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Solo architectLaunchEagle Force Telangana: India's first AI-enabled law enforcement platform, launched by the DGP
At 20, I architected the official website and AI platform of EAGLE Force, Telangana Police, as a solo developer: 26 modules and three AI engines (SAHAY AI, SHIELD AI, MITRA-TG), launched by DGP Shri B. Shivadhar Reddy, IPS.
EAGLE Force, Telangana Police · 31 Mar 2026
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Consolation PrizeRecognitionRecognized by the Chief Minister of Telangana for an AI-made anti-drug short film
On the International Day Against Drug Abuse, I received the Consolation Prize in TG ANB's state-level short film competition from Hon'ble Chief Minister Shri Anumula Revanth Reddy, for an animated anti-drug film I made with AI-based visual storytelling.
Government of Telangana · Telangana Anti Narcotics Bureau (TG ANB) · 26 Jun 2025
National FinalistHackathonNational Finalist, HackIndia 2025 Grand Finale: top 30 in India
Of 100+ teams from 250+ universities across 18 states, I reached the top 30 at the HackIndia 2025 Grand Finale in Web3 and AI, and received the National Finalist trophy from Dr. Ben Goertzel, founder of SingularityNET.
HackIndia · 26 Sept 2025
Best Startup 2025–26StartupAtlas AI Labs wins the CSI Hyderabad Best Startup Award 2025–26, six months after founding
Computer Society of India (CSI), Hyderabad Chapter · 13 Jul 2026
1st placeHackathon1st place at Gen AI Hackathon 2025 with QwiX CV, an AI resume optimiser
Dept. of CSE, Vasavi College of Engineering · SmartBridge · nasscom · FutureSkills Prime · 9 Mar 2025
Solo architectLaunch
Eagle Force Telangana: India's first AI-enabled law enforcement platform, launched by the DGP
At 20, I architected the official website and AI platform of EAGLE Force, Telangana Police, as a solo developer: 26 modules and three AI engines (SAHAY AI, SHIELD AI, MITRA-TG), launched by DGP Shri B. Shivadhar Reddy, IPS.
EAGLE Force, Telangana Police · 31 Mar 2026
Read story- Consolation PrizeRecognition
Recognized by the Chief Minister of Telangana for an AI-made anti-drug short film
On the International Day Against Drug Abuse, I received the Consolation Prize in TG ANB's state-level short film competition from Hon'ble Chief Minister Shri Anumula Revanth Reddy, for an animated anti-drug film I made with AI-based visual storytelling.
Government of Telangana · Telangana Anti Narcotics Bureau (TG ANB) · 26 Jun 2025
- National FinalistHackathon
National Finalist, HackIndia 2025 Grand Finale: top 30 in India
Of 100+ teams from 250+ universities across 18 states, I reached the top 30 at the HackIndia 2025 Grand Finale in Web3 and AI, and received the National Finalist trophy from Dr. Ben Goertzel, founder of SingularityNET.
HackIndia · 26 Sept 2025
- Best Startup 2025–26Startup
Atlas AI Labs wins the CSI Hyderabad Best Startup Award 2025–26, six months after founding
Computer Society of India (CSI), Hyderabad Chapter · 13 Jul 2026
- 1st placeHackathon
1st place at Gen AI Hackathon 2025 with QwiX CV, an AI resume optimiser
Dept. of CSE, Vasavi College of Engineering · SmartBridge · nasscom · FutureSkills Prime · 9 Mar 2025
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Hackathon Wins4
WinnersHackathonWinners of Innovasia 2025 with an AGI conceptual prototype
Dept. of CSE, Vasavi College of Engineering · Innovasia 2025, national-level hybrid hackathon
- National FinalistHackathon
National Finalist, HackIndia 2025 Grand Finale: top 30 in India
HackIndia · HackIndia 2025 Grand Finale
1st placeHackathonChampion No. 1 at HackIndia 2025 Spark 6, the Hyderabad regional at CBIT
HackIndia, hosted at Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology (CBIT) · HackIndia 2025 Spark 6 (Hyderabad regional)
- 1st placeHackathon
1st place at Gen AI Hackathon 2025 with QwiX CV, an AI resume optimiser
Dept. of CSE, Vasavi College of Engineering · SmartBridge · nasscom · FutureSkills Prime · Gen AI Hackathon 2025
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Startup & Awards3
- Best Startup 2025–26Startup
Atlas AI Labs wins the CSI Hyderabad Best Startup Award 2025–26, six months after founding
Computer Society of India (CSI), Hyderabad Chapter · CSI Annual Excellence Awards
Best Startup 2025StartupBest Startup 2025: CSI Hyderabad Chapter award for founding QwikZen Group India
Computer Society of India (CSI), Hyderabad Chapter · CSI Avensis 2K25 Regional Convention
Best Poster AwardAwardBest Poster Award from TGANB for Shield AI, and the launch of QwiXShield
Telangana Anti-Narcotics Bureau (TGANB) · Inter-Collegiate Competition on Anti-Drug Awareness
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Recognition & Honours2
Selected, ~5% of applicantsRecognitionSelected for Amazon ML Summer School 2025: about 3,000 from 60,000+ applicants
Amazon · Amazon Machine Learning Summer School 2025
- Consolation PrizeRecognition
Recognized by the Chief Minister of Telangana for an AI-made anti-drug short film
Government of Telangana · Telangana Anti Narcotics Bureau (TG ANB) · State-Level Short Film Competition, International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
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Launches & Milestones2
- Solo architectLaunch
Eagle Force Telangana: India's first AI-enabled law enforcement platform, launched by the DGP
EAGLE Force, Telangana Police · Official launch of the Eagle Force website and AI platform
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In the Press4
Cover story panellistPressJuly 2026 cover story: AI in Pharma, Pharmaceutical Ingredients Review, with the ANCOVE framework
Pharmaceutical Ingredients Review · AI in Pharma, July 2026 cover story
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Published op-edPressFrom Coders to Architects: my article on India and the agentic AI era, in Press Media English Daily
Press Media English Daily
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1 of 36 globallyPublication1 of 36 globally: QwiXGenie featured in the India AI Impact Summit 2026 Compendium
India AI Impact Summit 2026 Compendium: Real-World Impact of AI in Education
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Patent publishedPublicationPatent published: AI-based AQI prediction and monitoring system for urban environments
QwikZen Group India (XpeditionR) · Dept. of CSE, Vasavi College of Engineering · Indian patent application publication
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Talks & Panels3
SpeakerTalkSpeaker at Metamorphosis'26, T-Hub Hyderabad: building agent platforms that survive production
Metamorphosis'26 · Metamorphosis'26, AI × Web3 conference
PanellistTalkPanellist at AI in Pharma: trustworthy AI for pharmaceutical supply chains with the ANCOVE framework
Pharmaceutical Ingredients Review (Pharma India Magazine) · AI in Pharma expert panel
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Guest lecturerTalkGuest lecture at Lords Institute on NP-completeness, and the launch of Atlas Academy
Lords Institute of Engineering & Technology (Autonomous), Hyderabad · Guest lecture: Understanding NP-Completeness Through Reductions, a Problem-Centric Approach
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Networking & Events1
Founder & CTO, QwikZenNetworkingRepresenting QwikZen Group India at BizHack 2025, T-Hub
BizHack 2025 · Two-day business marathon
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06Blogs
Build logs and deep dives.
- Part 2 of 2
The Price of Thought
The Machine That Doesn't Know When to Stop
- The Price of Thought
- AI Overthinking
- Metareasoning
8 min readAdvanced - Part 1 of 2
The Price of Thought
Intelligence Has a Meter Now
- The Price of Thought
- Test-time compute
- AI reasoning cost
10 min readAdvanced - Part 1 of 1
AGI research
The Day My AI Said Mitochondria Produce Oxygen
- AGI
- QwiXAGI
- Cognitive architecture
11 min readIntermediate - More articles
07Vlogs
Videos and explainers.
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