Simons Center Independent Postdoctoral Fellow
Simons Center for Computational Physical Chemistry, New York University
Jul 2025 – present
About
I'm a Simons Center Independent Postdoctoral Fellow at New York University. My current research interests include world models, mechanistic interpretability, privacy in generative models, and physics of generative models.
Previously, I completed my Ph.D. in Physics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad, where my work on activity-induced transitions in amorphous solids was published in Nature Physics. I was awarded the 2025 Ramakrishna Cowsik Medal for this work.
Positions
Integrated Ph.D. in Physics
TIFR Hyderabad · Advisor: Smarajit Karmakar
2019 – 2025
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering
Panjab University, Chandigarh
2014 – 2018
News
2025 Awarded the Ramakrishna Cowsik Medal by TIFR, for the best paper across the TIFR system by a researcher under 35
2025 Started as Simons Center Independent Postdoctoral Fellow at NYU
2025 Our paper on ductile-to-brittle transition in active glasses published in Nature Physics, featured in News & Views
Publications
Activity-induced annealing leads to a ductile-to-brittle transition in amorphous solids
Nature Physics (2025)
Encoding fast and fault-tolerant memories in bulk and nanoscale amorphous solids
Physical Review Letters (2025)
Cavitation instabilities in amorphous solids via secondary mechanical perturbations
arXiv preprint (2023)
* denotes co-first author
Awards & Fellowships
Ramakrishna Cowsik Medal, TIFR (2025)
Best paper across the TIFR system by a researcher under 35
Simons Center Independent Postdoctoral Fellowship, NYU (2025–2026)
Sarojini Damodaran International Student Travel Fellowship, TIFR (2023)
Professional Service
Journal reviewer for PRX Intelligence (APS)