Research Assistant

Colombo HCI Lab, University of Colombo School of Computing · Remote

Advised by Dr. Dilrukshi Gamage

• Conducting research on deepfake detection, culturally grounded evaluation, and media literacy in the Global South, with responsibility for the Pakistan research context.

• Contributing to the design of culturally relevant datasets, benchmarks, and reproducible evaluation methods for synthetic-media detection.

• Developing mixed-methods workflows for studying deepfake discourse in public online channels, including keyword design, language identification, content decomposition, topic discovery, and qualitative coding.

• Translating technical findings into research and public-awareness directions aimed at safer digital spaces for women and other communities disproportionately affected by online abuse.

Student Researcher

Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology

• Designed AVIA, an end-to-end multimodal deepfake-detection framework spanning image, video, and audio analysis.

• Trained and evaluated models across 12 benchmark datasets and more than 5,000 samples, including GAN-generated and diffusion-generated media.

• Co-authored a published proceedings paper on hybrid RFID–PIN authentication and a preprint on the socio-political implications of deepfakes in developing countries.

• Synthesised findings from more than 70 peer-reviewed studies to identify research gaps in mammogram preprocessing for breast-cancer detection.

Senior Technical Support Engineer

Motive

• Resolved more than 200 production incidents spanning cloud services, firmware, AI telematics, and REST API integrations for enterprise fleets.

• Partnered with engineering teams to reproduce defects, isolate root causes, and deliver evidence-based technical escalations.

• Queried Snowflake and Redash data and analysed Grafana telemetry to trace failures, monitor platform health, and support production reliability.

Automations Engineer

Farmdar

• Built and operated 12 production Apache Airflow pipelines delivering crop-yield analytics across more than 2 million acres for clients in Pakistan and international markets.

• Automated the processing and delivery of more than 100 geospatial reports using PostgreSQL, PostGIS, and AWS S3.

• Used CloudWatch monitoring to diagnose and resolve more than 60 workflow failures, improving the reliability of data delivery across production pipelines.

Summer Intern — Data Engineering & DevOps

Procter & Gamble

• Selected among 20 interns from approximately 6,500 applicants, placing in the top 0.35% of the applicant pool.

• Developed three enterprise analytics products supporting data-driven decision-making across Pakistan and Gulf markets, with 95% validated output accuracy.

• Built a fault-tolerant ETL workflow with more than 10 automated validation checks and three monitoring dashboards.

• Eliminated recurring billing and reporting discrepancies, reducing analyst rework by approximately 40 hours per month.

Information Technology Summer Intern

Bank of Khyber · Peshawar

• Managed and optimised VPN access records supporting secure remote connectivity for more than 300 employees.

• Applied encryption and network-security protocols to strengthen the protection of sensitive organisational data and reduce exposure to unauthorised access.

English Tutor

Engoo · Remote

• Mentored more than 50 students in English-language learning and examination preparation, contributing to a 25% improvement in average test scores.

• Developed personalised study strategies based on each student's goals, proficiency level, and areas for improvement.

• Guided students towards relevant academic programmes and scholarship opportunities supporting their educational and professional development.