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General Information

Full Name Akavarapu Venkata Satya Durga Sai Mahesh
Designation PhD Candidate in Computer Science
Institute Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Broad Areas of Interests Computational Linguistics / Natural Language Processing, Historical Linguistics

Education

  • 2019-2024 (est.)
    PhD in Computer Science
    Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
    • GPA: 3.84/4.00 (9.6/10.0)
    • Advisor: Prof. Arnab Bhattacharya
  • 2014-2019
    BTech in Computer Science, Physics (Second Major)
    Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
    • GPA: 3.72/4.00 (9.3/10.0)

Honors and Awards

  • 2019-2024
    • Prime Minister's Research Fellowship
    • Grant of INR 200,000 per year (approx. USD 12,000 in Total) from Ministry of Education, Government of India
  • 2015
    • Academic Excellence Award from IIT Kanpur
    • Awarded to Top 10% students of the batch

Experience

  • 2019-2024
    Research Fellow
    Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
    • Under Prime Minister's Research Fellowship
  • Summer 2018
    Student Researcher, Intern
    Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
    • High Performance Computing in CUDA (Guide: Prof. Mahendra K. Verma)

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Studying ancient works of Sanskrit, Old Telugu, and Old Tamil.