Namaste World! 👋🏼 I'm Rushiraj
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I'm a Research Engineer at MBZUAI, working on post-training multimodal models with Dr. Hisham Cholakkal.
My research interests span Computer Vision, AI Safety, Human-AI Interaction, and Reinforcement Learning. More recently, I've developed a deeper interest in Mechanistic Interpretability and am actively exploring the space.
I hold a B.Tech in Computer Science majoring in Artificial Intelligence, from Plaksha University, India. I have published my research outputs at several top conferences and journals. Beyond research, I'm an enthusiastic advocate for open source and an active contributor to its community.
Eager to explore new ideas, build stuff and make an impact through innovation!












curious corners of computing
Achievements
Algoverse's AI Safety Research Fellowship 2026One of 30+ selected globally
Google Summer of Code 2024One of 1,220 selected globally from 43k+ applicants
AWS AI & ML Scholar Advance 2024One of 500 selected globally
AWS AI & ML Scholar 2023One of 2k selected globally from 70k+ applicants
UN Millennium Fellowship 2022One of 3k selected globally from 31k+ applicants
1st Rank · IIT Bombay E-Cell BnB 2022Ranked 1st among 190+ teams nationally
Selected for SSIP 2020One of 200+ applicants statewide
Experience
- Research EngineerMBZUAI, Abu DhabiOct 2026 – Present
- Research FellowPlaksha UniversityJul 2026 – Oct 2026
- Algoverse FellowAlgoverseJan – May 2026
- Research CollaboratorHCI Engineering Group, MITAug 2025 – Mar 2026
- FounderHousify (TechSurf Solutions)Jan 2025 – Jan 2026
- Research InternMuRAL Lab, Plaksha UniversityJun – Aug 2025
- Research InternHTI Lab, Plaksha UniversityJan 2024 – Feb 2025
- ContributorGoogle Summer of Code 2024 · QuTiP @ NumFOCUSMay – Sep 2024
- Data Science InternBlinkX by JM Financial, MumbaiJun – Aug 2024
- Research InternPhysical Research Laboratory (PRL), AhmedabadJun – Aug 2023
- Game Design InternMADIEE GamesJan – Apr 2022