PhD student, College of Science  || Srikakulam, India

Why Purdue?

It had the best natural language processing lab that would take me.

Best thing about Purdue?

Hanging out with friends. We play a lot of sports — racquetball, badminton, squash, table tennis, and volleyball — but we play cricket the most. 

Favorite dining?

Fiesta. My friends and I go every Monday. We don’t even have to order. They start making our favorite vegetable burritos as soon as they see us.

Favorite student organization?

Research takes up most of my time, but I am president of Cricket Club. I’ve been playing since I was 7. It’s a huge part of my life. I looked up the club online before I came to Purdue.

Favorite tradition?

Purdue Day of Giving. It is a lot of fun competing with the Running Club for the most number of donors. We are less than one-fifth their size and beat them for two consecutive years.

Cool projects?

My research is always cool to me. My area of research is natural language processing. I am working on computationally characterizing hidden agendas of politicians in their responses to various events. For Cricket Club, we recently purchased a bowling machine from India. We spent close to one year setting it up.