Experience

Career path

From teaching to research to securing banking infrastructure.

June 2025 – Present
Assistant Manager — Information Security
India Post Payments Bank (IPPB), Pune
  • Conducting VAPT across banking applications, network infrastructure, and internal systems to identify and remediate security weaknesses.
  • Managing and monitoring NIPS to detect, analyse, and block suspicious network activity in real time.
  • Supporting compliance with RBI Cybersecurity Framework, CERT-In guidelines, and internal security policies.
  • Documenting vulnerability findings, preparing risk reports, and coordinating remediation with system owners.
Aug 2025 – Jun 2027
M.Tech — Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad
  • Thesis: MambaVision + PoM — investigating linear-time token mixing as a replacement for self-attention in hybrid vision backbones.
  • Coursework in Advanced Computer Architecture (CS810), Parallel Computing (CS410), and Neural Networks & Deep Learning.
  • GATE 2025 Score: 678
Dec 2023 – Dec 2024
Lecturer — Web Technologies
Vishwabharati Polytechnic Institute, Nanded
  • Taught web development fundamentals to diploma students — HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and responsive layouts.
  • Developed curriculum and hands-on lab exercises for practical web skills.