Meet man, who got AIR 1 in JEE, took admission at IIT Bombay for graduation, worked in Google, now is working as…

Success Story: It is not an easy task to clear competitive examinations such as the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, and the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test. However, some individuals clear the competitive examination through hard work and dedication, becoming a testament to perseverance. Well, this story revolves around the JEE topper, took admission at IIT Bombay for graduation, worked in Google, and now is working as…
Meet man, who got AIR 1 in JEE, took admission at IIT Bombay for graduation, worked in Google, now is working as…
Sushant Sachdeva secured the All India Rank (AIR) 1 in the 2004 IIT JEE exam. Sachdeva completed his 10th grade at Rajhans School in Mumbai. He scored 92.4% in the exam. Meanwhile, he went to Pune to pursue his Class 12th board examination at Army Public School.
As per his LinkedIn profile, Sushant studied B.Tech at IIT Bombay and earned his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Theoretical Computer Science from Princeton University in 2013. In 2011, he interned as a researcher with Microsoft, followed by a research internship at the Toyota Technological Institute in Chicago (TTIC). He later worked as a postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley.

Sushant Sachdeva is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto. In addition to his academic role, he serves as a Faculty Affiliate at the Vector Institute, which focuses on AI research. Furthermore, since January 24, he has been working as a Visiting Research Scientist at Google.
Prof. Sushant Sachdeva has been recognized with several prestigious awards and fellowships, including the Sloan Research Fellowship in 2023, the FOCS Best Paper Award in 2022, and the Ontario Early Researcher Award in 2022. His achievements also include the Google Faculty Research Award (2018), the NSERC Discovery Award (2018), and the IITB President of India Gold Medal (2008), highlighting his contributions to computer science research and academic excellence.