ॐ तत् सत् ।
I am an engineer, researcher, Yoga teacher and artist deeply interested in one central question: how to experience Life to its fullest?
I work towards enhancing human efficiency by exploring the intimate relationship between the heart, brain, breath, body, and mind. As a PhD candidate at the Max Planck School of Cognition, I study how deep breathing shapes heart–brain interactions, with a broader interest in neurophysiology, psychology, cognitive science, and mental well-being.
Before my PhD, I trained across disciplines and institutions: Computer Science at BITS Pilani, computational neuroscience at MIT in Cambridge, social and affective cognition at École Normale Supérieure in Paris, and clinical and cognitive neuroscience at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig.
Across these experiences, my vision has remained the same: to build bridges between modern science, embodied practice, and the deeper traditions of human self-understanding. I am especially drawn to research and technology that can help us understand breath, behavior, health, attention, and human efficiency — not only for diagnosis and treatment, but also for prevention, resilience, and social well-being.
Alongside my scientific work, योग (Yoga) remains a daily practice and a living source of inquiry. For me, Yoga — from the Sanskrit root √yuj, “to join, yoke, or integrate” — is not merely a physical discipline, but a method of experiencing and investigating the body–mind continuum from the inside.
My practice includes आसन (Āsana) — the cultivation of a steady posture; प्राणायाम (Prāṇāyāma) — the refinement of breath and vital energy; and ध्यान (Dhyāna) — sustained meditative attention.
I am also a contemporary dancer, visual artist, flutist, admirer of शास्त्रीय सङ्गीत (Śāstrīya Saṅgīta) — Indian classical music — and a lifelong student of the wild and natural world.
At the meeting point of Science, engineering, Yoga, art, and nature, I continue to study one living question:
How can we experience life deeply enough to live it more fully?
ॐ शान्तिः ।।
