I work at the intersection of Control, Optimization and Machine Learning, with a focus on safety enforced decision-making in dynamical systems. Developing methods that integrate learning with formal guarantees to ensure constraint satisfaction and robust performance in uncertain, data-driven environments.

Research Projects
Invited Talks
- Mar 2025 “A Physics Informed Machine Learning approach for Safe and Optimal Control of Autonomous Systems” , Safe and Intelligent Autonomy Lab, Stanford University (Slides)
- Jul 2024 “Learning Formally Verified Neural Control Barrier Functions in Stochastic Environments” , Cyber Physical Systems Symposium(CyPhySS), Bangalore
- Sept 2023 “A Collision Cone Approach for Control Barrier Functions” , Systems and Controls, IIT Bombay (Slides)
Research Mentoring
I have had the fortune of working with and mentoring some fantastic student collaborators.
Ph.D. Students
- Prakrut Kotecha — Learning Safe Dynamics and Control for Autonomous Systems, IISc Bangalore (Jul 2025 – Present)
Master’s Students
- Pranav Tiwari — Safety Critical Control of Autonomous Systems, IISc Bangalore (Jul 2025 – Present)
- GVS Mothish — Control of Bipedal Robots in Uneven Terrain, IISc Bangalore (Sept 2022 – Jul 2024)
Bachelor’s Students
- Aditya Singh — Safety Critical Control of Autonomous Systems, IIT Patna (2024–Present)
- Shreenabh Agrawal — Safety Critical Control of Autonomous Systems, IISc Bangalore (2024–2025)
- Karthik Rajgopal — Design and Control of Bipedal Robot, BITS Pilani (2022–2024)
- Ravi Kola — Design and Control of Bipedal Robot, GTU (2023–2024)