Moments, Hobbies, Interests, People...

I go by the words "Every artist was first an amateur" - Ralph Walden;

♙e4 player as White, ♞f6 or ♟d6 as Black FTW. You can challenge me at PunforPawn or CastleFTW!
My recent beautiful checkmate as black! (keeps updating)

Left - The time when I met an Academic Idol - Yann LeCun;
Right - With the founders (Jags K. & Sek C.) of LatentAi for which I contributed at seed stage.

Selected individuals who I love interacting with in academics & beyond-
(Left) Shashank Hegde, PhD Candidate UMN, Twin Cities; & Sanjay Y., Google, CA
(Right) Karan Sikka, PhD, SRI Intl. colleague.

Some peaks (mt.Blady, mt.Tallac) conquered during 2020 with hiking buddy Harsha Bhaskar. Many more to come..

Couple of things I absolutely love - My dog Chintu & my guitar (still learning..)