Was invited to be a commitment mentor for the Incognito Blueprints Research Bootcamp to mentor 8 teams ( 5 students each )
Pre Bootcamp
My involvement began a month prior to the bootcamp, where I worked closely with advisors to:
- Design problem statements tailored for each team
- Structure clear research roadmaps for the 8 week timeline
- Align expectations around assignments, milestones, and evaluation
this phase ensured that every team starts with a strong a well defined directions and only the advisors and core mentors were involved in this, other mentors and students joined the bootcamp only when it started
Mentorship & Research Guidance
During the bootcamp, I conducted weekly sessions with each team, lockin calls, mid week checkins guiding them through the entire research process:
- Understanding the research questions and hypotheses
- Designing research methodologies (both qualitative and quantitative)
- Data collection and analysis techniques
- Academic writing and paper structuring
The teams I mentored worked across domains, including:
- Health and Medicine
- Space and Astronomy
- Computer Science and AI
- Interdisciplinary research
in addition to team session i also:
- proofread and refined reseach papers before submission
- helped simplify complex ideas into structured writing
- help with programming related part
Evaluation & Feedback
I was responsible for maintaing consistency and progress across the teams by:
- reviewing weekly assignments and submissions
- provide detailed feedback each week
- gave individual feedback to each student on their research progress
- helped teams to sync and stay together
this helped the teams to stay on track with their research goals and to continuously improve their work throughout the bootcamp
Community Building
beyond research related stuff I also worked on:
- organizing game nights
- open discussions and collaboration
Publication & Research Outcomes
After the bootcamp, I co authored two papers with the students based on my contributions Both papers were accepted and published in the JKLST Journal which was a huge achievement for me :)
- view journal issue
- Skin disease classification using two path deep transfer learning models
- Model-Based Systems Engineering: Pioneering New Era in Astrophysics Mission Design
Impact and Collaboration
- mentored 8 teams (~40 students) across two cohorts
- led end to end from ideation to publication
- co authored 2 papers with students and advisors
- worked across multiple domains and research methodologies
Worked Closely with advisors:
- Saloni Verma
- Karan Dhingra Their experience across Harvard Medical School, University of Ottawa, University of Waterloo & New York Genome Center was invaluable to the bootcamp and to my mentorship journey as well :D
Self Reflection
This experience shaped my ability to:
- break down complex ideas into simple concepts
- manage multiple teams simultaneously
- balance mentorship with execution and outcomes
- build structed research roadmaps
It was a rewarding experience to work with such talented students and advisors and constribute to my first research publication as well ^^
