I study how living things work, and how computers can help us see them more clearly — from silk proteins in a lab to sugarcane rows seen from a drone.
Grade 12, SGGS Collegiate Public School, Chandigarh, India
About
After Grade 10, I changed schools so I could study four subjects together:
Biology
Mathematics
Artificial Intelligence
Economics
No other student at my school takes this mix, and there was no timetable for it. My classes overlapped, so I moved between groups and caught up on missed lessons after school. It also meant leaving the usual Indian routes into medicine and engineering.
I am Head Girl of my school and President of the Environment Club. Outside school, I do research with Plaksha University and have volunteered with a Chandigarh social-work organisation since Grade 9. I speak English, Punjabi, Hindi and French.
Research
Silver nanoparticle–silk fibroin hydrogels for wound dressing
Research intern, Plaksha University
I made hydrogels from silk cocoons, loaded them with silver nanoparticles, and tested how they swell, release silver, break down and fight bacteria. A dose of 50 µg/mL worked about as well as a dose 500 times higher. That was not what I expected, and I reported it as it was.
First author, manuscript under review at the Journal of Emerging Investigators
Biology
Finding broken rows in sugarcane fields from drone images
Paid intern, DronaMaps, with Plaksha University
I flew drones with a survey team over small, scattered farms and collected ground data. Then I worked on spotting row breaks and missing plants in ordinary colour images, so farmers know where to replant.
The kind of gap the model looks for: a stretch of row where plants are missing.Presented at ICA, Ropar
AI
Biology
Can satellite data tell when sugarcane is ready?
Student researcher, Plaksha University
This began as an economics question: could sugar mills schedule harvests more fairly? I studied whether crop images could predict ripeness. An agronomist pointed out that sugar builds up inside the stalk, where a camera cannot see. I dropped that claim and learned to test what a model actually measures.
Presented at Punjab Agricultural University
Economics
AI
Biology
Bioinformatics
Self-directed, with mentors
I wanted to understand the protein sequences behind silk fibroin. I took online courses in bioinformatics (UC San Diego) and algorithmic genomics (Johns Hopkins), arranged time at a local college's bioinformatics department to run sequence searches and alignments, and taught a sequence-analysis workshop to 30 classmates.
Biology
Mathematics
Things I’ve built
A selection of projects I have built while learning across software, data and creative practice.
pdf-repeat-remover
Built a Python tool that converts lecture videos into clean, screenshot-based PDFs for note-taking and annotation. It automatically removes repeated or visually similar pages using perceptual hashing to keep the final PDF concise. Originally created for AP exam prep, but useful for turning any educational video into an organized study document.
Small project to learn tensorflow and make a useful tool for myself. As a Kathak dancer I record videos of myself practicing and can use this tool to capture moments in the video during 360 degree spins, where my face is visible.
Built a multiplayer Pong game using Odin and Raylib as an exercise in learning a newer, less-documented programming language without relying on GenAI. Implemented real-time multiplayer using TCP networking while learning how clients, servers, and game state synchronization work.
Built a simple RESTful Todo API using Python, FastAPI, and SQLite to learn backend development fundamentals. Implemented CRUD operations while practicing API design, database integration, and standard REST conventions.
Instead of awareness drives, I set up student audit teams to track classroom electricity, waste sorting and single-use plastic. APSWDP took the model to 29 schools in Chandigarh, where student councils adapted it for themselves.
Selected to attend COP31, the UN Climate Change Conference, Antalya, November 2026
Community outreach
Volunteer, APSWDP (Association of Professional Social Workers and Development Practitioners), since Grade 9
Under supervision, I help with confidential records and follow-ups for vulnerable communities in Chandigarh, linking people to health testing, identity documents, children’s schooling and government schemes. The work taught me that good records must protect people’s dignity.
Head Girl
Student Council, SGGS Collegiate Public School
Students from all four senior streams nominated me. I gathered evidence on gaps in teachers and timetables and presented it to school management.
Kathak
Cultural Talent Search Scholar, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
I have trained in Kathak, a classical Indian dance, for seven years, and have held the national scholarship since Grade 9. As President of the school Dance Club, I also train younger dancers.
Art
I sketch faces in pencil and charcoal, paint in watercolour, and paint on stones. Select any piece to see it larger.
Only the eyes tell the story.Pencil
A cottage resting under restless trees.Watercolour and ink
A round stone learns to stare back.Painted stone
A face beneath a storm of patterns.Ink with photo collage
A watchful little face hiding in stone.Painted stone
One sail against a burning sky.Watercolour
A small stone becomes a crowded perch.Painted stone
