University of California, Berkeley

B.A. Cognitive Science, with Highest Honors, 2018–2022

Honors thesis on "4E", a cognitive model of canine olfaction. Won the Robert J. Glushko Prize for Distinguished Undergraduate Research.

Commencement speaker in the Greek Theatre for the Cognitive Science Class of 2022.

Courses

Fall 2018

  • L&S C30T Drugs and the Brain
  • Chem 3A Chemical Structure and Reactivity
  • CS 10 The Beauty and Joy of Computing
  • Rhetoric R1A The Craft of Writing: Critical Histories of Computing
  • L&S 54 Mindfulness and Meditation
  • MCB 198 Directed Group Study

Spring 2019

  • CS 61A Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
  • Philos 2 Individual Morality and Social Justice
  • Math 1B Calculus
  • IB 24 Freshman Seminar
  • MCB 90E Freshman Seminar
  • CS 197 Field Study

Summer 2019

  • Data C8 Foundations of Data Science

Fall 2019

  • CS 70 Discrete Mathematics and Probability Theory
  • Philos 3 The Nature of Mind
  • Ling 106 Metaphor
  • Psych 1 General Psychology
  • IB 84 Sophomore Seminar
  • DES INV 98 Directed Group Study
  • PE 1 Physical Education Activities

Spring 2020

  • CogSci 1 Introduction to Cognitive Science
  • Psych C61 Brain, Mind, and Behavior
  • Ling 100 Introduction to Linguistic Science
  • Film R1B Writing: Film Focus
  • UGIS 192B Supervised Research: Social Sciences

Summer 2020

  • PH N112 Global Health: A Multidisciplinary Examination
  • Psych 166AC Cultural Psychology

Fall 2020

  • Data C100 Principles and Techniques of Data Science
  • PH 196 Artificial Intelligence for Medicine and Health Policy
  • CogSci 199 Supervised Independent Study
  • UGIS 192B Supervised Research: Social Sciences

Fall 2021

  • CogSci C127 Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psych 115 Introduction to Brain Imaging Analysis Methods
  • PH 129 The Aging Human Brain
  • CogSci 190 Expanding a Science of Consciousness
  • UGIS 192B Supervised Research: Social Sciences

Spring 2022

  • CogSci C131 Computational Models of Cognition
  • IB C147 Neuroethology
  • Ling C146 Language Acquisition
  • Hindi 100B Intermediate Hindi
  • History 162B War and Peace: International Relations since 1914

School

Sarala Birla Academy, Bangalore

IB Diploma, 2016–2018

Higher level: Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics

Standard level: English A: Literature, Spanish ab initio, Economics

Extended Essay in English A, on fragmentation in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children

IGCSE, 2015–2016

ICSE, 2014

St. Paul's High School, Belagavi

1st to 8th standard, 2006–2014