I am a passionate Electronics & Communication Engineer specializing in bare-metal programming, hardware-software co-design, and hardware security. I thrive on building deterministic, real-time systems and bridging them with modern IoT frameworks.
- Will be pursuing an M.Sc. in Embedded Electronic System Design at Chalmers University of Technology (Autumn 2026 - Spring 2028) as an IPOET Scholar.
- Final-year B.E. ECE student at SRM Easwari Engineering College (CGPA: 9.3/10).
- 🔬 Research Focus: Hardware security, specifically side-channel analysis and hardware Trojan detection in cryptographic algorithms (AES-256, DES, ASCON).
- ⚙️ Current Obsession: Writing deterministic bare-metal C firmware, RTOS implementation, and designing low-power IoT architectures.
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IoT & Cloud: 
Designed a master-slave IoT architecture integrating cloud control with bare-metal hardware execution.
- Hardware: LPC2129 (ARM7 Master), ESP8266 (Network Coprocessor), 4-Channel AC Relay.
- Tech: Bare-metal C, Keil µVision, UART (Hardware & SoftwareSerial), MQTT, Arduino IoT Cloud.
- Highlights: Achieved deterministic local hardware execution by offloading the TCP/IP stack to the ESP8266, allowing robust remote actuation of 230V AC loads via custom UART callback logic.
Research project analyzing synthesis-masking effects to identify optimal ciphers for Trojan detection.
- Tech: Xilinx Vivado, Verilog HDL, Python (Data Analysis).
- Highlights: Implemented a custom AES-256 engine and analyzed 646 Vivado synthesis nets. Achieved a 93% detection accuracy using power analysis and switching activity profiling (validated via Z-score, SNR, and KL Divergence).
An end-to-end medical sensor node with remote telemetry and AI integrations.
- Tech: ESP32, MAX30102 (SpO2/HR), DHT22, Python (OpenCV), MQTT.
- Highlights: Integrated real-time hardware vitals with laptop-based OpenCV facial mood detection, achieving a 487ms end-to-end cloud latency via an MQTT broker to a Blynk dashboard.
- Advanced Embedded System Design Intern | Vector India (Dec 2025 - Jun 2026)
- Developed ARM7 (LPC2114) and 8051 firmware focusing on UART/SPI/I2C drivers.
- Implemented RT-Linux RT-PREEMPT patches for deterministic real-time task scheduling.
- Embedded Systems and Industrial Automation Intern | Taras Systems and Solutions (Jun - Dec 2025)
- Developed bare-metal MSP430 firmware achieving <1µA idle current (LPM3) and wrote STM32F4 HAL drivers.
- Redesigned a fire alarm system using SX1278 LoRa (868MHz, 5km+ range) for remote sensor telemetry.
- CNS Intern | Airports Authority of India (AAI) (Dec 2024)
- Gained hands-on insight into safety-critical air traffic surveillance, VHF radio communications, ILS, and radar transponder encoding at Chennai Airport.
- Technical Intern | Integral Coach Factory (Indian Railways) (Jul 2024)
- Studied Siemens S7-300 PLC ladder logic, SCADA HMI, and PROFIBUS industrial Ethernet communication for automated welding robots.
- "Dual-Metric Detection of Synthesis-Masked Hardware Trojans in AES-256: Correlating Power Signatures with Switching Activity" — Scopus-indexed journal (IROTCSST Journal) (April 2026).
- "Detection of Hardware Trojans in AES-256 Cores using Power and Switching Analysis" — ITDECC-2025 International Conference (Sept 2025).
- "Adapt an RTOS to RISC-V for Safety-Critical Embedded Applications" — ICMICC'25 International Conference (April 2025).
- "IoT Based Fire Alarm using Raspberry Pi Pico W" — ICMICC'25 International Conference (April 2025).
- Top 1% Performer in Entrepreneurship; Top 5% Performer in Leadership & Team Effectiveness.
- Organized and conducted the "Texas Instruments Microcontrollers and Energia IDE Programming" workshop for 30+ first-year ECE students.
- Active member of IETE & ISTE; Volunteer for Youth Red Cross (YRC) and Rotaract Club.