I’m a recent graduate from the **PBA 7 Protocol Track** and currently serve as **Technical Product Manager** at **Pala Labs**, a Polkadot Ecosystem Partner. I was part of the organising team behind the **JAM World Tour** and am currently working on **building a data analytics platform** for the Polakdot ecosystem.

Previously, I **co-founded a digital healthcare startup** called BioChain (built on Ethereum), which was acquired by a medical startup based in Atlanta, Georgia, in January 2025. It was also a POC node for the ABHA India program, which is the world’s largest medical data infrastructure undertaking. I also have experience working as a **data engineer for two years at Principal Financial Group** and as a **software engineer at Microsoft**, where I was part of the Azure Databricks team. 

I've **contributed to Polkadot Wiki**, developing its dark mode (live right now) and look forward to contributing towards the Polkadot SDK in the future, with **work already ongoing for the Identity Pallet**. (integration of WNS service similar to ENS).

I seek to join the Technical Fellowship to contribute to Polkadot's technical governance and protocol development. Having worked in Ethereum, Solana, and Cardano, and now working in Polkadot, I’ve come to **admire what this ecosystem strives for** and **would love to contribute towards its growth**. I hope my experience, technical ability and most importantly, passion to contribute make me eligible to become part of the fellowship. 

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