of six to build an information risk management framework for a non-profit organization in Adelaide, South Australia. Applied methods to measure risk tolerance, identify information assets, find vulnerabilities and threats, document risks, evaluate risks and suggest risk mitigation techniques.

• GRC
• Risk Assessment
• Risk Mitigation

A deep-learning approach to find respiratory syndromes in infants using thermal imaging

Led and collaborated with a team of three to build a deep learning model that determines the respiratory rate from a thermal video sample of an infant and classifies it into one of four disease classes to predict the possibility of any respiratory syndromes. Wrote a paper that was published at ICCSP 2020.

• Computer Vision
• Deep Learning
• Python

Technical Trainer

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Conducted a social service project called Empowering Youth for Digital India as a part of the Student Social Responsibility (SSR) program, through which we provided fundamental technical education to the students of Fort High School, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

Web Development Trainer

FOSS@Amrita

Volunteered as a trainer where I worked with senior students to conduct a workshop on web development using HTML/CSS and the Django framework.