Hobbies

A few things
I do for fun.

I build LEGO cities, collect fossils, dive, and play the keyboard.

A large detailed LEGO city build

Building & robotics

LEGO cities

I've been building LEGO since I was three: 350+ sets so far, including 15+ cityscapes. I taught robotics through Roboknights at DPS R. K. Puram, ran a YouTube channel with 10K views, and started a LEGO lending library across Delhi NCR.

Mounted Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton in a museum gallery

Palaeontology

The Jurassic, up close

I read a lot about the Late Jurassic: the Morrison Formation, giant sauropods, and the debate over warm-blooded theropods. Natural-history museums are a favourite stop. I also look for fossils along coastlines and in quarry spoil, usually ammonites or belemnites, sometimes a shark tooth. My favourite find is a palm-sized ammonite roughly 150 million years old.

Manas Sood snorkelling

Underwater

Snorkelling & scuba

I'm a licensed PADI diver, swimmer, and snorkelling enthusiast. I've dived at the Great Barrier Reef, Mauritius, Okinawa, Half Moon Bay, and Sri Lanka.

The Delhi School of Music

Music

Electronic keyboard

I have a diploma in electronic keyboard and music theory from Trinity College London. A scholarship took me to the Delhi School of Music, where I studied with Mr Akshay R. Saxena, a Cannes Film Festival-awarded artist. I've played for audiences of 500+ across two concerts.