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Resume

EDUCATION

Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (NIT Surat) | Surat, India

Integrated BS + MS in Mathematics (2022 – 2027)

  • CGPA: 9.38 / 10

EXPERIENCE

Summer of Bitcoin with Lightning Network

May 2025 – August 2025

  • Stack: C, Python, libFuzzer
  • Strengthened the Core Lightning (CLN) fuzz testing suite, leading to the discovery of 8 security vulnerabilities, including memory safety bugs and 3 critical Denial-of-Service vectors.
  • Developed 16 new fuzz targets and enhanced 11 existing ones in C, significantly expanding test coverage across critical components.
  • Diagnosed and devised fixes for complex bugs, including heap-buffer-overflows, dangling memory allocations, out-of-bounds errors and DoS vectors.

Google Summer of Code with Git

May 2024 – August 2024

  • Stack: C, Shell, Git
  • Ported and improved 100% of the test suite for Git’s reftable refs-backend from a legacy setup to a modern unit testing framework written in C.
  • Introduced new tests, increased test execution performance, and refactored core codebase along strict upstream guidelines.
  • All patches and tests were accepted into Git’s master branch and are now a permanent core part of Git’s official test suite.

Semester-Long Intern at FOSSEE, IIT Bombay

March 2024 – July 2024

  • Stack: Scilab, Octave
  • Authored 30+ signal processing functions in Scilab, precisely matching the API and functionality of their Octave counterparts.
  • Developed comprehensive test suites and technical documentation for these functions while actively reviewing peer code.
  • Received a return offer for a winter internship based on high code quality and output.

OPEN-SOURCE VOLUNTEERING

Bitcoin Core

February 2025 – Present

  • Stack: C++, Shell, Python
  • Enhanced consensus error handling, reviewed transaction memory management PRs, and authored new security-focused unit and fuzz tests.
  • Authored PRs to fix protocol validation logic, resolve wallet input validation errors, and optimize overall performance.

Git Development Community

August 2023 – Present

  • Stack: C, Shell
  • Authored bug fixes and new unit tests, ported legacy tests to modern frameworks, created resource scripts, and conducted peer reviews for community patches.

SKILLS

  • Languages: C, C++, Python, Java, SQL, Assembly
  • Tools: Git, GitHub, Linux, Shell, libFuzzer, MATLAB, Octave, Scilab
  • Technical Specialities: Systems Programming, Fuzzing & Security Testing, Threat Analysis, Compilers, Operating Systems, Blockchain/Networking, Advanced Mathematics, Signal Processing