Aditya Ranjan Jha is a first-year second-year PhD student at the School of Computing, National University of Singapore, advised by Professor Prateek Saxena. He is interested in secure architectures and is currently working on the Capstone Project. Recently, he has also developed an interest in programming language design and formal verification.

Before joining the PhD program, Aditya was — by his own admission — unaware of many things, and is still dipping his toes in to develop his research taste. Although often unaware, he remains curious and grateful to be surrounded by peers who teach him something new every day.

A large part of his professional growth stems from his time at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, where he made lifelong friends and met many inspiring individuals during his undergraduate studies.

One of his favorite quotes, “Once you stop learning, you start dying.” — Albert Einstein — aptly defines his current professional phase. He believes in being in a constant state of learning, fully embracing the idea that he is “yet a master of none.”