About Me
I am a B.Tech. (Hons.) and MS by Research student in Computer Science and Engineering at the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-H). My research is focused on the security and privacy aspects of machine learning.
I am a researcher at the Center for Security, Theory & Algorithmic Research (CSTAR) and SyPy Group, working with Prof. Ankit Gangwal.
Previously, I was a Research Intern at Infosys, where I explored red teaming of LLMs and privacy implications of model merging. Currently, I am an Applied AI Researcher at ServiceNow, where I am working towards benchmarking content moderation in enterprise-level agentic systems.
News
- Feb 2026 Our work "GENIE", has been accepted at TMLR!
- Jan 2026 I have joined ServiceNow as an Applied AI Student Researcher!
- Sep 2025 Our work on model merging, "Merge Now, Regret Later", is available on arXiv and under review at AsiaCCS 2026.
- Sep 2025 Presented my work at Research Fest 2025@IIIT Hyderabad!
- Aug 2025 Poster accepted at AsiaCCS 2025. See you in Hanoi!
- Jul 2025 Started my Research Internship at Infosys in Hyderabad.
- Jun 2024 Our paper "GENIE" is now on arXiv.
Research Interests
My interests lie broadly in the security and safety of machine learning systems.
- Adversarial Machine Learning
- Model Ownership/Watermarking
- Explainable AI (XAI) & Graph Representation Learning
- Security and Safety of Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Privacy in AI
If your research interests align with mine, feel free to contact me!.
Selected Publications
Merge Now, Regret Later: The Hidden Cost of Model Merging Is Adversarial Transferability
