Viraj completed his undergraduate at IIIT-Delhi and majored in Computer Science and Engineering. During his undergrad, he was part of two research groups namely Precog and LCS2 mainly working on graph-theoretic problems. He is currently pursuing Master's in Robotics at CMU and is part of the Intelligent Coordination and Logistics Lab headed by Prof. Stephen Smith. His research focuses on planning and robotics for the HOME self-sufficiency thrust. Aside from research, Viraj enjoys playing Table Tennis and watching Formula 1.