the longer story.

i'm a computer science student at SRM University-AP (2024–2028 batch, 9.08 CGPA), currently based in Vizag, India. i'm targeting software engineering, web development, and AI/ML roles where people value clarity, speed, and software that actually feels good to use.

in summer 2026, i worked as a research intern in the CSE department at SRM AP, architecting AQPQC Selector—an adaptive algorithmic pipeline recommending optimal Post-Quantum Cryptographic primitives per hardware profile. i benchmarked NIST PQC standards (ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA) using C-based liboqs on ARM and x86-64 Linux, profiling latency and memory bounds, and trained resource-constrained XGBoost models that hit >96% recommendation accuracy in <2ms.

i care about the entire stack: from frontend responsiveness and thoughtful micro-interactions, up to backend concurrency, API latency, and edge AI deployment. if a developer tool takes 40 minutes of debugging configuration files before you can write a line of code, i consider it a personal insult.

"boring technology, predictable behavior, and fast feedback loops beat clever abstractions every single time."

outside of coursework and projects, i write long-form engineering essays on blog.sooraj.fun, listen to too much lofi hip-hop, and drink chilled Diet Coke.