Start Early Ph.D. Research Fellow · IIT Gandhinagar
Hari Prapan
Ph.D. Research Fellow in Computer Science & Engineering at IIT Gandhinagar.
I work under the guidance of Prof. Manisha Padala. My research lies at the intersection of mechanism design and machine learning, with a focus on strategic behavior, incentives, online learning, and decision-making under uncertainty. I am particularly interested in bandits, contract design, LLM routing, and incentive-aware AI.
Latest updates
Awarded B.S. in Data Science & Applications
Received the four-year Bachelor of Science degree in Data Science and Applications at the convocation ↗ held at IIT Madras.
Successfully defended Ph.D. Research Proposal
Successfully defended the Ph.D. Research Proposal ↗ at the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar.
Completed Ph.D. qualifying examination
Successfully completed the Ph.D. qualifying examination at IIT Gandhinagar.
Secured Rank 1 with 9.55 CGPA in M.Sc.
Secured Rank 1 with a 9.55 CGPA in my master's degree at the Department of Statistics, CUSB ↗ .
Recognised as an NPTEL Star
Recognised as an NPTEL Star — Motivated Learner ↗ for the January–April 2025 semester and invited for the Star Award Felicitation at IIT Kharagpur.
Qualified GATE 2025 in Data Science & AI
Qualified GATE 2025 ↗ in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence ↗ with approximately 99 percentile.
Selected for MeitY-sponsored Internship
Selected for an internship sponsored by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology ↗ at NIELIT Patna.
Received Start Early Fellowship offer for Ph.D.
Received an offer from IIT Gandhinagar for the Start Early Fellowship for Ph.D. ↗ .
Awarded Double Diplomas at IIT Madras
Awarded Double Diplomas in Programming & Data Science ↗ at IIT Madras.
Best Project Award in Business Data Management
Received the Best Project Award in Business Data Management ↗ at IIT Madras.
Selected for Mathematics Training and Talent Search Programme
Selected for the Mathematics Training and Talent Search Programme (MTTS) ↗ .
Teaching
CS620 · Incentive in Machine Learning
Teaching Assistant · IIT Gandhinagar
ES114 · Probability, Statistics & Data Visualization
Teaching Assistant · IIT Gandhinagar
ES112 · Computing
Teaching Assistant · IIT Gandhinagar
Machine Learning, AI & Data Science
Instructor · NIELIT Patna
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