I am a Master's student in Computer Engineering at New York University with a concentration in Machine Learning. Previously, I completed my Bachelor's in Computer Science from IIIT Delhi.

My research goal is to innovate learning algorithms that enable future agentic AI to learn and adapt flexibly in the real world. I am particularly interested in self-supervised learning, embodied agents, and Joint Embedding Predictive Architectures (JEPA).

Research Interests: Self-Supervised Learning, Embodied Agents, World Models, JEPA, Agentic AI, Autonomous Systems , Multi-Agent Systems Performance and Benchmarking, Computer Vision

News

  • Sept 2025 Started as Teaching Assistant for Intro to Deep Learning at NYU Courant
  • Aug 2025 Joined NYU Center for Data Science as Research Student working on JEPA world models
  • Jun 2025 Started Google Summer of Code with DeepMind, working on Agentic AI frameworks
  • Aug 2024 Started Master's in Computer Engineering at New York University

Research

NYU Center for Data Science Research Student Aug 2025 - Dec 2025

World models for planning in robotics. Working on Dino-WM, VQ-VAE, Self-Supervision and JEPA world models.
Supervisor: Quentin Le Lidec

NYU Self Driving (VIP) AI Developer Sept 2025 - Present

JEPA-based pipelines for LiDAR-camera fusion in autonomous driving perception systems. Supervisor: Chen Feng

Publications

Mobile-based active learning can enhance engagement in classroom

S. Garg, Y. Prasad, V. Kumar

Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers (ICETC), 2022

[Scholar]

Can we predict propensity of sharing of multimedia content among Indian ethnicity

Y. Prasad, J. Shukla

IIIT-Delhi, 2021

[Scholar]

Experience

Google DeepMind Jun - Sept 2025

AI Developer (Google Summer of Code)

Exploration of tool calling / function calling using various Agentic frameworks including Google ADK, Autogen, and CrewAI.

Way.com Jun - Aug 2025

Machine Learning Intern

Developed Claude powered realtime agents for automated ticketing systems and email support management.

Jio Platforms Limited Nov 2022 - Jan 2025

AI Engineer

Research work at Jio AI LLM Labs. Developed LLM-powered Agentic systems with MCP like framework for API tool calls and managed end-to-end ML workflows.

Microsoft May - Aug 2020

Microsoft Engage

Designed interactive visualization of shortest path using AI-based algorithms (A*, IDA*, Best-first-search) with Three.js.

Projects

NYU Self Driving [GitHub]

JEPA-based pipelines for LiDAR-camera fusion in autonomous driving perception systems. Part of NYU Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) team.

Active Learning and Teaching [GitHub]

Cross-platform mobile application for interactive learning with 500+ daily active users. Built with React Native and Firebase.

Adfame [GitHub]

ML-Ops pipeline for automated text-to-video generation for advertising platforms. Integrated video, face, and audio processing pipelines.

Evaluating Agentic Architectures with MCP [GitHub]

Natural language processing agents using Model Context Protocol for enhanced AI interactions and tool calling capabilities.

Cindrella [GitHub]

Computer vision project using diffusion models for virtual try-on technology. Implements state-of-the-art image synthesis techniques.

Teaching

Intro to Deep Learning (CSCI-UA) Sept 2025 - Dec 2025

Teaching Assistant, NYU Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Instructor: Prof. Alfredo Canziani

Machine Learning (CSE343) Aug - Dec 2021

Teaching Assistant, IIIT Delhi
Instructor: Dr. Jainendra Shukla

Honors & Awards

  • ACM Multimedia Grand Challenges Honorable Mention (Oct 2021)
  • Dean's List, IIITD (2020-2021)
  • IIITD Programming Fellowship (2019-2020)
  • Dean's List Innovations Research and Development (2021-2022)