My academic journey has been possible only because of direct and indirect support from various individuals and organizations. I am very thankful to them (presented in chronological order):
-The tax payers of India for supporting my middle to early high-school education at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Patiala
-The Pestalozzi International Foundation, UK and the numerous donors for supporting my International Baccalaureate Diploma studies in the United Kingdom
-Numerous donors and the Paul E. Gray Undergraduate Research Fund for supporting my undergraduate education and research at MIT
-The Carl and Betty Helmholz Gateway Fellowship at International House, UC Berkeley
-Sunil Nagaraj, Landon Noll, the Otellini family, and the tax payers of California for funding my graduate studies at UC Berkeley
-The taxpayers of the United States for funding several research grants through NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute
-The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for funding my Postdoctoral Fellowship at UCSC