Research Areas

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning: Large language models, Natural language processing, AI safety and security, Model explainability, AI governance.

Theoretical Physics: Chern-Simons theories, Higher-spin theories, AdS/CFT correspondence, Conformal field theories.

Research

My research spans from theoretical physics (string theory) to applied artificial intelligence. Currently, I focus on advancing the capabilities of large language models (LLMs) and enhancing their security. I am also conducting research on LLM explainability.

Additionally, I am engaged in AI governance and responsible AI initiatives, focusing on the development and analysis of national and international AI policy frameworks.

For a complete list of my publications, see my Google Scholar profile.

Professional Services

Reviewer for: NeurIPS, EMNLP, ICML, ICLR, ACL, AISTATS, NAACL, COLING, ICCV, CogSci

Ethics Reviewer: NeurIPS

Teaching

This section highlights my teaching and educational activities, including courses and invited lectures.

Courses Taught

All courses listed below were taught at the undergraduate level.

Invited Talks

• Aug 2025: Talk at Workshop on "Advanced NLP with Transformers", HT Media Group (Recording | GitHub)
• Apr 2025: Talk at Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
• Jan 2025: Talk at Department of Computer Science, National Institute of Technology Andhra Pradesh
• Dec 2024: Talk at DST workshop on Quantum Physics, Information and Computation, Dayalbagh Educational Institute
• Dec 2024: Keynote Talk at Future Tech Summit'24, AI Research Centre, Woxsen University
• Jul 2018: Talk on "Large-N Chern-Simons theories", Department of Physics, University of Tsukuba
• Jun 2018: Talk on "Higher spin spectrum of Chern-Simons theory coupled to fermions", Kalvi IPMU, University of Tokyo
• Nov 2017: Talk at International School on Quantum and Nano Computing Systems and Applications (QANSAS), Dayalbagh Educational Institute
• Jun 2017: Talk on "Anomalous dimensions in Chern-Simons theories", Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego
• Nov 2016: Talk on "The Large-N Limit of Quantum Field Theories", International School on Quantum and Nano Computing Systems and Applications (QANSAS)
• Dec 2015: Talk on "Anomalous dimensions in non-supersymmetric bifundamental Chern-Simons theories", National Strings Meeting, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali

Mentorship

I actively mentor graduate students and early-career researchers in AI and theoretical physics. If you're interested in research collaboration or guidance, feel free to reach out.

Personal Pursuits

This page showcases my pursuits beyond research and teaching, including areas that reflect my intellectual interests and personal commitments.

Founded the Agro-Homeopathy based Organic Botanical Herbal Garden (AHOBHAG), applying homeopathic principles to agriculture to promote plant health and resilience while practicing natural farming without chemicals. In collaboration with V. Agam, developed a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)-based, LLM-powered application that provides organic and agro-homeopathic solutions to all plant-related queries. The app is available on Hugging Face.

Practicing and studying homeopathy and herbal medicine, exploring natural healing approaches and holistic wellness methods, with publications in Hpathy.

Enjoying Go, the ancient strategy board game that combines intuition, strategy and pattern recognition.

Founded Srijanshala, an EduFun Sunday Camp that engages students in activity-based, personalized learning and Socratic dialogue to foster curiosity, critical thinking and creativity.

Investigating consciousness through the integration of Indian philosophical traditions, meditation practices and modern cognitive and computational approaches.

Contact Information

I'm always open to collaborations, partnerships and discussions across my interests. Feel free to reach out!