Avishek is a second year Masters student in the CS department. Before joining UCSB, he graduated with a Bachelors degree in Electrical and Computer engineering from IIT Roorkee, India and worked as an associate software developer in Goldman Sachs. Last summer, he interned at Meta in their privacy organization. Avishek is interested in backend software development, platforms and infrastructure and distributed systems. Outside of CS, he enjoys listening to pop/Alternative Rock, cooking, playing DOTA2 and soccer and going out on hikes.