Undergrad • Systems tinkerer

Curious student & researcher poking at low-level systems.

I'm specializing in systems programming and cybersecurity, with interests in Linux kernel engineering and network security.

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About

Exploring kernels, networks, and attack surfaces through systems programming.

I’m currently an undergraduate computer science student with a deep interest in low-level systems and kernel engineering. While coursework provides the theoretical backbone, most of my real learning happens during long debugging sessions — tracing misbehaving packets, instrumenting code paths, and reverse-engineering subsystems that refuse to behave.

I actively experiment with Go, C, and Rust across networking and systems projects, and I document every non-obvious insight to make the learning path reproducible for my peers (and my future self). I pick up new stacks quickly, deploy unfamiliar systems with confidence, and enjoy reducing complex runtimes into something observable, debuggable, and deterministic.

My current focus lies at the intersection of systems engineering and cybersecurity — exploring kernel internals, attack surfaces, and observability through eBPF, while building a stronger foundation in OS, networking, and secure system design.

Focus

  • eBPF observability
  • Linux networking
  • Efficient telemetry

Current palette

Go • Rust • C • Research write-ups • eBPF • Linux

Experience

Projects

I rotate between research labs and open-source rabbit holes, learning fast and sharing notes before the caffeine wears off.

eBPF Engineer

Ngkore Open Source · June 2025 — present

Helping the community prototype traffic-control ideas, benchmarking tools, and narrating the kernel edge cases I bump into.

Research Engineer

Delhi University · Dec 2023 — present

Part student, part mentor—building tracing tools with my professors while trading theories with whoever wanders into the lab.

R&D Engineer

CoRan Labs · Jan 2024 — May 2025

Worked on HEXA_UPF and HexaeBPF, mostly asking “why” until someone handed me a profiler, then documenting how we squeezed more packets through.

Contact

Currently exploring full-time or internship opportunities in systems, kernel engineering, or security-focused roles. I’m not doing client projects right now, but I’m always open to technical discussions, collaborations, and building things with the right people.